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<title><![CDATA[James Antle - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15365.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Antle]]></description><category domain="15365">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[What To Make of Wild Senate Polls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4731198/blue-texas-toss-up-minnesota-senate-polls/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are leading in North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, and Alaska, which typically lean toward or are safe for Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is a Blue Wave Building?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4711218/is-a-midterm-election-blue-wave-building/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats lead in the same average of polls on the generic congressional ballot, which measures which party voters prefer to control Congress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Darline Graham's Message to GOP About the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4700528/darline-graham-nordones-message-to-republicans-about-the-midterm-elections/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maybe voters, including even Republican primary voters, are more interested in the economy and domestic issues than foreign affairs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt, Trump's Happy Warrior]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4687119/karoline-leavitt-trump-happy-warrior/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There has always been an us-vs.-them mentality within Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s orbit, Trumpworld against the world. But there has been less infighting within the team the second time around.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shades of '06? What '26 Does, Doesn't, Have in Common]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4677118/shades-of-2006-midterm-elections-2026/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans hope a favorable map and hefty campaign war chest can compete with objectively bad national conditions this fall. Democrats are hoping those conditions, driven in part by Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s job approval rating, which just hit a second-term low in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' RealClearPolitics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' average...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Darline Graham Isn't Saying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4671348/what-darline-graham-isnt-saying-trans-women-in-sports-more-domestic-focused/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Missing was any reference to Iran, Ukraine or any of the foreign-policy issues that animated her late brother during his 23 years in the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance, Rogan and an Unwieldy GOP Coalition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4650760/jd-vance-joe-rogan-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vance's appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast was a way of reconnecting with low-propensity voters who were crucial to putting Trump back in the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Battle for Senate Is Looking Awfully Close]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4633579/republican-edge-senate-majority-2026-midterms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are ahead or close in the states that are crucial for Democrats to win the Senate in November's elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Finds His Way Home in New Book]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4624352/jd-vance-communion-faith-catholicism-book-review/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vance grounds his faith less in abstractions than in rootedness and personal connectedness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Iran Deal Help Republicans in Midterm Elections?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4611725/trump-iran-deal-midterm-elections-republicans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another way to look at it is whether, by resolving his biggest immediate foreign policy challenge, he can also solve his main domestic political problem.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can 'Low-T' Talarico Attacks Work? Ask Tim Walz]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4595526/can-low-t-talarico-attacks-work-ask-tim-walz/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The GOP has gone negative against James Talarico in an attempt to define him as someone culturally out of step with Texas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Trump Do Democrats an Attack-Ad Favor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4565865/trump-democrats-attack-ad-favor-iran-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are sure to like I don't think about Americans' financial situation and I don't think about anybody as attack ad lines come November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and the Pro-Life Movement's 'Problem']]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4555057/trump-pro-life-movement-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's rift with the pro-life movement dates back to before]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Basic Political Problem for Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/this-is-the-basic-political-problem-for-republicans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MAGA's detour is bad news for the GOP if it drags out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Virginia Referendum: Last Stand Against the DC Suburbs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4533105/virginia-dc-suburbs-redistricting-referendum/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The conservative parts of the commonwealth may have even more riding on the outcome than House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can the Democrats Get Religion?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4522816/can-democrats-get-religion/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are tightly wedded to progressivism on social and cultural issues. But can they out-Christian Republicans in the midterm elections?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Filibuster and Its Discontents in Both Parties]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4497003/senate-filibuster-and-its-discontents/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both parties are grappling with the fear that they will never be able to pass their agendas because they are unlikely to ever command a 60-vote majority.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Occupational Hazards: How To Avoid 'Forever War']]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4477736/trump-avoid-forever-war-iran/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's ambitions in Iran seem more sweeping than the theatrical targeted strikes that have characterized his use of force in the past.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Next SCOTUS Nomination Could Get Complicated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4472621/tariffs-ruling-trump-supreme-court-nomination/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Trump gets to nominate another justice before the midterm elections, he will likely have the 6-3 ruling against his tariffs on his mind.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson, Complicated Man]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/jesse-jackson-complicated-man/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The late preacher-cum-politician hailed from stranger times than our own.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Virginia Redistricting and Raw Political Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4453667/virginia-redistricting-map-gerrymandering-congress-midter/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatives are split over whether Virginia Democrats' aggressive gerrymander is an abomination to be condemned or an example red states should follow.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Trump Calms Storm, What Happens Next Is Significant]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4434830/trump-shifts-tactics-optics-calm-immigration-firestorm/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What may start with the reshuffling of personnel within the Trump administration could lead to a shift in the optics and messaging.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reprising 2024 Role, Vance 'Obliterates' Hostile Press]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/vance-takes-the-lead-in-defending-immigration-enforcement-after-ice-shooting/ar-AA1TSZiB</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' JD Vance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' made a rare appearance at the podium during Thursday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' White House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' press briefing to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' mount a passionate defense'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Immigration and Customs Enforcement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' amid growing anti-ICE protests after an officer was involved in a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' fatal shooting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Spectacular Failure of the Tim Walz Democrat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4407834/spectacular-failure-tim-walz-democrat-minnesota-day-care-fraud/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Walz was supposed to be a less threatening and ambitious version of Josh Shapiro, a heartland Democrat who could cut into Trump's appeal with key demographics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2026 Is Pivotal Year for Trump's Second Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4393300/2026-pivotal-year-trump-second-term/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Trump, 2026 could be his last, best opportunity to cement his legacy without Democratic interference.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fixing the Democrat 'Mess': Trump Previews Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-tries-to-turn-economy-back-on-democrats-in-preview-of-2026-campaign/ar-AA1SB55f</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' returned to themes of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 2024 election'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in his opening argument for next year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' midterm elections'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a televised speech at the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' White House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Wednesday night.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Views of the Cheney Funeral]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/two-views-of-the-cheney-funeral-a-trump-era-event/ar-AA1QZKTr</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You can tell a lot about someone'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s feelings about the current political scene based on their visceral reaction to the scenes coming out of former Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Dick Cheney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' funeral.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Focused on Legacy-Building]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/where-does-trumps-farewell-tour-leave-the-gop/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is focused on legacy-building, which makes for bad electoral politics in the here-and-now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One Election Win Dems Could Come To Regret]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3877743/zohran-mamdani-moment-new-york-mayor-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will begin his tenure as one of the Democrats' biggest stars. Time will tell whether Democrats live to regret it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Karine Jean-Pierre Sticks to Her Story, But No One Buys It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3859305/karine-jean-pierre-sticks-to-biden-story-but-no-one-buying-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Antle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even people sympathetic to Biden and relentlessly critical of Trump are having trouble buying her argument that the Democrats failed Joe Biden.]]></description>
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