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							<title><![CDATA[Back to Basics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/culture/books/2025-08-12-back-to-basics-nwanevu-review/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new book makes the case for a multigenerational commitment to rebuilding democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michael Lewis' Case for Government]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/18/michael-lewiss-case-for-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid Trumpian chaos, Lewis and other top writers are heralding stories of bureaucrat heroes and a public sector we desperately need.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Biden, Dems in Danger of Losing Young Voters?]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-biden-democrats-danger-101034513.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gen Z voters cited "ineffectiveness" and "not following through on campaign promises" as reasons for Biden's declining approval rating.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Their Coastal Citadels, Dems Argue Over What Went Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=In+Their+Coastal+Citadels%2C+Democrats+Argue+Over+What+Went+Wrong&amp;rlz=1CADEAE_enUS717US719&amp;oq=In+Their+Coastal+Citadels%2C+Democrats+Argue+Over+What+Went+Wrong&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i60j69i64.161j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Epic Loss Has Confined the Party to Coastal and Urban Strongholds, Revealing the Retreat of White Working-Class Support Across America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Midsection and Prompting a Bout of Soul-Searching That Analysts Recently Expected to Afflict Only the Republicans]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Pushes Hard for New Hampshire Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-pushes-hard-for-new-hampshire-1475185962</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump, bolstered by the endorsement of a leading Republican who once shunned him, traveled to New Hampshire for the sixth time since mid-June in a determined drive for the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tiny cache of four electoral votes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Pneumonia and Fall Jolt the Presidential Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-pneumonia-jolts-the-presidential-race-1473639623</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s campaign said Sunday she has been diagnosed with pneumonia, the latest jolt in a presidential race that has been tightening.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Cruz Makes His Last Stand in Indiana]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Ted+Cruz+Makes+His+Last+Stand+in+Indiana+-+WSJ&amp;oq=Ted+Cruz+Makes+His+Last+Stand+in+Indiana+-+WSJ&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.3374j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Map Shrinks for Donald Trump's Foes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Map+Shrinks+for+Donald+Trump%E2%80%99s+Foes&amp;rlz=1CAACAG_enUS685US685&amp;oq=Map+Shrinks+for+Donald+Trump%E2%80%99s+Foes&amp;aqs=chrome</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is poised to sweep five states'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Republican primaries on the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, but his rivals are already looking ahead to next week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s contest in Indiana, which may be their last chance to keep Mr. Trump from clinching the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump and GOP Grope Toward Unity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Donald+Trump+and+GOP+Grope+Toward+Unity&amp;oq=Donald+Trump+and+GOP+Grope+Toward+Unity&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.694j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Millennial Voters Favor Insurgents of Both Parties]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/12/10/millennial-voters-favor-insurgent-candidates-in-2016-harvard-poll-finds/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Millennial voters of both parties are leaning toward anti-establishment candidates in the 2016 campaign, a new poll released Thursday finds, giving an edge to Sen. Bernie Sanders, businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.The survey of 18- to 29-year-olds by the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump and Ben Carson Gain Strength in Poll of Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://on.wsj.com/1GfjdGz</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Poll Shows Liberals Make Big Comeback in 2015]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/06/07/liberals-make-big-comeback-in-2015-poll-analysis-finds/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Expand Advantage Ahead of Midterms]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/26/poll-gop-expands-advantage-days-before-midterm-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans have expanded their advantage in the final days of the midterm campaign and now hold an 11-point lead among likely voters on the question of which party should control Congress, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Annenberg survey finds.Some 52% of likely voters in the survey...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Face Battles in South to Hold Senate]]></title>
							<link>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579214500567804332</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Mark Pryor, speaking to a group of college officials, recently offered a biblical solution to Washington's gridlock. Politicians should follow the teachings of Jesus, the two-term Democrat said, quoting from the Sermon on the Mount.Dale Leatherman, an administrator at a Baptist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pace Quickens in D.C. Budget Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304066404579129230482515064</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Friday began working aggressively with House and Senate Republicans to shape a deal to raise the debt ceiling and fully reopen the federal government, signaling a quickening pace in discussions to end a political stalemate that risks a U.S. debt crisis. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NE: Chuck Hagel Will Endorse Democrat Bob Kerrey as Race Tightens]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/31/hagel-to-endorse-kerrey-as-nebraska-senate-race-tightens/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Advisers Say Romney Momentum Is &quot;Myth&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/31/obama-advisers-say-romney-momentum-is-myth/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Team Goes All-Out in Ohio]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578079120339422006.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Signaling the state is a must-have part of his strategy to win the White House, Mr. Romney and his running mate are returning again and again'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';'Mr. Romney crammed in three appearances Thursday. Romney forces this week are spending more on advertisements in Ohio than in any other state....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[OH: Allegations of &quot;Pants On Fire&quot; in Brown-Mandel Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/19/pants-on-fire-in-ohio-senate-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gingrich: Romney's Rockefeller Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/10/16/gingrich-romneys-rockefeller-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has a new take on Mitt Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s challenge in cementing his status as frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a flip flopper. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a Mormon. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s his Nelson Rockefeller problem.Mr....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anti-Deficit Pressures Weigh on Dems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-deficit-20100607,0,7603394.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With voter anger about the federal deficit intensifying in this election  year, Democrats in Congress are edging away from one of their long-held  articles of faith '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' government spending on social programs such as  education and relief for the jobless.The painful tradeoff comes to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Has Tense Session with Senate Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/la-na-obama-gop-20100526,0,3670679.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama paid a rare visit Tuesday to  Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, seeking their support on energy,  immigration and other top-priority measures. But he hit a buzz saw of  criticism and resentment that bodes poorly for the remainder of his  legislative agenda.In the tense...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Turn to Cope with Scandals]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-corruption-democrats10-2008dec10,0,5404874.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Republicans, Senate Outlook is Bad]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-senate6-2008jul06,0,1446447.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Janet Hook</author>
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