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<title><![CDATA[Carol Lee - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16764.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Carol Lee]]></description><category domain="16764">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside a Biden White House Adrift]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-white-house-adrift-rcna30121</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid a rolling series of calamities and sinking approval ratings, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s feeling lately is that he just can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t catch a break '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and that angst is rippling through his party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Debate Why Biden's Agenda Failed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/who-lost-bidens-agenda-democrats-offer-competing-theories-for-failure-of-build-back-better/ar-AAWixuK?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maybe the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Build Back Better Act'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was destined to fail. Maybe the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' White House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Democratic leaders misplayed what could have been a winning hand, albeit one with no margin for error, and jeopardized the centerpiece of their agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Trump Camp's Struggle to Land a Punch on Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-the-trump-campaigns-struggle-to-land-a-punch-on-biden/ar-BB16L856?li=BBnbfcL</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's political advisers have bluntly told him he can't win the November election if the campaign is about him, and for weeks they unsuccessfully urged him to pivot to a new strategy focused on his general election opponent, Joe Biden.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New President Shows He's Willing to Act Forcefully, Quickly]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's decision to order military strikes in Syria sets his presidency on a new and unpredictable course that is likely to shape his time in office.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA-49: Obama Attacks GOP Rep Issa as 'Shameless']]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/10/24/obama-takes-on-california-rep-issa-in-bid-to-boost-democrat-applegate-in-house-race/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama took aim Sunday at one of his top adversaries in Capitol Hill, mocking Republican Rep. Darrell Issa for distributing a campaign mailer with Mr. Obama's image on it to try to broaden his appeal in a tough re-election fight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjbw-vUhKXOAhWE6SYKHbyxCzsQqQIIHzAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fu-s-sent-cash-to-iran-as-americans-were-freed-1470181874&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDVcXXxITScAq-Kq</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Obama administration insists there was no quid pro quo, but critics charge payment amounted to ransom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Touts Biden as Hillary Clinton Diverges From Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/10/08/white-house-touts-joe-biden-as-hillary-clinton-diverges-from-obama-legacy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Hillary Clinton has increasingly distanced herself from the president she used to work for, the White House has played up Vice President Joe Biden, who is considering a challenge to the Democratic front-runner.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For President Obama, a Harsh Referendum]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/#q=For+Obama%2C+a+Harsh+Referendum</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'President Barack Obama hoped the midterm elections would help break the capital'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gridlock. Instead, they became a referendum on his presidency.Voters went to the polls Tuesday deeply frustrated with the political system and handed Republicans a decisive victory. Mr....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Setbacks Cast Cloud Over Obama's Second Term]]></title>
							<link>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:online.wsj.com/articles/setbacks-cast-cloud-over-obamas-second-term-1404241352</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'The demise of immigration legislation for the year and a Supreme Court decision creating a religious exception to the health-care law are the latest setbacks casting clouds over President Barack Obama's agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Balancing Act on Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304657804576402090814536686.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's decision to start returning U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a gamble that that he can balance two competing realities: demands from the Pentagon that he leave enough boots on the ground to finish the job, and demands from Congress and the American public that he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Returns Home to a New Reality]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45098.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The trip began with policy successes and a glowing reception, welcome respite for a president fresh off of a stinging political defeat. But the terrain got thornier as Barack Obama made his way across Asia.Dancing with schoolchildren in Mumbai and reconnecting with a piece of  his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Defends Economic Policies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45065.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[YOKOHAMA, Japan '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('–').';' In the last speech of his nine-day trip overseas, President Obama defended his economic policies and signaled that while he'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s committed to bringing down the country's mounting deficit he will not take any drastic measures in the immediate future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Seeks to Keep Heat on Barton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38759.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the political aftershocks from Rep. Joe Barton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s expression of sympathy for British Petroleum continue, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel promised Sunday that President Barack Obama hopes to make sure that voters don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t forget the gaffe anytime soon.Emanuel tore into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President's Strategy Gets Personal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36385.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitch  McConnell is in bed with Wall Street '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'movers and shakers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and is  fronting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'cynical and deceptive'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' arguments on their behalf.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' John  Boehner is a health care Chicken Little to be mocked for predicting  Armageddon if the Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' reform bill...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Mission: Saving Gov. Patrick]]></title>
							<link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C68E4C37-18FE-70B2-A85BA67DF85A69C2</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama raised $2.5 million for the Democratic National Committee Thursday night, but his trip to Boston had another, less publicized purpose'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' saving Deval Patrick.   Few politicians are as close to Obama as the Massachusetts Democratic governor or have deeper ties...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Unprecedented Regard for His Presidency]]></title>
							<link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=29E89D5D-18FE-70B2-A83911916BAE502A</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Notre Dame Speech Key for Obama with Catholics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22605.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Talking Joe: Biden Makes News]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17139.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden to Shrink VP Role - Big Time]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16558.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bidentity Crisis: Where's Joe?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/16039.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carol Lee</author>
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