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<title><![CDATA[Charlie Cook - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14464.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Charlie Cook]]></description><category domain="14464">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Bad News Endures for Both Parties]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Any Democrat who thinks the party's better-than-expected November midterm-election outcome was an affirmation of President Biden and the Democratic Congress policies and accomplishments will have a rude awakening reading the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' just-released NBC News poll. Conversely, any Republicans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2022 May Come Down to Last Gust of Political Wind]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/midterms-may-come-down-last-gust-political-wind</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One thing on which strategists in both parties agree is that next month's elections will feature a very high turnout level, a continuation of the last two cycles: 2018 featured the largest midterm turnout in 104 years, 2020 the biggest presidential turnout in 120 years. In recent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Can't Count on More Good News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/dems-cant-count-more-good-news</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Where this election goes next is the question on many lips this week. Can Democrats sustain the newfound momentum that has brought their midterm-election chances back to life, or will this election snap back to the more typical pattern, a referendum on the incumbent president and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Could Save Dems From a Midterm Catastrophe?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/what-could-save-democrats-midterm-catastrophe</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a time when very little if anything is normal about American politics, we have come to expect the unexpected. While the House looks very, very likely to flip into Republican hands and the Senate more likely than not, what kind of event might keep at least one if not both chambers in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ping-Pong Politics Is the New Normal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/ping-pong-politics-new-normal</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest nasty turn of events for Democrats is the release of a redistricting map in New York state, drawn by a court-appointed special master, which has magically transformed a net gain of congressional seats into likely a net loss.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unpacking Biden's Vulnerabilities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/unpacking-bidens-vulnerabilities</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden and the Democrats have paid a terrible toll in public opinion over the last 13 months. And his political ledger still drips with red ink, despite the misplaced optimism coming from some Democrats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Democrats May Have Further to Fall in '24]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/senate-democrats-may-have-further-fall-2024</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My friends who are Democrats, particularly those of the more progressive variety, don't seem to understand how deep they are in the political hole this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and just how hard it might be to get out of it in 2024, particularly in the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Reid's No-B.S. Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/no-bs-legacy-harry-reid</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In December, two giants of the Senate died,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Bob Dole'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Harry Reid. Both had served as Senate majority and minority leader. In some ways, they were very different people, but both possessed the kind of inner strength that is almost essential to have accomplished all that they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Miscalculations Led Him Here]]></title>
							<link>https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/bidens-miscalculations-led-him-here</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The euphoria that Democrats felt Monday afternoon watching President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' signing the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' had to have been somewhat muted by the parade of worrisome news of the last two weeks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Dems Make the Midterms About Republicans?]]></title>
							<link>https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/can-democrats-make-midterms-about-republicans</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the saying, which has been attributed to Otto von Bismarck: Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made. This year, President Biden and Democrats in Congress have led a grisly, excruciatingly long tour of Capitol Hill's legislative process and somehow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Party-Line Stimulus May Cripple His Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/wp/off-to-the-races-a-historic-bill-but-at-what-costthe-1-9-trillion-package-does-a-lot-more-than-simply-address-the-pandemic-and-the-economy-which-is-why-republicans-were-so-reluctant-to-play-ball/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, on a party-line vote of 50 to 49, Senate Democrats passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The lone absence was Alaskan Republican Dan Sullivan, who had to leave Washington to attend the funeral of his father-in-law.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Picture to Remain Cloudy After Iowa, NH]]></title>
							<link>https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/picture-remain-cloudy-after-iowa-and-new-hampshire</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gazing into a crystal ball for clues into the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination contest would likely reveal an exceedingly murky picture. To begin with, is it difficult to predict what will happen in the Feb. 3 Iowa caucus and the Feb. 11 New Hampshire primary. We know that every...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Will Make the 'Final Four' of the Dem Field?]]></title>
							<link>https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/who-will-make-final-four-democratic-field</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's both audacious and a fool's errand for anyone today to predict who will win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. After all, the final primaries will be a year from today.But we can narrow down the field. Like the NCAA college-basketball tournament, there are Cinderella...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When and How the Democratic Field Will Shrink]]></title>
							<link>https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/when-and-how-democratic-field-will-shrink</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The incredibly useful website Ballotpedia reports that as of May 27, 738 candidates had filed to run for president in 2020'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'252 as Democrats, 94 Republicans, and 29 for the Libertarian nomination. Who knew? Depending upon who is counted, there are either 23 or 24 real contenders for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Dems Dominated by the Left? Don't Be So Sure.]]></title>
							<link>https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/are-democrats-dominated-left-dont-be-so-sure</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From much of the media coverage these days, you would think that the undisputed leaders of the Democratic Party are freshman Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'of course'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, even though the constituents that elected them are limited to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What 2018 Tells Us--Trump Is Very, Very Vulnerable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/what-2018-tells-us-about-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many people these days have never driven a car with a manual transmission, but: We are now at a point when the clutch is in yet we haven't fully shifted into gear or reverse. We aren't quite finished looking back and analyzing what happened in this year's midterm elections, but the 2020...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Out-of-Control Kavanaugh Protests Have Hurt Dem Chances]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/shift-gop-fortunes</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most dramatic change over the last six weeks in the midterm election picture is clearly in the Senate, but the House situation has subtly changed as well.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Grim Fall Awaits Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/grim-fall-awaits-gop</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For over six months this column has suggested that this election amounts to a Democratic tidal wave crashing against a Republican seawall'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??the question is which will be stronger. At Labor Day, the traditional beginning of the general-election-campaign season, that continues to be the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A White House That Can't Shoot Straight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/white-house-cant-shoot-straight</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The NBC News Political Unit's morning newsletter First Read on Thursday nailed it, noting, The last two days are a reminder that 2018 will be all about Trump: For those who thought the GOP's tax law or Democrats' message might be key parts of the 2018 midterm environment, the first days...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Face Steep Climb to Win Back the Senate]]></title>
							<link>http://cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/senate-overview/democrats-face-steep-climb-win-back-senate</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's hard to ignore the storm clouds gathering for Republicans looking toward the 2018 elections. Midterms are typically referenda on the incumbent president and the party in power, and Donald Trump's job-approval ratings are lower than those for any newly elected president. Worse still,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad News for Republicans: Trump Isn't Changing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/656098?unlock=VQBYF7KO5QPAGAW0&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I thought of the 1969 song (I was in high school at the time it came out) recently after asking a senior Republican House member whether President Trump was likely to change. His rather melancholy response: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'No, probably not.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the general sentiment of most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Take Heart: The Republican Party Is Sinking]]></title>
