<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 
<rss version="2.0"> 
 <channel> 
<title><![CDATA[Philip Rucker - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17668.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Philip Rucker]]></description><category domain="17668">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Feverish, Post-White House Mind of Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/the-feverish-mind-of-trump-after-leaving-the-white-house</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/the-feverish-mind-of-trump-after-leaving-the-white-house]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an hours-long interview with Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker for their book I Alone Can Fix It, the former president repeated his election lies, bashed Mitch McConnell (he's a stupid person), and teased a triumphant comeback.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How a Flynn Theory Became Central to Trump Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-a-flynn-theory-became-central-to-the-trump-reelection-campaign/ar-BB146mlj</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-a-flynn-theory-became-central-to-the-trump-reelection-campaign/ar-BB146mlj]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the day Attorney General William P. Barr moved to drop criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, again winning the adulation of President Trump, he was paid a special visit.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside Trump&rsquo;s Desperate Attempts to Reopen America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/34-days-of-pandemic-inside-trumps-desperate-attempts-to-reopen-america/ar-BB13wlAp?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/34-days-of-pandemic-inside-trumps-desperate-attempts-to-reopen-america/ar-BB13wlAp?li=BBnb7Kz]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The epidemiological models under review in the White House Situation Room in late March were bracing. In a best-case scenario, they showed the novel coronavirus was likely to kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[President Trump: Commander of Confusion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/commander-of-confusion-trump-sows-uncertainty-and-seeks-to-cast-blame-in-coronavirus-crisis/ar-BB125Yex</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/commander-of-confusion-trump-sows-uncertainty-and-seeks-to-cast-blame-in-coronavirus-crisis/ar-BB125Yex]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the three weeks since declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak a national emergency, President Trump has delivered a dizzying array of rhetorical contortions, sowed confusion and repeatedly sought to cast blame on others.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Quest to Rewrite History of the Russia Probe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/something-has-to-be-done-trumps-quest-to-rewrite-history-of-the-russia-probe/ar-BB103ff5</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/something-has-to-be-done-trumps-quest-to-rewrite-history-of-the-russia-probe/ar-BB103ff5]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. intelligence community long ago produced evidence of Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s illegal interference in the 2016 presidential election to try to boost Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s candidacy. Then the special counsel investigating the matter detailed myriad ways President Trump sought to stymie the...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Behind Trump's Reckless Fixation on the Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/21/why-havent-you-shut-down-the-border-inside-trumps-white-house</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/21/why-havent-you-shut-down-the-border-inside-trumps-white-house]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The long read: How the president's reckless fixation on immigration threatened to shatter democracy]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[House Impeaches Trump, Leaving Indelible Mark on Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-is-impeached-by-the-house-creating-an-indelible-mark-on-his-presidency/ar-BBY8I57?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-is-impeached-by-the-house-creating-an-indelible-mark-on-his-presidency/ar-BBY8I57?li=BBnb7Kz]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to impeach President Trump on charges that he abused his office and obstructed Congress, with Democrats declaring him a threat to the nation and branding an indelible mark on the most turbulent presidency of modern times.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[President Who Prizes Strength Starts Key Stretch in Fragile State]]></title>
							<link>https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2019/10/19/trumps-season-of-weakness-president-who-prizes-strength-enters-key-stretch-in-a-fragile-state/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2019/10/19/trumps-season-of-weakness-president-who-prizes-strength-enters-key-stretch-in-a-fragile-state/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump supremacy is being challenged inside his own realm. With his administration engulfed by crisis, Trump can no longer control the forces once solidly arrayed behind him.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Decided on Tillerson]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-wasnt-happy-with-his-state-department-finalists-then-he-heard-a-new-name/2016/12/13/0727658e-c161-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.9c644e39e2db</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-wasnt-happy-with-his-state-department-finalists-then-he-heard-a-new-name/2016/12/13/0727658e-c161-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.9c644e39e2db]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump sat in his office at Trump Tower on Dec. 2 facing the most important choice of his transition to the presidency, and his indecision had set off a war among his top aides. Some favored Mitt Romney, who had trashed Trump during the campaign. Many wanted the ultimate loyalist,...