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<title><![CDATA[Lanny J. Davis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14695.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Lanny J. Davis]]></description><category domain="14695">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Time for Congressional Dem Leadership To Step Up &ndash; and Step Aside]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s low job approval ratings and well-documented (and in my view well-deserved) political problems, the Democratic Party hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t closed the deal with voters. Democrats have a negative brand, according to all the polls. (And just because NYC Democrats love a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Imaginary Walk Through the Yale Campus: 1963&ndash;1971]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Finding the Third Way.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' 
I am imagining taking a series of strolls across the Yale campus sometime between 1963 and 1971. I am imagining whom I would have seen and what we might have said during my seven years at Yale for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, MAGA Republicans Share Common Ground on War Powers]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are more areas of common ground between many Democrats like me and MAGA Republicans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in disagreement with Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' than most people might think. One current example is the growing opposition to the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military interventions, without congressional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Advice to Democrats Regarding Maduro Arrest: Resist Reflexive Opposition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/06/advice_to_democrats_maduro_arrest_resist_reflexive_opposition_153678.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During high-profile crises or controversies in business, politics, and life, the rule I have preached over the years of experience is to get the full truth out into the public immediately: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Tell it early, tell it all, and tell it yourself.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
For starters, that means President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To My Fellow Democrats: A &lsquo;Third Way&rsquo; To Reopen the Government]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/16/to_my_fellow_democrats_a_third_way_to_reopen_the_government_153413.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I understand that congressional Democrats think they have the upper hand, albeit by a narrow margin, showing that voters blame the GOP more than them for the current government shutdown. Their talking point '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that the Republicans control the White House and majorities of both...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let Them Vote: A Democrat Rethinks Primary Access]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/29/let_them_vote_a_democrat_rethinks_primary_access_153110.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats should want independents voting in their primaries, not bar them. 
I used to believe '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'closed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' primaries were an essential element of the two-party system. Primary elections exist for each of our two major political parties to carry their party banner and support the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Professional Advice to Trump Administration: &lsquo;Tell It Early, Tell It All, Tell It Yourself&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/27/professional_advice_to_trump_administration_tell_it_early_tell_it_all_tell_it_yourself.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That advice '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' about telling the truth early, all, and yourself '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' has been my core strategy as a lawyer who specializes in crisis management and media communications strategy. It is the subtitle of a book I wrote 20 years ago. Pete Hegseth, for one, could ask his former Fox News...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DOGE Is No REGO]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/04/doge_is_no_rego__152456.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk recently posted on X in response to a reference to Bill Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Reinventing Government,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' which resulted in a reduction of 377,000 federal jobs during the 1990s. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Sounds familiar,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Musk tweeted.
DOGE has a laudable goal, as did the similar effort...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Morning After: Lessons To Learn &ndash; and Not To Learn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/06/the_morning_after_lessons_to_learn_not_to_learn__151907.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Time to return to Bill Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s third way and the politics of tolerance? 
I was wrong.
On Election Day, I got off the fence and publicly predicted a Kamala Harris win '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and maybe a landslide sweep of most of the dead-heat swing states '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' on social media and RCP...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Memories From 50 Years Ago: Nixon Leaves Town]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/09/memories_from_50_years_ago_nixon_leaves_town_151432.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Look, kids'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';'there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no one here.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
I am sitting in a small library room in the grand Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, not too far from the White House. As I later learned, this room was chosen to look like the small White House library, which is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. President, It&rsquo;s Time To Pass the Torch to Kamala Harris]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/07/mr_president_its_time_to_pass_the_torch_to_kamala_harris_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With pain, I have changed my mind: I ask you, President Biden, to think again and please decide to pass the torch to your vice president, Kamala Harris. Friday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s George Stephanopoulos interview changed my mind.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Last week, I wrote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a column in this space:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 

Mr....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Give Joe Biden a Chance To Make the Right Decision]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/03/give_joe_biden_a_chance_to_make_the_right_decision___151206.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I began to write this piece a month ago when I got irritated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' again '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' with the same tiresome disparagement of Kamala Harris by the conventional media and, in whispers, even among progressive Democrats. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Word salads,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d say after seeing a 5-second...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hunter Biden, Donald Trump Should Be Pardoned and Sentences Commuted]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/19/hunter_biden_donald_trump_should_be_pardoned_and_sentences_commuted__151117.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is much to differentiate between the respective felony trials of Hunter Biden and Donald Trump. For starters, even Trump supporters should agree that Hunter Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s crime '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that he falsely stated on a gun purchase form that he was not using controlled substances '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jury Can Convict Trump Without Believing Michael Cohen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/22/jury_can_convict_trump_without_believing_michael_cohen_150986.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was behind closed doors for more than a year as the New York prosecutors built their case against Donald Trump based on the sworn testimony of Trump friends and contemporaneous text messages, phone calls, and other documents.
It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s clear to me that jurors can review the evidence...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time for a Bipartisan Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/19/time_for_a_bipartisan_presidency_150814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although Joe Biden is a lifelong Democrat, his political career was long defined by bipartisan compromises and reaching out to the Republican Party with legislative compromises, budget battle solutions, foreign policy consensus, and, notably, personal friendships.