							<link>http://cookpolitical.com/story/10414</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After last month'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s losses in the Geor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'gia 6th Dis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'trict and South Car'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'o'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lina 5th Dis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'trict races, a nar'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'rat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ive took hold on why the Demo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'crat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic Party had whiffed in all four com'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'pet'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ive spe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'cial elec'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tions this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'it had no...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Erodes U.S. Tradition of Global Leadership]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/654902?unlock=L3IETEJ5EO4HOBV6&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent Trump heads to Po'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'land and the G-20 sum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'mit in Ger'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'many this week, he will be go'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing in a dif'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent ca'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'pa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'city than any pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent in our life'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'times.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Easy Wins for Republicans Under Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://cookpolitical.com/story/10395</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'gres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'sion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al Re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'pub'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ans in the new norm of the Trump pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ency, noth'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing is easy, and everything is hard. Rais'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing the debt ceil'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing in or'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'der to keep the gov'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ern'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ment from de'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fault'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing on its debt is nor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'mally easy; now...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump Doesn't Know Can Hurt Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/647052?unlock=801KHE4BE0R341Y3</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Fri'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'day, Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ald J. Trump takes the oath of of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fice and be'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'comes pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent. A year ago, the vast ma'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'jor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ity of Amer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'av'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'er'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'age voters, polit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al afi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'cion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ados, and pun'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'dits'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'thought this was vir'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[High Expectations Could Bedevil Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/646205?unlock=MESFFNP8V50K5RLM&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some things in polit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ics are hard to re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'cile. Since Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s elec'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion last month, eco'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'nom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic op'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tim'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ism has skyrock'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'eted. The Con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ence Board re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'por'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ted earli'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'er this week that its Decem'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ber Con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'sumer...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Analytical Models Failed Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/646194?oref=t.co&amp;mref=twitter_share&amp;unlock=O0PSAHTAHF7G58Y1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Novem'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ber elec'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tions pit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ted Demo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'crats against Re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'pub'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ans, con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ser'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'vat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ives against lib'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'er'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'als, Trump-style pop'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'u'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lists and tea parti'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ers against the es'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tab'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lish'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ment and con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al politi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'cians....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Shows He's a Bully With a Pulpit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/645554?unlock=K6PUSN7R8XUG1TML&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A tweet by Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ald Trump earli'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'er this week caused eye-rolling among people with an even curs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ory know'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ledge of con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'sti'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al law. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Nobody should be al'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lowed to burn the Amer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'an flag'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'if they do, there must be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Hold a Clear Edge in the Presidential Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/641274?unlock=AYZ8TWH44G2QN2HG&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The start of Labor Day week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'end, the tra'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'di'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al be'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'gin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ning of the gen'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'er'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al elec'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion, is a good time to take stock of the 2016 cam'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'paign. As of Thursday at noon, Hil'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lary Clin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ton was ahead of Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ald Trump by 4.9 per'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'cent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'age points,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Story of 2016: Republicans Feeling 'Betrayed' by Their Leaders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/641064?unlock=LLK1BM2FTX88F1XZ&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charlie Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Argu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ably the biggest polit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al story of the past year has been the breadth and depth of the an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ger and ali'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'en'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion among Re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'pub'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'an voters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'not just to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ward Pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent Obama, Hil'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lary Clin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ton, and the Demo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'crat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic Party,...]]></description>
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