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<title><![CDATA[David Gergen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14797.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Gergen]]></description><category domain="14797">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Two Donald Rumsfelds]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/opinions/donald-rumsfeld-death-life-evolution-opinion-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Donald Rumsfeld heads to the grave, we should remember the blunders of recent wars, but let us also remember the Rumsfeld of earlier years, writes David Gergen.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Three Striking Similarities Between FDR and Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/opinions/franklin-roosevelt-joe-biden-100-days-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Gergen writes that though President Joe Biden is no Franklin D. Roosevelt, his first 100 days in office bear some important similarities to his Democratic predecessor -- particularly in terms of his demeanor, emotional strength and record of accomplishments.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fences: The Perfect Symbol of the Trump Years]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/opinions/capitol-fence-symbol-for-trump-years-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Gergen writes that the new, 7-feet-tall fence now surrounding the Capitol should eventually find a home in the Smithsonian. Pieces of it would be an appropriate remembrance of just how dangerous and frightening the Trump years have been.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Running Mate Pick Should Hinge on This One Question]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/opinions/biden-vice-president-selection-question-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Gergen writes that the most important question to consider in picking a vice president is this: if history calls, will this individual have the capacity and talent to become a first-class president?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Protests' Young Leaders Offer Glimpse of a Brighter Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/14/opinions/black-lives-matter-gen-z-greatest-generation-gergen-cohen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As 17-year-old Simone Jacques welcomed some 10,000 protesters demanding racial justice in San Francisco, she told of how people kept asking whether she and her fellow organizers were part of an "org." "We're just youth who grew up in the city," she said. "We're just people who care and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Inner Strength of Biden Gives Him the Edge Over Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/opinions/joe-biden-campaign-mensch-in-chief-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Gergen writes that the Joe Biden, who this week delivered a speech on how to combat racism, reminded us what he has to offer that President Donald Trump doesn't -- and that is a man whose inner life is a source of enormous, underappreciated strength.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Shows How a Normal President Would Respond to Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/opinions/biden-speech-presidential-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For months, commentators have wondered whether there will be a return to normality after President Trump leaves office, writes David Gergen. In his substantive address Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic, Joe Biden left no doubt that if elected, that's exactly what he intends.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Keys to Biden's Miraculous Comeback]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/opinions/bidens-miraculous-comeback-how-did-it-happen-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Vice President Joe Biden's astonishing, Lazarus-like resuscitation on Super Tuesday has already entered the history books. How'd it happen? David Gergen explains.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Nancy Pelosi Ran for President, She'd Beat Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/opinions/nancy-pelosi-banner-year-gergen-piltch/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Once a political punching bag for the GOP the House Speaker is enjoying not only a last laugh but also a major comeback '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' mostly because she has been more successful than any other Democrat at out-maneuvering and often out-foxing President Trump, write David Gergen and James Piltch.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Young People Offer Urgent Moral Clarity on Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/opinions/greta-thunberg-children-moral-clarity-gergen-piltch/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At certain points in history, when institutions and established leaders have failed to step up and take action, it falls to the youngest among us to take charge. That is happening again these two weeks as a 16-year-old girl from Sweden, Greta Thunberg, and a generation of young people,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Nancy Pelosi Is Good for America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/opinions/women-in-power-opinion-gergen-piltch/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Nancy Pelosi takes charge of the House of Representatives, she is making history in more ways than one.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Drums Up an Immigration Crisis That Doesn't Exist]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/opinions/trump-immigration-crisis-doesnt-exist-gergen-piltch/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even by President Donald Trump's standards, his current efforts to whip up hatred of immigrants seem extraordinarily brazen. As a group of about 3,500 migrants (already diminishing in size) trudge slowly up through Mexico toward the American border, Trump is going all out to turn them...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The President Donald Trump Has to Envy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/opinions/fdr-amazing-record-opinion-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When FDR took office, the nation was deep into a depression, writes David Gergen. What followed were the most remarkable hundred days since the nation's founding. Franklin Roosevelt built a bridge of hope across the valley, inspiring fresh confidence in the country's future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Isn't Learning From His Mistakes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/23/opinions/trump-100-day-learning-curve-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As they brace for harsh media attacks on their first 100 days, President Donald Trump's team points out with justification that other presidents have stumbled, too. John Kennedy had a disaster with the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. Bill Clinton slipped and fell in a controversy over gay...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's White House Shake-up Should Start With Himself]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/opinions/trump-change-from-within-opinion-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Trump weighs a White House staff shake-up, he needs to embrace an idea central to any organization -- change starts from within, writes David Gergen.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Swings Wildly at Wrong Target]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/opinions/donald-trump-news-conference-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his first news conference, an angry President-elect needlessly widened rift with intel community, slammed CNN report even though free press has right to report news.