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<title><![CDATA[Bill Whalen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/18515.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Bill Whalen]]></description><category domain="18515">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Sympathy for the Gavin]]></title>
							<link>https://freebeacon.com/culture/sympathy-for-the-gavin/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unprincipled triangulation and a stained blue dress notwithstanding, one of Bill Clinton's more irksome legacies is that of presidential wannabes showcasing their personal tales of woe, as if leading the free world is an audition for a daytime talk show.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Kamala Harris Leave California Behind?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/14/can_kamala_harris_leave_california_behind_143948.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Back when California was a swing state, it was commonplace to have a Golden Stater on the national ticket. Not that it made all that much difference. Dwight Eisenhower would have won twice regardless of his running mate, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a matter of record that he ran with Richard Nixon,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bigger Hurdle: Harris Becoming VP, or Newsom Picking Her Successor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/16/the_bigger_hurdle_harris_becoming_vp_or_newsom_picking_her_successor.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In politics, as in baseball, June predictions aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the wisest -- especially when it comes to forecasting presidential running mates. That said, Joe Biden has done a favor for those of us who engage in idle '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'veep'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' speculation. By limiting his choices to strictly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Sundays Are for Jesus and Football' -- Well, Maybe Not in California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/12/sundays_are_for_jesus_and_football_--_well_maybe_not_in_california_143172.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As he does battle with the coronavirus, a record-setting $54 billion state budget deficit (roughly one-fourth of the budget he proposed back in January), plus statewide unemployment expected to reach Great Depression levels when the numbers are soon announced, California Gov. Gavin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Exotic Meets Joe Quixotic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/01/joe_exotic_meets_joe_quixotic__142821.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re a Netflix addict, then you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re likely familiar with the antics of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a.k.a. Joe Exotic, the star of the docuseries "Tiger King,"'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' which chronicles the life and times of the former Oklahoma zookeeper, singer and presidential and gubernatorial...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Newsom and the Ties That Bind]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/26/trump_newsom_and_the_ties_that_bind_142764.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To understand the complicated relationship between President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, try watching '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Defiant Ones,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a 1958 film starring Tony Curtis and Sydney Poitier. The plot line: Two inmates, one black and one white, are on the loose. But there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As California Goes, How Will Newsom And Harris Lean?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/25/as_california_goes_how_will_newsom_and_harris_lean_142477.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In culinary terms, February'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s limited tasting menu of Democratic presidential votes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina award 155 delegates, roughly 1/13th'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the 1,991 needed to secure the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nomination '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' soon becomes a March smorgasbord of main...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Stuck Between Barack and a Hard Place]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/18/bidens_stuck_between_barack_and_a_hard_place_142421.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all of the agonizing within Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s inner circle over how to cure what ails the former vice president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s anemic presidential run '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' fourth place in Iowa, fifth place in New Hampshire, presumably another setback in Nevada this weekend '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an obvious...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California&rsquo;s Primary: A Kingmaker, or a Royal Headache?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/14/californias_primary_a_kingmaker_or_a_royal_headache.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stormy weather brought'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' high winds and mountain snow'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to parts of California last weekend. At the risk of getting out over our skis, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to consider the growing probability of the otherwise improbable every four years: California as an important player in the presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Odds on a Contested Convention, and a Tie on Nov. 3]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/12/the_odds_on_a_contested_convention_and_a_tie_on_nov_3_142111.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although a single vote has yet to be cast in Iowa or New Hampshire, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tempting to ponder a pair of summer and autumnal spectacles that probably will go unmentioned in next Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s debate in Iowa, the seventh such gathering of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s challengers:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Not a Presidential Debate in California?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/20/why_not_a_presidential_debate_in_california_141311.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unless the mother of all earthquakes strikes and the largest of the West Coast states tumbles into the sea (Steely Dan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' said it would happen, but it hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t), California is not an island.
More to the point, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not England in the summer and fall of 1940'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'an actual island...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ten Debating Democrats Giving It the Old College Try]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/10/ten_debating_democrats_giving_it_the_old_college_try_141205.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Credit the folks at ABC News'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' political division: They managed to convince their network'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s executives to set aside three hours of prime time for Thursday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic presidential debate in Houston.
Maybe the political team got away with it because the entertainment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Newsom's First 100 Days Portend for His Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/17/what_newsoms_first_100_days_portend_for_his_future_140072.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today marks California Gov. Gavin Newsom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 100th day in office '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' an insignificant media-driven landmark for many an elected official, but for Newsom a window into what lies ahead for the 40th governor of the Golden State.
His short tenure has been long on big shiny objects....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom's Unwelcome Stirring of Democrats' 2020 Pot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/20/newsoms_unwelcome_stirring_of_democrats_2020_pot_139791.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Quicker than you can sing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Oops! I Did It Again,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' California Gov. Gavin Newsom has interjected himself into national Democratic politics with his moratorium on capital punishment in America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nation-state.
That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'oops'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as in: Every Democrat who wants to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[George Bush Was George Bailey: It Was a Wonderful Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/07/george_bush_was_george_bailey_it_was_a_wonderful_life_138855.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the nation says farewell to George Herbert Walker Bush, a few thoughts on the legacy and impact of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 41st'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' president.
