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<title><![CDATA[John Harwood - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14395.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John Harwood]]></description><category domain="14395">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[2 Memoirs Show Imbalance Destabilizing Our Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/21/politics/political-memoirs-american-democracy/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tim Miller and Lis Smith built formidable reputations by speaking for important politicians. Now, speaking for themselves, they've illuminated the imbalance destabilizing American democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Same Joe Biden Suddenly Looks Different]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/14/politics/president-biden-winning-streak/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden is no more or less capable a president than he was two months ago. His staff is no more or less competent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Age Isn't the Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/17/politics/joe-biden-age-president-polls-inflation/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At 79, Joe Biden is the oldest president in American history. Eighteen months into his term, the burdens of governing have staggered him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Inflation Debate Is Largely Phony]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/22/politics/inflation-biden-republicans-washington/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inflation distresses Americans for very good reasons. It depletes their wallets, creates anxiety about the future and endangers the national economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Faces Host of Problems He Can't Do Much To Solve]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/17/politics/biden-approval-midterms-democrats/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's not much President Joe Biden can do about the heaviest weights depressing his political standing, which has remained stuck in the avalanche-warning zone for months. So his party faces the likelihood of a substantial November election defeat that hands the House and perhaps the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Inflation-Fighting Steps Biden Has Yet to Take]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-inflation-fighting-step-biden-has-yet-to-take/ar-AAQY5hA?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden has offered multiple responses to spiking inflation: investigating gas prices, smoothing supply chains, touting benefit programs. None offers Americans much immediate relief.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Biden Overcome GOP Resistance to His Agenda?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/20/politics/biden-domestic-agenda-challenge/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With confidence and elan, President Joe Biden rallied allies abroad last week around the viability of 21st century democracy. Proving it here at home will be harder.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Washington Republicans Have Just One Move]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/13/politics/washington-bipartisanship-gop-no/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican answer is no.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' What's the question? Just about anything important a Democratic president is asking.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Undeniable Now: The Republicans Are the Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/23/politics/republicans-extremists-worse-than-2012/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' essay'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' described congressional extremists, their rejection of truth, a party turning into authoritarians or "an apocalyptic cult." It bore a striking headline: "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Finally Have Chance to Remake the U.S. Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-finally-have-a-chance-to-remake-the-economy-the-way-theyve-hoped-for-decades/ar-BB1fhZHE?li=BBnbfcL</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For decades, Democrats and their economic advisers have agreed: broadly-shared growth requires more government investment. They've just lacked the power to invest.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Using Covid Stimulus to Fight Income Inequality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/politics/stimulus-income-inequality-democrats/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No wonder congressional Democrats remain so united behind President Joe Biden's new administration: Quietly but quickly, they are taking major strides toward their shared goal of curbing economic inequality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pulling Back the Curtain on Trump's Wizard of Oz Routine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/06/politics/donald-trump-post-election-gop-control/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his over-the-top bombast and grandiosity, President Donald Trump has always evoked one of the iconic characters in American entertainment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Trump to Accept the Truth He Keeps Resisting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/politics/trump-election-loss-setback/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American voters have slammed President Donald Trump with the one thing he has always managed to avoid: a hard-stop of unyielding accountability.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Could Face a Jimmy Carter-Sized Defeat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/25/politics/election-2020-trump-carter-scenario/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last president facing re-election troubles like Donald Trump's was Jimmy Carter in 1980. Injured by recession and impotent against a national crisis, Carter lost big.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Spurns Chance for a Reset on 2020 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/politics/2020-campaign-trump-rallies/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's bout with coronavirus gave him the chance for a reset on the top 2020 election issue. Characteristically, he has spurned it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Running Short of Time and Targets]]></title>
