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<title><![CDATA[Matthew Cooper - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15613.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Matthew Cooper]]></description><category domain="15613">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/10/the-lost-journalistic-world-of-9-11-3/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mainstream press was far from perfect. But before the era of hot takes, information silos, steep budget cuts, and ugly charges of fake news, it had strengths that we need now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Platner's Conspiracy-Laden, Bitter Farewell]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/08/platners-conspiracy-laden-bitter-farewell/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He could have gone out on notes of grace, optimism, and Democratic unity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Be Thankful Barney Frank Didn't Resign in 1989]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/21/barney-frank-1989-scandal-congress-resignation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barney Frank's near-expulsion in 1989 reminds us why Congress should punish misconduct carefully, and let voters decide when possible.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Need a New Dickens]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/25/why-we-need-a-new-dickens-2/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why We Need a New Dickens: Everyone cares about Oliver Twist. Now we need to help the Artful Dodgers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Won]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/05/why-democrats-won/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic wins were propelled by candidates who fit their constituencies, and Donald Trump's unpopularity]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sherrill Braces for&nbsp;Landing in&nbsp;NJ Governor Race]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/mikie-sherrill-new-jersey-governor-race/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Navy helicopter pilot turned congresswoman has the edge in a volatile contest. But in Jersey, even the best pilots can hit turbulence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Kirk Assassination: More Than Just Murder]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/11/the-charlie-kirk-assassination-more-than-just-murder/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Charlie Kirk assassination shows why political assassination is penalized differently than typical murders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What I Learned From Trump's Address]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/05/i-learned-so-much-from-president-trumps-address-to-congress/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I learned so much from Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' And from the Democrats' very effective protests.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 47th President's First Words]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/21/the-47th-presidents-first-words/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump took office for the second time with a speech whose omissions revealed as much as what he said and may have left him stronger.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Very Rough Day in New Jersey]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/12/a-very-rough-day-in-new-jersey/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My home state, the Garden State, is angry mercurial, and Trump came frighteningly close to winning there a week ago.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Dems Unified &amp; Republicans in Chaos?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/10/20/why-are-democrats-unified-and-republicans-in-chaos/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Taking control of the House chamber used to be fun. Your party installed its leadership after toiling in the minority. You celebrated. Ranking members became chairs, and their pet projects, like the Widget Protection Act and that new Museum of Trucking and Industry, got closer to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crossing the (Jim) Jordan]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/10/15/crossing-the-jim-jordan/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are so many reasons why Republicans would be bonkers to elect Representative Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House on Tuesday. The first is that the twitchy, shirt-sleeved House Judiciary Committee Chairman and one of the founders of the House Freedom Caucus is not the face a normal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Performing in Porn Shouldn't Derail a Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/09/13/performing-in-online-porn-shouldnt-derail-a-political-campaign/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Susanna Gibson, a candidate running for the Virginia statehouse, appeared, with her husband, on the website Chaturbate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Cheers for Biden Running Again]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/04/24/two-cheers-for-biden-running-again/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are worried about the octogenarian's bid for a second term, but there are good reasons to think he can win and succeed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jake Sullivan on a New Economic Alliance]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/03/24/jake-sullivan-on-a-new-economic-alliance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's national security adviser takes on old-style free trade agreements and makes the case for putting American economic security at the heart of American foreign policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Retire the Word 'Woke']]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/03/15/lets-retire-the-word-woke/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the history of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'woke'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' attitudes, sentiments, and policies is written, two events of different kinds and magnitude will be remembered. Both took place in the San Francisco Bay Area in the past week.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Hunger Games in New York]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/08/24/the-democratic-hunger-games/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a redistricting fiasco pits New York Democrats against each other, careers are lost, but the state looks the same.