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<title><![CDATA[A.B. Stoddard - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16767.xml</link><description><![CDATA[A.B. Stoddard]]></description><category domain="16767">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need New Mediums--and a New Message]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-need-new-mediumsand-a-new-message</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The problem is they're not being heard in the current media landscape.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Now Must Rebuild Their Obliterated Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-must-rebuild-obliterated-party-after-2024-election-defeat</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The same cast won't be returning next season.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Closing Message: We Lie to You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/republican-closing-message-2024-we-lie-to-you</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fear wasn't enough, so they are campaigning on falsehoods.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Harris Needs From October]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-kamala-harris-needs-from-october-campaign-2024</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How she can close the sale in these fraught final weeks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After the Debate Harris Needs a Media Blitz]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/voters-arent-seeing-enough-of-kamala-harris-after-debate-media-blitz</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the debate she needs a media blitz.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for Dems Staying Nervous in the Slog Ahead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/case-for-staying-nervous-in-slog-ahead-after-democratic-convention</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wipe away those post-Democratic-convention grins'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'plenty of things can still break in Donald Trump's favor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need a New Messenger for a Changed Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-case-to-replace-biden-is-growing-stronger</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's even clearer now that the president is not up to the task. Democrats need a new messenger for a changed campaign.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tuned-Out Voters Benefit Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/tuned-out-voters-benefit-trump</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thebulwark.com/p/tuned-out-voters-benefit-trump]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden needs to capture the attention of the disengaged.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Risks Radicalizing the Center]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-chaos-risks-radicalizing-the-center</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-chaos-risks-radicalizing-the-center]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president can reverse the chaos narrative. He must act.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Schumer Broke With Bibi. Now How About Menendez?]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-schumer-netanyahu-bob-menendez</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-schumer-netanyahu-bob-menendez]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bob Menendez shouldn't be in the Senate, and Chuck Schumer knows it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nine Bright Spots in a Bleak February]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/bright-spots-in-a-bleak-february</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/bright-spots-in-a-bleak-february]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[THIS LAST MONTH WAS HISTORIC, in a bad way. The United States left the free world waiting and in doubt about the future of Ukraine, because the Republican party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s once unshakable commitment to liberty has been overtaken by its commitment to Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Sinema Enigma Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-sinema-enigma-matters</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By retiring, Sen. Sinema could stop Kari Lake'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and maybe Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'in Arizona.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Right To Focus on 'Saving Democracy']]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/most-urgent-question-our-time-democracy-biden</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/most-urgent-question-our-time-democracy-biden]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden is right to focus on democracy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'even if some of his fellow Democrats worry that voters don't care enough about it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Cemented the Dictator Narrative. It Will Backfire]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/trump-said-too-much-too-soon-dictator</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/trump-said-too-much-too-soon-dictator]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He and his allies cemented the dictator narrative, and it will backfire.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Biden's Anti-Trump Coalition Hold?]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/can-the-anti-trump-coalition-hold</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/can-the-anti-trump-coalition-hold]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Trump grows stronger and more dangerous, the forces arrayed against him are fracturing and weakening.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Over Mitch, Go Rogue]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/its-over-mitch-mcconnell-go-rogue</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/its-over-mitch-mcconnell-go-rogue]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 81-year-old Kentuckian looks different, and sounds different, than he did a year ago. His aging is pronounced: A fall and concussion, and then moments of freezing up during speech, have called his health into question.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Scott, Respectfully, Hit the Road]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/senator-scott-respectfully-hit-the-road</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/senator-scott-respectfully-hit-the-road]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Refocusing on Iowa won't help you win the Republican nomination. Better to get out of the race while you still have a shred of dignity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Crises Mount, Republicans Depart from Reality]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/as-crises-mount-republicans-depart-from-reality</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/as-crises-mount-republicans-depart-from-reality]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Once the party of ideas, the GOP is now feckless, fractured, and lacking a shared vision.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Doubts and Questions About Biden Will Only Grow]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/19/doubts_and_questions_about_biden_will_only_grow_149511.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wow, big news broke Tuesday '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign is officially going to be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For months nervous Democrats have wondered why Biden only had four full-time staffers devoted to his reelection effort and why the campaign wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Matter Who Shows, the Debates Will Bolster Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/05/no_matter_who_shows_the_debates_will_bolster_trump_149457.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump was a well-known reality TV star before he was president of the United States. Anyone hoping to take on a man with perhaps the highest name identification on the planet would need to do well in a nationally televised debate. The Iowa state fair isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t going to help a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chris Christie Intends To Be the X-Factor in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/22/chris_christie_intends_to_be_the_x-factor_in_2024_149382.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is hard to find any political observer who believes Chris Christie can topple Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, let alone former President Donald Trump, and go on to win the GOP presidential primary next year.
