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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" version="2.0"><channel><title>Polling: Political Polls &amp; Surveys - The Washington Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling?wprss=rss_polling</link><description>New polls, polling analysis and poll information from the Post. Includes 2010 midterm election polls, polls on President Barack Obama, polls on the war in Iraq, health care polls, as well as our poll archive and Behind the Numbers blog.</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:50:51 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:50:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Polling: Political Polls &amp; Surveys - The Washington Post</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling?wprss=rss_polling</link></image><item><title>Do no harm: Retired NFL players endure a lifetime of hurt</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2c06d8c4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Csports0Cdo0Eno0Eharm0Eretired0Enfl0Eplayers0Eendure0Ea0Elifetime0Eof0Ehurt0C20A130C0A50C160Cec40Acaac0Ebc0Ab0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;They remember the hard hits — most of them, at least. The brain-rattlers that left them blank-eyed and disoriented, they have no recollection of at all. But the ones that snapped ligaments, rendered bones the consistency of crushed ice or &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/do-no-harm-who-should-bear-the-costs-of-retired-nfl-players-medical-bills/2013/05/09/2dae88ba-b70e-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html"&gt;bent joints&lt;/a&gt; in ways they ought not to bend are still felt every morning years later.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/do-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt/2013/05/16/ec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2c06d8c4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fdo-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Do+no+harm%3A+Retired+NFL+players+endure+a+lifetime+of+hurt" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fdo-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Do+no+harm%3A+Retired+NFL+players+endure+a+lifetime+of+hurt" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fdo-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Do+no+harm%3A+Retired+NFL+players+endure+a+lifetime+of+hurt" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fdo-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Do+no+harm%3A+Retired+NFL+players+endure+a+lifetime+of+hurt" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fdo-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Do+no+harm%3A+Retired+NFL+players+endure+a+lifetime+of+hurt" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664759109/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2c06d8c4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664759109/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2c06d8c4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664759109/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2c06d8c4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">medical care</category><category domain="">National Football League</category><category domain="">Pete Kendall</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/do-no-harm-retired-nfl-players-endure-a-lifetime-of-hurt/2013/05/16/ec40caac-bc0b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Sally Jenkins, Rick Maese, Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>As Virginia moves to the middle, Republicans face difficult choices</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2bf1d39f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cva0Epolitics0Cas0Evirginia0Emoves0Eto0Ethe0Emiddle0Erepublicans0Eface0Edifficult0Echoices0C20A130C0A50C150C233a390A20Ebca30E11e20E89c90E3be80A95fe7670Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Virginia Republicans will gather in Richmond this weekend at a convention dominated by conservatives even as fresh evidence shows them increasingly at odds with most voters in the commonwealth when it comes to key issues such as gay marriage, gun rights and immigration policy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/as-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices/2013/05/15/233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2bf1d39f/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fas-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=As+Virginia+moves+to+the+middle%2C+Republicans+face+difficult+choices" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fas-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=As+Virginia+moves+to+the+middle%2C+Republicans+face+difficult+choices" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fas-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=As+Virginia+moves+to+the+middle%2C+Republicans+face+difficult+choices" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fas-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=As+Virginia+moves+to+the+middle%2C+Republicans+face+difficult+choices" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fas-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=As+Virginia+moves+to+the+middle%2C+Republicans+face+difficult+choices" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664610013/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bf1d39f/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664610013/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bf1d39f/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664610013/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bf1d39f/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">gay marriage</category><category domain="">Republican Party</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/as-virginia-moves-to-the-middle-republicans-face-difficult-choices/2013/05/15/233a3902-bca3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Ben Pershing, Scott Clement, Errin Whack</dc:creator></item><item><title>President Obama: Mr. Fix-it no longer</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2bb71f33/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cpresident0Eobama0Emr0Efix0Eit0Eno0Elonger0C20A130C0A50C0A90Cce537de60Eb8cd0E11e20Eb5680E6917f6ac6d9d0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Americans have lost confidence in President Obama's ability to get things done, according to a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.people-press.org/2013/05/08/obama-maintains-approval-advantage-but-gop-runs-even-on-key-issues/"&gt;Pew Research Center poll&lt;/a&gt; released Wednesday. But after public fights to avoid sequester budget cuts and pass new gun-control laws have stalled, Obama has also garnered some sympathy — two-thirds say he fights hard for his policies, and twice as many blame Republicans leaders in Congress than Obama for a lack of compromise in Washington.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/president-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer/2013/05/09/ce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2bb71f33/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fpresident-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=President+Obama%3A+Mr.+Fix-it+no+longer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fpresident-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=President+Obama%3A+Mr.+Fix-it+no+longer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fpresident-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=President+Obama%3A+Mr.+Fix-it+no+longer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fpresident-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=President+Obama%3A+Mr.+Fix-it+no+longer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fpresident-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=President+Obama%3A+Mr.