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<title><![CDATA[Matthew Dowd - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14415.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Matthew Dowd]]></description><category domain="14415">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[4 Things That Could Help Democrats Save the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/west-virginia-nebraska-results-are-midterms-await-n1295326</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This election is likely to be one of the most important in at least a generation. And we need to free our analysis from old mantras that are no longer applicable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Key Elements of the Clinton-Trump Contest]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=4+Key+Elements+of+the+Clinton-Trump+Contest+Shaping+the+Final+Weeks+of+the+Race&amp;rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS645US645&amp;oq=4+Key+Elements+of+the+Clinton-Trump+Contest+Shaping+the+Final+Weeks+of+the+Race&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.398j0j4&amp;sour</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Matthew J. Dowd: Mrs. Clinton won the first debate, but she won more because of a bad performance by Mr. Trump in the final hour than by changing how voters see her.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beyond a Presidential Campaign of So Many Negative 'Firsts']]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/09/05/what-follows-from-a-presidential-campaign-of-so-many-negative-firsts/?mod=e2twtt</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Matthew J. Dowd: Some large group of voters is going to feel left out no matter who wins this election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[7 Things About the General Election Campaign So Far]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/08/29/seven-things-about-the-2016-general-election-campaign-so-far/?mod=e2twtt</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump has expanded their "pro" vote since the primaries ended]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Is Right About Our 'Rigged' Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/04/12/how-donald-trump-is-right-about-our-rigged-politics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is right. The political system is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'rigged'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'but on both sides of the aisle.I have faulted Mr. Trump numerous times in the past six months: for, among other things, not growing as a candidate, for not using his candidacy to unite the country, and for not putting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sick Building Syndrome &amp; the  Political Party Duopoly]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sick-building-syndrome-time-end-political-party-duopoly/story?id=37032699</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have worked in campaigns on both sides of the aisle over the past 30 years, helping elect governors, senators and presidents, as well as local officials from both incumbent political parties.My desire all along has been to get good people in office who can speak for the quiet majority...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ebb and Flow of the Road to the Nomination]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ebb-flow-road-nomination/story?id=36787251</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The brilliant author Joseph Campbell once said, "You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you. If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's." This is as true in our politics as it is in our personal lives.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' As we approach...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rise of Indies &amp; the Weakening of the Two-Party System]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/01/25/the-rise-of-independents-and-the-weakening-of-the-two-party-system/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The two candidates for their party nominations who are drawing the biggest crowds, drawing fervent enthusiasm from their supporters, and seem to be driving the political conversation are running against the establishment. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are both basically independents...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 New Year's Resolutions for the 2016 Hopefuls]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/12/29/5-new-years-resolutions-for-trump-clinton-and-other-2016-campaigns/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As new year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approaches, many will make resolutions about what they want to do differently in 2016.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Some may say exercise more, or eat less, or work more, or work less, or resolve to be more kind (as the song says).To the end of trying to lift a cup of kindness, I would like to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[7 Insights About the GOP Field Ahead of the Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/12/15/seven-insights-about-the-republican-field-ahead-of-las-vegas-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s prime-time debate in Sin City is the last real opportunity for Republican candidates to change the 2016 dynamic before people settle in for the holidays and the race freezes until January and the sprint to Iowa and New Hampshire. Some in Las Vegas will be looking for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time for Media Elites to Consider Dems May Be in Big Trouble]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dems-lose-election-gop/story?id=35334202</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The storyline by many in the media goes as follows: the GOP is in dire straits, they are in the midst of tearing themselves apart by a civil war, they have a disorganized field of candidates, they are about to lose badly for president and are on the verge of disintegrating as a major...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trouble Ahead for Poll Leaders Trump &amp; Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/canary-coal-mine-trouble-ahead-poll-leaders-trump/story?id=32783732</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The two presidential candidates rated as least favorable, most untrustworthy, and least likely to care about the needs and problems of regular folks are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and they are leading their respective party primaries.This is just one interesting element of a new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jobs Report May Be Signal For Independents]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-dowd/may-jobs-report_b_1562675.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt '04 Election]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/the-facts-gay-marriage-didnt-tilt-2004-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stand today in support of gay marriage has unleashed much conversation surrounding the political impact of his statement and the effect it could have on the electoral map and election this November.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  And part of this discussion has repeated a myth that I have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blue Collar GOP: The Republican Base Is Changing]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/blue-collar-gop-not-your-fathers-republican-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an election dominated by the economy and jobs, Mitt Romney has positioned his service as the CEO of the private equity firm Bain Capital as the main asset of his run for the presidency.   But as the attacks mount on Romney'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s private sector leadership, could this asset turn into a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Could Learn a Lot From Tebow]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/common-sense/quarterbacking-our-country-tebow-style-20111212</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last night, watching Denver quarterback Tim Tebow'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s post-game press appearance and President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s interview on CBS'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 60 Minutes, I was struck by the fact that one man is offering his team (and the country actually) the leadership they need while the other is trapped in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Momentum, Not Organization, Matters in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/common-sense/iowa-republican-caucus-the-myth-of-organization-20111204</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So the new Des Moines Register Poll is out concerning the Republican Caucus set for Jan. 3 and, as many of us suspected, Newt Gingrich has both the momentum and a significant lead, while Mitt Romney has fallen to third.It is now apparent exactly why Romney has begun a concerted attack by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Perry the Br'er Rabbit of GOP Field?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/common-sense/is-rick-perry-the-br-er-rabbit-of-the-republican-field--20110912</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why do Republican Gov. Rick Perry'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent comments about Social Security remind me of his remarks a few years back about Texas possibly seceding from the Union?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Perry recently went on a wholesale attack against the Social Security system, saying it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s completely broken, a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rick Perry I Know]]></title>
							<link>http://nationaljournal.com/politics/the-rick-perry-i-know-20110805?print=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1986, I was running the Texas Democratic Party primary, and in walked an attractive rancher who submitted his filing to run as a Democrat for state representative for a district in rural West Texas.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' That rancher is now the state's Republican governor, Rick Perry. I have known him...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Should Be Careful What They Wish For]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-with-shutdown-20110408</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So many pundits and folks on both sides keep repeating that a  government shutdown would be a bad thing politically for Republicans and  a good thing for President Obama. The reasoning is based on the last  government shutdown in 1995-96 and Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rise in the aftermath. But ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Christmas Wish]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/common-sense/at-christmas-one-gift-we-can-give-is-to-not-judge-others-so-quickly-20101216</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we gathered on a cold day at a small Catholic church near Flint,  Mich., the words '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'drugs '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' overdose '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' death'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' kept swirling around in my  head. The phrase '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'she was an addict'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was knocking around in there, too,  as though it was supposed to define my...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Palin Win in 2012? You Betcha]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112303216.html?sub=AR</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Sarah Palin. To many pundits and late-night comedians, this sounds like a punch line, and to many die-hard Democrats it sounds like a reason to leave the country.Yet while the conventional wisdom has it that Palin is too badly damaged to make a serious run in 2012 -- and I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Top Five Reasons McCain Will Likely Lose]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/10/dowd-top-five-r.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Remaining Game Changers]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/09/the-remaining-g.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Candidates Struggle to Find Economic Voice]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/07/its-the-economy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama in Danger of Damaging His Brand]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/06/obama-brand-tru.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Obama Won and Clinton Lost]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/06/how-obama-won-a.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Still Obama's Race to Lose]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/03/electability-in.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Dowd</author>
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