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<title><![CDATA[Todd Purdum - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15582.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Todd Purdum]]></description><category domain="15582">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Carter Was America&rsquo;s Most Effective Former President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jimmy-carter-was-america-s-most-effective-former-president/ar-AA1wFyKM</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His four years in office were fraught, bedeviled from the start by double-digit inflation and a post-Vietnam-and-Watergate bad mood. His fractious staff was dominated by the inexperienced '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Georgia Mafia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' from his home state. His micromanagement of the White House tennis court...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Never Found Their Hero]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the final sliver of daylight faded over the Capitol dome last night, it was clear that Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' long, frustrated quest for a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' deus'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to save them from Donald Trump would produce no'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' machina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' after all. Instead there was only Rep. Adam Schiff, the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tireless point...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is Not Where Pelosi Wanted to Be]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Her mournful countenance made it clear. Nancy Pelosi has at last found herself just where she never wanted to be: leading an impeachment of President Donald Trump that has drawn nary an ounce of bipartisan backing in Congress, has fixed-in-place public support around 50 percent, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Return of Jerry Nadler]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-return-of-jerry-nadler/ar-BBXlR6t</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For two months, Representative Jerry Nadler has been the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Maytag repairman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of the House impeachment inquiry: idled and isolated as his colleague Adam Schiff has presided over a parade of witnesses in public and private hearings before the Intelligence Committee.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Is the Real Rudy Giuliani?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On September 22, 2001, 11 days after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani looked squarely into the Saturday Night Live camera and told a shaken nation, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We will not let our decisions be made out of fear.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Flanked by a somber...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Adam Schiff&rsquo;s Last Laugh (For Now)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/adam-schiffs-last-laugh-for-now/ar-AAHTGcr</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For months on end, Representative Adam Schiff waged an often lonely quest, subject to the mockery of his Republican colleagues and second-guessing from skeptics, as he doggedly pursued allegations that President Donald Trump had welcomed the interference of a foreign power in an American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Bill Clinton See This Coming?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/bill-clinton-legacy/596323/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On his 73rd birthday, the former MVP of the Democratic Party has been sidelined'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'perhaps for good.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats of All Ages Agree on Nothing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/how-democrats-view-obama/595837/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How did Democratic Party icons like Barack Obama come to symbolize all the problems of yore?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Robert Mueller and the Tyranny of 'Optics']]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/mueller-testimony-congress-optics/594676/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The commentariat's focus on performance over substance is the kryptonite of the modern media age.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Adam Schiff Is Back From the Wilderness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/adam-schiff-mueller-testimony/594406/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Intelligence Committee chairman opens up about the Mueller investigation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Is at War With the Trump White House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/california-governor-gavin-newsom-warring-trump/584029/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Governor Gavin Newsom called President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s border wall and immigrant bashing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a national disgrace.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Second Coming of Nancy Pelosi]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/nancy-pelosi-has-emerged-best-anti-trump-leader/581953/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a silly man, and she knows it,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' says one admirer. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not going to be a problem for her.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trumpworld Follows a 'Godfather' Script--Literally]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/stone-invoked-godfather-urging-associate-lie/581311/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Roger Stone allegedly urged an associate to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'do a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'Frank Pentangeli,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in reference to a Corleone-family capo.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jerry Brown's Legacy Is Proving California Is Governable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/12/jerry-browns-tours-bookend-californias-modern-history/578680/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After disparate tours in which he served as California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s youngest and oldest governor, Brown never lost his quirky asceticism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Kindler, Gentler Republican President Is Dead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/12/george-hw-bush-leaves-legacy-service-principle/577126/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And so is everything he represented about the office.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Jumps the Shark at Post-Election Presser]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/trump-fired-jeff-sessions-after-tense-midterm-elections/575302/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest drama in Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s slow-motion Saturday Night Massacre]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Want to Flip Six Seats in California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/democrats-target-flipping-six-house-seats-california/573757/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are at least a half-dozen tight House races in California, where Democrats are counting on changing demographics and Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s historic unpopularity to take GOP seats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's Absentee Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/trump-doesnt-comfort-or-celebrate-nation-very-well/572914/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York billionaire seems unable to comfort the nation in times of tragedy or celebrate its moments of triumph.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Most Troubling Comments by a President - Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/trump-russia-putin-helsinki/565652/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s absolution of Putin will stand as the most surreal moment in 70 years of Russian-American relations, and maybe the most bizarre and troubling utterance by any chief executive in American history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Burned' Trump Finds Comfort With Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/15/trump-dealmaking-with-democrats-no-surprise-242746</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After failing to strike deals with Republicans, it should come as no surprise that the New York businessman is turning to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Priebus Was Destined to Fail]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/29/why-priebus-was-destined-to-fail-241117?lo=ap_a1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On paper, Reince Priebus was a logical chief of staff for Donald Trump, an experienced inside player who could help the biggest outsider who ever won the presidency navigate the complex byways of Washington, Congress and national politics. But their teaming only made sense if the new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[James Comey's Devastating Indictment of Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/james-comey-russia-trump-hearing-indictment-239310</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fired FBI director's aw-shucks demeanor did little to mask his barbed accusations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Pulls From Nixon's Playbook]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/trump-comey-nixon-firing-watergate-238189</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the evening of Saturday October 20, 1973, Federal Judge John Sirica sat in front of his television set watching FBI agents seal off the office of the Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who had just been fired at the command of the Nixon White House. The scene reminded him of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the FBI Tailing Trump Could Dog His Presidency]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/fbi-trump-comey-investigations-236282</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[FBI Director James Comey'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s promise to the House Intelligence Committee on Monday to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'follow the facts wherever they lead'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in the bureau'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s investigation into possible collusion between Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential campaign and Russia during last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dizzying, Mesmerizing Trump Show]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-press-conference-first-month-235121</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In nearly 90 rambling minutes in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, Donald Trump distilled the breakneck first month of his presidency into a dizzying microcosm of political performance art. In the process, he demolished any lingering doubt about whether he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d bend the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Death of Clintonism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/hillary-clinton-2016-loss-democrats-214570</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Hillary Clinton's loss, Democrats are burying a once-winning way of politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pence v. Kaine: Battle of the Normals]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/2016-pence-kain-vice-presidential-debate-politics-214317</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's the one sane moment of the campaign. Will anyone watch?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Really Ailing Hillary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-media-transparency-214250</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A long time ago, Clinton was far more transparent, emotional and open than she is today. Then the media began slamming her'&#'.ord('').';'and didn't stop.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The DNC Is Hillary Clinton's Best, Biggest Chance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/the-dnc-is-hillary-clintons-best-chance</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, there was a time in American history'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a very long time, in fact'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'when presidential candidates didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even deign to attend the national conventions that nominated them. Legend has it that Abraham Lincoln was running errands for his wife, or chatting with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Can't Hillary Stop Fudging the Truth?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/hillary-clinton-emails-history-214095</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Todd Purdum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Email-gate is only the latest instance in a 25-year habit of dissembling.]]></description>
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