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<title><![CDATA[Jim VandeHei - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17814.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jim VandeHei]]></description><category domain="17814">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Final Act Begins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2026/08/02/trump-gop-control-midterms-investigations</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump doesn't much care if Republicans lose the House and/or the Senate in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the midterms'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' this fall.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Four Ominous Trends]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/behind-the-curtain-four-ominous-trends-tearing-america-apart/ar-AA1Mzmzs</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four concurrent trends suggest America's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' volatile'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' politics, culture and security could worsen in the months ahead:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Panicked, No One Is Buying the White House Spin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/12/vandehei_make_no_mistake_trump_panicked_no_one_is_buying_the_white_house_spin.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei on Thursday's broadcast of 'Morning Joe' on MSNBC]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Dark, Deep Hole]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/democrats-popularity-crisis-trump-elections</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and they fear things could actually get worse:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: Trump's Creators &amp; Destroyers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/trump-cabinet-picks-creators-destroyers</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why it matters:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' This creators-plus-destroyers dynamic dominates the behind-the-scenes jockeying for jobs and influence. Expect jarring swings between popular, pro-growth moves and ruthless government gutting and payback. It's the Trump Way.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: Deep Democratic Depression]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/11/08/harris-biden-election-democratic-party</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats didn't just'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' lose badly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: Harris' Plan To Redefine Herself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/08/14/kamala-harris-economy-inflation</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice President Kamala Harris, hoping to distance herself from'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Biden's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' unpopularity on the economy, plans a new focus on middle-class worries and woes.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: Biden's Salvation Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/07/01/biden-2024-election-pr-campaign-step-aside?stream=top</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A massive political, PR and personal campaign is underway to reject calls for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Biden to drop'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' his re-election race '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and rally Democrats to move on from'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' public debate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' about age and his future, top officials tell us.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: America's Reality Distortion Machine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/america-politics-divided-polarization-data</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's a wild thought experiment: What if we've been deceived into thinking we're more divided, more dysfunctional and more defeated than we actually are?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: Trump's Exponential Power Surge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-2024-campaign-republican-nominee?stream=top</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Something shocking '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and telling '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' has unfolded beyond'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump's onstage, online and courtroom theatrics: He's running a professional, well-managed, disciplined presidential campaign.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blunt 2020 Lessons for the Media and America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2020-lessons-media-america-b6b6c184-ea46-4fc5-a6dd-0f5ad3dda082.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All of us '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and the media, in particular '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' need some clear-eyed, humble self-reflection as the dust settles on the 2020 election results.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[All of America's Biggest Threats Unfolding Before Our Eyes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/america-threats-misinformation-race-coronavirus-cd1c49f6-e747-4242-b7e4-1a6a7c464c20.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's as if God or the galaxy, or whatever you believe in, are screaming for politicians and the public to pay attention.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Establishment Shouldn't Panic--Sanders Can Beat Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/bernie-sanders-2020-presidential-election-chances-3459ae66-0aa0-4a53-97f8-732e8cbb5d9f.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lots of Democrats are in full panic that Bernie Sanders will win the nomination and get clobbered in the general election '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and bring the party down, too.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But the evidence, particularly the polling, doesn't back those doomsday warnings.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump's Re-Election Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-donald-trump-reelection-66d52633-706e-454e-9edf-216f0559e2a3.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On paper, Trump should be crushing it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pre-Christmas: Trump Rebuked, Raging]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/pre-christmas-trump-rebuked-rampaging-mattis-reisgnation-014a96ab-a4ec-4504-9ebb-ed96167382bc.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last member of an informal alliance of top Trump officials with enough swat or stature to stand up to President Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the Committee to Save America, as we called these officials 16 months ago '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' resigned in epic fashion.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What We Know About Trump &amp; Russia Is Damning &amp; Detailed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/trump-russia-mueller-investigation-37608752-bef7-4b25-a7dd-89e3032bec7e.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even before Robert Mueller reports his findings in the Russia probe, what we already now know is highly damning and highly detailed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2018 Election Was Terrible for Trump. 2020 Will Be Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-2020-presidential-election-chances-86143c8b-9045-414d-b61a-80d67be9107a.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In fact, all the big trends are working against Trump and the GOP, based on factors that are hiding in plain sight. Despite the conventional wisdom, many people around Trump and in GOP leadership share this dim view.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Public Case Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/trump-russia-mueller-investigation-michael-cohen-paul-manafort-bcfe40c6-7592-4347-a6be-20ff562058f0.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One thing is true of all major political scandals: What we know in the moment is but a tiny, obscured, partial view of the full story later revealed by investigators.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bring on a Third-Party Candidate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Bring+on+a+Third-Party+Candidate&amp;rlz=1CAACAG_enUS685US685&amp;oq=Bring+on+a+Third-Party+Candidate+&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.563j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have spent the past two decades in the Washington, D.C., bubble'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the heart of Establishment America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'covering politics and building a company, Politico, focused solely on politics. But I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve also spent a lot of time in my hometown of Oshkosh, Wis., and my adopted hometown...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare &amp; Shutdown: Poetic Justice for GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/10/01/vandehei_shutdown_and_obamacare_poetic_justice_for_gop.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[JIM VANDEHEI, POLITICO: The most important thing to remember in the health care debate is that almost every Republican of consequence right now is a child of the health care revolution. They came to power in 2009 because of health care. It was when health care became a big debate that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's the Rubio and Rand Party, Now]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/behind-the-curtain-its-the-marco-rubio-and-rand-paul-2016-party-now-89162.html?hp=t1_3</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Want to know if Republicans finally back immigration reform, stand a chance of picking up Senate seats in the midterms, or get their act together by 2016? Instead of the GOP, watch the Rubio-Paul Party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Political Transformation of Barack Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=633688EA-6BBD-42FB-94BA-8C7FE3992EDD</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are two indisputable facts about politics.The first is that every modern president in the fourth year of his presidency resorts to the cheap political stunts, broken promises and truth-fudging it takes to win reelection in what has been and will be a 50-50 nation. The reason is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin: The Race That Says It All]]></title>
							<link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=9E3BDF2F-95FE-F256-C367AB3F4CC8D3CA</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Until last fall, Ron Johnson was just an intensely private guy with a good business and a nice house on Lake Winnebago. He kept a stack of Wall Street Journals next to his bed, folded just right so he wouldn't forget to read columnist Dan Henninger on this or Paul Gigot on that. A trim,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Fear Prospects Worsening]]></title>
							<link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=ABEF4646-18FE-70B2-A8627E91170C1A5F</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding that the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day.   In conversations with more than two dozen party insiders, most of whom...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[100 Days: What Obama Wants You to Read]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21605.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Struggles as Communicator]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20234.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[AIG Uproar: Avoiding the Hard Truths?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20108.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim VandeHei</author>
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