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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Romano - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14795.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Romano]]></description><category domain="14795">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Under Surface, Crime Exerting Pull on Voters This Year]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/2022-poll-republicans-close-gap-on-midterm-ballot-by-attacking-democrats-on-crime/ar-AA1380im?cvid=1ddaf8c67ab8465ea5ec4a3563db07e5</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' are gaining ground in the closing weeks of the 2022 midterm campaign, according to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and their renewed focus on crime seems to be helping them overtake Democrats in the race for control of Congress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Warren in the Best Position to Unify Democratic Party?]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/heres-how-warren-can-still-beat-bernie-and-prove-a-woman-can-win-204531119.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Elizabeth Warren has gotten some good news lately, the kind that suggests a candidate who's already come back before might be able to come back again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeff Flake Fights for Conservatism's Future, and His Own]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizonas-jeff-flake-fights-conservatisms-future-090003532.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Jeff Flake speaks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol in July. PHOENIX '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? Last Tuesday, President Trump flew here from Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to rally thousands of his supporters. Sen. Jeff Flake was not among them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eric Holder Joins Anti-Trump Resistance, Mulls 2020 Bid]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/eric-holder-joins-anti-trump-resistance-mulls-presidential-campaign-110025091.html?soc_src=mail&amp;soc_trk=ma</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now is the time to be heard, former Attorney General Eric Holder said in an exclusive interview with Yahoo News.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Want Cruz to Be Nominee. Careful What You Wish For]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/democrats-want-ted-cruz-to-1324948431880246.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Texas Sen. Ted Cruz continues to rise in the 2016 Republican primary polls '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' he now leads longtime frontrunner Donald Trump by as many as 10 percentage points in Iowa and has climbed to second place nationally'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Democrats have been struggling to contain their excitement.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Cruz's Master Plan to Win the White House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/ted-cruz-has-been-plotting-1305876417003574.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the course of his brief, polarizing career in electoral politics, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been called many names, especially by liberals. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Dirty Syrup Guzzler'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' (Jon Stewart). '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Creature from the Nether Regions'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' (Cher). '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Most Dangerous Canadian in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Begich's Ground Game Save Him?]]></title>
							<link>http://news.yahoo.com/why-alaska-s-senate-race-might-be-closer-than-anyone-thinks-161206285.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's a time-honored cliche that political pundits tend to trot out whenever they're asked, usually on cable TV, to prognosticate about a race they aren't particularly familiar with:"It's going to come down to the ground game."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Mayor Julian Castro Turn Texas Blue?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/15/can-mayor-julian-castro-turn-texas-blue.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Juli'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'n Castro is on his way to Austin. This wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always part of the plan, or so I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m told. Castro was originally scheduled to spend the day in San Antonio, the sprawling South Texas metropolis over which he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presided since 2009, so that he could smile and wave...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Susana Martinez: Mitt's Best Veep Pick?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com//content/newsweek/2012/05/13/susana-martinez-what-new-mexico-s-governor-can-teach-the-gop.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unless you happen to live near vast stretches of sand, sagebrush, and adobe, chances are you have no idea who Susana Martinez is. That's a pity, because she may be the boldest, savviest vice presidential pick Mitt Romney could make.Consider Romney's vulnerabilities. He trails Barack...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Romney Swing Reagan Dems to Obama?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/19/mitt-romney-s-michigan-problem-reagan-democrats.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney shouldn't have to worry about Michigan's upcoming Republican primary. He finished first in 2008. He's raised more money than the rest of the field combined. He's a native son, born in the Motor City to a popular auto executive turned two-term governor. And yet the latest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Santorum Can Win Iowa Caucuses]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/02/rick-santorum-can-win-iowa-caucuses.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum was early.Now, just so you realize how remarkable this is, let me remind you: Rick Santorum is a politician. In fact, he is what is known out on the trail as a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'career'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' politician, having worked in Pennsylvania politics in one form or another, including stints as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Mitt Make the Sale?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/09/25/who-and-what-is-mitt-romney.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What is Mitt Romney? It is very hard to tell. Put him on a debate stage, and he can outshine the klieg lights. Last Thursday in Orlando, for instance, the former Massachusetts governor delivered his most dexterous performance of the year, connecting on nearly every thrust and pulling off...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Plays Iowa Defense]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/11/mitt-romney-s-iowa-campaign-rick-perry-forces-him-to-play-defense.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'David, how are you?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Mitt Romney says as he strides into a conference room at the local headquarters of Vermeer, a 63-year-old family-owned and -operated agricultural machinery company in Pella, Iowa, and starts reaching for hands to shake. In the time it takes a nonpolitician...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Obama Can Learn From Chris Christie]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/29/what-obama-can-learn-from-chris-christie.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know it from looking at them, or  hearing them talk, or hearing people talk about them, but Barack Obama  and Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, have a lot in  common. Both were elected in the midst of the Great Recession. Both  inherited a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels: Responsible Rider]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/10/why-the-gop-should-listen-to-mitch-daniels.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lunchtime at frontier Elementary School in  Brookston, Ind., and Gov. Mitch Daniels, who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s spent the past two hours  leading a charity motorcycle ride through the cornfields of central  Indiana, has decided, along with 500 of his burliest friends, to park  his Harley and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford: Last Conservative Standing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/195088</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.Separate multiple addresses with commasThere's a cool rain falling on the South Carolina State House, but it's nothing compared to the storm inside. The date is April 2, 44 days since President Obama signed his stimulus...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Bobby Jindal the GOP's Obama?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/174518</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Assessing McCain's Closing Argument]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/24/assessing-mccain-s-closing-argument.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain's Mission Impossible]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/15/mccain-s-mission-impossible.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Math Without Michigan]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/03/mccain-s-leaving-michigan-can-he-still-win-on-nov-4.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[So Who's Winning Now?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/30/so-who-s-winning-now.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Fires Up the Gaffe-o-Matic]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/23/biden-turns-on-the-gaffe-machine.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Red States Get Redder, Blue States Purpler]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/15/swing-state-update.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sept. 11, Seven Years On]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/11/sept-11-seven-years-on.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was Obama Right to Skip Public Financing?]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/09/was-obama-right-to-opt-out-of-public-financing.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, McCain is Winning]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/08/so-who-s-winning-this-thing.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Money Race Is Closer Than You Think]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/19/the-2008-money-race-stil-closer-than-you-think.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why McCain Wouldn't Be Bush III]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/16/sorry-barack-mccain-won-t-deliver-a-third-bush-term.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Edwards Matter?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/137042</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama is Getting Away With Ignoring WV]]></title>
							<link>http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/05/09/wva.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Romano</author>
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