R'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';'sum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';'. On the same day that the late president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s remains arrived at the U.S. Capitol, former Vice President Joe Biden told a Montana audience...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Gavin Newsom on a Fast Track to a 2020 Bid?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/23/is_gavin_newsom_on_a_fast_track_to_2020_bid__138699.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In news from last week not related to White House intrigue or California wildfires: Richard Ojeda is running for president. In case you missed it, Ojeda is a West Virginia Democrat and 2018 congressional candidate best known for a military-issue buzz cut (he is a former U.S. Army...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why California Is a Pivotal Elections Player Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/01/why_california_is_a_pivotal_elections_player_again_138521.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In what already has been a strange election year in terms of changing narratives and fluctuating polls, here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s another oddity: California, historically an overrated commodity as far as national political influence is concerned, is now quite relevant.
Here are four reasons why:
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Government -- Hooked Up to an Ivy Drip?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/14/americas_government_--_hooked_up_to_an_ivy_drip_137505.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hoping that someone turned on a recorder when President Trump met with his Supreme Court finalists, for I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m guessing that in at least three instances the conversation went something like'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Princeton interview scene in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Risky Business.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Trump, to each of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Newsom's Race to Win, Whether California Likes It or Not]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/07/its_newsoms_race_to_win_whether_california_likes_it_or_not_137215.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A decade ago, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was less a Democratic rock star and more a party millstone.
Four years after he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d defied state law as San Francisco'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mayor by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in the process, becoming'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' something of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why L.A. Could Host Dems in 2020 (and Why It Shouldn't)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/30/why_la_could_host_dems_in_2020_and_why_it_shouldnt.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For decades now, America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two political parties have approached their national conventions with a Realtor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mindset: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'location, location, location.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But with all due respect to Sam Cooke, voters don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know much geography -- or seem to factor it into their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Little Drama, But Odd Plots, in Calif. Race for Governor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/10/little_drama_but_odd_plots_in_calif_race_for_governor_137006.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the week things got serious in California. June primary absentee ballots (in California parlance, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'vote by mail'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';') arrived in homes across the Golden State, just days after the official voter information guide. Though the actual vote isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t for another four Tuesdays,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Senate Trend That's Getting Old]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/26/a_senate_trend_thats_getting_old_136909.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States Senate has a problem that is complicating life in the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s greatest deliberative body.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
That would be: the age of its members.
At present, seven of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 100 U.S. senators are octogenarians (in the Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first 100 years, not a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Smith College Finally Warm to Barbara Bush?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/20/will_smith_college_finally_warm_to_barbara_bush_136860.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While the nation mourns the passing of former first lady Barbara Bush, the question is: Will there be any mention of her at next month'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s commencement ceremony at Smith College?
To recap: Mrs. Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' briefly attended'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the elite Northampton, Mass., women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s college before...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Retake House, Dems Will Need More Breaks -- and Lambs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2018/03/17/to-regain-the-house-democrats-will-need-a-few-breaks-and-the-loudness-of-more-lambs/#7119f0ad7d7c</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich is deeply, deeply concerned.The former House Speaker and big political thinker believes it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a wake-call in the White House. Otherwise he fears, the Trump Administration will be dealing with (translation: being investigated to death by) a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Snub of Feinstein? Just Another Day in Calif.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/26/dems_snub_of_feinstein_just_another_day_in_calif_136372.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To a casual observer of California politics, the big news this past weekend '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Sen. Dianne Feinstein'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' being denied her party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s endorsement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at a state Democratic convention in San Diego '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' came as a shock.
It is indeed a jolt, if you haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t been paying attention to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the World Series Mirrored Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/07/how_the_world_series_mirrored_politics_135464.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For those of us who measure the fall and winter not by weeks or months but the number of days until spring training, these are the times that try men'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s souls. The baseball season is over. Pitchers and catchers won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t report, appropriately enough, until sometime close to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of an Era in California Politics?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/18/the_end_of_an_era_in_california_politics_135286.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California's 2018 calendar includes milestones glorious and tragic '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' 60 years since the Dodgers and Giants arrived on the West Coast; 50 years since Bobby Kennedy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s promise was cut short by a gunman lurking in the pantry of a Los Angeles hotel.
It may also mark the end of an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2020 Primary Planners Should Follow the NBA's Lead]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/27/2020_primary_planners_should_follow_the_nbas_lead_134021.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I live in a state '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' California '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that suffers from a lack of presidential self-esteem.
To the extent the Golden State was involved in 2016 in deciding the next leader of the Free World, it was presidential wannabes summiting in Burbank with the Leader of Free Afternoon...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California's Geriatric Liberal Leadership]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/09/californias_geriatric_liberal_leadership_133826.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Next year marks a century since Lulu Hunt Peters, a Californian by way of Maine, gifted the world with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Diet and Health: With Key to the Calories.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Ever since, the Golden State had stood at the vanguard of defying Father Time. Look no further than Orange...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Policy, Not Trump's Persona, Is Making Calif. Bluer]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/02/policy_not_trumps_persona_is_making_calif_bluer_132235.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bill Whalen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s easy to dismiss America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Left Coast as left out in this presidential election. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s particularly true of the biggest prize of all: California.
In a few days, the Golden State will give its 55 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton, marking the seventh consecutive time...]]></description>
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