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							<title><![CDATA[Predictions of GOP Midterm Doom May Prove Premature]]></title>
							<link>https://www.creators.com/read/michael-barone/10/26/toward-the-final-stretch-and-beyond</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Haven't we seen this movie before? Voters, weary of a Republican president whose foreign or domestic policies don't seem to be delivering as promised, seem on the verge of a massive rejection of his party. Polls show Democrats surging.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Toward a Post-Trump Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/25/toward_a_post-trump_politics_154537.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the clutter of midterm election poll results, it's possible sometimes to see new patterns of political support emerging.
The overall pattern, as it stands, makes some sense. As in the 2006 and 2018 off-year cycles, the Republican president's job approval had sagged to well below...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hey, Germany. It's Legitimate to Limit Immigration.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/11/hey_germany_its_legitimate_to_limit_immigration_154496.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just weeks after far-left candidates have won surprising victories in Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Colorado and New York City for the Senate and House in the United States, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won a widely predicted victory in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What a Stalin Biography Tells Us About Our Time]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/04/what_a_stalin_biography_tells_us_about_our_time_154475.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[History illuminates the present. I've been reading Stephen Kotkin's widely and justly praised multivolume biography of Joseph Stalin and have encountered many passages that illuminate the present.
I learned, for example, that Stalin met the exiled Vladimir Lenin more than a decade before...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Try to Brush Aside 'Woke 1']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/28/democrats_try_to_brush_aside_woke_1_154451.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA["'Woke 1' was crazy." So said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on ABC News' "This Week" earlier this month.
She said she was quoting New York City Councilman Chi Osse, whom The New York Times characterizes as "far left." This was where Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be located on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Socialists Shove the Resistance Aside in Florida]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/21/socialists_shove_the_resistance_aside_in_florida_154434.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most surprising result in the batch of primaries held this week over the vast stretch of America from Florida through Wyoming to Alaska was the defeat of famed anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman by state Rep. Angie Nixon in the contest for the Democratic nomination against...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Peak Socialism -- Abandoned a Century Ago]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/31/americas_peak_socialism_--_abandoned_a_century_ago_154383.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The emergence of the Democratic Socialists of America and their political victories, from New York City across the fruited plains of Michigan and Wisconsin, all the way to Colorado, strikes many as a new thing in U.S. politics.
Previous movements have, in fact, increased, sometimes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dropping Candidates Is Getting to Be a Habit -- and It's Not a Sign of Strength]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/10/dropping_candidates_is_getting_to_be_a_habit_--_and_its_not_a_sign_of_strength_154323.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's beginning to be a habit. It, in this case, is the messy business of center-left political jettisoning one leader suddenly deemed unelectable and, without resort to the usual rules or democratic procedure, designating a replacement. It's the process that came fairly close to giving...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Multicultural Miracle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/03/americas_multicultural_miracle_154303.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The welcoming reception that so many European soccer fans have received as they have crossed the nation in pursuit of World Cup games has struck many as a happy surprise of the summer of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
"The World Cup is at our shores, and all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Not Following the Example of President James K. Polk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/19/not_following_the_example_of_president_james_k_polk_154247.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A president orders the onset of hostilities -- war -- without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy. But in the enemy capital, no one surrenders...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gordon Wood and the Historians Who Told the Real Story of the Founders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/12/gordon_wood_and_the_historians_who_told_the_real_story_of_the_founders_154218.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The sudden death of the historian Gordon Wood, just weeks before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, is one more mark of the closure of a golden age of the historiography of the Revolutionary era. It's an occasion to reflect on the uniqueness,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Party Will Recover First From Its Current Self-Harm?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/05/which_party_will_recover_first_from_its_current_self-harm_154195.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday saw the usual first-week-of-June gaggle of state primary elections. It's a feature of the American federal system that states choose when to hold primary and local elections.
Back in the 1850s, as historian Roy Franklin Nichols notes, there was an election in all but one or two...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The California Dream Ends in Empty Reservoirs and Homeless Tents]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/29/the_california_dream_ends_in_empty_reservoirs_and_homeless_tents_154172.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, sometime after Ronald Reagan replaced Pat Brown as governor of California, I was driving up the coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco and visited Hearst Castle, William Randolph Hearst's epic mansion in San Simeon. It was state property then, donated by the Hearst...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Wins the Re-Redistricted House?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/15/who_wins_the_re-redistricted_house_154126.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Donald Trump's job approval sinks to or below 40% (depending on which poll you're looking at), betting markets and political conventional wisdom are that his Republican Party is not necessarily doomed to lose its narrow House majority, nor is it at serious risk of losing its...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Churchillian Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/08/trumps_churchillian_foreign_policy_154105.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Knowingly or not, President Donald Trump, in his decision to attack Iran, has embarked on a foreign policy that has been, on and off, both persistent and controversial in the great English-speaking nations. You can trace it back at least to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89: the ouster...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[39 Days: Too Much or Not Enough?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/10/39_days_too_much_or_not_enough_154023.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will the U.S.-Iran war turn out to have been the 39-day war, following the locution of the 12-day Israel-Iran war of June 2025?
