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<title><![CDATA[Andrew O&apos;Hehir - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16508.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrew O&apos;Hehir]]></description><category domain="16508">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Last Gasp of Trump's Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/07/26/trumps-foreign-policy-enters-its-decadent-desperate-end-stage/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He restarted a war no one wanted and signed a nuclear deal no one read. What's next?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Andy Burnham Save Britain?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/07/22/can-andy-burnham-save-britain-wait-what-would-that-even-mean/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since Brexit, the UK has been on a downward economic and political slide. Can improved vibes really fix that?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Starmer Out: Can Andy Burnham Save UK?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/06/24/starmers-end-can-seventh-prime-minister-in-10-years-save-britain/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Britain's incoming PM has charisma and energy. Is that enough to halt the post-Brexit downward slide?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Americans Know the World Hates Us?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/05/31/do-americans-really-know-how-much-the-world-hates-us/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The global romance with America turned sour years ago. Now the world's ready for a divorce]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Starmer Is Doomed. Who Wants His Job?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/05/12/keir-starmer-looks-doomed-but-does-anyone-really-want-his-job/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Britain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s PM can't contain the damage after disastrous election. But ousting him will create a huge mess]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[UK Politics Descends Into Chaos: A Lesson for Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/05/10/uk-politics-descends-into-chaos-is-there-a-lesson-for-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two years after the British Labour Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'landslide'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' win, a crushing defeat threatens its future]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk and the Right's Cultural Comeback]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/09/14/death-of-a-culture-warrior-the-rights-comeback-win-is-charlie-kirks-legacy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Liberals believed they'd won the culture war and the right was now permanently uncool. Kirk proved otherwise]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Alligator Alcatraz: American History From the Dark Side]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/07/06/alligator-alcatraz-american-history-from-the-dark-side/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it's a concentration camp. It's also a meme, a troll and an especially ugly distillation of American history]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani's Not Just Good for NYC, He's Good for the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/06/29/zohran-and-democracy-three-days-that-shook-the-world/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is Zohran Mamdani good for the Democrats? It's the wrong question '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' he's good for the world]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Liberals Know the Fascist Moment Is Here?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/04/20/the-fascist-moment-is-here-have-mainstream-liberals-heard-the-alarm/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Welcome to upside-down America: David Brooks calls for revolution while Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom grovel]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Democrats' Biden Angst Real?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/19/is-democrats-biden-angst-real--and-is-it-even-about-joe-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's presidency is defined by facts he can't control: His age, that other guy, his own screwed-up party]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats: Darkness Ahead--Then Hope]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2021/11/11/democrats-and-the-dark-road-ahead-theres-hope--if-we-look-past-2022-and-maybe-2024-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats face a '22 wipeout '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and after that the horror-movie sequel. But there's still a future to fight for]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the Democratic Party Built to Lose?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2019/09/22/doomed-delusional-divided-and-corrupt-how-the-democratic-party-became-a-haunted-house/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conflicted about ideology and identity and deeply compromised by history, the Democratic Party is built to lose]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Biden vs. Sanders Really the Best Democrats Can Do?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2018/12/08/first-wave-of-2020-panic-is-biden-vs-bernie-really-the-best-democrats-can-do/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the sweeping, female-fueled victories of the midterms, a battle of old white dudes could spell disaster]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Unicorn Hunt Launches With Some Magical Thinking]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2018/01/08/oprah-2020-the-democratic-unicorn-hunt-launches-with-a-little-magical-thinking/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I did not realize that in skipping the Golden Globes on Sunday night '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a spectacle I strove to avoid even when my principal gig was writing about the movies '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' I was missing the first important political event of the 2020 presidential campaign. Maybe that isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t surprising,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Corruption: It Was Worse Than We Thought]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2017/11/04/demo-catastrophe-it-was-worse-than-we-thought-and-goes-way-beyond-bernie-vs-hillary/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The net result of all this has been highly anomalous, if not unique in political history: On one hand we have a party that nominally stands for principles and policies supported by a majority of the population, whose nominee has won the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump vs. Clinton Be the Ugliest Election Ever?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2016/05/08/will_the_trump_clinton_taco_bowl_be_the_ugliest_election_ever_maybe_not_but_it_could_be_close/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jefferson called John Adams a hermaphrodite; Hoover said Al Smith would dig a tunnel to Rome. Step up, Donald!]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charles Koch Goes Full 'Game of Thrones' on Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/charles_koch_goes_full_tyrion_lannister_his_threat_to_back_hillary_hints_at_the_brothers_devious_game_of_thrones/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a tactical maneuver worthy of Machiavelli '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or perhaps of Tyrion Lannister, the manipulative dwarf-genius played by Peter Dinklage on '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Game of Thrones'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' billionaire businessman Charles Koch hinted this weekend that he and his brother are so unhappy with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Made It Okay to Hate Capitalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2016/04/24/bernies_greatest_legacy_suddenly_its_ok_to_question_capitalism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sanders will never be president, but he unveiled an explosive political truth: Capitalism has eaten democracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Will Win--But 2014 Is Meaningless]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2014/10/18/yeah_the_gop_is_evil_and_will_win_but_the_midterms_are_meaningless/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lone Survivor: Hollywood's Pro-War Propaganda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2014/01/15/lone_survivor_a_pro_war_propaganda_surprise_hit/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Lone Survivor,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' which is an action film starring Mark Wahlberg based on a real-life Navy SEAL mission that went bad in Afghanistan in 2005, snuck out in a few big-city theaters before the end of the year and was barely noticed. Sometimes that means producers are hoping for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP's &quot;Hunger Games&quot; America]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/09/21/the_gops_hunger_games_vision_of_america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American conservatives love to attack anyone who raises the issue of worsening economic inequality for waging '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'class war.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Their compulsion to keep repeating that phrase is revealing in itself; it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s like the serial killer in a movie who can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t help returning to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Right Hates Detroit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/07/27/why_the_right_hates_detroit/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is it pure coincidence that these two landmark cities, known around the world as fountainheads of the most vibrant and creative aspects of American culture, have become our two direst examples of urban failure and collapse? If so, it'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s an awfully strange one. I'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'m tempted to propose a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Haunting of the Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/21/mcgovern_hart/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew O&apos;Hehir</author>
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