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[DC's New Normal: One Trump Drama After Another]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/welcome-to-washingtons-new-normal-one-trump-drama-after-another/2016/11/22/dee740ea-b0ca-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/welcome-to-washingtons-new-normal-one-trump-drama-after-another/2016/11/22/dee740ea-b0ca-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Donald Trump, little is more intoxicating and affirming of his own power than creating tornadoes and watching them tear across the landscape. In the space of just 24 hours this week, the president-elect set off cyclones near and far that preview the drama he seems likely to bring to...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Educated White Women Key Swing Group This Year]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-has-a-challenge-with-white-women-you-just-want-to-smack-him/2016/10/01/df08f9ee-875b-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-has-a-challenge-with-white-women-you-just-want-to-smack-him/2016/10/01/df08f9ee-875b-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside Trump's Strategy to Counter the View That He Is &quot;Racist&quot;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-donald-trumps-new-strategy-to-shed-the-view-of-him-as-racist/2016/08/23/eedc4fd0-6945-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-donald-trumps-new-strategy-to-shed-the-view-of-him-as-racist/2016/08/23/eedc4fd0-6945-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is rapidly trying to turn around his presidential campaign with a vigorous and at times strained effort to shed a label applied to him by a substantial portion of the electorate: racist.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Guided by his new campaign leadership, the Republican nominee has ordered a...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[GOP Leaders Voice Frustration Over Trump's Candidacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-reaches-new-level-of-panic-over-trumps-candidacy/2016/08/03/de461880-5988-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_gop-120pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-reaches-new-level-of-panic-over-trumps-candidacy/2016/08/03/de461880-5988-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_gop-120pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party was in turmoil again Wednesday as party leaders, strategists and donors voiced increasing alarm about the flailing state of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s candidacy and fears that the presidential nominee was damaging the party with an extraordinary week of self-inflicted...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Clinton, Trump Chart Different Paths to White House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-final-100-days-clinton-and-trump-to-chart-different-paths-to-white-house/2016/07/30/ac58a59e-55c4-11e6-b7de-dfe509430c39_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-final-100-days-clinton-and-trump-to-chart-different-paths-to-white-house/2016/07/30/ac58a59e-55c4-11e6-b7de-dfe509430c39_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Challenge: Balancing Hope With Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-seeks-to-project-an-optimistic-inclusivevision-at-democratic-convention/2016/07/23/4b851ce2-5048-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-seeks-to-project-an-optimistic-inclusivevision-at-democratic-convention/2016/07/23/4b851ce2-5048-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Investigation Leaves Heavy Political Cloud Over Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/even-without-charges-fbi-rebuke-leaves-a-heavy-political-cloud-over-clinton/2016/07/05/79b6f712-42c8-11e6-bc99-7d269f8719b1_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/even-without-charges-fbi-rebuke-leaves-a-heavy-political-cloud-over-clinton/2016/07/05/79b6f712-42c8-11e6-bc99-7d269f8719b1_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton may avoid criminal charges, but the searing rebuke of her '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'extremely careless'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' email practices Tuesday by FBI Director James B. Comey is likely to reverberate through the November election and, if she wins, well into her presidency.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In a methodical, 15-minute...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Seeing a Decisive Win at Hand, Trump Gears Up for Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sees-a-decisive-indiana-victory-at-hand-gears-up-to-take-on-clinton/2016/05/02/eaa392da-1070-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sees-a-decisive-indiana-victory-at-hand-gears-up-to-take-on-clinton/2016/05/02/eaa392da-1070-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This was supposed to be the pragmatic Midwestern state that would deny Donald Trump the delegates he needs to secure the Republican presidential nomination. Yet on the eve of Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s critical primary, Indiana appeared poised to help the front-runner get closer to locking it...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Republican Elites Now Resigned to Trump as Nominee]]></title>
							<link>http://archive.is/tlPM5</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://archive.is/tlPM5]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Throughout the Republican Party, from New Hampshire to Florida to California, many leaders, operatives, donors and activists arrived this week at the conclusion they had been hoping to thwart or at least delay: Donald Trump will be their presidential nominee.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' An aura of inevitability...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: An Insider Surviving in Year of the Outsider]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-is-the-insider-who-survived-the-year-of-the-outsider/2016/04/27/e3d58e70-0c85-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-is-the-insider-who-survived-the-year-of-the-outsider/2016/04/27/e3d58e70-0c85-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an election defined by anti-establishment energy and anger, the two parties are now diverging as Republicans fully embrace an outsider as their presidential nominee and Democrats line up behind a quintessential insider.