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<title><![CDATA[Heather Higgins - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17675.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Heather Higgins]]></description><category domain="17675">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Should Make Clear Who Stands for Women]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/09/republicans_should_make_clear_who_stands_for_women__154482.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The WNBA'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stunning inability to explain why Enes Kanter Freedom shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be eligible for women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s professional basketball is an unexpected gift to Republicans facing a difficult midterm election.
Once again, voters see how the left is now so controlled by radical...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Republicans Fight for the SAVE Act&mdash;or Fold Again?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/17/will_republicans_fight_for_save_actor_fold_again_153947.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t win the Senate so their leaders could manage expectations. They won it to deliver results. Will Republicans leaders actually deliver? We are about to find out with the SAVE America Act.
The legislation requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Filibuster Must Fall To Save the Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5623831-end-filibuster-trump-reforms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time To Fight for New York]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/21/time_to_fight_for_new_york_153556.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani may have eked out his victory in New York City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mayoral contest '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' prompting a literal champagne socialist celebration in some fancy restaurants '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but a lot of New Yorkers are far from happy about it.
While Mamdani fell short of the two-thirds majority...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican 'War on Women' Is a Media Myth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/republican-war-women-media-myth-opinion-1883579</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's no evidence Republicans want to ban birth control. On the contrary, the GOP has led on efforts to make it easier to get birth control over the counter.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The September Surprise]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/14/the_september_surprise_150504.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a Democrat to do?
President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s poll numbers seem set in quicksand. Now the special counsel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s justification for not recommending charges against Biden for having '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'willfully retained and disclosed classified materials'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' is damning: Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s memory...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why GOP Abortion Messaging Isn&rsquo;t Working]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/15/why_gop_abortion_messaging_isnt_working_150059.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many have dismissed abortion as causal in crushing the anticipated 2022 red wave. But after GOP election losses on Tuesday, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s being widely cited, yet most can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t tell you why Republican efforts didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t work as well as hoped, particularly where they were advocating for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Took Time Fixing the House. America Is Better Off]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/10/27/republican-house-speaker-mike-johnson-rebuild-congress/71332192007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After several weeks, Republicans in Congress have figured it out, and the country is better off for their taking the time to work it through and unanimously buy into that consensus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Midterm Deficiencies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/12/23/midterm_deficiencies_871977.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the 2022 elections proved anything, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s that base voters and massive disapproval of President Biden aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t enough to earn victory for Republicans. What is needed in addition is a sophisticated and proven communications strategy aimed at winning votes from voters outside the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conservatives Should Learn From the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/16/conservatives_should_learn_from_the_left_145051.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the political right struggles to regroup after the horrible events at the U.S. Capitol, it should learn from the masters. The left has a consistent pattern when responding to terrible behavior by activists associated with their cause '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' from the widespread destruction and violence...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Promises Made, Promises Kept]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/3/donald-trump-moves-forward-despite-democratic-resi/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most judging President Trump's first 100 days tend to focus on key policies that have or have not passed. Surely this matters, but equally important is the way Mr. Trump has changed the office of president and the national dialogue as part of his policy initiatives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To End Obamacare, Be Bold]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Heather R. Higgins writes: Partial repeal of ObamaCare through 'reconciliation' would saddle the GOP with blame for failure.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Dems Will Rig a Debate for Clinton, What Won't They Do?]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/303748-after-dnc-clinton-campaign-collusion-is-it-any</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No matter what the election outcome next week, the media will be big losers. This campaign season has seen much of the media rip off their veneer of objectivity, too often acting instead as an unofficial campaign arm working to elect Hillary Clinton. The latest revelation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Money Is on a Trump Victory]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/439451/donald-trump-will-win-five-reasons-why</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For what it is worth: Nothing is ever certain, and much could go wrong, but my money remains on a Trump victory. Why?1)'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' It feels a whole lot like Reagan in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'80 and Newt in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'94.Reagan was disliked by the establishment (who liked Baker or Bush), viewed with suspicion by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Is a Hard Sell to Young People]]></title>
							<link>http://new.www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-higgins/hillary-is-a-hard-sell-to_b_10463656.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton has finally secured the Democratic nomination. But rather than the expected cake walk, she had to slog through a bruising Democratic primary season and has failed to generate much enthusiasm'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'particularly among younger voters.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Alarmingly for Democrats, a recent poll...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, Unlikely Republican Unifier]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailyjournal.com/story/opinion/2016/03/13/commentary-trumps-rise-voter-intervention/81653948/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump promises to make America great again. Ironically, Trump may ultimately make theRepublican Party great again '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' by being our '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Pogo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' epiphany: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We have met the enemy, and he is us.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Ronald Reagan appealed beyond the traditional conservative base, to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Should Repeal Congress' Obamacare Exemption]]></title>
							<link>https://ricochet.com/a-winning-issue-for-republicans-repeal-congress-obamacare-exemption/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Kellyanne Conway and Heather R. Higgins With so much time spent and ink spilled over who will carry the banner for the GOP both in the presidential campaign and now for new House speaker, perhaps the real question is not who, but what is a winner. Some new survey data suggests an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Silver Linings of King v. Burwell]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/246726-silver-linings-of-king-v-burwell</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Convention claims the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s King v. Burwell decision is a loss for conservatives. But Democrats shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t celebrate. Politically, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a win for the right, skirting potential harm in terms of legal precedent as well as improving positioning for 2016.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ohio's Referendum on ObamaCare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/critical-condition/280659/ohio-s-health-care-initiative-just-went-national-heather-higgins</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most ballot initiatives have little resonance outside the states that consider them. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not so with the upcoming vote in Ohio. Ohio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s November vote on the Health Care Freedom Amendment (Issue 3) will have national implications, and could play a role in determining the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shifting Independents Increasingly Concerned]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/247220/values-key-independent-vote-heather-higgins</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Presidents Reagan and Clinton resonated with the American center because they were masters at connecting their policies with the underlying values that determine intensity and outcomes. A new survey shows that understanding the deep-seated concerns and values of independents will be key...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Schadenfreude]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/02/obamas_schadenfreude.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Higgins</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The seeming indifference of this Administration to the steady and precipitous decline of the market since President Obama's election should surprise no one. One has only to look at the President's past to gauge the prism through which he sees the present... and the future.Many on Wall...]]></description>
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