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							<title><![CDATA[The Road Not Taken]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/05/the_road_not_taken_147841.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[States are scrambling in different directions in the wake of the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade, but abortion rights might be more advanced if Roe had never existed. Fifty-five years ago Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a permissive abortion rights law that was passed by a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For States, Hope &amp; Uncertainty Now and Going Forward]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/21/for_states_hope_and_uncertainty_now_and_going_forward_146915.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a year of hope and uncertainty in the states '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and the prospect is for more of the same in 2022.
Hope has been spurred by the economic rebound; sales tax revenues swelled as Americans bought taxable items at pre-pandemic levels while also boosting personal savings...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Enduring Republican Grip on State Legislatures]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/16/the_enduring_republican_grip_on_state_legislatures_146738.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats lost more than a governorship in this month'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election, which cemented the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s status as a persistent loser in state legislative elections.
The headline story in Virginia was the defeat of former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe by Republican businessman Glenn...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Colin Powell I Knew]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/23/the_colin_powell_i_knew_146617.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since his passing, Colin Powell has been lauded as a statesman, patriot, and trailblazer for Black Americans. As a journalist, I saw another dimension to him: He was a model official in his respect for the First Amendment, and the information he provided to reporters, much of it on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem and GOP Governors Welcome Afghan Refugees]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/14/dem_and_gop_governors_welcome_afghan_refugees_146407.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thirty-five state governors from both parties say they will welcome Afghan refugees forced to flee their country because of the Taliban takeover. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re a state of refuge,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said Gov. Gavin Newsom as he welcomed refugees to California.
Across the country, another Democrat...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Uncertain Impact From Voting Law Changes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/14/uncertain_impact_from_voting_law_changes_146249.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Spurred by the lingering partisanship of the 2020 election, states are making significant changes in voting laws that both restrict and expand ballot access. Eighteen legislatures with Republican majorities have passed 30 laws this year that restrict voting access, according to a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Care Upgrades Become the New Normal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/07/21/health_care_upgrades_become_the_new_normal_146112.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act has become embedded in the national safety net after a third Supreme Court decision upholding its constitutionality. And in the wake of that ruling, the Biden administration and various states are seeking to upgrade Medicaid, the federal-state program that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Market Surge Boosts State Pension Funds]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/18/market_surge_boosts_state_pension_funds_145607.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rebounding from a 30-year low in March 2020, state pension plans have survived the pandemic, thanks to the soaring stock market.
CalPERS, the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s largest public pension plan, posted a 12.4% return for the 2020 calendar year. Overall, U.S. state pension plans reached an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Relief Bill Boosts State/Local Funding to Pre-Pandemic Levels]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/22/relief_bill_boosts_statelocal_funding_to_pre-pandemic_levels_145447.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since the coronavirus pandemic sent tax revenues plummeting a year ago, states and local governments have been seeking financial aid from Washington. President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, passed by Congress earlier this month, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' answered that call. Known as the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Senate Shift Mean More Aid to States and Cities?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/17/will_senate_shift_mean_more_aid_to_states_and_cities_145052.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic victories in the Senate runoff elections in Georgia have reopened a pathway for federal aid to states and local governments. These elections produced a 50-50 tie in the upper chamber, which Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be able to break in favor of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Awakening From a National Nightmare &ndash; the Sequel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/01/awakening_from_a_national_nightmare__the_sequel.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new president promised to be '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'president of all the people'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and to consult the views of all Americans. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We cannot stand still or go backwards,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he said. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We must go forward together.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Much of what this president said, including a pledge to work with U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State/Local Hopes for Bailout May Rest on Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/11/14/statelocal_hopes_for_bailout_may_rest_on_biden_144659.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most turbulent elections in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s history is over, but the economic results for states and cities are yet to be determined. States and local governments need federal aid to restore budgets shredded by the coronavirus pandemic, and a stimulus bill to provide such...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Gains Seen in State Legislative Races]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/20/democratic_gains_seen_in_state_legislative_races_144484.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Below the radar of the hard-fought presidential election, Democrats nourish modest hopes of making gains in state legislative races to bring them closer to parity with Republicans. Despite receiving comparatively little attention, the legislative elections could have far-reaching...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pandemic&rsquo;s Toll on Public Pension Plans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/19/pandemics_toll_on_public_pension_plans_144250.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Battered by the coronavirus pandemic and low interest rates, public pension plans are headed for a record shortfall, posing risks to the living standards of millions of employees and retirees.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Although pension investments have recovered from a March low point as equity markets...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Police Reform Is at a Critical Juncture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/22/police_reform_is_at_a_critical_juncture_143776.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' following first appeared on the State Net Capitol Journal website.