+Fix-it+no+longer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664248099/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bb71f33/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664248099/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bb71f33/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664248099/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bb71f33/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">midterm elections</category><category domain="">polls</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:28:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/president-obama-mr-fix-it-no-longer/2013/05/09/ce537de6-b8cd-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Washington Post-ABC News poll shows wide public support for Jason Collins’s decision</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2bb449c4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Csports0Cwizards0Cwashington0Epost0Eabc0Enews0Epoll0Eshows0Ewide0Epublic0Esupport0Efor0Ejason0Ecollinss0Edecision0C20A130C0A50C0A80C885a9a960Eb8180E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;When Washington Wizards center &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/nba-player-jason-collins-says-hes-gay/2013/04/29/3cecad00-b0f8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html"&gt;Jason Collins made history&lt;/a&gt; last month as the first active male athlete in a major U.S. sport to come out of the closet as gay, it was met by an overwhelmingly positive response from prominent athletes, politicians and celebrities. It turns out that stance is shared by a vast majority of the country at large, according to results of a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/05/09/National-Politics/Polling/release_234.xml"&gt;new Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/washington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision/2013/05/08/885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2bb449c4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fwizards%2Fwashington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Washington+Post-ABC+News+poll+shows+wide+public+support+for+Jason+Collins%E2%80%99s+decision" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fwizards%2Fwashington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Washington+Post-ABC+News+poll+shows+wide+public+support+for+Jason+Collins%E2%80%99s+decision" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fwizards%2Fwashington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Washington+Post-ABC+News+poll+shows+wide+public+support+for+Jason+Collins%E2%80%99s+decision" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fwizards%2Fwashington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Washington+Post-ABC+News+poll+shows+wide+public+support+for+Jason+Collins%E2%80%99s+decision" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fsports%2Fwizards%2Fwashington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Washington+Post-ABC+News+poll+shows+wide+public+support+for+Jason+Collins%E2%80%99s+decision" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664183693/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bb449c4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664183693/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bb449c4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664183693/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2bb449c4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">gay marriage</category><category domain="">National Basketball Association</category><category domain="">Jason Collins</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/washington-post-abc-news-poll-shows-wide-public-support-for-jason-collinss-decision/2013/05/08/885a9a96-b818-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clementand Dave Sheinin</dc:creator></item><item><title>Virginia governor popular with voters, Post poll finds</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b8b8db5/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cva0Epolitics0Cvirginia0Egovernor0Epopular0Ewith0Evoters0Epost0Epoll0Efinds0C20A130C0A50C0A50Ca5444cc20Eb40A0A0E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;In the last year of his four-year term, Gov. Robert F. McDonnell remains firmly popular with Virginia voters, getting &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/05/05/National-Politics/Polling/release_233.xml"&gt;high marks &lt;/a&gt;from independents, Democrats and Republicans on how he is handling his duties as governor and his personal ethics, according to a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/05/05/National-Politics/Polling/release_233.xml?uuid=78ncRrXFEeK1aGkX9qxtnQ"&gt;new Washington Post poll&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/virginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds/2013/05/05/a5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b8b8db5/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fvirginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Fa5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Virginia+governor+popular+with+voters%2C+Post+poll+finds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fvirginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Fa5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Virginia+governor+popular+with+voters%2C+Post+poll+finds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fvirginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Fa5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Virginia+governor+popular+with+voters%2C+Post+poll+finds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fvirginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Fa5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Virginia+governor+popular+with+voters%2C+Post+poll+finds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fvirginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Fa5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Virginia+governor+popular+with+voters%2C+Post+poll+finds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017119065/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b8b8db5/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017119065/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b8b8db5/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017119065/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b8b8db5/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Robert F. McDonnell</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">Virginia governor</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 22:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/virginia-governor-popular-with-voters-post-poll-finds/2013/05/05/a5444cc2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Errin Whack, Peyton M. Craighill</dc:creator></item><item><title>Poll: Cuccinelli has early lead over McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b848a36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cva0Epolitics0Cpoll0Ecuccinelli0Ehas0Eearly0Elead0Eover0Emcauliffe0Ein0Evirginia0Egovernors0Erace0C20A130C0A50C0A40C52b4c7f20Eb40A0A0E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has an early lead over businessman Terry McAuliffe in their &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://wapo.st/105ZNsw"&gt;race for governor&lt;/a&gt;, a new &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/cuccinelli-leads-mcauliffe-virginia-governors-race/2013/05/04/e079ee1e-b51d-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_page.html"&gt;Washington Post poll&lt;/a&gt; shows, even as most voters in the commonwealth have yet to engage in the nationally watched contest.