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<title><![CDATA[David Paul Kuhn - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14532.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Paul Kuhn]]></description><category domain="14532">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[What Doesn&rsquo;t Kill Presidents, Strengthens]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s legend began after he was shot. With his doctors soon to operate, he quipped, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I hope you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re all Republicans.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He told his wife, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Honey, I forgot to duck.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The coolness reinforced his image as America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new leading man.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'One of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Woke-lash: Should the Cultural Left Check Its Privilege?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/woke-lash-should-cultural-left-check-its-privilege-opinion-1553944</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Liberal censoriousness and scorn frequently seems like a mute button to those who already feel unheard.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sorry, Liberals. Bigotry Didn't Elect Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/sorry-liberals-bigotry-didnt-elect-donald-trump.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald J. Trump won the white working-class vote over Hillary Clinton by a larger margin than any major-party nominee since World War II. Instead of this considerable achievement inspiring introspection, figures from the heights of journalism, entertainment, literature and the Clinton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Establishment Be Trumped by The Donald?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/422917/donald-trump-ross-perot-outsider</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump does not merely represent a challenge to the Republican establishment. He is an affront to the professionalization of politics. Here is a man who soared to the front of the Republican field without strategists, pollsters, ad men, set designers, or spinners. Politics is a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Terrorism and Ebola Influenced Midterm Voters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/11/06/how_terrorism_and_ebola_influenced_midterm_voters__124576.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joni Ernst had just won one of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most significant Senate contests. In her victory speech, the Iowa Republican said what newcomers say. She scolded Washington politicians who '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'ignore problems hoping they will go away.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But the first problem she mentioned was not...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's White Support Is Too Low to Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/22/obamas_white_support_is_too_low_to_win_2012_romney_white_male_gap_white_women_kuhn_114579.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama does not currently have enough white support to win re-election even if he retains his minority base from 2008. At the same time, electoral data indicates Mitt Romney has not yet attracted enough of these white voters to capitalize on Obama's weakness.
Pundits often note...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Presidential Campaigns Always Concern Character]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/23/presidential_campaigns_always_concern_character_12_vampire_capitalism_obama_romney_kuhn_114235.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There were the "Meet the Press" panelists discussing character attacks. Gasp, the general election is getting personal! Any student of history would predict it. Newark Mayor Cory Booker was nonetheless disgusted. "It's either going to be a small campaign about this crap," Booker said,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Square Can Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/26/the_square_can_win__romney_obama_2012_square_america_stiff_silent_majority_nixon_113965.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1972, a young aide named Patrick Buchanan suggested that Richard Nixon frame the presidential campaign as "square America" vs. "radical America." The square won 49 states.
Pundits tend to describe Mitt Romney's vanilla disposition as a liability. The Washington Post recently asked,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[False Reports: GOP Not Losing Women in Contraception &quot;War&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/02/false_reports_gop_not_losing_women_in_contraception_war_on_women_romney_obama_2012_gender_gap.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York Magazine's Frank Rich argued last week that there is, indeed, a "full-fledged Republican war on women." Rich asserted that this latest cultural debate is costing the likely Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, women's support. He cited a single poll to prove his point. In March,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Absurd to Think Obama Has Already Won]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/04/its_absurd_to_think_obama_has_already_won_romney_george_will_goldwater_113359.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of course Republicans can still win the presidency.
Conservative opinion maker George Will compares the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential fate to Barry Goldwater'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s flop. Many key Republicans reportedly believe they are indeed "consigned to defeat." Conservative blogger Erick Erickson promises...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Santorum Too Socially Conservative to Defeat Obama?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/19/is_santorum_too_socially_conservative_to_defeat_obama___113180.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From Richard Nixon to George W. Bush, debates over social issues have helped Republicans win the White House. That would almost certainly not be true for Rick Santorum. Polls indicate that Santorum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strict social conservatism would threaten Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' ability to defeat...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Romney's &quot;Rich&quot; Gaffes Will Cost Him]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/03/why_romneys_rich_gaffes_will_cost_him_113014.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s easy to collect Mitt Romney's "rich" remarks into a highlight reel. Have a few laughs. Sure, we ask, what's the guy thinking? We note that presidential races require your A-game. But then it's tempting to shrug. And say he's still on track to win the GOP nomination. That the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Romney's Strengths Prove Moot Against Obama?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/31/will_romneys_strengths_prove_moot_against_obama_112976.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney is winning the GOP race for two reasons: big money and weak competition. That should distress Republicans. Romney cannot rely on either advantage if he faces Barack Obama.
Winning early primaries should frame front-runners as winners. They should convey an aura of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Newt Soared but Could Sour]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/27/why_newt_soars_but_could_sour_romney_problem_2012_republican_fiery_flawed_vs_bland_flawed_112922.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no longer a race between Mitt Romney and Not Romney. Newt Gingrich'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s resurgence is rooted in the candidate he is, rather than the candidate he is not.
Gingrich has proven able to win with a broader coalition than Romney. That coalition eviscerated Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Obama, Stupid: GOP Will Rally for Romney (or Whomever)]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/18/its_obama_stupid_gop_will_rally_for_romney_or_whomever.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In politics, the antagonist of voters' antagonist is their hero. Newt Gingrich leads Republicans in national polls for the same reason Mitt Romney would rally Republicans in a general election: Barack Obama.