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FBI Makes the Right Decision Over Clinton Email Server]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/05/opinions/fbi-clinton-decision-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The FBI's decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her emails has a huge impact on her campaign: It removes the biggest and possibly the last major barrier on her path to the Democratic nomination and the White House. Beating Donald Trump may be easier than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Faces His Biggest Test]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/13/opinions/donald-trumps-biggest-test-opinion-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As his meeting with Republican leaders demonstrated Thursday, Donald Trump is entering a new phase in his quest for the presidency -- one that makes different demands of him as a leader and is perhaps less suited to his natural strengths.The first phase tested him as a brawler, and he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Recaptured Momentum]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/20/opinions/presidential-race-after-new-york-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, after his decisive win in Wisconsin, it appeared that the odds for winning the GOP presidential nomination had suddenly and unexpectedly shifted in favor of Sen. Ted Cruz.Donald Trump was then on the ropes, as he had failed to assure voters about fights breaking out at his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Making History: Clinton and Trump Blaze Trails]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/opinions/super-tuesday-history-was-made-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as we in the commentariat dig into the entrails of Super Tuesday voting -- for example, asking how many left-handed, 24-year-old Lutherans caucused in Minnesota and how they voted -- we should not overlook the larger significance of this year's pivotal moment.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' We witnessed history...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2016: Revenge of the Outsiders]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/opinions/cruz-trump-rubio-clinton-in-iowa-gergen/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Columnist Edward Luce argued Monday in the Financial Times that Donald Trump has created a new brand in politics: an upraised middle finger. Later that day in Iowa, voters rejected Trump the candidate but stole his brand: They flipped a bird at the American political elite.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Three of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Helping Hand for Hillary Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/opinions/gergen-gop-helping-hand-for-hillary/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Hillary Clinton, Republicans have become the gift that keeps on giving. Mrs. Clinton owes much of her extraordinary comeback to her own abilities, but surely she must be grateful to the GOP as well. Never in modern times has a political party done so much to rehabilitate the leading...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harsh Realities Slam Into 2016 Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/opinions/gergen-presidential-race-harsh-realities/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ring down the curtain on Act I of the 2016 presidential race!With financial markets now on a precipice and other public events about to unfold, we are entering a new, more serious phase in politics that could easily scramble the pack.Context matters enormously in leadership, shaping our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CIA's Brennan, More Credible Than Dems' Report?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/opinion/gergen-john-brennan-credible-on-torture-report/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While others will sharply disagree, I believe John Brennan deserves a national salute for his press conference yesterday about the CIA.At a time when we are tearing ourselves apart over one controversy after another, he provided a model of a calm, adult leader trying to put the country...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Dangerous Move by the President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/opinion/gergen-obamas-dangerous-move/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is something deeply troubling about President Obama's decision to grant legal safe haven to unauthorized immigrants by executive order.It isn't the underlying policy that is troubling. Just the opposite. We have known for years that we would never deport some 11 million people from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Blames Panetta, Not Its Own Faults]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/10/opinion/gergen-panetta-book-obama-white-house/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And that leads to the larger argument: whether Panetta, Bob Gates et. al. should have published these books may be controversial, but it is a sideshow compared to what's really important -- and that's what they have to say about the making and execution of American foreign policy these...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With ISIS Fight, Obama Regains Confidence]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/25/with-isis-fight-obama-regains-confidence/26tzfb3ejYJknU0nKVirdI/story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY was fond of quoting two characters from Shakespeare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Henry IV, Part 1.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The first, Glendower, says, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I can call spirits from the vasty deep.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' To which Hotspur replies, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ISIS War Rollout Resembles Launch of Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/opinion/gergen-isis-war-launch-obamacare/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Someone in the Obama White House clearly has a good book to write one day: "How Not to Do Rollouts." With one hapless episode after another, the rollout of the President's plan to destroy ISIS is beginning to rival the less-than-splendid debut of the Obamacare website.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Shinseki Stories on VA Don't Add Up]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/22/opinion/gergen-veterans-obama-shinseki/index.html?hpt=hp_t4</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The reputations of one of the Army's finest generals and of a once-admired institution may get tarnished, but nothing should now get in the way of urgent investigations, firings and immediate fixes in health care for veterans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, a Lame Duck for 33 Months?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/opinion/gergen-lame-duck-obama/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gergen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Coming home from Asia, Barack Obama is obviously going through another rough patch in his presidency. But this time, it could be more dangerous: He is perilously close to becoming a lame duck 33 months before he leaves office. That is bad for him, bad for the country and bad for the...]]></description>
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