<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>RedState</title><link>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/07/13/leadership-and-loss/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:58:38 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Leadership and Loss</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[“Leaders … just make a realistic assessment. And that assessment becomes very simple: John Oxendine must be destroyed either to get a chance to compete against Karen Handel or for the good of the party.”]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/07/13/leadership-and-loss-n35465</link></item></channel></rss>