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<title><![CDATA[John McCormick - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17156.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John McCormick]]></description><category domain="17156">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Blaming Each Other Over Fraud in Minnesota]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-are-blaming-each-other-over-minnesotas-welfare-fraud-scandal-cac83409?st=o5hFaJ</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are lashing out at fellow Democrats for one of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s largest cases of pandemic-era welfare fraud, theft that handed Republicans a potent example of government waste from Democratic mismanagement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rahm Emanuel Eyes 2028 Bid As Dems Keep Moving Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/rahm-emanuel-democratic-party-70a5275a?st=bnVXPK</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Party long-timer takes stage in Iowa to test political waters, leaving behind past criticism of Democrats]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Adrift as Trump Prepares to Take Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-democrat-reaction-party-challenges-93989794?st=dGCnPg</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Party has yet to land on a clear message or a leading messenger]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Seeks Suburban Swing to Offset Trump Gains]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/kamala-harris-surburban-voters-election-strategy-ba658bfd?st=EAMBQs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strategy to win a contest where polling shows she has stalled counts on locking in more suburban voters like those here outside Milwaukee to offset pockets of weakness in the Democratic coalition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Doesn&rsquo;t Care if Extended Race Damages GOP in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nikki-haley-doesnt-care-if-extended-gop-race-damages-trump-060c0a01?mod=hp_lead_pos8</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AIKEN, S.C.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Nikki Haley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' makes no apologies for hurting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Hold on Rural America Key to His Resilience]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-iowa-caucus-rural-voters-598fc324?mod=hp_lead_pos7</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Outsize support in places like Iowa's Hancock County are helping propel the former president past legal woes and challengers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lori Lightfoot Facing Headwinds as She Seeks 2nd Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-faces-restless-business-community-as-she-seeks-second-term-c0d7727?mod=djemalertNEWS</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some business leaders concerned about crime and corporate departures are coalescing around one of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's eight challengers, Paul Vallas, ahead of the Feb. 28 election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation Taking Biggest Toll on Nonwhite Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inflation-taking-biggest-toll-on-nonwhite-voters-wsj-poll-shows/ar-AAV1PF2?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eight months before the midterm election, the poll finds nonwhite voters are more likely than white voters to say inflation is triggering major financial strain in their lives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Push to Seize Edge in Presidential Count Begins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/election-2020-results-trump-biden-1104-11604492445?mod=djemalertNEWS</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The presidential candidates remained locked in a tight race that was expected to come down to a few key states that were still counting votes Wednesday morning.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Limbaugh and His Loyalists Celebrate One Last Win?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/29/will_limbaugh_and_his_loyalists_celebrate_one_last_win_144550.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here in the chattering class we cling to our polling data and our supposed skill at forecasting. Sometimes, though, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re oblivious to force vectors that tip elections (see 1948, 1980, 1994, 2010 and 2016). I wonder whether, last week, we overlooked a vector possibly crucial in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: U.S. Economic 'Bubble' Could Soon Burst]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-19/trump-predicts-u-s-economic-bubble-could-soon-burst</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Less than 30 seconds after wishing his audience Merry Christmas, Trump heaped insults on Jeb Bush]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker Mounts a Last Stand in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-21/scott-walker-mounts-a-last-stand-in-iowa</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ben Carson Moves Close to Trump in Iowa Poll]]></title>
							<link>http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150830/NEWS0605/150839900</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker Being Trumped by The Donald in Crucial State of Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-17/scott-walker-being-trumped-by-the-donald-in-crucial-state-of-iowa</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Dominates Republican Field in Pre-Debate Bloomberg Poll]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-04/trump-dominates-republican-field-in-pre-debate-bloomberg-poll</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker to Announce Presidential Campaign Intentions July 13]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-02/scott-walker-to-announce-presidential-campaign-intentions-july-13</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker Sees Iowa Lead Shrink in Latest Quinnipiac Poll]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-01/walker-s-iowa-support-shrinks-as-trump-ties-for-2nd-quinnipiac</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Early-State Polling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-25/bernie-sanders-gains-on-hillary-clinton-in-bloomberg-early-state-polling</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Fires Up Campaign Cash Machine]]></title>
							<link>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_18/b4226031196942.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When President Barack Obama visited California in February, he had a private dinner with Apple (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and other technology chieftains. The stated purpose of the meal was to solicit job-growth ideas.The President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Campaign Looking For '07 Feeling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-08/obama-campaign-tries-to-recreate-07-start-up-feeling-in-chicago.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a Chicago high-rise overlooking the site of a historic 2008 victory celebration, Obama 2012 is under construction.Four years after hosting what began as a start-up with about a dozen employees, President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s re-election campaign is poised to bring hundreds of workers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kirk Outrases Giannoulias in Second Quarter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071501227.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Giannoulias, the Illinois treasurer, collected slightly more than $900,000 during the quarter that ended June 30, with the bulk of the money donated in June, said Kathleen Strand, a campaign spokeswoman.

The campaign for Representative Mark Kirk, the Republican Senate candidate, said...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Colorado's U.S. Senate Primary Races Illustrate Clamorous C]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-12/colorado-s-u-s-senate-primary-races-illustrate-clamorous-campaign-season.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Life on Blago's Enemies List]]></title>
							<link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-oped1214mccormickdec14,0,6816120.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McCormick</author>
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