<?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/streiff/2010/05/29/obamas-potemkin-presidency/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:42:37 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Obama's Potemkin Presidency</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[It is becoming increasingly clear that neither Obama nor his administration nor the Democrat Congress are up to the task of governance. Yesterday we chronicled the shouting match between former MMS director Liz Birnbaum and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that resulted in her being fired shortly before she was scheduled to testify before a Congressional subcommittee headed by the corrupt Jim Moran on the lackadaisical efforts of the administration to ameliorate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 09:22:57 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[streiff]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/streiff/2010/05/29/obamas-potemkin-presidency-n34894</link></item></channel></rss>