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<title><![CDATA[John McCormack - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15062.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John McCormack]]></description><category domain="15062">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How Republicans Took Back a House Seat in California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/how-republican-mike-garcia-took-back-a-house-seat-in-california/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A GOP candidate straight out of central casting won big in last week's special election. Can he do it again in November?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Did Milwaukee Have Only 5 Polling Places Last Week?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/wisconsin-election-milwaukee-did-not-have-enough-polling-places/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Poor planning and coordination among government officials made in-person voting more dangerous than it had to be.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Democrats Move Left, a Backlash in Virginia?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/how-far-left-will-democrats-push-virginia/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gun control is just the start.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kavanaugh Confirmation: What We've Learned a Year Later]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-what-weve-learned-one-year-later/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several myths have been debunked.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New York Times Anti-Kavanaugh Bombshell Is a Dud]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/the-new-york-times-anti-kavanaugh-bombshell-is-actually-a-dud/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The authors omit the fact that the alleged victim has no memory of the alleged incident.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Kamala Harris Is Fading]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/kamala-harris-campaign-fading-democratic-primary/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's her backtracking on busing and her waffling on Medicare for All, not to mention her prosecutorial scandals.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Dishonesty on Assault-Weapon Bans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/democratic-dishonesty-on-assault-weapon-bans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When they had the power to reinstate it, they didn't even hold a vote.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Any Late-Term Abortion Be Illegal? Dems Won't Say]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democrats-late-term-abortion-position-increasingly-extreme/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Their bill would eliminate almost all limits nationwide.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Big Win for Conservatives in Wisconsin?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-elections-win-for-conservatives/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If their candidate's lead holds, the state supreme court could have a conservative majority for years to come.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walker Once Again Faces a Very Tight Race in Wisconsin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.weeklystandard.com/john-mccormack/running-with-the-tide</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Scott Walker is, once again, in a very tight race for reelection in Wisconsin.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Kasich: Party of One]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/party-of-one/article/2012060</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New YorkOhio governor John Kasich is riding shotgun in a large black SUV that's rolling through midtown Manhattan when he pulls out his smartphone and assumes the role of disc jockey. First up is Lou Reed's Perfect Day, a piano-based melody. I think about my wife when I hear this, Kasich...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's to Blame for the Moore Fiasco?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/whos-to-blame-for-the-moore-fiasco/article/2010856</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a Republican to lose the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions one year after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Alabama by 28 points, everything had to break just right for the Democrat. And it did. Turnout was high in heavily African-American Democratic counties. It was low in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[3 Reasons Cruz's Speech Mattered]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/conscience-of-a-conservative/article/2003409</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ClevelandAfter nearly three full nights of boring, mediocre, and creepy speeches, some excitement finally arrived onstage at the Republican National Convention, courtesy of Texas senator Ted Cruz.The big news of the night was that Cruz, toward the end of a well-crafted, well-delivered...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Nukes His Credibility With Trump Support]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/marco-rubio-nukes-his-credibility/article/2002343</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Florida senator Marco Rubio said in an interview Tuesday that he intends to support Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the November election despite the fact that he still believes Trump should not have access to the United States' nuclear weapons launch codes.I signed a pledge that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Is Unfit to Serve]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/unfit-to-serve/article/2002273</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But that doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??t change the fact that he is manifestly unfit to be president.His unfitness has little to do with ideology. Trump doesn't have anything consistent or coherent enough to be called an ideology. Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Race Still Comes Down to IN and CA]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-gop-delegate-race-after-tonight/article/2002130</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is expected to win all five northeastern states holding GOP primaries today, likely taking close to 110 of the 118 bound delegates up for grabs. His total delegate haul could drop to 95 or so if he unexpectedly fails to win 50 percent of the statewide vote in Connecticut and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nomentum in the Republican Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/nomentum-in-the-gop-race/article/2002034</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Donald Trump lost the Wisconsin primary two weeks ago by a double-digit margin to Ted Cruz, he was garnering about 54 percent in the New York GOP primary polls. But Trump didn't suffer any negative consequences in New York because of his failure in Wisconsin. He won his home state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Countdown to Cleveland]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/countdown-to-cleveland/article/2001901</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rap on Ted Cruz has been that his strength is limited to (1) caucus states and (2) states with large proportions of evangelical Christians. But Cruz undid that analysis with his double-digit victory over Donald Trump in Wisconsin last week.Cruz beat Trump 48 percent to 35 percent in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Midwestern Meltdown]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/donald-trumps-midwestern-meltdown/article/2001814</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Republicans have heard it all before.There's a lot of hate going on in Wisconsin, and I think it's bad.There's a $2.2 billion deficit, and the schools were going begging.He didn't want to raise taxes 'cause he was going to run for president.So instead of raising taxes, he cut...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Be Stopped]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/how-trump-can-be-stopped/article/2001595</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Donald Trump's defeat in Ohio on March 15, Trump's opponents now have a plausible path to holding him to fewer than 1,100 delegates in the GOP presidential race'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??well short of the majority (1,237 delegates) required by the rules to win the Republican nomination.What would it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio's Comeback]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/rubios-comeback/article/2001190</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With all precincts reporting, Donald Trump won the South Carolina GOP primary with 32.5 percent of the vote. Marco Rubio came in second at 22.5 percent and Ted Cruz was right behind him at 22.3 percent.It was a good night for Trump, but it could have been better. After his 20-point win...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SC, Nevada Votes to Test Anti-Establishment Mood]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-02-20/south-carolina-nevada-votes-to-test-anti-establishment-mood</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump confronted two top U.S. companies, a popular pope and virtually anyone else in his way as he headed toward his next test in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' On Saturday, voters in South Carolina will have their say in the Republican presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Lost Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/why-trump-lost-iowa/article/2000872</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All of the televisions in the Sheraton ballroom at Donald Trump's caucus watch party were turned to CNN when the news arrived a little after 9:00 p.m. local time. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Trump was going to lose the Iowa caucuses to Ted Cruz by 4 percentage points and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton, Sanders Blitz Iowa With State Up for Grabs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-23/clinton-and-sanders-blitz-iowa-with-state-up-for-grabs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Their goal: Persuading undecided Democrats and turning out those who've already made their choice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why His Rivals Fear Marco Rubio]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/republican-obama_1046284.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the sun starts setting on a crisp fall evening, Marco Rubio takes the stage in the backyard of a former editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader for a classic New Hampshire campaign event, a house party. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I love this weather,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Rubio says. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t make you...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Loses 2nd Republican Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/trump-loses-second-gop-debate_1032208.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican frontrunner Donald Trump lost Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, and one person deserves more credit for his defeat than anyone else: Carly Fiorina. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO and failed 2010 Senate candidate outshined the entire impressive GOP field. She also...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker's No-Good Month]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/fading-campaign_1020681.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Pro-Life Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/pro-life-opportunity_1001579.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s involvement in the trafficking of aborted baby tissue and body parts, the U.S. Senate has scheduled a vote to defund Planned Parenthood. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a fine first step by Congress in response to the horror revealed by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood Panics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/planned-parenthood-panics_998697.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The undercover investigation into Planned Parenthood's involvement in the trafficking of aborted baby organs has gained so much attention in the press that Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards, felt compelled to appear on ABC's This Week on Sunday to address the scandal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Indiana's Religious Freedom Law, Explained]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/indianas-religious-freedom-restoration-act-explained_900641.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormack</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Indiana governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law, and some celebrities, politicians, and journalists--including Miley Cyrus, Ashton Kutcher, and Hillary Clinton, just to name a few--are absolutely outraged. They say the law is a...]]></description>
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