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<title><![CDATA[Marc Ambinder - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14760.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Marc Ambinder]]></description><category domain="14760">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA['Fake News' Can't Be Fixed by More Journalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/fake-news-can-t-be-fixed-more-journalism-not-when-n1286563</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A more media strategy will inevitably lead to more anti-media attacks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Can't Fight Republican Fear With Facts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/virginia-election-postmortem-democrats-can-t-fight-republican-fear-facts-n1283192</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans have mastered the art of hypercharging and polarizing cultural debates to win votes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Transformation of Kim Jong Un]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/778248/transformation-kim-jong-un</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is the leader of the Hermit Kingdom serious about denuclearization?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Power of Mueller's Facts]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/777090/power-muellers-facts</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The special counsel is busy marshalling his facts. They will speak for themselves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Refugee Mess Previews Failures Ahead]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/31/trump-refugee-ban-previews-failures-to-come-marc-ambinder-column/97281512/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s executive order suspending'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' most travel from Syria and seven other predominantly Muslim countries has now encountered'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' mass protests, slap-downs from federal judges and resistance from an acting attorney general that he had to fire, turning her into a martyr for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Media Rediscovered Its Convictions to Take on Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/657311/how-media-rediscovered-convictions-take-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How do you solve a problem like Donald Trump? If you're a journalist, do you frame his latest outrage through its effect on the campaign or the country? For instance, each of the following two frames about his "rigged election" talk could have easily appeared in media across the United...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mock the Pain, Frustration of Trump Supporters at Your Peril]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/marc-ambinder-follow-article-1.2553543</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fighting Bad Guys by Arming Citizens Isn't a Crazy Idea]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/591997</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last time I wrote about a mass shooting, I decided to publicize an argument made by a group of gun control advocates who were insanely frustrated at the sclerosis within their own movement. Their idea: Focus on the ammo. Bullets are perishable. Laws to restrict and monitor mass ammo...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Way Hillary Can Win in 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/article/index/254464/the-way-hillary-can-win-in-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I don't think Hillary Clinton ever intended to be Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of 2013. Indeed, this year was supposed to be slow and quiet. Clinton stepped down as secretary of state early in the year, took some time off, hit the lucrative lecture circuit, worked with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Revolution of 2013]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/article/index/250912/the-republican-revolution-of-2013</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With some exceptions, the media has decided that it is well and good to frame the government shutdown as a hostage situation perpetuated by a small band of Republicans led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).But is that what's really going on here?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chris Christie: Fit to Be President?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/chris-christie-fit-to-be-president/275628/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Memo to Chris Christie: You've got a new contract with life -- under some pretty favorable terms.The New Jersey governor and possible 2016 Republican presidential contender quietly underwent lap-band surgery three months ago, the New York Post revealed Tuesday. In light of my own open...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rush Is Right on Gay Marriage]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/article/index/241523/rush-is-right-on-gay-marriage</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I don't believe the hype.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Yes, gay marriage is increasingly popular. To my own eyes, it's astoundingly popular, and I'm very happy that it's popular. Nearly 60 percent of Americans now support it. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on March 26-27 on a series of cases that will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Chris Christie Too Fat to Be President?]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/article/index/239816/is-chris-christie-too-fat-to-be-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I think the answer is clear: no. I also think the question deserved to be asked.My own history with obesity is here, in all its gory glory. Fat stigma is an anathema to me, and I wish that we could ignore the issue entirely. We can't. And that means that the fat of Christie's will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's 2016 Run Is Not Inevitable]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/article/index/236886/hillary-clintons-2016-run-is-not-inevitable</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even from Los Angeles, it's easy to get wind of the conventional wisdom in Washington about the future of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: No doubt about it... she's going to be our next president. Even many Republicans believe this. The CW rests on several assumptions that may well...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the U.S. More Vulnerable to Cyberattack?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/did-americas-cyber-attack-on-iran-make-us-more-vulnerable/258120/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marc Ambinder			
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							<title><![CDATA[White House to Counter Leadership Drag]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/white-house-to-counter-leadership-drag-20110816</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House, burned by failed efforts to work with Republicans and dismayed by a growing perception that President Obama is a weak leader, has made the decision to put more pressure'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and blame'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'on Congress when Obama returns to Washington after his family vacation.That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the MSM Fair to Palin? Pretty Much]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/is-the-mainstream-media-fair-to-sarah-palin--20110530</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does the political press corps--professional, accredited journalists  as opposed to bloggers--apply a different standard to Sarah Palin than  it does to other candidates?First, let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s blow away a few straw men.The  outr'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';' conspiracy theories about Trig Palin not being Palin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Obama's Team Thinks of the GOP Field]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/what-obama-s-political-team-thinks-of-the-republican-field-20110524</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, shown here in 2010, is the most likely GOP opponent and one of the toughest, according to those close to the president.Gov. Mitch Daniels is a lot of things to a lot of people, but to President Obama's political team, the Hoosier was the most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Nixed Photo Release]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/why-obama-nixed-the-photo-release-20110504</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It turns out they didn't plan for everything.The operation to get Osama bin Laden was meticulously planned and carefully thought through,  including the decision to bury the terrorist leader's body at sea'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a move  that would deny the Saudi a grave and, potentially, a shrine.But  no...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Secret Team That Killed Bin Laden]]></title>
							<link>http://nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/the-secret-team-that-killed-bin-laden-20110502</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan, the modified MH-60 helicopters made their way to the garrison suburb of Abbottabad, about 30 miles from the center of Islamabad.  Aboard were Navy SEALs, flown across the border from Afghanistan, along with tactical signals, intelligence collectors, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Obama Meant to Say]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/what-obama-meant-to-say-about-the-mosque/61521/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inside the country, what New Yorkers think matters; what bloggers and  commentators and politicians think matters quite a bit less. Outside the  country, to the extent that the chattering class conveys a picture of  opinion, errant musings can become, quite paradoxically, powerful ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Beach Bash Part of a Long Tradition]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/the-biden-beach-bash-and-the-ethics-of-enjoying-an-afternoon/57755/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every Halloween, when Al and Tipper Gore lived at 1 Observatory  Circle, they threw a costume party for journalists and staffers. Ted  Kennedy's office Christmas Parties were famous for his Santa Claus  impersonations. Even the Cheneys opened the doors of their house to  cocktail parties...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the Stimulus Keep Us Safe?]]></title>
							<link>http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/04/will_the_stimulus_keep_us_safe.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's common knowledge these days that the stimulus will rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. $111 billion of the $787 billion package are pledged to the combined causes of science and infrastructure; modernized highways, bridges, and dams are supposed to be a sort of windfall from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Wants to Forge New Liberal Consensus]]></title>
							<link>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/if_obama_wants_to_forge.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tonight's Winner: Joe the Plumber]]></title>
							<link>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/valence_and_visuals.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaign Confident About Obama's Prospects]]></title>
							<link>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/barack_mccains_margin_among_in.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Eight Arguments About Iraq]]></title>
							<link>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/the_eight_arguments_about_iraq.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Searching for the Next Vice President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20080621_9379.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where the Electorate Stands]]></title>
							<link>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/your_electorate_folks.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama vs. Obama on Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/parsing_obama_without_precondi.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marc Ambinder</author>
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