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<title><![CDATA[Paul Begala - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16047.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Paul Begala]]></description><category domain="16047">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr.'s VP Pick Is a Missile Aimed at Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/opinions/rfk-jr-nicole-shanahan-vp-2024-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s independent presidential campaign can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t win, but it could swing the presidency to former President Donald Trump. Kennedy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s selection Tuesday of Nicole Shanahan, a Democratic donor from Northern California, as his running mate is the final point of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite GOP Obstructionism, Biden Has Done a Lot of Good]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/opinions/progressives-mad-joe-biden-begala</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala writes that Democrats need to stop attacking President Joe Biden and start redirecting their criticism toward the Republican Party, which is posing the biggest obstacle to women's rights, trans rights, climate change and democracy at large.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mark Shields' Invaluable Advice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/opinions/mark-shields-tribute-invaluable-advice-begala</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Paul, something terrible and dangerous is about to happen to you. You're about to experience success at a young age. Don't screw it up and let it go to your head." Thirty-one years ago, I was about to go on national television for the first time. I was Harris Wofford's campaign manager,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Finally Taps Into a Winning Political Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/opinions/obama-biden-reunion-white-house-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), former President Barack Obama returned to the White House, once again standing shoulder to shoulder with President Joe Biden, his former number two, who is now managing a number of domestic and global challenges. The former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Admin's Chance to Right the Ship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/opinions/state-of-the-union-joe-biden-opportunity-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the things I learned in art history class at the University of Texas is perspective -- that what makes things on a flat plane look three-dimensional is when the lines from each object converge on a single vanishing point.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Better Build an Ark]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/opinions/democrats-build-an-ark-virginia-election-2021-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Dems' defeat in Virginia was a result of history, Democratic divisions and a Republican Party that is learning how to exploit racial and cultural issues...without wholeheartedly embracing Donald Trump, writes Paul Begala]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pass the Damn Bills, Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/opinions/dem-spending-bill-battle-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the ongoing negotiations over President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda were a game show, it would not be called]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the GOP Is Really After in Texas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/opinions/texas-republicans-voter-restriction-legislation-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala writes that Texas is facing numerous crises, but rather than address any of them, the GOP-led Legislature is busy focusing on nonexistent cases of voter fraud. This is a diversion tactic, but a tried and true one in the South: Divide White working people from Black and brown...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Infamy Will Never Fade]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/opinions/trump-infamy-opinion-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we lurch through these last perilous days of the Trump presidency, there will be resignations, recriminations, and revisionist histories from Trumpland. They will be as hollow as the character of the men and women who will make them, writes Paul Begala.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Biden's Cabinet Picks Really Say About Diversity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/opinions/joe-biden-cabinet-picks-diversity-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Joe Biden's challenge in assembling a cabinet is as complex as any in history. With deep divisions to heal, a pandemic to stop, an economic collapse and a political system teetering on dysfunction, who he puts in powerful positions matters tremendously. Personnel, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Culprit of Pennsylvania's Ballot Counting Delays]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/opinions/pennsylvania-culprit-ballot-counting-delay-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala writes that the delay in ballot counting in Pennsylvania, the most populous of the states whose counts we are hanging on, is a feature, not a bug -- courtesy of the Republican-led state legislature.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Should Be 'Unmuted,' His Rudeness Is Hurting Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/opinions/unmute-trump-at-the-presidential-debate-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By muting Trump's interruptions, the commission will show the American people a sanitized, false picture of this President, writes Paul Begala, not the rude, raging and red-faced reality that he showed last time --and which translated into consequences in polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Use This Speech to Fire Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/opinions/joe-biden-dnc-democratic-convention-speech-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala writes on what Joe Biden will need to accomplish in his speech at the Democratic National Convention in order to defeat the incumbent president. No matter if via Zoom or in person, Biden will need to make his case to American voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Just Declared War on Social Security &amp; Medicare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/opinions/trump-war-social-security-medicare-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's executive action suspending collection of payroll taxes hands is nothing less than a declaration of war on Social Security and Medicare -- and hands the Democrats the kind of issue that can sink a candidacy, writes Paul Begala]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Dog Food Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/opinions/brad-parscale-trump-dog-food-problem-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Well, that'll fix everything. President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has demoted'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' his campaign manager and replaced him with a new one. Brad Parscale is out of the top spot; former Chris Christie aide Bill Stepien is in. You can almost feel the momentum shift. Everywhere I go (which, let's be honest,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Has Got to Be the Worst of Trump's Outrages]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/29/opinions/russian-bounties-trump-outrage-opinion-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala asks: How can it be that, after reportedly being briefed about Putin targeting American troops for death Trump has offered Putin rewards, like an invitation to rejoin the leading democracies of the G-7, and come to the US for a meeting of the leaders of the free world?