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/poll-cuccinelli-has-early-lead-over-mcauliffe-in-virginia-governors-race/2013/05/04/52b4c7f2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b848a36/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fpoll-cuccinelli-has-early-lead-over-mcauliffe-in-virginia-governors-race%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2F52b4c7f2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Cuccinelli+has+early+lead+over+McAuliffe+in+Virginia+governor%E2%80%99s+race" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fpoll-cuccinelli-has-early-lead-over-mcauliffe-in-virginia-governors-race%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2F52b4c7f2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Cuccinelli+has+early+lead+over+McAuliffe+in+Virginia+governor%E2%80%99s+race" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fva-politics%2Fpoll-cuccinelli-has-early-lead-over-mcauliffe-in-virginia-governors-race%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2F52b4c7f2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Cuccinelli+has+early+lead+over+McAuliffe+in+Virginia+governor%E2%80%99s+race" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017080815/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b848a36/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017080815/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b848a36/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017080815/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b848a36/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 01:00:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/poll-cuccinelli-has-early-lead-over-mcauliffe-in-virginia-governors-race/2013/05/04/52b4c7f2-b400-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Ben Pershing, Jon Cohen</dc:creator></item><item><title>Most want death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev if he is convicted of Boston bombing</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b61f671/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cnational0Esecurity0Cmost0Ewant0Edeath0Epenalty0Efor0Edzhokhar0Etsarnaev0Eif0Ehe0Eis0Econvicted0Eof0Eboston0Ebombing0C20A130C0A40C30A0C3f547f960Eb1c50E11e20Ebaf70E5bc2a9dc6f440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A large majority of Americans support the death penalty for the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing should he be convicted in federal court, according to a new &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/05/01/National-Politics/Polling/release_231.xml"&gt;Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Overall, 70 percent of those surveyed say they support the death penalty for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. While most Democrats and Republicans alike say they would support the death penalty for Tsarnaev, there are deep racial divisions on the matter, reflecting a common gap in public views of the death penalty itself. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/most-want-death-penalty-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-if-he-is-convicted-of-boston-bombing/2013/04/30/3f547f96-b1c5-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b61f671/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a 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border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fnational-security%2Fmost-want-death-penalty-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-if-he-is-convicted-of-boston-bombing%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F3f547f96-b1c5-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Most+want+death+penalty+for+Dzhokhar+Tsarnaev+if+he+is+convicted+of+Boston+bombing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016905943/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b61f671/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016905943/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b61f671/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016905943/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b61f671/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/most-want-death-penalty-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-if-he-is-convicted-of-boston-bombing/2013/04/30/3f547f96-b1c5-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Jon Cohen</dc:creator></item><item><title>Why don't Americans care more about campaign finance reform?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b59d51c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cwhy0Edont0Eamericans0Ecare0Emore0Eabout0Ecampaign0Efinance0Ereform0C20A130C0A40C30A0C29cec0A7e0Eb19c0E11e20E9fb10E62de9581c9460Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;As campaign finance reform groups complain that &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-campaign-finance-reform-plans-have-faded/2013/04/29/8342977e-ae7d-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html"&gt;President Obama hasn't done enough to limit the flow of big money into politics&lt;/a&gt;, it's worth asking, are Americans riled up about the issue?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The answer: not really, even though they back strict limits on campaign contributions in overwhelming numbers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dont-americans-care-more-about-campaign-finance-reform/2013/04/30/29cec07e-b19c-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b59d51c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwhy-dont-americans-care-more-about-campaign-finance-reform%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F29cec07e-b19c-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Why+don%27t+Americans+care+more+about+campaign+finance+reform%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016850755/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b59d51c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016850755/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b59d51c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016850755/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b59d51c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Mitt Romney</category><category domain="">campaign finance reform</category><category domain="">Federal Election Commission</category><category domain="">campaign finance</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:45:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dont-americans-care-more-about-campaign-finance-reform/2013/04/30/29cec07e-b19c-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin, Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Why the American public isn't mad as hell about the failure of the gun bill (in numbers)</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b1b9c89/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cwhy0Ethe0Eamerican0Epublic0Eisnt0Emad0Eas0Ehell0Eabout0Ethe0Efailure0Eof0Ethe0Egun0Ebill0Ein0Enumbers0C20A130C0A40C240C824a1ba40Eacce0E11e20E94930E2ff3bf26c4b40Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/17/senate-to-vote-on-amendments-to-gun-bill-with-background-check-plan-in-doubt/"&gt;Senate's defeat of a package of popular proposals aimed at curbing gun violence &lt;/a&gt;last week seemed certain to foment public outrage at out-of-touch politicians who don't listen to their constituents.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-the-american-public-isnt-mad-as-hell-about-the-failure-of-the-gun-bill-in-numbers/2013/04/24/824a1ba4-acce-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b1b9c89/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a 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border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Massachusetts Senate</category><category domain="">Mitch McConnell</category><category domain="">Guns</category><category domain="">gun laws</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:02:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-the-american-public-isnt-mad-as-hell-about-the-failure-of-the-gun-bill-in-numbers/2013/04/24/824a1ba4-acce-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Chris Cillizza, Sean Sullivan</dc:creator></item><item><title>George W. Bush's approval rating just hit a 7-year high. Here's how.