The televised killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman and mass protests against various slayings of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement have created a unique opportunity for police reform in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Normal on Voting and Education]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/24/the_new_normal_on_voting_and_education__143526.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The following first appeared on the State Net Capitol Journal website.
As states and local governments emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, they are defining new normals in the face of budget shortfalls and a rising demand for police reform. In particular, prospective changes are under...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mike Bloomberg's Fuzzy Math]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/28/mike_bloombergs_fuzzy_math_142513.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Bloomberg is supposed to be super-smart, but he somehow came up short on understanding the arithmetic of the Democratic primaries. His belated entry into the race was supposed to provide a centrist alternative to Bernie Sanders. Instead, because of Democratic rules on delegate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Forgotton Story of How Bush Won Over Reagan]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a time when George H.W. Bush is rightly being celebrated for his statesmanship and decency, it is easy to forget that he was also a savvy long-distance politician whose doggedness enabled him to become vice president despite Ronald Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reservations about him as a running...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Gain in State Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/10/democrats_gain_in_state_elections_138619.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The following first appeared on the State Net Capitol Journal website.
Buoyed by the votes of suburban women and independents, Democrats gained hard-won ground in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s statehouses in Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s midterm election.
Democrats won seven governorships and six legislative...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State-Level Democrats Could Ride a Wave in November]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/07/state-level_democrats_could_ride_a_wave_in_november_137731.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Republicans at a historic high in control of state legislatures, Democrats are poised to make up lost ground in the 2018 midterm elections.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Democrats are going to have a wave this year,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said Tim Storey, senior political analyst for the National Conference of State...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After the Fires: Gratitude and Anxiety]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/03/after_the_fires_gratitude_and_anxiety_135898.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SUMMERLAND, Calif.--As the largest forest fire in California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s history slowly burns itself out in the remote reaches of the Los Padres National Forest, residents of Santa Barbara County are breathing a collective sigh of relief.
The Thomas Fire, which began on December 4 near tiny...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Patience of Leadership: A Lesson for Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/30/the_patience_of_leadership_a_lesson_for_trump_133471.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Without providing specifics, President Trump has promised to model his forthcoming tax reform and reduction proposal after the 1986 legislation signed by Ronald Reagan. But doing so will require patience, a quality in which Trump seems in short supply.
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anthony Beilenson, the Consequential Legislator]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/09/anthony_beilenson_the_consequential_legislator_133298.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago this month a freshman state senator from Beverly Hills called on the powerful president of the California state Senate to tell him that thousands of women were dying from backyard and alley way abortions and asking him to allow consideration of a bill that would stop this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Loss Shows the Importance of &quot;Being There&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/22/clinton_loss_shows_the_importance_of_being_there_132627.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the six weeks since Donald Trump won the presidency, the losers have comforted themselves by blaming outside forces for their stunning defeat.
Addressing donors in Manhattan recently, Hillary Clinton said that she lost because of two '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'unprecedented'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' events: FBI Director...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Eke Out Legislative Race Wins, Lose Governorships]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/10/dems_eke_out_legislative_race_wins_lose_governorships_132313.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite the unexpected triumph of Donald Trump, Democratic state legislative candidates held their own Tuesday in their efforts to close the gap on Republicans in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s statehouses. 
Republicans, however, won previously Democratic governorships in Missouri, Vermont and New...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Breakthrough Looms in Statehouses]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/10/28/democratic_breakthrough_looms_in_statehouses_132176.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The tribulations of Donald Trump have opened opportunities for the Democrats to regain lost ground in several of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican-dominated statehouses.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a danger the dike could break for Republicans,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' says Tim Storey, who analyzes politics for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Return of the Ticket Splitters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/23/return_of_the_ticket_splitters.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When former Michigan Gov. William Milliken, a lifelong Republican, endorsed Hillary Clinton for the presidency earlier this month, he evoked memories of a cross-party past in which ticket splitters dominated American politics.
As partisanship has hardened in the 21st century,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Covered Reagan. Mr. Trump, You're No Reagan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-covered-ronald-reagan-mr-trump-youre-no-ronald-reagan/2016/07/23/49e9cfee-5067-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Personal Side of Nancy Reagan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/03/08/the_personal_side_of_nancy_reagan_129904.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nancy Reagan, who passed away this week at the age of 94, wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t everyone'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s cup of cocoa.
As first lady of California and again in the beginning stages of the Reagan presidency, Mrs. Reagan battled with reporters, terrified aides and Cabinet members, and became a convenient...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nancy Reagan, an Influential &amp; Stylish First Lady, Dies at 94]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/us/nancy-reagan-a-stylish-and-influential-first-lady-dies-at-94.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lou Cannon</author>
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