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<title><![CDATA[Craig Shirley - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17110.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Craig Shirley]]></description><category domain="17110">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Was the War Over When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/13/was_the_war_over_when_the_germans_bombed_pearl_harbor_154326.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are in the middle of the year celebrating America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 250th birthday, a date pegged to the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, but which also encompasses the entire Founding period including the Revolutionary War. The military struggle with the British started...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reagan Foundation Takes Disturbing Hard Left Turn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/12/ronald-reagan-presidential-foundation-institutes-hard-left-turn/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1980, when George Bush won the Iowa caucuses and candidate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Ronald Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was out of money and momentum, I was approached by the Fund for a Conservative Majority about running a high-dollar, independent expenditure to help boost'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the next six primary states, starting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[History Will Treat Trump Well]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/history-treat-donald-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How will history treat President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump? Well, I think. It depends, of course, on several conditions, including and especially the historian writing the history. As Winston Churchill once said, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Always Midnight in Biden's America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsmax.com/craigshirley/groceries-kennedy-reagan/2023/09/20/id/1135202/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t say it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the same old same old in Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s America.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We're No Longer a Nation of Right vs. Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsmax.com/craigshirley/reagan-trump/2023/08/30/id/1132628/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re no longer a nation of Republicans versus Democrats, or even liberals versus conservatives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Gains in CA Show They Are Party of the Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsmax.com/craigshirley/california-gop-mike-garcia-young-kim/2020/12/09/id/1000761/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last time the Republican Party flipped four House seats in California, Ronald Reagan had just trounced Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election. That was 40 years ago.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elections Have Consequences. Especially Ronald Reagan's.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/11/05/elections_have_consequences_especially_ronald_reagans_141652.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One year from now, Americans will go to the polls to choose their next president. Regardless of who is nominated by the two major parties, there is no doubt the campaign will be hard-fought and, presuming Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, it will be bare-knuckled. But one way or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AOC Lies: Reagan Was No Racist]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/aoc-lies-reagan-was-no-racist</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As governor of California, Reagan appointed more African-Americans to government positions than any previous chief executive of the state.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kornacki's Fractured Fairy Tale of the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/24/kornackis_fractured_fairy_tale_of_the_gop_138439.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why do liberals continue to lie about Ronald Reagan? Does the Gipper still get under their skin so badly?
In his new book, MSNBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki attempts to put the current state of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s uncivil politics in historical context. He does so, naturally, by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Right Should Oppose the Sinclair-Tribune Merger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/02/why_the_right_should_oppose_the_sinclair-tribune_merger.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, a viral compilation of clips of local news hosts hit the internet. With a smartly edited and clear message, the local reporters from across the country were repeating, verbatim, a scripted commentary. They were all employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group, headquartered in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Move to the Left Ensures a Primary Opponent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/19/trumps_move_to_the_left_ensures_a_primary_opponent__135033.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Ronald Reagan before Ronald Reagan was Ronald Reagan.
