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<title><![CDATA[Doyle McManus - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15680.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Doyle McManus]]></description><category domain="15680">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Despite Low Standing, Some Dems See Reasons for Optimism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/news-analysis-party-shambles-democrats-100000444.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Hoped His Picks Could Escape Vetting. He Was Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/column-trump-hoped-his-cabinet-picks-could-escape-serious-vetting-he-was-so-wrong/ar-AA1vwBo4</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a normal presidential transition, the president-elect spends weeks carefully considering candidates for the most important jobs in his Cabinet. Potential nominees undergo rigorous private vetting by trusted aides and lawyers, then by the FBI. It's a painstaking process that often...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard Is Trump Cabinet Pick Most Likely To Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-tulsi-gabbard-intelligence-czar-110032626.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump's nominee'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to oversee the nation's 18 intelligence agencies, is a woman of strong views, vigorously expressed.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Worst Cabinet Picks Part of a Bigger Power Grab]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-trumps-worst-cabinet-picks-110032838.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's most controversial Cabinet nominees are ideologues and eccentrics chosen for loyalty. They are also foot soldiers in a power grab.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case Against Trump Is Clear. Here's the Case for Harris]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-the-case-against-donald-trump-is-clear-here-s-the-case-for-kamala-harris/ar-AA1tt9Xe</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's easy to argue why Americans should vote against Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants To Turn Federal Govt Into an 'Army of Suck-Ups']]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-trump-wants-turn-federal-100008110.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump wants the right to fire civil servants he sees as disloyal: Cue IRS audits for Trump enemies, anti-vaxxers in the FDA, revenge prosecutions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Reasons Millions of Voters Are Still Undecided]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/column-how-can-millions-of-voters-still-be-undecided-between-trump-and-harris-here-are-their-reasons/ar-AA1qEgGm</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a U.S. presidential race that features a deeply polarized electorate and a sharp contrast between the two candidates, most voters have known for months which side they are on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good Convention Week]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/news/column-donald-trumps-terrible-horrible-100015386.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump spent the last week trying to disrupt Kamala Harris' parade during the Democratic convention. But he seems to be the one knocked off stride.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the Debate Change the Race?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-biden-trump-debate-demolition-100027971.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At this week's presidential debate, the candidates will try to knock each other off course. Viewers will come for the crashes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Some Subjects, 'Brutally Honest' Trump Slippery as an Eel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/column-trump-fans-say-he-speaks-his-mind-but-on-some-subjects-he-s-as-slippery-as-an-eel/ar-BB1n7FiW</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump isn't telling you what he thinks about abortion, Obamacare and the federal budget. Why? Because it won't help him beat Biden in the election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Oval Office Normal Is Non-Stop Crises]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-lesson-presidents-biden-trump-100020782.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is trying to blame Biden for anything that goes wrong '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' illegal immigration, Gaza and Ukraine wars, inflation. It's the new burden of incumbency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Campaign Promises Come With a Warning Label]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/column-president-biden-s-big-campaign-promises-come-with-a-warning-label/ar-AA1nQYuG</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For two weeks, former President Trump has been'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on charges that he falsified'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' records to conceal payments to a porn actress. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I should be in Georgia right now. I should be in Florida right now. I should be in a lot of places campaigning right...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Criminal Trial Could Be Cure for 'Trump Amnesia']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/column-trump-s-hush-money-criminal-trial-could-be-a-cure-for-trump-amnesia/ar-AA1nqUCP</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Before Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president. During this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican primaries, they noted, Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s popularity rose every time he was indicted.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Empathy Was Biden's Superpower in 2020. Will It Be Again?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/column-joe-biden-s-empathy-was-his-superpower-in-2020-can-he-find-it-again-in-2024/ar-BB1lDVU3</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to the empathetic Joe Biden who won the 2020 presidential election?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Loves Fossil Fuels, But California Wants Clean Energy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-trump-loves-fossil-fuels-california-wants-clean-energy-cue-collision/ar-BB1kP6wG</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' says he isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t worried about'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' climate change.