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Schumer, Chutzpah, &amp; the Crybaby GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/10/11/chuck-schumer-chutzpah-and-the-crybaby-republicans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After threatening to break the debt ceiling, GOP senators are whining. Boo-hoo.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yellen, Blinken, Klain &amp; the End of Crazy Time]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/11/24/janet-yellen-tony-blinken-ron-klain-and-the-end-of-crazy-time/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stay in Washington long enough and some of the smart folks you know become George Marshall and James Baker.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Kid Yourself - Trump Is Winning]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/dont-kid-yourself-donald-trump-winning-542660</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why the president-elect is getting what he wants out of Congress, from Cabinet picks to legislation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bill Clinton's Elegant Love Letter Was Sly and Effective]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-speech-bill-clinton-speech-hillary-clinton-adoption-donald-trump-484317</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Decades later, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to remember how battered Bill Clinton was after the 1992 primaries. He had secured the nomination, but his candidacy was marred by his efforts to avoid serving in Vietnam and allegations, later confirmed, of extramarital affairs. It looked like he was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Cruz Could Be President. No, Seriously]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-president-cnn-town-hall-447599</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a well known story: When Ted Cruz went to work for the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 2000, he had a lot going for him. He was in his 20s, a Texan, and smart, boasting a Harvard Law degree and a Supreme Court clerkship. It didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hurt to be a young Hispanic man in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump's Busting of GOP Orthodoxy Is Brilliant]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/trump-breaks-orthodoxy-435751</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA["I want to leave Social Security as it is."That sounds like a rather bland statement from a politician but it's a pretty daring one coming from a Republican presidential contender. But there was Donald Trump at the GOP debate in Miami defending Social Security, saying he didn't want to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Neck and Neck in the Bellwether State of NH]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/24/its-neck-and-neck-bellwether-state-new-hampshire-277445.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Follow the elephants. That was the idea. As I drove up Knox Mountain Road, the temperature in the 60s and the autumn foliage on full display, I was heading to a Republican meeting at the New Hampshire home of Republican activists William and Faith Tobin, not far from Manchester in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Speech Obama Should Give Tonight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/admitting-mistakes-making-the-case-and-the-speech-obama-should-give-20130910</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Could the Syria mess get any messier? On Monday morning it seemed Congress was heading for a vote on a resolution to authorize the use of force in Syria. But as President Obama's already thin support continued to evaporate, the Russians, of all people, came to his rescue.Moscow picked up...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why This Mayoral Election Is Unlike Any in Decades]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/why-this-new-york-mayoral-election-is-unlike-any-in-decades-20130905</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At 6 feet 5 inches, Bill de Blasio isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just the tallest candidate running for mayor of New York. As the front-runner, he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also become the biggest target. Once something of a liberal long shot, the 52-year-old has become the likely next mayor by being the toughest critic of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama's March on Washington Failed]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/why-obama-s-march-on-washington-failed-20130829?mrefid=site_search</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Still, the day also seemed marked by lost opportunities. It was never going to live up to the 1963 march; even President Obama acknowledged that, saying "we may never duplicate the swelling crowds and dazzling processions of that day so long ago." But the grievances this time were ill...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Behind MSNBC's Ratings Decline?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/what-s-behind-msnbc-s-ratings-decline-20130711</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MSNBC bills itself as the "place for politics," but if you've been watching the network lately, it's been all of the Zimmerman trial, all the time. Political director Chuck Todd grew so frustrated with the coverage preempting his Daily Rundown show that he barely concealed his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Ed Koch Remade Liberalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/how-ed-koch-remade-liberalism-20130201</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much is being made about the grim New York that Ed Koch inherited when he was elected in 1977, the year of the blackout, Son of Sam, and Howard Cosell's famous line during the World Series about how "the Bronx is burning."Hizzoner is gone now and the reflections on his style (pure...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Benghazi Won't Bring Down Hillary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/why-benghazi-hasn-t-brought-down-hillary-clinton-and-won-t-20130122</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Hillary Rodham Clinton marches up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about the Benghazi attack, it'll be the last "scandal" of her 20-year run in Washington. The quotation marks are there for a reason. Most of what has exorcised the Hill and press corps about Hillary Clinton...]]></description>
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