</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b10fc2c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cgeorge0Ew0Ebushs0Eapproval0Erating0Ejust0Ehit0Ea0E70Eyear0Ehigh0Eheres0Ehow0C20A130C0A40C230C0Ab1e177e0Eac0A10E11e20E94930E2ff3bf26c4b40Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/"&gt;Days before the official opening of his presidential library&lt;/a&gt;, George W. Bush is experiencing something of &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bush-library-opening-puts-his-presidency-back-in-the-spotlight/2013/04/22/bb7e6b9c-ab65-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank"&gt;a comeback&lt;/a&gt; when it comes to his public image.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Almost as many people (47 percent) approve of how Bush handled his eight years in office as disapprove (50 percent), according to a new &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/23/National-Politics/Polling/release_228.xml" target="_blank"&gt;Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;. That's the highest approval rating for Bush since December 2005. Bush's approval dipped all the way to 23 percent in Post-ABC polling in October 2008 and was just 33 percent in January 2009 when he left office. (His approval rating was below 40 percent for 26 consecutive months before his term ended, the longest streak of sub-40 presidential ratings since polling began in the 1930s.)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/george-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how/2013/04/23/0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b10fc2c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fgeorge-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=George+W.+Bush%27s+approval+rating+just+hit+a+7-year+high.+Here%27s+how." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fgeorge-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=George+W.+Bush%27s+approval+rating+just+hit+a+7-year+high.+Here%27s+how." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fgeorge-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=George+W.+Bush%27s+approval+rating+just+hit+a+7-year+high.+Here%27s+how." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fgeorge-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=George+W.+Bush%27s+approval+rating+just+hit+a+7-year+high.+Here%27s+how." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fgeorge-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=George+W.+Bush%27s+approval+rating+just+hit+a+7-year+high.+Here%27s+how." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016382717/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b10fc2c/kg/342/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016382717/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b10fc2c/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016382717/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b10fc2c/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">george w. bush</category><category domain="">U.S. Congress</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/george-w-bushs-approval-rating-just-hit-a-7-year-high-heres-how/2013/04/23/0b1e177e-ac01-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Chris Cillizza, Sean Sullivan</dc:creator></item><item><title>How Americans see global warming -- in 8 charts</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b07c997/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Chow0Eamericans0Esee0Eglobal0Ewarming0E0E0E0Ein0E80Echarts0C20A130C0A40C220C239ad2d80Eab7f0E11e20E94930E2ff3bf26c4b40Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/celebrating-earth-day-2013/2013/04/22/3a4351d0-ab3f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_gallery.html#photo=1"&gt;Earth Day&lt;/a&gt; organizers have &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/celebrating-earth-day-2013/2013/04/22/3a4351d0-ab3f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_gallery.html"&gt;dedicated&lt;/a&gt; the celebration's 43rd anniversary to highlighting the impact of climate change. Even though President Obama made mention of the issue in his second inaugural address and his 2013 State of the Union speech, climate change has a long way to go to be a top-of-the-mind issue in the U.S. even as most Americans broadly acknowledge the existence of global warming and support laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/how-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts/2013/04/22/239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2b07c997/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fhow-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=How+Americans+see+global+warming+--+in+8+charts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fhow-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=How+Americans+see+global+warming+--+in+8+charts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fhow-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=How+Americans+see+global+warming+--+in+8+charts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fhow-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=How+Americans+see+global+warming+--+in+8+charts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fhow-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=How+Americans+see+global+warming+--+in+8+charts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016339841/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b07c997/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016339841/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b07c997/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016339841/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2b07c997/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Pew Research Center</category><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">Global warming</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:02:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/how-americans-see-global-warming----in-8-charts/2013/04/22/239ad2d8-ab7f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Boy Scouts' decision on gay members divides public</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2aef2ed6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cboy0Escouts0Edecision0Eon0Egay0Emembers0Edivides0Epublic0C20A130C0A40C190C614af620A0Ea93c0E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Boy Scouts of America's &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/19/boy-scouts-set-to-end-gay-ban/?hpid=z4"&gt;proposal&lt;/a&gt; to welcome openly gay scouts -- even while still ban gay adult scout leaders -- is sure to reignite an already hot debate over the role of gays in society. And, at least when it comes to the Scouts, the issue isn't totally cut and dry.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/boy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public/2013/04/19/614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2aef2ed6/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fboy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Boy+Scouts%27+decision+on+gay+members+divides+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fboy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Boy+Scouts%27+decision+on+gay+members+divides+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fboy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Boy+Scouts%27+decision+on+gay+members+divides+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fboy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Boy+Scouts%27+decision+on+gay+members+divides+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fboy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Boy+Scouts%27+decision+on+gay+members+divides+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016191697/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2aef2ed6/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016191697/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2aef2ed6/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016191697/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2aef2ed6/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">gay marriage</category><category domain="">Boy Scouts of America</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:59:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/boy-scouts-decision-on-gay-members-divides-public/2013/04/19/614af620-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Majority of Americans say guns make homes safer</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ae06c15/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cmajority0Eof0Eamericans0Esay0Eguns0Emake0Ehomes0Esafer0C20A130C0A40C180C6b450A2920Ea8380E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gun-control-overhaul-is-defeated-in-senate/2013/04/17/57eb028a-a77c-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html"&gt;failure of popular Senate gun proposals Wednesday&lt;/a&gt; affirmed -- even in the wake of Newtown shootings -- the rigidity of the politics on the issue.