But a critical mass of donors has supplied the money to help him try. While the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Indictment &amp; Biden's Bribe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/15/trump_pleads_not_guilty_hunter_bidens_former_partner_to_testify_and__the_gop_embraces_vote_harvesting__for_2024.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/15/trump_pleads_not_guilty_hunter_bidens_former_partner_to_testify_and__the_gop_embraces_vote_harvesting__for_2024.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon, and associate editor and columnist A.B. Stoddard join Andrew Walworth on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Scores New Wins &ndash; Will They Matter?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/06/biden_scores_new_wins__will_they_matter_149319.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s doubtful many Americans know that, for the first time, President Biden addressed them from the Oval Office last Friday night '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' let alone watched him. Yet he saw the setting fit for a victory lap. Biden told the country a crisis had been averted after he hammered out a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pro-Life Leaders Will Let Trump Choose Their Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/24/pro-life_leaders_will_let_trump_choose_their_policy_149267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, Ron DeSantis spoke to the Florida Family Policy Council and zipped through a mention of the six-week abortion ban he recently signed into law, something the organization strongly supports. He also hadn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seen fit to highlight it when speaking to the evangelical student...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Will Hide as a Ubiquitous Trump Is Normalized]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/10/biden_will_hide_as_a_ubiquitous_trump_is_normalized_149202.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump left office with two impeachments and an insurrection, and has since picked up an indictment that may just be his first '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but The Trump Show is making its return. Interviews, rallies, debates, and maybe more criminal charges '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' pretty soon most of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and CNN: Let the Lovefest Begin?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/05/05/trump_and_cnn_let_the_lovefest_begin_also_bidens_border_woes_and_nikki_haley_tries_to_thread_the_needle_on_abortion.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A.B. Stoddard, Carl Cannon, and Phil Wegmann join Andrew Walworth on today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast to preview next week's town hall appearance by Donald Trump on CNN, the network he once called "the enemy of the people." Also President Joe Biden draws criticism from both the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden and Trump: Our Wretched Groundhog Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/26/biden_and_trump_our_wretched_groundhog_day_149152.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The dreaded rematch of Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump now seems like it will only be halted by some unforeseen drama '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and not by Ron DeSantis.
President Biden has finally announced that he is running for a second term, and DeSantis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' mistakes have solidified Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 Republicans Can&rsquo;t Wish Away Trump or Abortion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/12/2024_republicans_cant_wish_away_trump_or_abortion_149098.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans promised a red wave last November and then got faces full of egg. The precarious margin of control of the House, and the failure of Republicans to win even one Senate seat can be attributed to two factors '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Donald Trump, who backed election deniers that lost winnable...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCarthy&rsquo;s Debt Ceiling Dodge Is Lame]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/29/mccarthys_debt_ceiling_dodge_is_lame_149040.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The great deflection has begun. As the deadline approaches for a debt ceiling increase, without one sign of progress on this critical issue to show for his nearly three months as House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is trying to blame inaction on President Joe Biden.
Congress is about to blow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Legal Woes &amp; 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/03/23/ab_stoddard_joins_the_panel_wil_trumps_legal_woes_help_or_hurt_him_in_2024_ron_desantis_walks_back_ukraine_comments_and_is_president_biden_born_to_run.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>A.B. Stoddard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RealClearPolitics columnist and associate editor A.B. Stoddard joins RCP president and cofounder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon, and moderator Andrew Walworth on today's Takeaway podcast.]]></description>
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