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Hires Veteran GOP Operative Rick Wiley]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-hires-veteran-gop-operative-rick-wiley/2016/04/13/5b8ff22a-01af-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-politics</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-hires-veteran-gop-operative-rick-wiley/2016/04/13/5b8ff22a-01af-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-politics]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Be Stopped?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/can-donald-trump-be-stopped/2016/02/24/4b02feb8-db24-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/can-donald-trump-be-stopped/2016/02/24/4b02feb8-db24-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has taken firm control of the race for the Republican presidential nomination with his third straight victory, in Nevada. To deny him that role, strategists say, his leading rivals must quickly change the trajectory of the race and then dig in for what could be a long battle...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[GOP: Candidates Make Final Spring in New Hampshire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-begins-in-nh-as-presidential-hopefuls-make-a-final-sprint/2016/02/08/d56162d6-cecf-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-begins-in-nh-as-presidential-hopefuls-make-a-final-sprint/2016/02/08/d56162d6-cecf-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Big Iowa Test for Trump and Sanders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-big-iowa-test-can-trump-and-sanders-turn-enthusiasm-into-votes/2016/01/30/949eb078-c768-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-big-iowa-test-can-trump-and-sanders-turn-enthusiasm-into-votes/2016/01/30/949eb078-c768-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' With campaign events all across Iowa on Saturday overflowing with voters, the Republican and Democratic contests have been reduced to the same question: Can the muscle of traditional and methodical organizing overcome the energy and enthusiasm of a pair of...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Cruz: Establishment Warms to The Donald, Remains Cold to Ted]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-establishment-warms-to-trump--and-cruz-has-himself-to-blame/2016/01/21/f681a8ea-c06f-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-establishment-warms-to-trump--and-cruz-has-himself-to-blame/2016/01/21/f681a8ea-c06f-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican establishment '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' once seen as the force that would destroy Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s outsider candidacy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is now learning to live with it, with some elected and unelected leaders saying they see an upside to Trump as the nominee.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In the past few days, Trump has...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Says Cruz's Canadian Birth 'Very Precarious' for GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-cruzs-canadian-birth-could-be-very-precarious-for-gop/2016/01/05/5ce69764-b3f8-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump0106-610pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-cruzs-canadian-birth-could-be-very-precarious-for-gop/2016/01/05/5ce69764-b3f8-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump0106-610pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Republican Party's Bizarre, Tumultuous '15]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/one-year-two-races/2016/01/03/28f65044-b15e-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/one-year-two-races/2016/01/03/28f65044-b15e-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is an oppressively humid day in South Florida and Jeb Bush has come home to declare his candidacy for president. The big crowd assembled at Miami Dade College is festive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and diverse, reflecting the culture of Miami that has shaped the former governor for decades and the kind of...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[GOP: Establishment Candidates Begin Aiming at Each Other]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-gops-establishment-candidates-begin-aiming-at-each-other/2015/12/29/42520e40-ae4b-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_rubiotarget737pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-gops-establishment-candidates-begin-aiming-at-each-other/2015/12/29/42520e40-ae4b-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_rubiotarget737pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Kasich to Present Plan to 'Defeat the Terrorist Threat']]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/09/kasich-to-present-plan-to-defeat-the-terrorist-threat/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/09/kasich-to-present-plan-to-defeat-the-terrorist-threat/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Can Bernie Sanders Win over Latino Voters?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/can-bernie-sanders-win-over-latino-voters/2015/11/09/b3947a36-86fd-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/can-bernie-sanders-win-over-latino-voters/2015/11/09/b3947a36-86fd-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Plots His Second Act]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-plots-his-second-act/2015/10/06/305790c2-6c68-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html?wpmm=1&amp;wpisrc=nl_daily202</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-plots-his-second-act/2015/10/06/305790c2-6c68-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html?wpmm=1&amp;wpisrc=nl_daily202]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Rucker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a summer of dominating the Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump is moving into a new and uncertain phase that the billionaire businessman acknowledges will be more challenging than any project he has ever undertaken '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even as he views the nomination as now within his...]]></description>
						</item></channel>
		</rss>