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<title><![CDATA[Bill Schneider - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16330.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Bill Schneider]]></description><category domain="16330">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Two 'Backlash' Issues That Could Determine 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/2024-presidential-campaign-abortion-immigration-backlash-issues-trump-biden-desantis</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both Republicans and Democrats have a political Achilles heel.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Navigating Our National Unpopularity Contest]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/2024-trump-biden-unpopular-incumbents-economy-perceived-strength-polls</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What makes the 2024 election hard to predict is that both candidates are unpopular]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 Election Is Already Breaking Norms]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/2024-presidential-election-unpopular-incumbents-indictments-age-social-media-economy</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Almost half of voters under 30 get most of their political news from social media]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 Election Indicators Giving Dems Whiplash]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/election-indicators-biden-approval-polls-democratic-wins-kentucky-ohio</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The problem for Democrats isn't their party. It's their candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Kennedy Problem: The Appeal of a 'Tough Liberal']]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/bidens-kennedy-problem-the-appeal-of-a-tough-liberal</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats spent the 1980s looking for another Kennedy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' now they've got one, but he's no liberal]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dysfunctional by Design? How DC Really Works]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/dysfunctional-by-design-how-washington-really-works</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever notice how, when the country elects a new president, we go for someone very different from the incumbent? After the Watergate scandal we elected Jimmy Carter, a preacher who promised, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I will never lie to you.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' After Carter, who was criticized as weak and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Grievance Politics Now at Heart of Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3907317-grievance-politics-rather-than-problem-solving-now-at-the-heart-of-republican-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Grievance politics is taking over the Republican Party. The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is likely to become a contest between the two most accomplished grievance politicians in the U.S. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' former President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[D&eacute;j&agrave; Vu All Over Again: Tea Party Tactics &amp; Realpolitik]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3824177-deja-vu-all-over-again-tea-party-tactics-and-realpolitik/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The speakership battle has empowered the radical right.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis: Angling To Become King of 'the Stupid Party']]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3787601-desantis-angling-to-become-king-of-the-stupid-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What he's offering is Trumpism without Trump. But will it work?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reshuffling the Primaries: What It Means]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3770686-reshuffling-the-primaries-what-it-means/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Clyburn's continued support, Biden is virtually certain to win South Carolina.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 Frontrunner Tussle Gets Interesting]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3751624-2024-frontrunner-tussle-gets-interesting/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2024 presidential race begins with two unpopular frontrunners. Among registered voters polled nationwide'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by Quinnipiac'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' after the midterm election, a majority (52 percent) had an unfavorable opinion of President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Joe Biden,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. And 54...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is Not Your Normal Midterm Election]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3648076-this-is-not-your-normal-midterm-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why is this midterm different from all other midterms? In all other midterms, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s job approval rating has been the main determinant of the outcome. A job rating in the low 40s usually spells'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' disaster for the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s party at the polls. At the time of his first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Aren't Guaranteed To Sweep the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3551419-republicans-arent-guaranteed-to-sweep-the-midterms-but-if-they-do-heres-what-to-expect/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'A week is a long time in politics,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' once said. By that standard, four months is an eternity. Everything could change between now and Nov. 8. At least, Democrats better hope so. Because as things now stand, Democrats are likely to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Identity: Guns, Insurrection, Persistence of Trumpism]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3520343-guns-insurrection-and-the-persistence-of-trumpism-in-republican-identity/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two big issues dominate the congressional agenda right now. On the gun issue, it looks unlikely that Congress will do much about what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' more than 70 percent of Americans believe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is a serious national crisis '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' gun violence.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Recession Is the Real Danger for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3488731-recession-is-the-real-danger-for-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone acknowledges that inflation is the biggest political threat to Democrats this year. But the bigger threat to Democrats would be a recession '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' if not this year, then in the next two years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Now Embracing the 'Paranoid Style']]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3263417-america-now-embracing-the-paranoid-style/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is with Trump that Hofstadter's paranoid style became most visible and powerful.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans, COVID, and the Rise of 'Militant Ignorance']]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/587899-republicans-covid-and-the-rise-of-militant-ignorance</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most Republicans no longer have confidence in scientific knowledge; GOP confidence in science has declined by an eye-popping 27 points.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Becoming a Cult in Thrall to Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/583256-gop-becoming-a-cult-of-know-nothings</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party is now in the process of carrying out purges of heretics who do not worship Trump or accept all the tenets of MAGA.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Deficiencies and Strengths Both on Display]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/581447-bidens-deficiencies-and-strengths-both-on-display</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Charles Dickens might have written about the first week of November for President Biden and the Democrats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuomo Dynasty Ends; Search for 'Tough Liberal' Persists]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/567309-cuomo-dynasty-ends-search-for-tough-liberal-persists</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like the Kennedy dynasty before it, the Cuomo dynasty ends in tragedy and personal failure.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Authoritarianism: It Can Definitely Happen Here]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/564707-authoritarianism-it-can-definitely-happen-here</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How serious is the threat of authoritarianism in the United States today? A'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' new book'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by two Washington Post reporters reveals that shortly before the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol last January, Gen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned aides that the U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Bid to Reclaim Economic Populism]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/543766-democrats-bid-to-reclaim-economic-populism</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new coronavirus relief law is being called transformational for a reason.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's VP Choice More Important Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/490031-biden-could-be-picking-the-next-president-vp-choice-more-important-than-ever</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats will very likely be nominating their next two candidates for president this summer.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Big Issue for Democrats Is Beating Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/486978-the-big-issue-for-democrats-is-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Desperate to bring down Trump, Democrats are closing ranks around the candidate they believe is most likely to do that.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dems' Conundrum: a 'Movement' or a Coalition?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/476806-the-democrats-strategy-conundrum-a-movement-or-a-coalition</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The division in the Democratic Party today isn't so much about ideology: It's more about strategy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Main Issue of 2020 Will Be Trump, Not the Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/475719-impeached-with-a-solid-base-and-no-shame-trump-becomes-the-only-issue-of</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can he win with just his base? He clearly thinks so '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and for a good reason: That's how he won in 2016.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad News for Trump: Americans Voting Values, Not Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/469193-tuesdays-election-americans-vote-their-values-bad-for-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As usual, Trump tried to make the election all about himself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the 'Invisible Primary' May Pick Dems' 2020 Nominee]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/451852-the-invisible-primary-has-begun</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The winner is the candidate who ends the year with the most support in the polls and the most money raised.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Biden Lead a 'Return to Normalcy' in 2020?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/438497-will-biden-lead-a-return-to-normalcy-in-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After four years of Trump, a lot of voters want calm, reassuring, familiar, comfortable. That's Biden. He's the un-Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Referendum on Socialism Is Good for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-turning-2020-referendum-aoc-socialism-s-good-news-democrats-ncna981926</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans who think Medicare for All, taxing the rich and a Green New Deal are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'dead on arrival'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' might be in for a surprise.]]></description>
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