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lost amid the debate is the fact that for the first time a majority of Americans say having a gun in the household makes it a safer place to be, according to a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/16/National-Politics/Polling/release_226.xml"&gt;new Washington Post-ABC News poll.&lt;/a&gt; By a wide 51 to 29 percent margin, more people say a gun in the house makes it safer rather than more dangerous.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/majority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer/2013/04/18/6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ae06c15/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fmajority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer%2F2013%2F04%2F18%2F6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Majority+of+Americans+say+guns+make+homes+safer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fmajority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer%2F2013%2F04%2F18%2F6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Majority+of+Americans+say+guns+make+homes+safer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fmajority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer%2F2013%2F04%2F18%2F6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Majority+of+Americans+say+guns+make+homes+safer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fmajority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer%2F2013%2F04%2F18%2F6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Majority+of+Americans+say+guns+make+homes+safer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fmajority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer%2F2013%2F04%2F18%2F6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Majority+of+Americans+say+guns+make+homes+safer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323462669/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ae06c15/kg/342/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323462669/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ae06c15/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323462669/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ae06c15/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">gun violence</category><category domain="">gun control</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:58:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/majority-of-americans-say-guns-make-homes-safer/2013/04/18/6b450292-a838-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement, Peyton Craighill</dc:creator></item><item><title>On immigration reform, Americans want to have their cake and eat it too</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ad1f95f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Con0Eimmigration0Ereform0Eamericans0Ewant0Eto0Ehave0Etheir0Ecake0Eand0Eeat0Eit0Etoo0C20A130C0A40C170C0Ac0A29a720Ea74a0E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;By a two to one margin, Americans support a path to legal status for illegal immigrants in a new &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/16/National-Politics/Polling/release_226.xml"&gt;Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;, an idea endorsed by large majorities of Democrats and independents and almost half of Republicans. But competing concerns over border security and a desire for a speedier road to citizenship complicate the&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/immigration-path-to-citizenship-too-stringent-advocacy-groups-say/2013/04/16/5545c2e8-a698-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?hpid=z5"&gt; Senate Gang of Eight's legislative proposal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/on-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too/2013/04/17/0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ad1f95f/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fon-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=On+immigration+reform%2C+Americans+want+to+have+their+cake+and+eat+it+too" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fon-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=On+immigration+reform%2C+Americans+want+to+have+their+cake+and+eat+it+too" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fon-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=On+immigration+reform%2C+Americans+want+to+have+their+cake+and+eat+it+too" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fon-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=On+immigration+reform%2C+Americans+want+to+have+their+cake+and+eat+it+too" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fon-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=On+immigration+reform%2C+Americans+want+to+have+their+cake+and+eat+it+too" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323675550/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ad1f95f/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323675550/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ad1f95f/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323675550/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ad1f95f/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">immigration</category><category domain="">border security</category><category domain="">Chris Murphy</category><category domain="">Republican Party</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:32:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/on-immigration-reform-americans-want-to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too/2013/04/17/0c029a72-a74a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement, Sean Sullivan</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama budget starts underwater with public</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ac92e70/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cobama0Ebudget0Estarts0Eunderwater0Ewith0Epublic0C20A130C0A40C160C91986e4a0Ea6a10E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;President Obama's courtship of Republicans hit a critical point last week when he unveiled a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-to-unveil-377-trillion-spending-plan/2013/04/10/843adef4-a18d-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html"&gt;budget proposal&lt;/a&gt; pitched as an effort at compromise. But a new &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/16/National-Politics/Polling/release_226.xml"&gt;Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt; finds Americans' initial reactions to the framework tilting negative, with broad opposition from Republicans and little public support for a key idea to reduce increases in Social Security payments.