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Presenting the Ludicrous 'Dershowitz Doctrine']]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/opinions/begala-impeachment-trial-dershowitz-doctrine/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His upside-down rule would make presidents immune from every criminal act, so long as they could plausibly claim they did it to boost their re-election effort. To a normal person, a president making the performance of his or her public duties contingent upon receiving some personal gain...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Mulvaney's Stunning Admission Tells Us About Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/17/opinions/mulvaney-needs-to-act-like-a-chief-of-staff-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala writes that acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney needs to start acting like someone who can tell the president]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Mooch Isn't the Only Trump Buddy to Turn on Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/13/opinions/trump-scaramucci-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Begala writes that while most politicians are great one-on-one, Donald Trump is the opposite: the closer you get to him and the more you know him, the more you hate him -- Anthony Scaramucci is the latest.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only One Question at Tonight's Debate: Who Can Beat Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/opinions/there-is-only-one-question-at-tonights-debate-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even the best debate performance this week won't make you president, and the worst performance won't drive you out of the race, Paul Begala writes. But there's a lot you can to do help yourself as you make your first impression on American voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Must Be Dancing for Joy at Sherrod Brown News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/opinions/trump-must-be-dancing-the-dougie-at-sherrod-brown-news-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is probably dancing his svelte, 243-pound self around the White House about now. News that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is not running for president is no doubt turning Trump's "Executive Time" into party time.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell Has Done Grave Damage to All 3 Branches of Govt]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/09/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-has-damaged-all-three-branches-of-government-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ladies and gentlemen: Mitch McConnell. The soft-spoken Kentuckian has, in just a few short years, done lasting damage to the presidency, the Senate and the Supreme Court: the hat trick of democracy destruction.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump Is Shafting Federal Workers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/opinions/donald-trump-is-shafting-federal-workers-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's announcement that he wants to cancel the 2.1% pay raise for federal workers is just the latest assault on the middle class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vulnerable Dems Can Easily Oppose Kavanaugh Nomination]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/opinions/red-state-democrats-can-easily-oppose-brett-kavanaugh-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Red-state Democrats should oppose Kavanaugh, period. They should do so early and often; loudly and proudly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are About to Fight Like Crazy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/opinions/democrats-are-about-to-fight-like-crazy-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The replacement of retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is, to paraphrase former Vice President Joe Biden, a big doggone deal. So big that Biden's old boss, former President Barack Obama, has descended from his Olympian remove to fire up the troops Thursday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Not an Idiot, He's Something Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/opinions/donald-trump-is-not-an-idiot-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Add the name of White House chief of staff John Kelly to the astonishingly long list of close Trump aides who have reportedly disparaged the President's intellect, in his case referring to the leader of the free world as "an idiot." Kelly called the report "total B.S."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Gonna Need a Bigger Yacht]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/opinions/democrats-stunning-boost-in-pennsylvania-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are gonna need'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a bigger yacht.The results from Pennsylvania should send Republicans into a panic. Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, which Democrats haven't contested for years and in which Donald Trump won by nearly 20% in 2016, appears poised for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a victory by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Takes Immigration Advice From President Stephen Miller]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/opinions/immigration-stephen-miller-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The government shutdown is over for now. Senate Democrats have agreed to fund the government. Senate Republicans have said they would give Democrats a vote to allow Dreamers -- young people brought to this country as children -- to stay. What remains to be seen is how the President will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Caved to Pelosi and Schumer]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/opinions/pelosi-schumer-and-art-of-the-steal-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The relatively powerless Democrats got what they wanted from a man whose party is in control. How? Unity, experience -- and the fact that Trump really hates McConnell and Ryan, writes Paul Begala.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Should Have Seen This Coming]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/opinions/trump-disloyal-to-mcconnell-opinion-begala/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Begala</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Mitch McConnell is just the latest member of the GOP who Trump has been disloyal to, and the President doesn't care because his base supporters are tired of the establishment, writes Paul Begala.]]></description>
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