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							<title><![CDATA[Support Is Swelling for Ron DeSantis in 2024 and Grassroots Is Key]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/02/22/support_is_swelling_for_ron_desantis_in_2024_and_grassroots_is_key_148896.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After years of failure from the Biden administration, the latest being the Chinese balloon debacle, Americans are demanding a change in leadership.
More than 70% of American voters believe the country is on the wrong track, with President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approval rating one of the lowest in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Is Finding Grassroots Appeal and Fundraising Balance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/06/desantis_is_finding_the_grassroots_appeal_and_fundraising_balance_148005.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Money is the mother'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s milk of politics,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' legendary California politico boss Jesse Unruh was fond of saying. In politics, money'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' an essential tool for winning elections, but as we see every cycle, buying an election is very difficult. Without sufficient money, a good...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debates Commission Is Part of the Washington Swamp]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/15/debates_commission_is_part_of_the_washington_swamp_144202.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to debate. After months of political posturing, Americans deserve to see President Trump and Joe Biden come face to face, explaining their policy platforms and outlining their visions for the future.
But the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Commission on Presidential Debates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' stands in the way. Created...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Pro-Trump 'Rubes' Will Win Again in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/480657-why-pro-trump-rubes-will-win-again-in-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We will win again in 2020 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' because the country and the world need our agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politics Is Like Poker, and Trump Is the Wild Card in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ed-rollins-trump-or-a-democrat-in-2020-politics-is-like-poker-and-this-is-the-wild-card</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Poker is not the real game being played in 2020. But in any game, President Trump is a wild card. And a wild card can change any game.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Outsiders Are the Reagan Revolutionaries of 2018]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/03/trump-outsiders-like-kelli-ward-republican-revolutionaries-2018-ed-rollins-column/997358001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The retiring Arizona Republican'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recently called'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the massive crowds at rallies for President Trump the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'spasms of a dying party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' his latest parting shot at Trump supporters. Given his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 18% approval rating'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' last summer in Arizona, the dead-in-the-water senator'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Partisan Judges Put U.S. in Danger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/06/partisan-judges-put-us-danger/102564120/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an interview two weeks ago, Homeland Security Secretary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' John Kelly said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that if people knew what he knows about terrorism, they would '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'never leave the house in the morning.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Roger Ailes Was a Warrior Who Fought Hard for His Beliefs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/18/ed-rollins-roger-ailes-was-warrior-who-fought-hard-for-causes-believed-in.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Roger Ailes was an American patriot, an extraordinary leader both as a political strategist and as a pioneer in modern cable communications.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[6 Ways Trump Can Turn His Campaign Around]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/10/08/6-ways-donald-trump-can-turn-his-campaign-around/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Brexit Signals a Trump Victory]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/06/29/why_brexit_signals_a_trump_victory_131044.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What does Brexit mean for America?The professional politicians, pundits, and pollsters and the so-called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'experts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in the media have spent the past few days trying to answer this question. And they have come to a consensus answer: not much.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Nancy Reagan I Knew]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/07/nancy-reagan-death-ronald-reagan-indispensable-role-ed-rollins/81431780/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the passing of Nancy Reagan, the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Reagan era has ended. The former first lady'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was more responsible for it than any other individual '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' including President Reagan. There would not have been a Reagan presidency without her, and it would not have been so successful without her...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A First Lady With Great Political Instincts and Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/06/remembering-nancy-reagan-woman-with-great-political-instincts-who-was-class-personified.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The passing Sunday morning of Nancy Reagan brings great sadness to the nation and to those of us who were privileged to serve with her and her husband, the late president Ronald Reagan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Game Over: Trump Is Now Unstoppable]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/02/trump-is-now-unstoppable-its-game-over-for-cruz-rubio-kasich-and-carson.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Game over! This was a rout, America. Winning seven states and the vast majority of delegates is a landslide. Donald Trump and the millions of his supporters have changed American politics and the Republican Party for the foreseeable future.The nomination is within his grasp and if he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Alaska Senate Race May Be Hottest of the Year]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/08/12/why-hottest-senate-race-in-country-might-just-be-in-alaska/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the closet and most significant Senate races in the country this year is Alaska'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election for the junior Senate slot presently held by Democrat Mark Begich. Alaska, the forty ninth state admitted to the Union, is our largest state in land mass but the third smallest in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Republicans Don't Trust Romney]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/02/14/why-republicans-dont-trust-romney/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Mitt Romney make the sale to conservatives? And why is Rick Santorum, the ultimate long shot at the start of this race, now in a position to be a viable alternative?Mitt Romney used the word conservative and conservatism more than two dozen times, according to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gingrich Now the &quot;Conservative Alternative&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/21/ed_rollins_gingrich_the_conservative_alternative_to_romney.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ed Rollins says the establishment will come down on Gingrich and call him unelectable. "You will see a Republican establishment will say he cannot win and drag down the house and they will go to war on him," Rollins told FOX News.Rollins on Romney: "He never was a conservative til he was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Conservatives Want Christie in 2012]]></title>
							<link>http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/17/rollins.christie/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York (CNN) -- This week, the political agenda has shifted from Egypt and other Middle East countries in turmoil back to Washington and our own version of democracy -- and a different kind of turmoil.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Real Concerns on the Domestic Policy Front]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/29/rollins.hundred.days/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (CNN) -- Today is the 100th day of the Obama administration. Judging a president after 100 days is not realistic -- and may be absurd.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Waffled on Torture -- and Looks Weak]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/rollins.obama.torture/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Rollins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (CNN) -- Like so many politicians I have known, the man we elected president wants to be loved. He wants to be loved passionately and daily by the 69 million who voted for him and even some of the 60 million who voted for John McCain.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Play Politics in the White House]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/opinion/21rollins.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe the Plumber vs. Colin Powell]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/19/rollins.powell/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Candidates Botching Response to Financial Crisis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/22/rollins.economy/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Wrong to Spurn Hillary, Pick Biden]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/rollins.convention/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Palin is Brilliant, but Risky, VP Choice]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/rollins.palin/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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