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<title><![CDATA[Mark McKinnon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15785.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mark McKinnon]]></description><category domain="15785">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Harris Is Going To Win]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/ZVbxG</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It will all come down to turnout. And that, I predict, will mean a Harris-Walz victory.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Ways Voters Can Save the Republic From Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attention, Biden and the Democrats! '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s No Cavalry Coming'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In 2024, Look Out for a Third-Party Candidate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/donald-trump-joe-biden-2024-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Independent presidential runs are long shots. But with two aging, unpopular front-runners, a credible alternative might actually be viable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the 2022 Midterms Rewrote American Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/10-ways-the-midterms-rewrote-american-politics-in-2022</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The counterintuitive takeaways from November's Big Blue Surprise election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Made Trump Smarter Than Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/24/what-made-donald-trump-smarter-than-hillary-clinton.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton had a lot going for her, but Trump got the one central truth of modern-day campaigning that she, inside her bubble, never did.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How George W. Bush Really Rolls]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/26/at-the-wounded-warrior-100k-how-george-w-bush-really-rolls.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The wounded warrior in front of me rode so well, and so fast, dusting me in the flats, that for awhile I forgot he was a veteran. And then, I noticed and remembered what was different. Staff Sgt. Matthew DeWitt has no arms. They were blown off by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq. As I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to Take Politics Off the Table]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/04/with-the-fiscal-cliff-looming-it-s-time-to-take-politics-off-the-table.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since August of 2011, when a last-minute deal barely averted a default on our national debt, every policymaker has known exactly what would happen on Jan. 1, 2013 if the two political parties failed to reach agreement on long-term fiscal policy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Taxes would rise substantially for all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan Plan Coming Back to Haunt Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/17/how-paul-ryan-s-medicare-plan-is-coming-back-to-haunt-obama.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Boom. That's the sound of Team Obama getting hit with a boomerang of a messaging strategy.Last year, Democrats gleefully attacked Paul Ryan as a granny killer for daring to take on Medicare reform. They thought their point was won; Ryan was buried in an avalanche of ridicule. Americans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan Dares to Lead Where Obama Did Not]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/11/mitt-romney-s-game-changer.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A failure to act.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' A terrible, stunning legacy for any leader. But far worse when it is the president of the United States. And that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the point driven home by Mitt Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s selection of the young Paul Ryan as his running mate. For Ryan dared to lead when Barack Obama did not....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Blown Chance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/03/wisconsin-results-mark-mckinnon-on-the-gop-s-enthusiasm-gap.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm not going to pile on like much of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' political punditry and declare the race for the GOP nomination over after'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the flameout in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Wisconsin. It's over when Rick Santorum says it's over. And I suspect he'll take a close look at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' his comeback chances in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Pennsylvania on April 24...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Taxes Are a Big Problem for Him]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/21/what-south-carolina-was-thinking.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hold the coronation.South Carolina is tough political territory. it is hardball country. I remember when we arrived in South Carolina the day after George W. Bush got whipped by 19 points in New Hampshire in 2000. We met with our local supporters, and it was quickly apparent we were...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Crown Romney Yet]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/04/mitt-romney-leads-a-gop-race-too-early-to-call.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In politics, some things change'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'like which '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'not-Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' candidate leads the GOP pack each week. Some things don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'like Mitt Romney can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seem to get beyond 25 percent in national polls.A little over three months ago, Michele Bachmann threatened to rocket...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Perry Looks for a Spark With Energy Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/14/rick-perry-s-energy-speech-will-it-spark-his-campaign.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rick Perry may not have had much energy in the debates, but now he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hoping energy can re-energize his campaign.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'America needs jobs. America needs energy. And America needs government to get out of the way, so we can have both.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That was the heart of Texas Gov. Rick...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Won't Dump Biden]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/06/obama-won-t-dump-vice-president-joe-biden-for-the-2012-presidential-election.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John McCain used to say that he had  no interest in being vice president because it would be like being a  POW again'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d be constantly in the dark and fed scraps, and you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d have  nothing to do.Nevertheless,  it is still the No. 2 job in politics, and it is a position...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media Is Wrong About Bachmann]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/27/michele-bachmann-for-president-2012-tea-party-favorite-is-no-joke.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world is flat. We know it is. It's what we were taught in the Dark Ages. Michele Bachmann is a "delusional, paranoid zealot," a "flake." We know she is. That's what we've been told by a mainlining media.Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Getting Serious About the 2012 GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/25/republican-race-for-president-gets-serious-rick-perry-bachmann-and-more.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Huntsman is in. Newt's been abandoned (again.) Perry is seriously pondering. And Palin put her bus tour on hold for jury duty. While some of the already declared GOP presidential candidates have been met with ennui by voters (who are still more focused on pocketbook pain), the political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rick Perry's 2012 Window of Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-22/rick-perry-for-president-2012-mitch-daniels-exit-offers-texas-governor-a-window/?cid=bs:archive13</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ready or not, America, get ready for another Republican presidential candidate from Texas. Meet Ricky Perry. You're likely to be hearing a lot about him real soon.