Now it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Friend Joe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/28/my_friend_joe_150713.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I write now, in the worst pain and shock, with news of my friend Joe Lieberman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s death just moments ago. I write because I know what his critics will be quick to write, what news reports have already re-circulated.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
The same old attacks on Joe Lieberman, which he and I talked...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Culpability Hiding in Plain Sight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/23/trumps_culpability_hiding_in_plain_sight_150549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first trial may well be the 34-count felony case brought by the New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, in an indictment voted by a New York State grand jury on March 20, 2023. This case has been widely disparaged, even by some liberals, as only about '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'money to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[James Comey Redux: Special Counsel Hur&rsquo;s Poor Judgment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/12/james_comey_redux_special_counsel_hurs_poor_judgment_150483.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stipulate that Special Counsel Robert Hur had a legitimate public interest reason to explain why he chose not to charge President Biden for mishandling of classified documents. But just as former FBI director James Comey did in 2016, Hur seems to have needlessly used...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Colorado Case: Right Analysis, Wrong Outcome]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/21/the_trump_colorado_case_right_analysis_wrong_outcome__150235.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I read the dissent of the Colorado Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 4-3 decision, written by the court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chief justice, Brian Boatright. I agree with Justice Boatright'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s opinion.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
I agree with the detailed analysis of the majority opinion that there is substantial evidence in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michael Cohen and Liz Cheney &ndash; Paying the Price for Speaking Truth to Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/23/michael_cohen_and_liz_cheney__paying_the_price_for_speaking_truth_to_power_149948.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and Michael Cohen would both qualify for John Kennedy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s list of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Profiles in Courage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' for the same decision: to speak the truth about Donald Trump. And they share three things in common for doing so: They both paid a heavy price in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hamas&rsquo; Terrorist War Against Israel: There Is No 'On the Other Hand']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/10/hamas_terrorist_war_against_israel_there_is_no_on_the_other_hand__149874.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I spent the weekend and most of Monday engaging in back-and-forth with fellow progressive Democrats who were trying to change the subject on the clear black-and-white facts about Hamas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' terrorist war against Israel. I kept reminding them of four indisputable facts.
Fact one: Hamas...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s Time for President Biden To Lead on Securing Our Borders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/26/its_time_for_president_biden_to_lead_on_securing_our_borders_149812.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here is the headline that could have dominated the news two months ago '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' on July 25, 2023 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t:
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'President Biden announces new rule to secure borders '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' will appeal federal court decision overturning it, if necessary all the way to the Supreme...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wyoming May Vote Dark Red, But It&rsquo;s Part of a &lsquo;Purple Nation&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/11/wyoming_may_vote_dark_red_but_its_part_of_a_purple_nation_149741.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I had the honor last Thursday evening of being the dinner keynote guest speaker at the Wyoming State Bar meeting. Some family and friends wondered how I would be received, since I would not hide my Democratic Party loyalty and my progressive views on most issues. After all, Wyoming...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Is So Desperate to Stay in the White House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/23/why_trump_is_so_desperate_to_stay_in_the_white_house_144910.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a reason Donald Trump seems so desperate to hang on to his position as president of the United States. Over the weekend he reportedly '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' talked with attorney Sidney Powell and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about trying to impose martial law in states he lost in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Advice to Joe Biden on Eve of the Debate--Be Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/518528-davis-my-advice-to-joe-biden-on-eve-of-the-debate-be-joe-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unity, stability and decency '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' those are the three words that describe you best, Joe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Is Heading for a Blowout Victory in November]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/501268-davis-72-hours-cementing-the-real-choice-for-november</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America will have the final choice. If history is our guide, and that is the choice, Trump will not just be defeated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but by such a margin that he and the likes of him will be gone for generations to come.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Facts Showing Biden Wrong Doing--Only Lies, Innuendo]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/462680-lanny-j-davis-what-about-the-facts-about-hunter-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The same media '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the same fact-checkers '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' who focus on Donald Trump and tell him, facts matter have virtually ignored the facts about whether Hunter Biden actually did anything wrong while serving on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Department of Justice Is Not Trump's Law Firm]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/363808-doj-is-not-trumps-law-firm</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The chances of Donald Trump being impeached increased geometrically in the last several days for the felony of attempting to obstruct justice when he admitted that he knew about Michael Flynn misleading the FBI and subsequently asked then FBI Dire]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Surrogates Err in Attacking Mueller's Motives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/24/trump_surrogates_err_in_attacking_muellers_motives__134556.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I hear President Trump and his White House strategists referring to the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Clinton model'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' when attacking the political motives of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and some members of his team.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  They seem to be referring to Clinton defenders in 1999 such as myself, who often...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Let Clinton Foundation Become a Casualty of Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/lanny-davis/293828-lanny-davis-dont-let-clinton-foundation-become-a-casualty-of-politics</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny J. Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are some serious people whom I respect, including some editorial writers and pundits, who have called for shutting down the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton is elected president, even if Bill Clinton resigns from leadership, as he has promised to do.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Their reasoning,...]]></description>
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