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		<title>Tiahrt Reflections</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/08/04/tiahrt-reflections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local and State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jarrod Mendicki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Hucke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteering for the Todd Tiahrt for U.S. Senate campaign this summer has been one of the best experiences I&#8217;ve ever had. We started out last night winning. In fact, we were leading Mr. Moran for around half the evening. All of our numbers looked fantastic. We soundly won the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiahrt Victory Party</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/08/03/tiahrt-victory-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting at a table at the Tiahrt Victory Party watching results come in. As of the latest results, we&#8217;re up by two points: Tiahrt 48% &#8211; Moran 46%. I&#8217;ll keep you updated. Update 1: We&#8217;ve won both Johnson and Sedgwick Counties &#8211; the two largest on Kansas! Update 2: It&#8217;s three and a half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiahrt tours Southeast Kansas</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/07/09/tiahrt-tour-southeast-kansas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, July 8, Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-KS04) completed his tour of Southeast Kansas with multiple stops in Parsons, Oswego, and Pittsburg. I caught up with the Congressman as he was touring downtown Oswego, KS, my hometown. Michelle Hucke, Tiahrt SEK Coordinator, and I (the lowly Labette County coordinator), along with Brie Bringle and Tom Bringle, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING: Todd Tiahrt to visit SEK TOMORROW, 7/8</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/07/07/breaking-todd-tiahrt-to-visit-sek-tomorrow-78/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calebhays.com/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LATE BREAKING: Congressman Todd Tiahrt will be making a three city tour of Southeast Kansas tomorrow, July 8 and traveling through Parsons, Oswego, and Pittsburg. He&#8217;ll be hosting events all day, and I&#8217;m sure he would love to have you at any event you can attend. Please bring your friends and family, even if they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Chanted Tiahrt! Tiahrt! Tiahrt!</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/30/they-chanted-tiahrt-tiahrt-tiahrt/</link>
		<comments>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/30/they-chanted-tiahrt-tiahrt-tiahrt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arlen Siegfried]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest posting I wrote for On the Kansas Trail, a blog published semi-weekly by Vicki and Jessica Tiahrt. On Saturday, June 26 the Olathe Republican Party hosted their annual picnic and straw poll. Candidates from Kansas’ Third Congressional District and those running statewide were invited to attend, pass out literature, and set up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiahrt wins Olathe GOP Straw Poll</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/26/tiahrt-wins-olathe-gop-straw-poll/</link>
		<comments>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/26/tiahrt-wins-olathe-gop-straw-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Weston]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calebhays.com/?p=425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was a busy one for those of us volunteering for the Todd Tiahrt for Senate campaign. I took the two and a half hour trek up to the Kansas City Metro Friday night to help out with the numerous events the campaign had planned. This morning, Michelle Hucke, George Weston, and a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiahrt receives Palin, Hannity endorsements</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/26/tiahrt-receives-palin-hannity-endorsements/</link>
		<comments>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/26/tiahrt-receives-palin-hannity-endorsements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calebhays.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a week working on the Tiahrt campaign! In the past few days, we&#8217;ve been given two huge endorsements, one by the Queen of Conservatism, Gov. Sarah Palin, and the other by the second-most listened to talk show host in the USA, Mr. Sean Hannity. Said Gov. Palin: I’m happy to endorse Todd Tiahrt’s campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Rove comes to Kansas for Tiahrt</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/13/karl-rove-comes-tokansas-for-tiahrt/</link>
		<comments>http://calebhays.com/2010/06/13/karl-rove-comes-tokansas-for-tiahrt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fighting Big Government]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calebhays.com/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for President George W. Bush, the &#8220;Architect&#8221;, &#8220;Boy Genius&#8221; Karl Rove visited the KC Metro Area and Wichita yesterday to announce his endorsement of Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-Goddard) in his campaign for Kansas&#8217;s open U.S. Senate seat. I caught up with both the Congressman and Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburg State CRs host Candidate Forum</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/05/01/pittsburg-state-crs-host-candidate-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://calebhays.com/2010/05/01/pittsburg-state-crs-host-candidate-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 01:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calebhays.com/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the Pittsburg State University College Republicans hosted a forum in McCray Hall for candidates running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. Invitations were sent to the two candidates considered viable in this race, Rep. Todd Tiahrt, and Rep. Jerry Moran, both sitting Congressman and from KS-04 and KS-01 Districts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Todd Tiahrt and Me (#RealDeal)</title>
		<link>http://calebhays.com/2010/02/17/todd-tiahrt-and-me/</link>
		<comments>http://calebhays.com/2010/02/17/todd-tiahrt-and-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caleb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the sake of transparency, I wanted to let my readers know that I&#8217;m now volunteering with the Todd Tiahrt for Senate campaign as the Labette County coordinator and as part of the broader Southeast Kansas Power Team, headed by my good friend Michelle Hucke. I also wanted to say up front that I am [...]]]></description>
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