<![CDATA[Ross Baker - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17048.xmlAuthor <![CDATA[How Reintroducing Earmarks Could Help Fix Congress]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/25/earmarks-corrupt-constitutional-spending-fix-congress-column/4534679001/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats Need an Autopsy to Understand 2020 Election]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/01/25/democrats-need-2020-autopsy-who-voted-against-them-why-column/4217998001/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Trump's Laissez Faire Federalism as Toxic as Covid-19]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/14/donald-trump-federalism-coronavirus-covid-19-response-column/5424862002/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Pelosi Can't Get Tough: Her Majority Is At Stake]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/03/08/pelosi-punish-ilhan-omar-anti-semitism-protect-democratic-majority-column/3091679002/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[GOP Will Destroy Senate If They Support Trump's 'Emergency']]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/26/republicans-block-trump-emergency-save-senate-column/2973434002/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Pelosi Should Be Speaker--the Plot Against Her Is Foolish]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/16/nancy-pelosi-speaker-rebellion-democrats-blue-wave-column/2014178002/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Dems Shouldn't Sacrifice Their Seats to Oppose Kavanaugh]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/03/judge-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-democratic-senate-seats-column/874129002/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats' Focus on Trump Border Policies May Hurt Them]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/23/immigration-may-not-help-democrats-election-wave-trump-column/722656002/ Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Trump's 1st Year Made Me Rethink My American Govt Class]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/16/donald-trumps-first-year-made-me-rethink-my-american-government-class-ross-baker-column/1033729001/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats Are Now the Puritans and It Could Cost Them]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/11/29/sex-scandals-democrats-now-puritans-and-could-cost-them-ross-baker-column/903174001/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats Can Save the Senate or Ruin It]]> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/05/democrats-gorsuch-filibuster-would-ruin-the-senate-ross-baker-column/100023214/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[House Intel Chairman Dishonored His Post]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/23/house-intel-chairman-nunes-dishonors-post-ross-baker-column/99537870/ Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats Own the D.C. Swamp]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/12/27/democrats-house-swamp-lobbyists-ross-baker-column/95858012/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Dems Launch Toddler-ocracy, Try to Legislate by Tantrum]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2016/06/23/mob-rule-house-sit-in-democrat-column/86278828/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats Foolishly Purge Heroes]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/07/democrats-presidents-jefferson-jackson-wilson-fdr/31207363/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[GOP Considerably Stronger Than Media Suggests]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/20/gop-far-gone-column/30382479/ Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Be Careful What You Wish For, GOP]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/10/30/gop-republicans-house-senate-congress-squabbles-intraparty-fighting-column/18195087/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Liberals in a Funk Over Obama's Ineffectiveness]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/08/10/liberals-obama-inaction-civil-liberties-immigration-executive-orders-column/13864577/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Why No Firings Over Obamacare?]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/12/15/obamacare-firing-presidents-obama-sebelius-column/4033381/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Legalization, Yes. Citizenship, No]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/10/ross-baker-on-legalization-not-citizenship/2409939/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Obama's Impossible 2014 Mission]]> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-baker-2014-congressional-midterm-elections-20130424,0,1917058.story Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Beware of Obama's Incumbent Advantage]]> http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2012-01-04/obama-incumbent-reelection-campaign/52379842/1 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Rangel Makes the Case for Term Limits]]> http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-08-10-column10_ST_N.htm Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[It's WikiTreason, And It's Deadly]]> http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/07/28/2010-07-28_its_wikitreason_and_its_deadly_dont_minimize_the_damage_julian_assange_has_done.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[History Shows Congress Can Seal President's Fate]]> http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/09/column-as-history-shows-congress-can-seal-a-presidents-fate.html Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[A Virtuoso of American Politics]]> http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/08/column-a-virtuoso-of-american-politics.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Will Anti-War Dems Damage President Obama?]]> http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/07/obamas-left-flank.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker <![CDATA[The Burris Problem]]> http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/02/the-burris-prob.html Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Ross Baker <![CDATA[Democrats, Not So Fast]]> http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/06/democrats-not-s.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Ross Baker