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<title><![CDATA[Dan Thomasson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15928.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dan Thomasson]]></description><category domain="15928">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The President's Weak Arguments]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20220704obama_strategy_isnt_all_thats_not_working/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does being a successful businessman in this anti-Wall Street atmosphere disqualify one from being president of the United States, even when one&#194;&#146;s experience includes the governorship of a major state?And, if so, does a background of community organizing, two years in the U.S. Senate,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Sounds Less and Less Convincing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/obama-359418-president-romney.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not unusual for a sitting president to blame his predecessor for the nation's ills, particularly when it comes to the economy. The Democrats ran against Herbert Hoover for decades. Franklin Roosevelt, his successor, survived three elections on the strength of that, despite the fact...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Solyndra Fiasco Exposes the White House]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20111018/OPINION01/110180320/1008/Solyndra-exposes-lack-of-White-House-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Solyndra case that has stuck U.S. taxpayers with a half a billion dollars of bad debt, with little prospect of getting any back, isn't going away soon nor should it.It isn't just the amount spent on this solar panel fiasco that matters the most, although that certainly is substantial...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did a Young President Get Bad Advice?]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20110921/OPINION01/109210317/1008/opinion01/Obama-quickly-running-out-of-time</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The one indispensible ingredient for a successful presidency, particularly when the holder of the job is more than a little inexperienced, is a good staff.More and more it looks like President Barack Obama has been missing that from the start. There have been increasing reports of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Problem: Where's the Substance?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/2011_0426headlinegoes_shouldve_stopped_at_community_organizing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's a bit of startling news. This nation is in sad need of experienced leadership, not a cheerleader who stands along the sidelines whipping up the crowd while actually participating very little in the action on the field.Yes, what the United States needs is someone who will take...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Relapse of Malaise]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20100925a_relapse_of_malaise/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter, a good and decent man, seems determined in these, his later years in life to convince us that he was also a good president, which by most assessments he wasn&rsquo;t. In fact the conventional analysis of his three decades since leaving the White House is that he has been a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Drug Cartels Run Wild in Mexico]]></title>
							<link>http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/56180</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Planning a trip to Mexico? Forget it.In the days when my company had a newspaper in El Paso and I used to visit there on a regular basis, it always was a treat to cross the river for a few hours, have dinner and shop at the colorful markets of Juarez where haggling over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Skips Tradition of Free Press]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/2168612,CST-EDT-open17a.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- There   is a striking resemblance to covering the White House and nourishing an infant.You know the kind of activity parents engage in when they feed the baby by pretending the spoon full of apple sauce is a loaded airplane or helicopter and the mouth is a hanger. This is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Recess Appointments Another Slap at GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20100402recess_appointments_another_slap_at_gop/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The president apparently has decided that Republicans are irrelevant if not downright obsolete and it is best to ignore them, especially those in Congress. While Barack Obama may have understandable reason to feel that way given the GOP&rsquo;s solid opposition to much of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Memo to the Prez: No Free Lunches]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/2009_03_24_Memo_to_the_prez:__No_free_lunches/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Euphoria for Obama Continues]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/03/euphoria-for-how-long/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain Buried Under Avalanche of Cash]]></title>
							<link>http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&amp;pk=THOMASSON-10-20-08</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Campaign, Sen. Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/366952_thomassononline14.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Thomasson</author>
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