							<link>https://cnn.com/2020/09/13/politics/donald-trump-2020-election-base/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Judging from earlier scandals, revelations about President Donald Trump's deceit about coronavirus and derogation of fallen soldiers won't repel many of his supporters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Character Flaws Leave Him Unable to Meet Moment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/politics/donald-trump-leadership/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA["In a president, character is everything," wrote the renowned speechwriter Peggy Noonan. And therein lies President Donald Trump's inability to meet this American moment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Turn to the Economy Leaves a Vacuum]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/17/politics/president-donald-trump-leadership-covid/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Publicly and privately, Sen. Angus King spent weeks seeking a national coronavirus testing plan. Sen. Lamar Alexander held a hearing where President Donald Trump's testing czar Brett Giroir acknowledged his efforts remain]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Coronavirus Economic Collapse Could Break Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/10/politics/trump-reelection-economy-unemployment/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last time an incumbent president lost reelection -- George H.W. Bush, in 1992 -- an "it's the economy, stupid" campaign theme took him down. Unemployment then was hovering around 7.5%.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Fight McConnell to Get Help for States?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/26/politics/mcconnell-trump-states-cities-budgets/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right after he agreed with Congress on the coronavirus relief package signed Friday, President Donald Trump was looking toward the next one: sending money to cash-strapped state and local governments.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[All-GOP Govt Will End as it Began Under Trump, In Disarray]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/the-all-gop-government-will-end-as-it-began-under-trump-in-disarray.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's all-GOP government ends a two-year run as it began, by struggling to govern at all.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good Economy Might Not Bail Out Republicans in Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/30/good-economy-might-not-bail-out-republicans-in-midterms-after-all.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In centering their midterm election strategy on a strong economy, Republicans face a challenge: history shows it doesn't work.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trumpism May Not Endure]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/opinion/why-trumpism-may-not-endure.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald J. Trump enjoyed a rare satisfaction for a newly inaugurated president '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' waving goodbye not just to one vanquished rival, but to three. His unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton overcame the 25-year Democratic institution known as Clintonism that dates from her...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Long-Time Obama Economic Adviser to Join Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/20/hillary-clinton-to-add-jacob-leibenluft-obamas-long-time-economic-adviser-to-campaign-team.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jacob Leibenluft, deputy director of the National Economic Council, will become a senior policy adviser to Hillary Clinton.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Questions Morality of US Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/102694355</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Spending Is Back in Season]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/upshot/why-spending-is-back-in-season-in-washington.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s partisan divisions are so familiar it sometimes seems the fight never changes. But on the federal budget, the battlefield has been transformed.Four years ago, when budget deficits topped $1 trillion, congressional Republicans turned their midterm election triumph into a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Income Stagnation, Parties Revise Playbooks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/us/politics/for-solution-to-income-stagnation-republicans-and-democrats-revise-their-playbooks.html?ref=politics&amp;gwh=A368A335116B01BF42619D041ABD2F19&amp;gwt=pay</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For average American families, the United States economy is like a football team that cannot move the ball, and has not been able to for 30 years.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' That is why frustrated economists in both parties are scrambling for a new playbook. Increasingly, they are looking away from grinding runs...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Obama, a Go-It-Alone Push Fits the Times]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/us/politics/for-obama-a-go-it-alone-push-fits-the-times.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' To the surprise of both allies and adversaries, President Obama has declined to humble himself following another midterm election bludgeoning.To the contrary, his recent immigration action made clear his determination to focus tenaciously on his governing objectives,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Forecasts Aren't Obvious. Look at Kansas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/us/politics/senate-forecasts-arent-obvious-just-take-a-look-at-kansas.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&amp;smid=nytcore-iphone-share&amp;_r=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WICHITA, Kansas '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Races for the United States Senate feature the same drearily familiar elements as presidential contests: partisan polarization, ideological predictability and voters with fixed opinions about well-known politicians.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vacation Barbs the Least of Obama's Problems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/101944256</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harwood</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The bad news for President Barack Obama, as he returns to work in Washington on Monday after a two-week vacation, is all around'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'armed conflict in Europe and the Middle East, unhappy voters and declining influence at home.]]></description>
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