<?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/moe_lane/2010/07/29/no-the-thumpin-iswas-not-inevitable/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:08:58 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>No, The Thumpin' is/was not inevitable.</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[Stuart Rothenberg is having absolutely none of  this preemptive excuse-making that the Democrats are starting to  indulge in.  You seem the conventional wisdom is now congealing into the  notion that of course the Republicans were going to have a great  year in 2010, and it was absolutely silly for anybody to think that it  was ever in doubt that this would happen:]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:36 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Moe Lane]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/07/29/no-the-thumpin-iswas-not-inevitable-n35662</link></item></channel></rss>