The Republican race is defined by seeming imponderables. How could a kingpin of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Dare Not &quot;Abandon&quot; the White Working Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/05/democrats_dare_not_abandon_the_white_working_class_women_white_male_gap_democratic_majority_112266.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an enduring myth of modern American politics that the white working class is what stands between Democrats and a majority. Even before the character of Archie Bunker became a liberal scapegoat on television, the demise of the FDR coalition was reduced to bubba blowback.
In a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Cannot &quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot; and Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/10/27/why_obama_cannot_occupy_wall_street_and_win_2012_tea_party_1968_antiwar_movement_chicago_111826.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s re-election campaign reportedly plans to embrace the populist cause of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The critical question is whether he will ally with the movement itself. Obama might delight liberals if he does. He would also jeopardize his own...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Christie Craze Means]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/10/04/what_the_christie_craze_means___111567.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would have been more difficult for Chris Christie to win the Republican nomination than defeat Barack Obama. Yet if he won his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s support, he was the most likely next president. Christie would have been the general election favorite. He was Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nightmare...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At 39 Percent, Obama's Reminded the Worst Could Lie Ahead]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/15/at_39_percent_approval_gallup_2012_obamas_reminded_the_worst_could_be_ahead_110949.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There it was: 39 percent. Floor broke. Threshold crossed. The close of Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s awful week. One more awful August. On Sunday, for the first time in his presidency, Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s public approval rating dipped below 40 percent in the Gallup Poll.
Now polls are like life. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Care Law Could Fall, and With It Obama's Legacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/06/17/health_care_reform_repeal_could_fall_obama_legacy_democrats_2012_court_senate_reconciliation.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was the first minutes of Monday's Republican debate. Michele Bachmann pledged more than to simply "not rest until I repeal Obamacare." Her subsequent words betrayed the higher stakes ahead: "This is the symbol and the signature issue of President Obama, during his entire...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can a Mormon Become President?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/06/06/can_a_mormon_become_president__110098.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The question still shadows Mitt Romney. He officially rolled out his campaign last week. And there was his picture on the cover of Newsweek, his face transposed over an image from a new Broadway musical satirizing Mormonism. And there was Romney himself on NBC's "Today" show, echoing his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Obama Breached His Constitutional Power in Libya?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/23/has_obama_breached_his_constitutional_power_in_libya_109952.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In late September 1983, one month before the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, the Reagan administration continued to insist that the War Powers Act did not apply to the U.S. military presence in Lebanon.
''The administration wants our stamp of approval,'' said a young Sen....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Christie or Daniels Really Mr. Right?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/12/is_christie_or_daniels_really_mr_right_2012_republican_romance_109821.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters often play hard to get. Eager candidates court their base. This is the common mating dance of presidential primaries. But sometimes the electorate doesn't like her options. She asks, where have all the good men gone?
Then he's spotted. Or found. He's exactly what she needs. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Study Captures Electorate Beyond 'Red vs. Blue']]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/05/pew_study_captures_electorate_beyond_red_vs_blue.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The metaphorical three-legged stool of the Republican base --  national security, economic and social conservatives -- looks  more like a unicycle today. In other words, conservatives are more  uniformly conservative. Yet the wider GOP coalition continues to  disagree on an array of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Osama Bin Laden's Death Brings Closure]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/02/bin_ladens_death_brings_us_closure_109717.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was a throng of Americans outside the White House late Sunday night, singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." One man held an American flag aloft with both hands. Dozens quickly grew to hundreds. It was shortly after the television networks went live with the news. Osama bin Laden is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Debt Third Rails: Defense Cuts, Tax Hikes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/04/28/dems_debt_third_rails_defense_cuts_tax_hikes_obama_ryan_budget_debt_deficit_crisis_cbo_109678.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington analysts are rightly asking how much political pain Republicans will face for touching the third rail of entitlement reform. But Democrats have their own budgetary bogeymen: defense cuts and tax hikes.
The Democratic Party has been dodging the same stereotypes for decades....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politicians, Not Public, to Blame for Debt Crisis]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are reportedly childish about the debt crisis. The public says the budget deficit is a serious issue. So serious that Americans will let other people sacrifice. Rich people. We know the enemy of U.S. debt, and it's us. You, dear reader, are framed as a hypocrite. But is that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Apocalypse Not: Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, warned Friday on CNN, "The  debt ceiling is going to be Armageddon." White House spokesman Jay  Carney chose similar eschatological terms on Monday. "The consequences,"  Carney said, "of failure to raise the debt ceiling would be ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Won't Be Hired, as President]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is a "clean hands freak." Handshaking is "barbaric." These are Trump's words. But he'd reportedly endure this barbarity to run for president. Of course he would. Ambition trumps.
And he's Trump. So he thinks he can be president. Trump is "seriously" considering a bid. And...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ethanol Pork Cows Most GOP Contenders]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Paul Kuhn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In presidential campaigns, the long shots tend to say what the contenders dare not. So there was onetime Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, in early March, telling a group of Iowans, "I will eliminate the ethanol subsidy." Silence.
"And I'll eliminate the oil subsidy." Tepid applause. "Ethanol...]]></description>
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