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<title><![CDATA[D.D. Guttenplan - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15760.xml</link><description><![CDATA[D.D. Guttenplan]]></description><category domain="15760">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trial by Fire for Tisch and Mamdani, NYC's Odd Couple]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-trial-by-fire-for-tisch-and-mamdani-new-york-s-premier-odd-couple/ar-AA1YsUxm</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How this weekend'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s failed attack outside Gracie Mansion could reinforce the strange-bedfellows alliance between the mayor and the police commissioner.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Meets 2nd Snow With Resolve, a Little Luck]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mamdani-meets-a-second-snow-crisis-with-enhanced-resolve-and-a-little-luck/ar-AA1X7rHu</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mayor mobilized New York's resources nimbly and creatively. Now, on to the budget]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Launches First Salvos in New York Fiscal Battle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/mamdani-launches-his-first-salvos-in-new-york-s-fiscal-battle/ar-AA1WENBu</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mayor, the governor, and the members of the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s big-ticket tax base are all squaring off over prospective tax increases and service cuts.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Divisions Mamdani Commands Are About To Be Tested]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-divisions-mamdani-commands-are-about-to-be-battle-tested/ar-AA1Wcwkk</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York mayor draws flack from the Catholic press, holds his own for now with the NYPD, and will have to twist arms in Albany.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Touts Great View, Struggles To Clear Sidewalks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-governance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York mayor is opening the roof of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building to the public, but has plenty of work ahead to make the city below more affordable and accessible.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Goes From a Winter Storm to a Fiscal One]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/mamdani-goes-from-a-winter-storm-to-a-fiscal-one/ar-AA1VeWS6</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicizes a $12 billion hole in New York'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s budget over the next two years'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and draws some political battle lines.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Young Mayor Mamdani in a Hurry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/young-mayor-in-a-hurry/ar-AA1UJRI7</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani has pledged to govern at the same pace New Yorkers live'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but city politics are largely designed to thwart that ambition.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Starts by Getting the Imagery Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/mamdani-starts-governing-by-getting-the-imagery-right/ar-AA1Uhe0F</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Early signs suggest that the Mamdani era in New York is off to an encouraging start'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'beginning with the mayor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s continued mastery of political spectacle.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Happy 160th Anniversary to The Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/160th-anniversary-olmsted-nation-history/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since 1865, we've held fast in our belief in the liberating power of simply telling people the truth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/will-the-creative-class-go-maga/ar-AA1EHGWp</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It may be hard to resist the lure of power and patronage.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Outdoing Himself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-is-outdoing-himself/ar-AA1yOdZ5</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the malignity of his intent and the scale of his graft, the second term is significantly worse.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' also his last.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dead Hand of the Democratic Consultant Class]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/the-dead-hand-of-the-democratic-consultant-class/ar-AA1w1b3K</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even if you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve spent the past month hiding under the covers, it would still have been hard to miss the arguments'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'including some spirited entries by my Nation colleagues'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'about the size of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election victory, and what it says (or doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t say) about the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reckoning With the Election Results]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/reckoning-with-the-election-results/ar-AA1uMly0</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Big Picture / November 26, 2024 Reckoning With the Election Results What went wrong'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and what we have to do now. D.D. Guttenplan Share Facebook Twitter Email Flipboard Pocket Ad Policy An expense of spirit: Harris gets cozy with Liz Cheney.(Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images) This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Watch Election Night Like an Expert]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-to-watch-election-night-like-an-expert/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone's favorite wonk Josh Cohen tells us what he'll be watching for when the polls close tonight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Scandal in New York City]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-real-scandal-in-new-york-city/ar-AA1t7Mf3</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What's worse than taking illegal foreign campaign contributions? Mayor Eric Adams's failure to meet the city's glaring needs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[20,000 Out-of-Towners Fill MSG for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-rally-madison-square-garden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Calling Trump and his supporters Nazis misses the genuine danger the fake billionaire and his authentically plutocratic friends pose to our republic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[PA Voters Grapple With an Unfamiliar Emotion: Hope]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pennsylvania-harris-walz-campaign-race-coal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters in this pivotal state grapple with an unfamiliar emotion: hope.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Election Is Getting Down to the Wire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/presidential-election-2024/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It seems increasingly likely is that we're headed for a tight race that, as in 2020, will be decided by voters in a handful of states.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nostalgia-harris-walz-convention/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Underneath the clich'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';' that we're all in this together lie harder truths that will need to be faced if Harris and Walz want to rally the nation for real change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Harris Can Make America Democratic Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/harris-assassination-maga-democracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden wisely passed the torch to someone who can counter the MAGA call.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Revenge of the Normies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rnc-normie-trump-illegals/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The theme at the 2024 Republican convention is restoration, not revolution. And the mood, at least last night, was confident.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media Monopoly Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/media-consolidation-monopoly-big-5/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our new special issue takes on the out-of-control consolidation that is squeezing out independent voices and controlling what we read.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Must Remake His Candidacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-new-hampshire-polling-strategy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His approval polling is too weak to afford not to mount a full-scale campaign in New Hampshire and other battleground states.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Biden Run for Reelection?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-reelection-forum/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We wanted to know what prominent progressive Democrats, left-leaning independents and battleground state activists were thinking. So we asked them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives Try to Carry Biden Over the Line in PA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pennsylvania-election-2020-activism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the epicenter of this battleground state, progressive activists strain to carry Biden over the line.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Green New Deal Is This Generation's Moon Shot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/green-new-deal-apollo-moon-shot/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sending humans to the moon was a choice. Saving the earth is a necessity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[While Democrats Bicker, Another Bully Wins an Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/democrats-bicker-another-bully-wins-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The resistance to Trump still needs to get a national win on the board.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Troubles in Ohio Should Worry Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/win-or-lose-hillary-clintons-troubles-in-ohio-should-worry-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Al Edmondson is worried about the election. His '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??Earn My Vote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? Facebook page and YouTube channel feature interviews with local politicians filmed at A Cut Above the Rest, the five-chair barbershop he owns in Columbus, Ohio, its walls decorated with scenes from African-American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Ohio, Trump Rallies the Deplorables]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/in-ohio-trump-rallies-the-deplorables/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Canton, Ohio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??The Donald Trump who strode onto the stage here at the Canton Memorial Civic Center last night was a Trump this reporter hadn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??t seen before. The Rolling Stones provided the usual tough-love soundtrack'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??You Can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??t Always Get What You Want,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Night of the RNC Was a Cynical Exploitation of Grief]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/the-first-night-of-the-gop-was-a-cynical-exploitation-of-grief/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>D.D. Guttenplan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cleveland'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??For the first time (and hopefully the last time in my life), I felt a glimmer of admiration tonight for John Kasich. He may be an implacable foe of unions, an enemy of a woman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s right to control her own fertility, a Murdoch shill who never met a corporate tax break he...]]></description>
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