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<title><![CDATA[Mort Kondracke - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14573.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mort Kondracke]]></description><category domain="14573">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems Will Need a Third Way To Remain Relevant]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/21/dems_will_need_third_way_to_remain_relevant_153072.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s job approval ratings are falling '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s now nearly five points underwater in the RealClearPolitics polling average '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and 52% of voters disapprove of the Republican Party, according to a Harvard/CAPS/Harris poll.
But the news is even worse for Democrats....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Approval Rating Poses Dilemma for Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/21/bidens_approval_rating_poses_dilemma_for_dems_150532.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden clearly doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t want to quit the 2024 presidential race. And he shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t do so now. With Super Tuesday, March 5, coming on fast, other potential Democratic candidates wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have time to organize campaigns.
But a good idea has been floated in the New...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Must Prioritize Bipartisan Solution to Border Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/24/biden_must_prioritize_bipartisan_solution_to_border_crisis_149945.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Having neglected the U.S.-Mexico border crisis for nearly three years while tending to various domestic and foreign issues, President Biden now needs to take firm charge of immigration policy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' for both substantive and political reasons.
Biden is under fire from both Republicans and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Far-Left Lean Risks More Than the Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/18/democrats_far-left_lean_risks_more_than_the_presidency_140803.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the Democratic Party keeps surging to the left and nominates a 2020 candidate who can be credibly labeled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'socialist,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'radical'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or just far out of mainstream, it will not only reelect Donald Trump, but unleash a cascade of nightmares on itself and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['New Democrats' Outnumber Liberals, But Need Pizazz]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/04/new_democrats_outnumber_liberals_but_need_pizazz_140477.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The media, perpetually mesmerized by ideologues and charisma, have virtually anointed radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the future of the Democratic Party. In fact, it should focus on Rep. Derek Kilmer and the House New Democrat Coalition he chairs.
The Progressive Caucus,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Reformers Gain Steam -- With an Eye on 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/02/political_reformers_gain_steam_--_with_an_eye_on_2020_139930.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Although the Trump-obsessed national media -- now focused on Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' burgeoning field of 2020 challengers -- have not caught on, the movement to reform American politics is building fast. Invigorated by major victories in 2018, advocates gathered here this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Brainer: An Immigration/Budget Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/20/no_brainer_an_immigrationbudget_deal_138978.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If our country were governed at the top by statespersons or even just reasonable politicians, we wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t repeatedly face government shutdowns and steps could be taken to fix our broken (and politically divisive) immigration system.
Instead, we have in charge a demagogic president...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Will Show That Trump Is in Putin's Pocket]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/18/mueller_will_show_that_trump_is_in_putins_pocket_137552.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s face it: The president of the United States is an agent of Russia, an enemy power. He demonstrated it for all the world to see in Helsinki on Monday, but it follows a long string of Trump actions to aid Vladimir Putin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strategic aims.
But it remains to be proved whether...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Seeds of a Moderate Movement Must Be Nurtured]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/12/the_seeds_of_a_moderate_movement_must_be_nurtured.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, The Atlantic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Ron Brownstein wrote a book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Second Civil War,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' describing and lamenting the polarization and paralysis afflicting American politics. Since then, America has become an even more divided country, its political partisans split into tribes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It Would Be Wise to Plan for Worst in Mideast]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_136/-206283-1.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On one level, this was a bucket-list trip to Europe and Russia. On  another, it was a trip through history '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' and its unmistakable  implications for the Middle East.I spent most of May playing tourist in Berlin, Munich, Vienna,  Prague, Budapest, Moscow and St. Petersburg, seeing sights...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Save the Country, We Need 'Grand Bargains']]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_103/-204476-1.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One last time: the United States will not solve its monumental problems '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' which threaten our future as a great nation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' without a series of grand bargains between Republicans and Democrats.We need grand bargains to tame the burgeoning federal debt, which threatens the next...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Nativist Lobby' is Winning on Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/15/nativist_lobby_is_winning_on_immigration_108559.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The failure of Congress and two presidents to enact immigration reform is plunging the nation into an ugly future.
Call it the Arizonification of America.
Quite apart from the ghastly shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and 19 others in Tucson, Ariz., the state truly has become, as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debt Panel Punted on Health Care Cost Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_57/-201290-1.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maybe the most compelling product of President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s deficit commission isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even in its groundbreaking final report.It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the bipartisan proposal by the panel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s health care subcommittee, former White House budget director Alice Rivlin and Rep. Paul Ryan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Woe on the Horizon]]></title>
							<link>http://www.detnews.com/article/20100702/OPINION01/7020326/1008/Economic-woe-on-horizon</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans this July 4th are short-term pessimistic but long-term optimistic. I'd say that unless things change for the better, they need to reconsider the long-term.Last week's NBC-Wall Street Journal poll shows that 62 percent of U.S. adults think that the country is "on the wrong...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Remains No. 1 Economy, but Won't Be Without Change]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/05/_us_remains_no_1_economy_but_wont_be_without_change_99760.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's time for New Year's resolutions and here's a good one: Let's resolve to keep America the world's most competitive and innovative country.
It'll surprise many Americans to know that we even have that position.