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Plans To Deport a Million Illegal Migrants From CA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-trump-wants-round-over-100008705.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's California-born advisor says he would deploy troops to blue states to seize undocumented immigrants, send them to camps, then expel them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has Big Plans for California if He Wins a Second Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-trump-big-plans-california-090043162.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Trump is bashing California in his 2024 campaign; if he wins he wants to force it to change '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' on environment, immigration, LGBTQ issues and more.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Biden and Trump Talking About the Same Nation?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-biden-says-america-coming-100043948.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden and Trump offer converging narratives about the country: one optimistic, one apocalyptic. That collision is the core of the 2024 election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Biden Change Voters' Minds About the Economy?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-most-voters-think-bidens-economy-isnt-working-can-he-change-their-minds/ar-AA1lCMIX</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The news about the economy seems almost freakishly good.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Biden in Trouble With Dems Over Gaza? Not So Much]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/column-biden-trouble-democrats-over-120050120.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABOWch0DMNbZTTxbmfNCL2mhbypXh8OJSbDHPhizU2P6hmdvqF9Cv3fuEim_V4xhixcT-OaBLwbMYjS8QAkzR1XgO2Dwk</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last month, Democrats appeared deeply divided over President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. But as Biden's diplomacy has evolved, that problem has ebbed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How 'Bidenomics' Looks In a Year Is What Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/bidenomics-looks-now-isnt-matters-110058854.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden is trying to persuade voters that the economy is better than they think, and that he deserves credit for turning it around. Can he succeed?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden 2024 Run Echoes Past Dem Triumphs]]></title>
							<link>https://democratherald.com/news/local/doyle-mcmanus-bidens-2024-presidential-campaign-harks-back-to-past-democratic-triumphs/article_249dfb3c-b21e-11ed-b60f-afc9dd88cee0.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislative proposal, a sweeping health care bill, had failed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Ukraine Escalation a Sea Change in Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-04-24/bidens-escalating-aid-to-ukraine-reflects-a-sea-change-in-u-s-foreign-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Russian invasion of Ukraine has now brought about a sea change in U.S. foreign policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Party of Ideas Produces a Frankenbill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-the-party-of-ideas-produces-a-frankenbill-but-it-just-might-work/ar-AAQ9tpN?li=BBnbfcL</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Say what you like about Congress'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' squabbling and eternally disarrayed Democrats; they've showed in the last few weeks that they deserve to be recognized as the party of ideas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Dems Win on Crime w/Murders Rising? Biden Thinks So]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/mcmanus-democrats-win-crime-issues-110021645.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Defunding the police was never going to happen, but police reform is still alive.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Democrats' Voting Rights Bill Will Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcmanus-why-the-democrats-voting-rights-bill-will-fail-and-what-they-can-do-about-it/ar-AAKZVEO?li=BB141NW3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' sprawling voting rights bill, known on Capitol Hill as HR 1, is dead.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Do Biden's First 100 Days Compare With Trump's?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-25/column-how-do-bidens-first-100-days-in-office-compare-with-trumps</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's presidency so far has been surprisingly consequential. He's undone most of Trump's legacy and is establishing his own. But he trails FDR.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Law and Order Pitch Falls Flat]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/sep/20/trumps-law-and-order-pitch-falls-flat/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When cities and towns erupted in protests this summer after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on the neck of a Black man until he stopped breathing, President Donald Trump seized on a familiar Republican theme to boost his reelection campaign.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Isn't Selling Anything But Noise &amp; Resentment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-trump-isnt-selling-anything-but-noise-and-resentment/ar-BB15UkNo</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's first campaign rally didn't flop just because it was only one-third full. It fizzled because he offered voters no agenda for a second term other than grievances and racist appeals.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Past May Foretell His Future, Not in Good Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article227803954.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Doyle McManus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former vice president is not the fresh face most Democrats tell pollsters they want to see in the race. And all of his experience might be a liability.]]></description>
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