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    <title>NPR: brokered convention</title>
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      <title>Gingrich Ballot Stumble In Virginia Could Be Sign Of Delegate Fight Ahead</title>
      <description>Newt Gingrich&apos;s campaign likened his failure to make the Virginia ballot to Pearl Harbor and vowed to find &quot;alternate methods&quot; to compete for the state&apos;s 49 delegates.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/12/26/144277741/gingrich-ballot-stumble-in-virginia-could-be-sign-of-delegate-fight-ahead</link>
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      <dc:creator>Debra Rosenberg</dc:creator>
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