The markets, as this is written, seem to think so. Asian stock markets were up Wednesday morning after President Donald Trump's ceasefire announcement and,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sudden Political Star of Trump II: Marco Rubio]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/03/the_sudden_political_star_of_trump_ii_marco_rubio_154007.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA["White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict." So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner's website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Uncertainty Remains, After 20 Days of War With Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/20/uncertainty_remains_after_20_days_of_war_with_iran_153965.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four years and 25 days. Twenty days. There's a huge difference between those two numbers. The first number -- 1,486 days altogether -- is the length of time since Russian troops crossed the Ukraine border on Feb. 22, 2022, and headed for Kyiv. The second number -- just 20 days -- is the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Avoiding Repeating History in Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/06/trump_avoiding_repeating_history_in_iran_153917.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[History doesn't always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others'.
Example: Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty negotiations after World War I. His treaty...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Throws Out Trump Tariffs and Upholds Constitution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/27/supreme_court_throws_out_trump_tariffs_and_upholds_constitution_153888.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marco Rubio: More Than Just the Good Cop]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/20/marco_rubio_more_than_just_the_good_cop_153861.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech, delivered on Valentine's Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, "Last year, President Donald Trump sent the bad cop, Vice President JD Vance. This year, he sent the good cop, Rubio. Progress." In February 2025, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Immigration Is Shaking Up Political Parties in Britain, Europe and the US]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/13/immigration_is_shaking_up_political_parties_in_britain_europe_and_the_us_153836.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign for his appointment of Epstein-tied Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, one is struck by the sudden instability of British governments. In the 28 years between 1979 and 2007, Britain had only three prime...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Surprises in the 2030 Census Estimates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/30/big_surprises_in_the_2030_census_estimates_153780.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[About a month late, presumably due to last fall's government shutdown, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for July 1, 2025.
It provides an interesting picture of what the country is, and is becoming, halfway...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Outrageous Threats Get Practical Results]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/23/trumps_outrageous_threats_get_practical_results_153747.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Think about it. Heads of government do not normally reveal the texts of private communications from other heads of state. Yet that is what Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway did Sunday, on the first weekend of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the international...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's the Matter With Minnesota?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/16/whats_the_matter_with_minnesota_153721.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud?
To understand what's going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic culture. Minnesota was settled largely by people of Scandinavian and German ancestry.
In survey after survey, Minnesota has ranked No. 1 or No. 2...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/19/we_have_reached_the_emily_litella_moment_on_climate_change_153651.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North America's 2024-25 winter was pretty cold too. It's gotten to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Threat of an Overproduced Elite]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/14/the_threat_of_an_overproduced_elite_153527.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Success breeds failure. Policies and practices well suited to society at one juncture in history are often poorly suited to the world they have beneficially transformed. If you carry a good thing too far, it can turn out not to be a good thing anymore.
Case in point, one of the most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad News for Republicans, Warnings for Both Parties]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/07/bad_news_for_republicans_warnings_for_both_parties_153502.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Virginia and New Jersey, the two states that voted for governor in 2025, both voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris over then-candidate Donald Trump by 52%-46% margins in 2024. Democrats ran significantly better in both states on Tuesday. One reason is that Trump Republicans, as an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Want Open Borders; Most Americans Don't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/31/democrats_want_open_borders_most_americans_dont_153477.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who said this? "If you don't have any borders, you don't have a nation." The speaker went on, "Trump did a better job. I don't like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain't that hard to do. Biden didn't do it."
It was Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in characteristic candor. If,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trends in New Jersey and Virginia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/24/the_trends_in_new_jersey_and_virginia_153447.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Barone</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No two states voted more alike and closer to the national average in last year's presidential election than the two states that have gubernatorial elections in this odd-numbered year: New Jersey and Virginia. New Jersey voted 51.8% for Kamala Harris and 45.9% for Donald Trump. Virginia...]]></description>
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