In other words, while he is now revered'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by many as the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' first-among-equals Republican president,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' perhaps even more than Abraham Lincoln is, it wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always so. From the time he burst onto the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Patriots in the Crucible of December 1941]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/10/two_patriots_in_the_crucible_of_december_1941_132535.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jay Dawley graduated from West Point in 1939, having entered the military academy four years earlier. It was prescient, as his family knew that war was coming.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'My father was pretty certain of it and he said, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll send you to any college in the country, but I think that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Quiet Grace of Ronald Reagan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Quiet+Grace+of+Ronald+Wilson+Reagan&amp;rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS645US645&amp;oq=The+Quiet+Grace+of+Ronald+Wilson+Reagan&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.503j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1987, when he was informed that Democratic presidential aspirant Gary Hart was accused of extramarital activities, President Ronald Reagan reportedly quipped, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Boys will be boys. But boys will not be president.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Party Loyalty Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/22/why_party_loyalty_matters_130623.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If nothing else, the Republican establishment is adept at two things: winning primaries and losing general elections.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Since the Age of Reagan, the establishment-backed GOP candidate has won all seven presidential nominations, while only prevailing in the general election popular vote...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reaganism Is Alive and Well]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4265088/newt-gingrich-trump-cruz-reagan/?xid=homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We understand the frustration some members of the GOP establishment must be feeling over the rise of Donald Trump. Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s success (compounded by Ted Cruz'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s success) is putting the old order on trial. But just because the establishment class is feeling the heat today...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Reagans Never Stopped Dating]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/06/reagans-never-stopped-dating-craig-shirley/81407234/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 52-year marriage of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' began on a blind date, and they never stopped dating. She gave up a promising career as an actress, but'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' they were in one movie together: 1957's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Hellcats of the Navy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Her'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' character told Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s character in the film...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump on the Path of Reagan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/trump-on-the-path-of-reagan/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The liberal intelligentsia has never understood him. On the other hand, the liberal intelligentsia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has never understood American conservatism, either. Both have been rudely'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' attacked over the years by the Left, unwilling to engage in straightforward debate. They called him a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peter Hannaford -- Reagan Aide and Fast Friend]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/11/peter_hannaford--reagan_aide_and_fast_friend.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is a truism of American politics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and American life'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'that like-minded individuals tend to find one another. It wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t an accident that George Washington attracted smart and fearless men such as Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette because George Washington was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Richard Schweiker: At History's Fulcrum]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/08/06/richard_schweiker_at_historys_fulcrum.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Schweiker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s place in history is secure'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'at least it should be. Without him, Ronald Reagan might never have been president, eventually changing the Republican Party, changing the country, and finally, changing the world.
Thoreau said most men live lives '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'of quiet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Brief Shining Moment in the Sorry '70s]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/10/a_brief_shining_moment_in_the_sorry_70s.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s face it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the 1970s was a wretched, awful, depressing decade. There was some rock music at the beginning of the decade, and for some, plenty of gratuitous sex for the whole 10 years. Still, few reminisce fondly about the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Me Decade.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
The 1970s were exceeded...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vichy Republicans and Lessons for 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/14/vichy_republicans_and_lessons_for_2016_126259.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lost amid the exaggerated romance of the French Resistance lies the truth of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II: Thousands of French people resisted the invaders; many paid with their lives. Yet it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also true that of all the Nazi-occupied countries, only Vichy France...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush's Life Story: Can It Connect With Voters?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/03/28/jeb_bushs_life_story_can_it_connect_with_voters_126058.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the wisest and funniest men I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve ever known, Vic Gold, shrewdly observed in 1988 that Dan Quayle was all wrong as a running mate for George Bush because the Indiana senator had no real life story to tell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d never fully grown up. The same could not be said of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reagan's Most Important Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2015/02/08/ronald_reagans_most_important_campaign.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reagan, Jeb Bush and History]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/06/reagan_jeb_bush_and_history_125510.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney, by all accounts a decent man, is nonetheless a poor student of history, especially that of his own political party. In non-incumbent years since 1952, the GOP has always nominated its frontrunner. Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bush 41, Robert Dole, Bush 43,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Would Founders Support in '16?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2015/02/06/who_would_the_founders_elect.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The author tells Carl Cannon that character trumps everything.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Romney Could Have Won in 2016]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[THE CRAIG SHIRLEY PRIMARY WOULD HAVE GONE TO ROMNEYThe Reagan biographer explains why he thinks Romney could have been president in 2016.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I Became an Historian]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Christmas 1941: Churchill Rallies a Deflated America]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In late December of 1941, there was no way Americans could look into the future and foresee the blood, toll, tears, and sweat that would be required of them'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'nor the ultimate outcome of what few were then calling World War II. Yet in time, American children would be writing to Santa...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[December 11, 1941: A Date Which Should Live in Infamy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even with the dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor four days earlier, America had still not formally entered World War II as of the morning December 11, 1941.
In the intervening time, the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military and civilian population had gone to battle stations, even before President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rick Perry, Rand Paul, and Reagan's Foreign Policy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Craig Shirley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several years after leaving office, Ronald Reagan was giving a luncheon speech in Los Angeles when he was asked during the question-and-answer session about the Middle East. Reagan responded with a parable about a frog and a scorpion on the bank of a stream as the water was rising,...]]></description>
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