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							<title><![CDATA[Debt Ceiling Showdown Not What Congress Imagined in 1917]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It began as a way to make it easier for the federal government to sell bonds to finance the U.S. role in World War I.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Harris, Presidency Looks More &amp; More Like Long Shot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/06/17/for-vp-kamala-harris-the-presidency-looks-more-and-more-like-a-long-shot/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The vice presidency has come a long way since John Adams called it '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the most insignificant office'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' ever conceived, and John Nance Garner referred to it as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'not worth a bucket of warm piss.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Hasn't Been Up to Coronavirus Challenge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/03/19/trump-has-been-unequal-to-coronavirus-challenge/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It happens in every presidency, the unexpected, unforeseen crisis. It not only supersedes the administration's planned priorities, but it plays a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Buttigieg &amp; Other Semi-Serious 2020 Predictions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/12/26/president-buttigieg-and-other-not-entirely-serious-predictions-for-2020/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Though last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s annual not-totally-serious forecast missed by predicting Ivanka Trump would become White House chief of staff and Vladimir Putin would formally endorse President Donald Trump for re-election, it did foresee the Washington Nationals winning the World Series and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Shows Why Dems Need Her as Speaker]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/12/12/white-house-meeting-nancy-pelosi-showed-still</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an extraordinary White House meeting, Nancy Pelosi showed Tuesday why fellow Democrats need her as the next speaker of the House, going...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Focus Group Highlights Clinton's Challenge]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20160622-carl-p.-leubsdorf-pennsylvania-focus-group-shows-why-trump-remains-competitive.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters like Chris Coughenour, a Pittsburgh-area truck driver, may represent Donald Trump's biggest challenge. Those like Cherie Spena, a hair stylist, and Brian Easter, a limo driver, are his best hope.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Together, they explain why, despite recent controversies, Trump remains competitive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Non-Politician as President?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/from-our-inbox/article34665297.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Things to Remember About 2016 Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150527-carl-p.-leubsdorf-5-things-to-keep-in-mind-about-an-otherwise-meaningless-early-gop-race.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s started again, the quadrennial obsession of presidential campaigns, news organizations and, indeed, the entire political punditocracy with polls, especially those in the crucial early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Opportunity for the GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/from-our-inbox/article17939612.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Cruz Won't Be GOP Nominee]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150323-carl-p.-leubsdorf-7-reasons-ted-cruz-is-unlikely-to-be-the-gop-nominee.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Ted Cruz is a man in a hurry.In his first year as a senator, he cast one of three votes against longtime Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state, then incited like-thinking conservative Republicans in the House to shut down the federal government for 16 days in a futile bid to stop...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What to Expect in 2014]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/columnists/carl-p-leubsdorf/20131225-you-heard-it-here-what-to-expect-in-2014.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More went wrong than right in 2013. What about 2014?January: Auburn wins college football title over Florida State in third overtime, 63-60. White House announces 1.7 million signed up for Obamacare. Republicans say 6.2 million lost insurance. Reconvening after one-month vacation,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What 100-Day Assessments Can't Say]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/22/what_100-day_assessments_cant_say__96132.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why wait the whole 100 days?
Barack Obama had barely taken office when cable channels began touting their coverage of "Obama's first 100 days." It was just 89 days into his term when the Los Angeles Times began its three-part assessment of those 100 days.
Similar pieces will flood the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ex-Bush Aides Can't Leave It Alone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/exbush_aides_cant_leave_it_alo.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nature abhors a vacuum, the philosopher Spinoza wrote. So does politics.And in politics, there is no vacuum like the leadership of a defeated party.  In recent weeks, the Obama White House, with malice aforethought, has tried to help the Republicans fill that vacuum by targeting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bush's Markers and Marking Time]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/12/bushs_markers_and_marking_time.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The public seemingly can't wait to see President George W. Bush disappear from headlines and TV screens. Even Mr. Bush says he'll be happy to leave the spotlight.   But before he does, his White House has been trying to set markers for the inevitable assessments of his presidency. It has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[60 or Not, Dems Have Edge They Need]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/12/60_or_not_dems_have_edge_they.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday's Senate runoff victory in Georgia gave Republicans a small bright spot after their devastating electoral setbacks.But there is probably more bravado than reality in Sen. Saxby Chambliss' claim that his triumph will ensure a "balance of government" when President-elect Barack...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain Ploy Ultimately Changes Little]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/mccain_ploy_ultimately_changes.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If John McCain's goal was to change this week's script, he clearly succeeded. But it's unclear if his gambit will succeed in changing the tenor and ultimate result of his race against Barack Obama.On the defensive over the presidential campaign's dominant issue, the economy, Mr. McCain...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Palin Help McCain Win?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/can_palin_help_mccain_win.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nomination of a female running mate had energized the convention, buoying prospects for the underdog presidential candidate, when I ran into a veteran party activist.   "Today, we feel invincible," she said. "But in a few days, reality will set in."   The month was July 1984. My...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why is Pelosi Pushing Chet Edwards for VP?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/why_is_pelosi_pushing_chet_edw.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly floated the name of Rep. Chet Edwards as a potential Democratic vice presidential nominee, just about everyone was surprised.But not the 56-year-old central Texas congressman."I had a few hints for a week or so," he said. "She started walking up...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Will Supreme Court Look?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/how_will_supreme_court_look.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John McCain calls the future shape of the federal judiciary "one of the defining issues of this presidential election," a point underscored by the recent spate of 5-4 Supreme Court decisions.This area also provides one of the starkest contrasts between Mr. McCain and Barack Obama. A...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Running Out the Clock]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/obama_intent_on_running_out_th.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Pick a VP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/how_to_pick_a_vp.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bush Protecting His Initiatives]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/watch_bush_now_for_later.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cleaning Up a Primary Mess]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/cleaning_up_a_primary_mess.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iraq a Minefield for Candidates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/iraq_a_minefield_for_candidate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Likeable Side of Bush]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/the_likeable_side_of_bush.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Leubsdorf</author>
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