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<title><![CDATA[Alex Castellanos - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16440.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alex Castellanos]]></description><category domain="16440">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party Is Now Messianic]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/NiiU1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York Times recently announced that Democrats face a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'voter registration crisis.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' With its delicate, frilly font, the Times story agonized over younger voters, Latinos, and men, especially young black men, who appear to be drifting away from the Democratic Party. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Should Make Midterms a Presidential Election in Disguise]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/alexcast/status/1951671836711792760?s=46</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Haven't Yet Hit Bottom]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/david-hogg-reign-terror-dnc/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Meet the confidently clueless David Hogg, a Jacobin child of Eden, the DNC vice-chair. His strategy for growing the party? Purge it]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Much Worse Than Democrats Think]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/alexcast/status/1906049969770934315</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you have ever been desperate and adrift, you understand the Democratic Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s frustration.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Represents a GOP That Doesn't Exist Anymore]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/01/24/alex_castellanos_nikki_haley_represents_a_republican_party_that_doesnt_exist_anymore_donald_trump_killed_it.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican strategist Alex Castellanos on Wednesday's 'Special Report' weighed in on the primary and said that Haley should have used her speech in New Hampshire to make the case that "she is not Mitch McConnell in a dress."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Ran the Worst Campaign in History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/19/the-desantis-team-ran-the-worst-campaign-in-history-00136527</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The bizarre decisions behind a $130 million debacle.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Pundit's Guide to Handicapping the 2020 Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/27/pundits-guide-handicapping-democratic-nomination/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is the Democratic field as strong as it appears? Or is it as weak as the Republican field of 2016 when an outsider thundered onstage and wiped all away?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Drunken Dems Need to Sober Up After Mueller Tequila Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/25/drunken_democrats_only_sober_alternative_to_trump_140153.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Oh, how their heads hurt. After two intoxicating years, the Mueller Investigation &amp; Media Tequila Party is over. Morning has come, and Democrats have opened their eyes to a pounding headache. Liquor bottles held high the night before now litter the floor: Democrats even ate the Michael...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Washington Establishment's Culture of Deception]]></title>
							<link>https://www.alexcast.online/blog/2018/8/16/xafp2wok5f5ox1s1oq71mu2ml8gf7s</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington is enthralled with lying. Deception is breaking news. The media and political establishment are fascinated by lies, as if they had never encountered them. Lies are a discovery in Washington, much like an alien life form, information that looks and sounds like the truth but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Has Managed to Defy Gravity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/31/how_trump_has_managed_to_defy_gravity_137665.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington is debating a different set of laws these days: The laws of physics. Do Newton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s principles affect Donald Trump like other inhabitants of our planet? There is evidence Trump has the power to defy gravity: When this president slips, he doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t fall, he floats. It is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trumpism Without Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/19/trumpism-without-trump-218013</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Good-bye Paul Ryan, hello to a new Republican Party that embraces the president's politics but not his person.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump's Voters Still See in Him That D.C. Can't]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/02/trumps-voters-continue-see-washington-cant/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is worth looking through all the fireworks and noise that President Trump and the media symbiotically create, each to their detriment and advantage.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Federal Incompetence Began Long Before Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2017/04/28/dear-david-brooks-federal-incompetence-began-long-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine if we had more incompetence than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama when ISIS rose from JV team to NBA Champions. Where would we be today?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Scary Thought for the Republican Establishment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/opinions/castellanos-having-fun-campaigns/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fellow members of the reviled GOP Washington establishment: Want to hear something scary? Here is something I think I've learned over the years, validated by a boatload of political campaigns.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Nearly a decade ago, I was doing a presidential campaign in Panama. At the start, as Donald...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Power of Ben Carson's Humility]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/opinions/castellanos-ben-carson/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA["All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them." - Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The third GOP presidential debate was a unifying event for Republicans, thanks to the ineptitude...