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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Stumbles, But MAGA Still Wins]]></title>
							<link>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-stumbles-maga-wins-inside-pennsylvania-gop-note/story?id=84789756</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One headline of the night was the primary loss of Rep. Madison Cawthorn in North Carolina.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Is Back. Why He Still Matters to Both Biden &amp; Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-obama-matters-biden-trump/story?id=73718498</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Barack Obama is a potent political force -- something both former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump can agree on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harsh Realities Sinking In for President Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trust-trumps-word-plummets-harsh-realities-sink/story?id=71805817&amp;cid=clicksource_4380645_6_film_strip_icymi_hed</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A president used to defining his own realities is running into some stubborn ones -- big enough to force him to maneuver around them rather than try to barrel through them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Major Issues Dominating the 2018 Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/major-issues-dominating-midterm-elections-analysis/story?id=58624175</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a look at some of the major themes that are dominating the midterm elections and defining the candidates who are running -- and what comes next.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Midterm Clashes Set to Define Trump Era]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/analysis-midterm-clashes-set-define-trump-era/story?id=52773733</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They will mark the first nationwide referenda on the Trump era. And the 2018 midterm elections promise to carry with them the drama, enthusiasm, and frustrations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One Year In, Trump Has Redefined the Presidency]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/analysis-year-donald-trump-redefined-presidency/story?id=52233867</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tweet it out, put on]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Debate Shows Trump Remains Dominant]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/analysis-republican-debate-shows-donald-trump-won/story?id=36276687</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump may yet lose the Republican presidential nomination, and Thursday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s debate offered hints of the fights that could make that possible.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But the first GOP debate of 2016 revealed the extent to which Trump has already won.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The slow-starting evening focused, for a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deal or Not, Budget Debacle Will Linger Into 2013]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/12/deal-or-no-deal-washington-debacle-will-linger-into-new-year/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fiscal cliff is just the beginning. Regardless of whether Democrats and Republicans reach some kind of last-minute bargain to avoid the worst effects of tax hikes and spending cuts, the disaster that has been the fiscal cliff negotiations has broad implications for the Washington...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Woodward: &quot;Gaps&quot; in Obama's Leadership on Debt Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bob-woodward-gaps-president-obamas-leadership-contributed-debt/story?id=17183930#.UE4gE67rSSp</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' "Gaps" in President Obama's leadership contributed to the collapse of a "grand bargain" on spending and debt last year, with the president failing to cultivate congressional relationships that may have helped him break through Republican opposition, author Bob Woodward told ABC News'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Woodward Book Chronicles Collapse of Debt Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bob-woodward-book-debt-deal-collapse-led-pure/story?id=17104635#.UEjfbSLrSSp</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were on the verge of reaching last summer, according to revelations...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Re-Election Effort Shaken by Rough Stretch]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/world-news-political-insights-president-obamas-rough-stretch-exposes-weak-spots/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First went the mood. Next, the muscle failed. Finally, to close out a horrific week for President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reelection bid, went the message. The first week of June began with a monthly jobs report that solidified a sense of an anemic economic recovery. Then a Democratic loss in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Sees Iowa Window as Rivals Eye a Path]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/world-news-political-insights-romney-sees-an-iowa-window-as-rivals-eye-a-path/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The man in the middle is off on the sidelines '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' again.That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s just how Mitt Romney likes it this year. But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not going to last '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only partly by his own doing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Returns to the New Normal]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tucson-shooting-congress-returns-normal/story?id=12628327</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's time for Congress to get back to its new normal -- where everything has changed, except that it hasn't really. Lawmakers this week return to Washington for their first substantive actions in the aftermath of last weekend's Tucson shooting. The tragedy had particular resonance on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Confront Changed Map in 2010]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/WN/president-obama-democrats-confront-troubles-changed-map-2010/story?id=11301034</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The map that looked so different -- and so promising -- for Democrats in 2008 has gotten a makeover in time for 2010.House Democrats begin their summer break this week playing nationwide defense. Last week's announcement by House campaign officials that they've reserved ad time in some...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama Seeks Control of Sticky Storyline]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Media/world-news-political-insights-president-obama-seeks-control/story?id=10903945</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not too late to find his way to the White House rooftop after all.President Obama is now reacting to the BP oil mess in precisely the way he said he didn't need to. After weeks of insisting that bringing rhetorical heat on BP executives wouldn't get anything done, that's just what...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Administration Faces Credibility Gap on Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/story-of-jobs-administration-faces-credibility-gap-as-talk-grows-of-new-stimulus.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Long Before Health Care Bill is Too Big to Pass?]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/brushfires-fantasies-how-long-before-health-care-bill-is-too-big-to-pass.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Year After Obama's Victory, More 'Change' in Air]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-stalled-agenda-skeptical-public-spell-change/story?id=8995901</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last November, Americans flocked to the polls to vote for change.A year later, change again drove voters on an Election Day -- with much different results.The same dynamics that powered President Obama to victory -- frustration with the status quo, economic anxieties, hope that new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Grow Impatient on Impact of First Stimulus]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/dem-senator-second-stimulus-probably-needed.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rick Klein is ABC News' Senior Political Reporter and author of The Note's morning look at the upcoming day in politics. Throughout the day, ABC News' political team contributes to The Note with the very latest news and analysis from the nation's capital.To email Rick Klein, click...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gore Quietly Pushes Climate Change Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7777697&amp;page=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Culture Wars Are Raging, But Noise Is on Spending]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7393903&amp;page=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Obama Administration'&#'.ord('â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Lost Week]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/03/the-note-320200.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Returns to the Trail in a Weakened State]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/the-note-2909-t.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA['Smart Power' is Clinton's Vow at Hearings]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/President44/story?id=6631347&amp;page=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Builds No Drama Cabinet]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2008/12/the-note-121708.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Blagojevich Means for Obama Transition]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2008/12/the-note-121008.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hand Off: Obama Seeks Balanced Pace]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&amp;page=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Shift, Obama Poised For Huge Cash Edge]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5207140&amp;page=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Answer on Rogue Nations Evolves]]></title>
							<link>http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=4896002&amp;page=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Leads, But Clinton Might Have the Edge]]></title>
							<link>http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=4430817</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rick Klein</author>
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