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<title><![CDATA[George Skelton - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/18790.xml</link><description><![CDATA[George Skelton]]></description><category domain="18790">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Lou Cannon: Good Friend, Tough Competitor, National Treasure]]></title>
							<link>https://link.latimes.com/view/6529c8b23ed79c24f8868300pra1g.cwr/ead05da6</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lou Cannon was a good friend and a daunting competitor. And he was a national treasure.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Should Run for Governor of CA - If She Really Wants Job]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/politics/column-kamala-harris-should-run-for-governor-but-only-if-she-wants-to-solve-california-s-problems/ar-AA1vTf7h</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris could make history as the first woman and person of color to be elected California governor. But she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d need to really want the job.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Bows to Google, Sticking It to the News Industry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/column-newsom-and-lawmakers-bow-to-google-sticking-it-to-the-news-industry/ar-AA1prqOU</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Gavin Newsom once talked big about forcing internet giants to pay for the products they heist and profit off. But last week he scuttled legislation to require payment for news stories.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Credit Newsom for Trying To Alleviate Homelessness]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-credit-newsom-trying-alleviate-110014092.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Proposition 1 on the March 5 primary election ballot basically would shift current mental health funding to prioritize treatment for homeless people with mental illnesses or drug and alcohol addictions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Moving Into Position To Run in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jul/20/newsom-moving-into-position-to-run-in-2024/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving into position to possibly run for president, regardless of what he says or tells himself.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Wins Points Staring Down Texas on Abortion, Guns]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/dec/20/newsom-wins-political-points-by-staring-down-texas/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Texas copycat ploy is less about enacting a vigilante law than playing a poker chip.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Larry Elder Win? Maybe, If Dems Don't Turn Out]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/does-larry-elder-path-governors-120038012.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Newsom to be recalled, many Democrats would need to be so apathetic that they don't bother to cast ballots, columnist George Skelton writes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Could Gain From CA's Newsom Recall--Win or Lose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/california-gop-could-gain-from-a-newsom-recall-election-%E2%80%94-win-or-lose-%E2%80%94-if-they-play-their-cards-right/ar-BB1g49BV</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California Republicans have a golden opportunity to strengthen their weakened status during the recall campaign even if they fail to boot Gov. Gavin Newsom.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Recall Could Backfire on California Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/trying-recall-newsom-could-backfire-070002745.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Gavin Newsom could emerge from the recall stronger than ever, and a stronger Newsom could mean an even weaker California Republican Party, columnist George Skelton writes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Should Have Never Run for President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-04/skelton-california-senator-kamala-harris-drops-out-presidential-race</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After being elected to the Senate in a 2016 cakewalk, Sen. Kamala Harris should have spent the next three years focused exclusively on representing Californians in Congress, helping the state on such vital issues as water development, environmental protection, healthcare and homelessness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No One Becomes a Mass Shooter Without Mass-Shooting Gun]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-skelton-florida-shooting-gun-control-20180219-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Immediately after the South Florida school shooting that left 17 dead and 14 wounded, there was the usual strained finger-pointing at lack of mental health treatment. Baloney! But no one becomes a mass shooter without a mass-shooting gun.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rebelling Against Ruling Class Part of America's DNA]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-donald-trump-inauguration-20170119-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Millions of Californians will click on their TVs Friday and groan. They'll wince as the unthinkable becomes a reality. Can you say President Trump ? It's painful.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump a Clueless, Classless, Bombastic Blowhard]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-trump-20160317-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two things should be debunked about Donald Trump: One is that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the new Arnold Schwarzenegger. Another is that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s continuing what was started by another California governor, Pete Wilson.I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve read and listened to these comparisons in some news media recently and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ugly Numbers for California Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-republicans-20130304,0,3975893.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' "Too white, too right and too uptight," says a veteran political consultant. "That's why the Republican Party can't come back in California."Strategist David Townsend is a Democrat, so that's the sort of comment you would expect from the likes of him.But there were top...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jerry Brown's Prophecy of Fiscal Armageddon]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20110310,0,4748192.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown has a scenario for what happens if Republicans refuse to place his tax proposal on a June ballot: California becomes Armageddon.That's my word, not his. His characterization is uttered first in Latin, then translated: "It'll be a war of all against all."Events will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whitman Paid High Price for Latino Distrust of GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20101220,0,4617120.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Meg Whitman's  former lead spokesman is starting to speak up about the candidate's  losing race for governor. And he's shouting about the need for Republicans to stop the demagoguery over illegal immigration.Senior advisor Rob Stutzman isn't exactly spilling his guts about the  former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fiorina Comes Out Ahead on TV]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20100906,0,5862314.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Political rookie Carly Fiorina should book every televised debate with U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer that the senator will permit.The Republican Senate nominee is trying to do just that, actually. But  Boxer has been skittish, as incumbents usually are, not desiring to  share the stage with a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA: Fiorina Would Ordinarily Be a Long Shot in California]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20100721,0,5403557.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dance of Death in California]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap22-2009jun22,0,7361678.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Skelton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Call it the Dance of Death, the Kabuki or the Summer Follies -- the performance they're about to give in California's Capitol is a necessary ritual. But it shouldn't be taken very seriously by the outside world.  Both houses of the Legislature intend to debate the Democrats'...]]></description>
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