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Still Shopping for a Candidate to Love]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/opinions/castellanos-presidential-race/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yes, it is time again to play that game, "What's Happening in The Campaign For Leadership Of The Free World?" A few observations, from the front lines:1. Last week, a friend reported on an Iowa focus group. Of 31 Republican voters, only one was irrevocably committed to a candidate. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is the Strongman We Don't Need]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/20/opinions/castellanos-trump-strongman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Help Wanted: Desperate U.S. political party looking for benevolent dictator. Need outsider who can break some China (so to speak.) Dedication to conservative principles or loyalty to party is unimportant. Opposition to unaffordable spending, unsustainable entitlements or expansions of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Lost the Debate. Everybody Else Won.]]></title>
							<link>http://journal.ijreview.com/2015/08/246247-donald-trump-lost-thursday-nights-debate-everybody-else-won/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Twenty-four million people tuned in to watch the GOP Presidential Debate in Cleveland and the main match, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Everybody vs. Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That was just the way Donald Trump wanted it. Not, so much, the outcome.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Everybody,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' not Mr. Trump, won. And with America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attention...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Is Failing - &amp; Hasn't Hit Rock Bottom Yet]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/08/opinion/castellanos-obama-rock-bottom/index.html?hpt=hp_t3</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ordinarily, being ranked as the worst modern president of the United States would be considered unfortunate. For you Mr. President, that's the good news.As painful as it is to note, your presidency has not yet hit bottom. You've got a long way to go in your descent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Democrats More Extreme Than Republicans?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/opinion/castellanos-extreme-party/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- Damn those extreme Republicans. President Obama and White House press secretary Jay Carney have found Republicans guilty of extortion and blackmail. Joe Biden, per a report in Politico, once christened Republicans as terrorists.Liberals have led a media assault, calling the GOP...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Old Government Is Failing in New World]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/5/30/new-world-success/?page=single</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To the Harvard Class of 2013,A few years ago, I had the honor of serving as a Fellow at Harvard'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s famed Institute of Politics. I will never forget the experience Harvard offered me, and neither should you. The resources available here are unmatched throughout the country, giving you...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Cuts, Washington Throws a Childish Tantrum]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/opinion/castellanos-government-tantrum/index.html?hpt=po_c1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- As the clock ticks toward those mandatory budget cuts that could arrive on March 1, those listening to the news would think an asteroid is about to hit planet Earth.Our Defense Department tells us our Defense Department can't be cut or the world will end.Our first responders...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Leads Democrats Out on a Liberal Limb]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/opinion/castellanos-obama-liberalism/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- If Barack Obama had previewed his inaugural speech before the November election, would he have been able to give it in January? Apparently, our president did not think so.From the first days of his re-election campaign until as recently as a month ago, President Obama described...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Must Shift to the Center, Or He Will Lose]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/16/opinion/castellanos-obama-campaign/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom has it that President Barack Obama's campaign four years ago was a political masterpiece. Yes, the Republican brand was in the toilet; the economy had cratered; his real opponent, George Bush, was a political pariah; and the country despaired for a new direction....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's &quot;Styrofoam Campaign&quot; Is Working]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/01/opinion/castellanos-iowa-republican-field/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday, Iowa's festival of political courtship ends. Even now, Republican voters are sobering up from an interminable series of disappointing dates, opening crusty eyes, and walking up the aisle for their wedding. Before we ride the rocket-sled into New Hampshire January 10, South...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barbarians at Washington's Gates]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/02/barbarians-at-washingtons-gates/print/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are uncivilized, hostage-taking barbarians. Worse, we are drama queens. That wisdom prevails in our nation's capital, as we emerge from our no-holds-barred, debt-ceiling death match. The GOP inconvenienced Washington's comfortable elite, the story goes, to deal with a petty...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Virginia, A New GOP is Born]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/opinion/05castellanos.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Did Republicans win so many of the elections on Tuesday because of their conservative base or because they went beyond it? The answer to both questions is yes.In some places in 2009 it was enough to not be a Democrat, just as it was sufficient for Barack Obama to be an alternative to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Molten Core of Barack]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-castellanos/the-molten-core-of-barack_b_116904.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Castellanos</author>
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