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public/2013/04/16/91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ac92e70/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fobama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Obama+budget+starts+underwater+with+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fobama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Obama+budget+starts+underwater+with+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fobama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Obama+budget+starts+underwater+with+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fobama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Obama+budget+starts+underwater+with+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fobama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Obama+budget+starts+underwater+with+public" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323325277/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ac92e70/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323325277/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ac92e70/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323325277/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ac92e70/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">budget proposal</category><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">deficit</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:26:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-budget-starts-underwater-with-public/2013/04/16/91986e4a-a6a1-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Most back new gun, immigration laws, Post-ABC poll shows</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ac65846/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cmost0Eback0Enew0Egun0Eimmigration0Elaws0Epost0Eabc0Epoll0Eshows0C20A130C0A40C150Cb61947220Ea6140E11e20Eb0A290E8fb7e977ef710Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Most Americans, including half of all gun owners, say it is possible to enact new laws without infringing on gun rights, and overwhelming majorities support expanded background checks at gun shows and for online gun sales, according to a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/16/National-Politics/Polling/release_226.xml"&gt;new Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows/2013/04/15/b6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2ac65846/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmost-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fb6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Most+back+new+gun%2C+immigration+laws%2C+Post-ABC+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmost-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fb6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Most+back+new+gun%2C+immigration+laws%2C+Post-ABC+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmost-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fb6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Most+back+new+gun%2C+immigration+laws%2C+Post-ABC+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmost-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fb6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Most+back+new+gun%2C+immigration+laws%2C+Post-ABC+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmost-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fb6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Most+back+new+gun%2C+immigration+laws%2C+Post-ABC+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323608185/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ac65846/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323608185/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ac65846/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323608185/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2ac65846/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">immigration laws</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">Pat Toomey</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-back-new-gun-immigration-laws-post-abc-poll-shows/2013/04/15/b6194722-a614-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Dan Balz, Jon Cohen</dc:creator></item><item><title>If gay marriage and pot are now OK, why isn't abortion?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2aa641bd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cif0Egay0Emarriage0Eand0Epot0Eare0Enow0Eok0Ewhy0Enot0Eabortion0C20A130C0A40C120Caf59175e0Ea3860E11e20Ebd520E6141563726950Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;As abortion opponents &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/antiabortion-measures-gain-momentum-in-the-states/2013/04/11/686b9492-a2d3-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?hpid=z4"&gt;are scoring a string of victories&lt;/a&gt; in the states, it raises a question: why are conservatives gaining ground in this one arena, even if they're losing in the battle over &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-09/politics/37579962_1_jeff-zarrillo-paul-katami-zarrillo-and-katami"&gt;gay marriage&lt;/a&gt; and marijuana?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/if-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion/2013/04/12/af59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2aa641bd/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fif-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Faf59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=If+gay+marriage+and+pot+are+now+OK%2C+why+isn%27t+abortion%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fif-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Faf59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=If+gay+marriage+and+pot+are+now+OK%2C+why+isn%27t+abortion%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fif-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Faf59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=If+gay+marriage+and+pot+are+now+OK%2C+why+isn%27t+abortion%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fif-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Faf59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=If+gay+marriage+and+pot+are+now+OK%2C+why+isn%27t+abortion%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fif-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Faf59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=If+gay+marriage+and+pot+are+now+OK%2C+why+isn%27t+abortion%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323134470/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2aa641bd/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323134470/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2aa641bd/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323134470/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2aa641bd/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Pew Research Center</category><category domain="">Abortion</category><category domain="">gay marriage</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:36:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/if-gay-marriage-and-pot-are-now-ok-why-not-abortion/2013/04/12/af59175e-a386-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin, Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Who likes taxes? Democrats, and no one else.</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a91ce42/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cwho0Elikes0Etaxes0Edemocrats0Eand0Eno0Eone0Eelse0C20A130C0A40C10A0C40A0Aa3c3e0Ea1ce0E11e20Ebd520E6141563726950Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A clear majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of the federal income tax system, according to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/10/National-Politics/Polling/release_224.xml"&gt;new Washington Post-ABC News polling&lt;/a&gt;. But, in a somewhat remarkable finding, a majority of Democrats view the tax system in a positive light while Republicans and Independents carry the exact opposite view.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/who-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else/2013/04/10/400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a91ce42/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwho-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Who+likes+taxes%3F+Democrats%2C+and+no+one+else." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwho-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Who+likes+taxes%3F+Democrats%2C+and+no+one+else." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwho-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Who+likes+taxes%3F+Democrats%2C+and+no+one+else." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwho-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Who+likes+taxes%3F+Democrats%2C+and+no+one+else." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwho-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Who+likes+taxes%3F+Democrats%2C+and+no+one+else." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163216892259/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a91ce42/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163216892259/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a91ce42/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163216892259/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a91ce42/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Morning Fix</category><category domain="">Mitch McConnell</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">gun violence</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/who-likes-taxes-democrats-and-no-one-else/2013/04/10/400a3c3e-a1ce-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Chris Cillizza, Sean Sullivan</dc:creator></item><item><title>Poll: Marijuana legalization is supported by more than half of Americans</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a5a21cb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cpoll0Emarijuana0Elegalization0Eis0Esupported0Eby0Emore0Ethan0Ehalf0Eof0Eamericans0C20A130C0A40C0A40C6be440A260E9d680E11e20Ea9410Ea19bce7af7550Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A majority of Americans now say marijuana should be made legal, with far fewer viewing it as a gateway to harder drugs or as morally wrong, according to a poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans/2013/04/04/6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a5a21cb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Marijuana+legalization+is+supported+by+more+than+half+of+Americans" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Marijuana+legalization+is+supported+by+more+than+half+of+Americans" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Marijuana+legalization+is+supported+by+more+than+half+of+Americans" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Marijuana+legalization+is+supported+by+more+than+half+of+Americans" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpoll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Poll%3A+Marijuana+legalization+is+supported+by+more+than+half+of+Americans" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991346382/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a5a21cb/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991346382/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a5a21cb/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991346382/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a5a21cb/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-marijuana-legalization-is-supported-by-more-than-half-of-americans/2013/04/04/6be44026-9d68-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Legalize it, poll shows</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a585db4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Clegalize0Eit0Epoll0Eshows0C20A130C0A40C0A40C48dc57980E9d550E11e20E92190E51eb8387e8f10Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A majority of Americans now say marijuana should be made legal, with far fewer viewing it as a gateway to harder drugs or as morally wrong, according to a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/04/majority-now-supports-legalizing-marijuana/"&gt;poll released Thursday&lt;/a&gt; by the Pew Research Center.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/legalize-it-poll-shows/2013/04/04/48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a585db4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Flegalize-it-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Legalize+it%2C+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Flegalize-it-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Legalize+it%2C+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Flegalize-it-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Legalize+it%2C+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Flegalize-it-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Legalize+it%2C+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Flegalize-it-poll-shows%2F2013%2F04%2F04%2F48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling&amp;t=Legalize+it%2C+poll+shows" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991338224/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a585db4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991338224/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a585db4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991338224/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a585db4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Rand Paul</category><category domain="">marijuana</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:27:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/legalize-it-poll-shows/2013/04/04/48dc5798-9d55-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Why a 'path to citizenship' remains politically perilous for Republicans</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a4c6be9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cwhy0Ea0Epath0Eto0Ecitizenship0Eremains0Epolitically0Eperilous0Efor0Erepublicans0C20A130C0A40C0A30Cc8172230A0E9c4d0E11e20E92190E51eb8387e8f10Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Nearly six in 10 Americans support a path to citizenship for undocumented workers in a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/03/National-Politics/Polling/release_223.xml"&gt;new Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;, but that number is drastically lower among self-identified Republicans -- evidence of the political peril for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and other GOP politicians involved in the negotiations on a compromise immigration bill.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-a-path-to-citizenship-remains-politically-perilous-for-republicans/2013/04/03/c8172230-9c4d-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a4c6be9/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Why+a+%27path+to+citizenship%27+remains+politically+perilous+for+Republicans&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwhy-a-path-to-citizenship-remains-politically-perilous-for-republicans%2F2013%2F04%2F03%2Fc8172230-9c4d-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991242292/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a4c6be9/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991242292/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a4c6be9/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991242292/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a4c6be9/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">immigration</category><category domain="">home loans</category><category domain="">Mike Ross</category><category domain="">Republican Party</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-a-path-to-citizenship-remains-politically-perilous-for-republicans/2013/04/03/c8172230-9c4d-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Chris Cillizza, Sean Sullivan</dc:creator></item><item><title>Nearly one in three Americans 'angry' at Washington, poll finds</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a111533/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cnearly0Eone0Ein0Ethree0Eamericans0Eangry0Eat0Ewashington0Epoll0Efinds0C20A130C0A30C270C0Ab8d2cc0A0E971d0E11e20Ea9760E7eb90A6f9ed9b0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A growing number of Americans are not just dissatisfied, but angry at Washington after repeated standoffs over taxes and the deficit have pockmarked the start of President Obama's second term.