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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : nepotism</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/nepotism/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: nepotism</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>It's All Relative</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/30/politics-is-relative.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4249</guid><dc:creator>Marjorie Valbrun</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4249.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4249</wfw:commentRss><description>Melinda , good point about Caroline Kennedy playing by the rules of the old political guard. Judith Warner, a columnist for nytimes.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the paper implying that Kennedy is not playing by the rules at all. She posits that Kennedy...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/30/politics-is-relative.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4249" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/politics/default.aspx">politics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/glass+ceiling/default.aspx">glass ceiling</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/carolline+kennedy+for+senate/default.aspx">carolline kennedy for senate</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/nepotism/default.aspx">nepotism</category></item><item><title>Political Nepotism </title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/18/political-nepotism.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4205</guid><dc:creator>Marjorie Valbrun</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4205.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4205</wfw:commentRss><description>Emily Y ., Emily B ., and Melinda , you all make very important and good points about Caroline Kennedy's possible anointment/appointment to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. The level of nepotism in Congress is unseemly and does send a negative message to...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/18/political-nepotism.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4205" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Hillary+Clinton/default.aspx">Hillary Clinton</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/politics/default.aspx">politics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/senate/default.aspx">senate</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/caroline+Kennedy/default.aspx">caroline Kennedy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/nepotism/default.aspx">nepotism</category></item></channel></rss>