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' announcement this weekend that he will not be a candidate for president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'coupled with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Michele Bachmann Can Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-04-08/how-michele-bachmann-could-win-the-presidency/?cid=bs:archive4#</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Though prone to gaffes and non-answer answers, she is a formidable  fundraiser, an icon among Tea Party enthusiasts, draws cameras like  flies, and her detractors are legion. And it's looking more and more  likely she will run for president. Also, it's not a stretch to see how  she could...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[End the Privileged Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-26/end-unions-and-end-the-privileged-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The manufactured Madison, Wis., mob is not the movement the White House was hoping for. Both may find themselves at the wrong end of the populist pitchfork. While I generally defend collective bargaining and private-sector unions (lots of airline pilots in my family), it is the abuse by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2012 Forecasts: Who Won CPAC?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-12/cpac-winners-and-losers-from-romney-to-pawlenty/?cid=hp:mainpromo2</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the auditions for Conservative Idol 2012, also known as the Conservative Political Action Conference  this weekend in Washington, D.C., some contenders pitched hard but fell  flat, while others hit perfect notes and were rewarded with rock-star  receptions from the record crowd.Rep....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The George Bush I Know]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-08/george-bushs-decision-points-mark-mckinnon-on-the-former-presidents-book/?cid=hp:mainpromo8</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-08/george-bushs-decision-points-mark-mckinnon-on-the-former-presidents-book/?cid=hp:mainpromo8]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s memoir Decision Points hits stores today, former campaign media adviser Mark McKinnon compares the book to the man he crossed the partisan divide to help elect.Every president becomes a caricature. The press, partisans, late-night shows, and other arbiters of our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unions Are the Real Big-Money Culprits]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-24/unions-the-real-big-money-culprits-this-election-season/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The  out-of-control big-money donors this fall aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the U.S. Chamber of  Commerce types, as the White House would have you believe. Mark McKinnon  on the real culprits'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'union gifts to Democrats.Team Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s message in the closing weeks of the campaign was  completely...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Like LBJ, Obama Misreads the Public]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-06/from-lbj-to-barack-obama/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-06/from-lbj-to-barack-obama/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[by Mark McKinnon

            
                    
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                As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media,  Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates,  corporations and causes,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ten More Reasons Dems Are Toast]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-30/bush-blame-democratic-strategy-wont-win-midterms/?cid=bs:archive8</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-30/bush-blame-democratic-strategy-wont-win-midterms/?cid=bs:archive8]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), the once all-powerful Ways and Means Committee chairman, facing 13 ethics charges, I expect a press release shortly from Democratic leadership blaming President George W. Bush for Rangel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s problems. Democrats have blamed Bush for everything...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Politics of Fear]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-09/mark-mckinnon-obamas-new-politics-of-fear/?cid=hp:mainpromo2</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-09/mark-mckinnon-obamas-new-politics-of-fear/?cid=hp:mainpromo2]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media,  Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates,  corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor  Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bill Clinton's Hotter Than Barack]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-30/bill-clintons-hotter-than-barack-who-wants-obamas-endorsement/?cid=hp:mainpromo2</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama may have bested Hillary Clinton for the presidency, and he may have kept her from causing him political trouble by appointing her secretary of State. But nothing in the contract said her husband Bill was going to stay down on the farm. And he's not.Tuesday, former President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Women Rule Primary Night]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-09/primary-wins-for-women-blanche-lincoln-fiorina-whitman/?cid=hp:exc</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wins for outsiders Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, centrist  Blanche Lincoln, and Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'plus a runoff for  Nikki Haley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'are a clear sign of voter desire to shake up the good old  boy network. Voters in 12 states expressed their anger with Washington and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Are Fed Up with Politics as Usual]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-04/obama-white-house-promised-change-offers-politics-as-usual/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC5</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bill Maher labels Americans as stupid. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) bemoans the average American'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s comprehension gap. The Atlantic magazine explained the growing anger on Main Street: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s that you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re stupid.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'And while Paul McCartney rejoices that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'after the last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin's Mama Grizzlies Rising Up]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-26/sarah-palins-gop-endorsements-the-mama-grizzlies/?cid=hp:exc</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I like strong women.I like strong women who speak their minds. (I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m married to one of them.) And I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve worked with and around many in politics, including Ann Richards, Laura Bush and Sarah Palin.No matter your gender or politics, you have to hand it to her: Palin is fearless....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Happened to Hope? Obama Blames Bush]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-20/stop-blaming-bush/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark McKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An economy in recession. An ever-deepening deficit. An increase in terrorist attacks. And an angry, divided electorate. If only Bush had not won that third term. So says Barack Obama.Much like the schoolyard taunt,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' I'm rubber, you're glue,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President Barack Obama, the actual...]]></description>
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