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fully 30 percent of Americans say they feel outright "angry" about Washington in a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57576433/poll-80-of-americans-unhappy-with-washington/"&gt;CBS News poll&lt;/a&gt; released Tuesday, up from 21 percent in December and numerically above a previous high of 28 percent amid the 2011 debt ceiling battle. Republicans continue to express the most anger (43 percent), but independents have fueled the rise with an 11-percentage point jump in anger.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/nearly-one-in-three-americans-angry-at-washington-poll-finds/2013/03/27/0b8d2cc0-971d-11e2-a976-7eb906f9ed9b_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/2a111533/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Nearly+one+in+three+Americans+%27angry%27+at+Washington%2C+poll+finds&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fnearly-one-in-three-americans-angry-at-washington-poll-finds%2F2013%2F03%2F27%2F0b8d2cc0-971d-11e2-a976-7eb906f9ed9b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161990907364/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a111533/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161990907364/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a111533/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161990907364/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/2a111533/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">CBS News</category><category domain="">polls</category><category domain="">gubernatorial race</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:29:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/nearly-one-in-three-americans-angry-at-washington-poll-finds/2013/03/27/0b8d2cc0-971d-11e2-a976-7eb906f9ed9b_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement</dc:creator></item><item><title>Support for same-sex marriage reaches all-time high, poll finds</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/29b7afa4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Csupport0Efor0Esame0Esex0Emarriage0Ereaches0Eall0Etime0Ehigh0Epoll0Efinds0C20A130C0A30C180C86ad33820E8ff70E11e20E9abd0Ee4c5c9dc5e90A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Support for same-sex marriage among Americans has jumped significantly in the past year to an all-time high of 58 percent, according to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/18/gay-marriage-support-hits-new-high-in-post-abc-poll/"&gt;a new Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;That number reflects a remarkable — and remarkably fast — turnabout in American public opinion on one of the most emotionally raw and politically divisive issues of the past decade. &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2013/03/gay-marriage-trend2.jpg"&gt;As recently as 2010&lt;/a&gt;, opponents of same-sex marriage outnumbered supporters. As recently as 2006, they outnumbered them by a double-digit margin, 58 percent to 36 percent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/support-for-same-sex-marriage-reaches-all-time-high-poll-finds/2013/03/18/86ad3382-8ff7-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/29b7afa4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Support+for+same-sex+marriage+reaches+all-time+high%2C+poll+finds&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsupport-for-same-sex-marriage-reaches-all-time-high-poll-finds%2F2013%2F03%2F18%2F86ad3382-8ff7-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921060751/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/29b7afa4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921060751/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/29b7afa4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921060751/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/29b7afa4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/support-for-same-sex-marriage-reaches-all-time-high-poll-finds/2013/03/18/86ad3382-8ff7-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold, Jon Cohen</dc:creator></item><item><title>Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/29b4f8ad/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cgay0Emarriage0Esupport0Ehits0Enew0Ehigh0Ein0Epost0Eabc0Epoll0C20A130C0A30C180Cf99e71820E8ff50E11e20E91730E7f87cda73b490Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/03/18/National-Politics/Polling/release_221.xml"&gt;Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The poll shows that 58 percent of Americans now believe it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to get married; 36 percent say it should be illegal. Public attitudes toward gay marriage are a mirror image of what they were a decade ago: in 2003, 37 percent favored gay nuptials, and 55 percent opposed them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/gay-marriage-support-hits-new-high-in-post-abc-poll/2013/03/18/f99e7182-8ff5-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/29b4f8ad/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Gay+marriage+support+hits+new+high+in+Post-ABC+poll&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fgay-marriage-support-hits-new-high-in-post-abc-poll%2F2013%2F03%2F18%2Ff99e7182-8ff5-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921051953/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/29b4f8ad/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921051953/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/29b4f8ad/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921051953/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/29b4f8ad/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">gay marriage</category><category domain="">Republican Party</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/gay-marriage-support-hits-new-high-in-post-abc-poll/2013/03/18/f99e7182-8ff5-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Jon Cohen</dc:creator></item><item><title>People agree the sequester is bad. They don't agree on how to fix it.</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/299cee43/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cpeople0Eagree0Ethe0Esequester0Eis0Ebad0Ethey0Edont0Eagree0Eon0Ehow0Eto0Efix0Eit0C20A130C0A30C150C110A3463c0E8d840E11e20Eadca0E74ab31da33990Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ipolling/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Big majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe that the sequester will hurt the economy and the military. But a newly released &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/march-2013-postabc-poll-catholic-church/2013/03/11/b1a4a4bc-8a8e-11e2-a88e-461ffa2e34e4_page.html"&gt;Washington Post-ABC News poll&lt;/a&gt; reveals that no proposed solutions to the sequester (of five tested) rallies majority support across party lines.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/people-agree-the-sequester-is-bad-they-dont-agree-on-how-to-fix-it/2013/03/15/1103463c-8d84-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636654/s/299cee43/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=People+agree+the+sequester+is+bad.+They+don%27t+agree+on+how+to+fix+it.&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fpeople-agree-the-sequester-is-bad-they-dont-agree-on-how-to-fix-it%2F2013%2F03%2F15%2F1103463c-8d84-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_polling" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921329026/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/299cee43/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921329026/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/299cee43/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921329026/u/0/f/636654/c/34656/s/299cee43/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">cell phone</category><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">budget</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:21:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/people-agree-the-sequester-is-bad-they-dont-agree-on-how-to-fix-it/2013/03/15/1103463c-8d84-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_blog.html?wprss=rss_polling</guid><dc:creator>Scott Clement, Chris Cillizza</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