In a poll released earlier this month by the Pew Research Center and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Are Right on Health Care Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/10/_voters_are_right_theyll_pay_a_lot_for_health_care_reform_99496.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The White House and liberal think tanks insist that health care reform will lower costs, but the public isn't buying it - and for good reasons.
Practically every aspect of the bills Democrats are considering - from covering the uninsured to taxes on providers, insurance reforms and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Persists on Broad Front as Polls Drop]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/03/_obama_persists_on_broad_front_as_polls_drop_99387.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has so loaded up the policy circuits this month that you'd expect a government-wide blackout any minute.
Still, in spite of declining approval ratings for him and most of his policies, he's decided to forge ahead - on Afghanistan, health care, jobs, climate change...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economy Is Weak, Voters Are Angry -- Time for Third Party?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/20/economy_is_weak_voters_are_angry__time_for_third_party_99222.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'The mood of America is glum. Two-thirds of the public is dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country" and voters' anti-incumbent mood is approaching 1994 and 2006 levels, when control of Congress changed hands.
So reported the Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Ducks Role  As 'Party of Yes'  On Health Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/06/gop_ducks_role__as_party_of_yes__on_health_reform_99051.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Late in the game, Republicans are proposing alternatives to Democratic health care reform, but they're certainly not being bold.
If they were, they'd follow the lead of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the party's foremost Jack Kemp-style conservative, whose Patients' Choice Act aims for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Should Find 'Third Way' on Legal Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/30/should_find_third_way_on_legal_reform_98942.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's an important task that Congressional moderates can perform on health care reform besides fighting the public insurance option and containing costs: find a middle ground on medical malpractice.
Even President Barack Obama ought to join the cause and go beyond the tepid studies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Party Polarization Menaces Efforts To Control Debt]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/23/party_polarization_menaces_efforts_to_control_debt_98836.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, it's occurred to liberals as well as wonky budget hawks that the nation's fiscal future is "unsustainable," but the chances of action - short of a crisis - are near zero.
That's because of political polarization. For years, Republicans have complained about "runaway entitlement...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vast Differences Must Be Bridged on Healthcare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/15/obama_should_weigh_in_now_on_health_debate_98732.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Having let Congress have its way in writing health care reform legislation up to now, President Barack Obama needs to weigh in heavily if he wants to sign a bill by Christmas.
Vast differences - in cost, coverage, ideology and pay-for techniques - need to be bridged among five measures...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama May Stick to Current Afghan Strategy -- a Loser]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/08/_obama_may_stick_to_current_afghan_strategy__a_loser_98631.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More and more, it looks as if President Barack Obama is going to adopt a "split the difference" policy on Afghanistan that will basically continue current strategy - and likely lead to catastrophe.
Obama told Congressional leaders Tuesday that he does not intend to reduce U.S. troop...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Reform Cut Health Care Costs? Don't Bet on It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/02/will_reform_cut_health_care_costs_dont_bet_on_it_98553.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The good news about health care reform is that, if it passes, the ranks of the uninsured will be reduced. The bad news is that reducing the surging cost of health care in the United States will remain iffy, at best.
There's reason to fear that, even with reform, the nation's total...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Should Advance the Notable Success in Pakistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/18/congress_should_advance_the_notable_success_in_pakistan_98364.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From China to Russia to Afghanistan and Iran, it's a time of woe for U.S. foreign policy. But there's an exception - Pakistan - and Congress can keep the progress going.
Specifically, Congress needs finally to pass legislation, sponsored in the Senate by John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Dick...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Reform Should Include Diabetes 'War']]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/12/_health_reform_should_include_diabetes_war_98268.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be entirely fitting for Congress to rekindle the "war on cancer" in response to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), but another disease worthy of a war is diabetes.
Cancer kills more people each year - 560,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Shouldn't Push Through a Partisan Bill]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Among the most common themes in the tributes paid to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) was his willingness to negotiate across party lines and achieve his liberal goals incrementally, if necessary.
It's time for his fellow Democrats and President Barack Obama to apply those...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sportscasters, Airlines, Telecoms, Automakers -- Here's How to Do Better]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/21/sportscasters_airlines_telecoms_automakers__heres_how_to_do_better_97983.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm taking my annual one-column breather from the nation's political storms to promote not-exactly-earthshaking ideas that have been bugging me and, maybe, you.
This year: golf on television, parking your car, simplifying voicemail and non-alcoholic beer (also wine).
Golf: Prior to last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Has Health Care Ideas but Prefers Attacks on Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/13/gop_has_health_care_ideas_but_prefers_attacks_on_obama__97880.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's no question that Republican criticism has helped undermine support for President Barack Obama's health plan. But it hasn't done much to help Republicans.
That's because while Republicans actually do have alternative ideas on health care reform, they have spent most of their time...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Must Get Liberals to Support Senate Health Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/07/obama_must_get_liberals_to_support_senate_health_plan_97805.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mort Kondracke</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Too big to fail" is the tagline that health lobbyist Fred Graefe applies to the health care reform effort, and he's got it dead right.
The failure of an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress to pass President Barack Obama's No. 1 priority would be a political disaster for the president and...]]></description>
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