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<title><![CDATA[Cynthia Tucker - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14619.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Cynthia Tucker]]></description><category domain="14619">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Ben Carson: Admirable Man, Mistaken Philosophy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- Like giddy teenagers, Republican activists have fallen for another charming, personable and accomplished black conservative. Dr. Ben Carson is the newest object of their crush, which was born of a desperate need to attract more black men and women as high-profile...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Myth of the Frugal Republican]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But while its brand is damaged, the GOP has maintained its mystique as the party of fiscal restraint. Shortly before the election, a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that, by a margin of 51 to 43 percent, Americans believed Mitt Romney would do a better job on the deficit than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Furious Over Gas Prices? Look in the Mirror]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2011/04/22/furious-over-gas-prices-look-in-the-mirror/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As gas prices soar, Republicans and oil company executives have  revived a rallying cry that echoed around the country the last time gas  prices spiked: &ldquo;Drill, baby, drill!&rdquo; Republicans in Congress,  especially, have berated President Barack Obama for his policies, which ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Republican Mendacity on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2011/03/25/more-mendacity-on-health-care-reform/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; One year after Congress passed a landmark health care  law, its detractors continue to campaign against it with deceit,  dissembling and distortion. They have blamed the Patient Protection and  Affordable Care Act for a high unemployment rate, runaway deficits and ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gore Is Right About Snow &amp; Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2011/02/03/al-gore-is-right-about-snow-and-climate-change/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even if Americans were more knowledgeable about the science of climate  change, they&rsquo;d have difficulty understanding the connection between a  winter of extreme weather and a warming planet. A giant cold front has  much of the country locked down under bitter cold and brought...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unpatriotic Resistance to New START]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/12/20/republicans-unpatriotic-resistance-to-new-start/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is simply no modern precedent for the behavior of Republicans in  the U.S. Senate. They are not only hyper-partisan, but they are also  petty, petulant and unpatriotic, willing to jeopardize national security  if they think they can hurt President Obama. Witness their growing ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CBC Scholarship Scandal Part of Bigger Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/09/15/sanford-bishops-scholarships-are-not-the-real-scandal/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Congressional scandals go, the controversy over scholarships  handed out by U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) won&rsquo;t merit even a  footnote in the history books. The nepotism involved has been a hot  topic for Bishop&rsquo;s challenger, Republican Mike Keown, but it&rsquo;s hardly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Worried About Jobs, Not Deficit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100613_Americans_worried_about_lack_of_jobs__not_deficit.html#axzz0qjiMr06g</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With unemployment still hovering around 10 percent, and economic  anxieties fueling the "wrong track" sentiment in opinion polls, you'd  think President Obama would be burning through his remaining political  capital to get a major jobs bill through Congress.Instead, Democrats have been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Polls Will Rise When Unemployment Drops]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the headlines and magazine covers are any indication, President  Obama hit his stride with the recently-concluded nuclear summit,  attended by 46 other world leaders. Coming on the heels of his historic  health care reform legislation, the summit showcased a president growing ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need Courage to Push Health Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100124_Democrats_should_keep_pushing_health-care_bill__It_s_the_right_thing_to_do_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Compassion for Sick Illegal Immigrants]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/09/22/no-compassion-for-illegal-immigrants-needing-health-care/#</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Don't Need GOP to Pass Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/09/18/1385/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kennedy's Politics Moved Nation to the Left]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/29/kennedys-politics-moved-the-nation-to-the-left/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Club, Sarah]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2009/07/08/tucked_0708.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not much was clear after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin&#8217;s rambling and petulant press conference, least of all whether she was bidding farewell to politics. But this much was obvious: She&#8217;s angry that so many &mdash; TV comedians, feuding political consultants, unnamed media...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Market Won't Fix Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2009/06/21/tucked_0621.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The letter I received shortly after my annual mammogram was terse and ominous: The doctor wanted me to schedule a diagnostic mammogram to clarify something slightly suggestive from the first test.At that point, according to conservatives who push a &#8220;market-based&#8221; health care...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The President Changed Lebanese Minds]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2009/06/10/tucked_0610.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Insane Shooting Culture]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2009/04/12/tuckered_0412.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cynthia Tucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today, modern Americans look back on ancestors who burned witches at the stake and who enslaved their brethren and shake their heads, unable to fully understand a culture that condoned such cruelty and harbored such lunacy.A hundred years from now, historians and social scientists will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Thrift Unwise and Ill-Timed]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2009/01/11/cynthia_tucker.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberal Case for Rick Warren]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/12/21/tucked_1221.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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					Sunday, December 21, 2008Like President-elect Barack Obama, I disagree with many of the views espoused by the Rev. Rick Warren. Pastor of an Orange County megachurch and best-selling author of &#194;&#147;The Purpose Driven Life,&#194;&#148;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Powell and Rice, Bush Broke Important Ground]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Win a Nightmare For Al-Qaeda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/11/23/tucked_1123.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Obamas Can Be Model for Marriage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/11/16/tucked_1116.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Tears for America of Yesteryear]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/10/29/tucked_1029.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain's Silence Lends Weight to Race-Baiting]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/10/15/tucked_1015.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter ID Laws a GOP Tactic of Cynicism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/10/05/tucked_1005.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Minorities Scapegoated for Bank Crisis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.viewpoint28sep28,0,6004405.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Palin: Cheney With a Moose Gun]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/09/21/tucked_0921.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain Relies on Image, Avoids Issues]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/09/07/tucked_0907.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thank You, Jesse Jackson!]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/07/11/tucked_0713.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Patriotism is Insisting U.S. Live Up to Ideals]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tuck/stories/2008/07/03/tucked_0706.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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