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<title><![CDATA[Chris Stirewalt - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19121.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Chris Stirewalt]]></description><category domain="19121">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[It's Still the Economy, Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.deseret.com/2022/4/24/23032535/perspective-the-political-mistake-that-will-cost-democrats-in-november-reagan-joe-biden-inflation</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both Ronald Reagan and Joe Biden had to deal with inflation. Here's what Reagan got right and Biden got wrong]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Looks to Handcuff Hillary Clinton on Law and Order]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/18/trump-looks-to-handcuff-hillary-on-law-and-order.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who could be against law and order?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump and the Republican Party are going to work hard today to convince you that Hillary Clinton is.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Back-to-back murders of multiple police officers, first in Dallas and then in Baton Rouge, La., have cast a pall over the 2016 election,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Democrats Kidding Themselves About 2016?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/29/are-democrats-kidding-themselves.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a chin-stroking Politico piece, David Plouffe and other Obama-Clinton senior strategists act as if there isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even a presidential race and this year isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even a contest.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You want people to feel as passionate about Hillary Clinton being president as they do about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's Assets and Liabilities]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/08/hillarys-balance-sheet.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With a strong finish in California, Hillary Clinton put many of the doubts about her candidacy to bed. But despite shutting down competitor Bernie Sanders, Clinton still has some major problems facing her in the general.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' So let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approach Clinton as a businessman approaches any...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Waiting to Back Trump Gets Paul Ryan Nowhere]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/25/waiting-to-back-trump-gets-ryan-nowhere.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be a little bit pregnant and you can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be a little bit Trump, at least if you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re a Republican politician.The agonies of House Speaker Paul Ryan are on full display as he and his staff work to bat down rumors that the Wisconsinite would capitulate to Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Gets His Bump While Clinton Loses Ground]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/19/trump-gets-his-bump-while-hillary-loses-ground.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump continues to do about as well as his predecessor from four years ago. But Hillary Clinton is missing the mark. Badly.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' As Mitt Romney locked up the Republican nomination after 14 weeks of contests, he saw his ratings rise as Republican rallied behind their standard bearer,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Boehner Unplugged: Likes Trump, Savages Cruz]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/28/boehner-likes-trump-savages-cruz.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican establishment is getting jiggy with the idea of nominating Donald Trump.How jiggy? Former House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday told a crowd at Stanford University that he was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'texting buddies'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' with the celebrity businessman and would have no trouble voting for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Tries Out for New Role: Presumptive Nominee]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/20/trump-tries-out-for-new-role-presumptive-nominee.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican nominating process has evolved for a moment just such as this: helping a damaged frontrunner stave off a challenge from a conservative insurgent and avoiding the threat of a chaotic convention.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' What nobody knew was that the frontrunner this year would be Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Presenting Your New York Field Guide]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/19/presenting-your-new-york-field-guide.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been 60 years since a New Yorker was last elected president. And it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been 60 years since either party nominated a New Yorker. But as the wild and wooly 2016 primaries roll into the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s third-most populous state, New Yorkers stand atop both the Democratic and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Year After &quot;Wiped Clean&quot; Clinton's Email Still a Mess]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/28/year-after-wiped-clean-hillarys-email-still-mess.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A year ago this morning, America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political class woke up to a new round of declarative-sounding claims from the campaign of Hillary Clinton.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In an emergency press conference earlier that month to answer revelations about her use of a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'homebrew'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' email server as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cruz Looks for Reset With a Win in Wisconsin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/25/cruz-looks-to-reset-race-with-wisconsin-win.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Second-place GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is out today with a trio of new ads in Wisconsin ahead pf the Badger State'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s April 5 primary.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The spots, which you can see here, here and here, are backed by $350,000 according to his campaign and are all positive in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Q Poll Blows Hole in Republican Convention Fantasies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/23/q-poll-blows-hole-in-gop-convention-fantasies.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The argument that somehow Donald Trump can be denied the Republican nomination has gotten thinner than the ham in a sandwich at the state penitentiary.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' A new Quinnipiac University poll out today says not only that Donald Trump has a 14-point lead on Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, but that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Gets Stuck in Reverse]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/04/trump-gets-stuck-in-reverse.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has not been shy about, ahem, extrapolating from press reports or what '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'everybody has told [him]'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to elevate rumors into national news stories. Some highlights include calling Ben Carson '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'pro-abortion,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' suggesting Ted Cruz backed the Keystone pipeline...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Your Guide to the Iowa Caucus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/01/your-iowa-caucus-guide.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the ultimate numbers game.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Tonight, we will start to see what the 2016 electorate looks like for the first time. Is the Democratic Party '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Berning'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' down? Has Donald Trump remade the GOP? As Iowans go to caucus this evening at 8 p.m. ET the volume of turnout will say...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rambunctious Debate Scrambles Iowa Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/rambunctious-debate-scrambles-iowa-race.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ted Cruz got a taste of frontrunner status in Thursday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s debate and he likely didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t find it too relishing.Given Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to skip the Republicans only Iowa debate, the Texas senator found himself not only on the receiving end of more tough questions from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Establishment Leaning Toward Trump over Cruz?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/19/gop-establishment-leaning-toward-trump-over-cruz.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These days, many Republican leaders are playing an unappetizing game of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'would you rather.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'The conventional wisdom, which once dictated that neither Donald Trump nor Sen. Ted Cruz could possibly be the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nominee now says that one of the two men will necessarily claim...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama's Amazingly Ungracious Presidency]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/12/amazingly-ungracious-era.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First, please stipulate that the very idea of a State of the Union address is a concept that should have gone out with top hats on Inauguration Day.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' We will not assault your eyes with another lamentation of this overstuffed overwrought and mostly meaningless ritual. But suffice it to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Seven Deadly Stupidities of 2015 Political Coverage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/23/seven-deadly-stupidities-2015-political-coverage.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congratulations on having almost survived what surely has been one of the most perfectly stupid years in political journalism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' There are a lot of reasons that our political process is such a goat roping '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' particularly the perverse incentives for failure for both parties '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Top Tier Firms Up in Final Republican Debate of 2015]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/16/top-tier-firms-up-in-final-gop-debate-2015.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s safe to say that the final debate of 2015 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the end of the pre-season '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t change the trajectory of the race.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  It was instead a confirmation of the shape of this chaotic contest.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll look at the leaderboard, but first a word about the debates...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Five Stages of a Trumptation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/08/five-stages-trumptation.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Trumptation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that moment when the GOP frontrunner becomes the total focus of the political press based on an intentional provocation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' has a well-defined lifecycle.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Stage One: Donald Trump has a fever and there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only one cure'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In the case of this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biggest Winner Was the Smaller Stage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/11/debate-night-win-lose-or-draw/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fourth Republican presidential debate is done and there weren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t any earthquakes. But in the more than a month until the next contest, there will be lots to consider.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The biggest winner of all was the smaller stage. The reduction to the still-sizable eight podiums allowed for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Everybody Chillax About GOP Debate Disagreements]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/03/everybody-chillax-its-no-surprise-that-candidates-differ-on-debates/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who was the undisputed winner of the 2012 GOP debate marathon? Newton Leroy Gingrich, and nobody else was close.His greatest, most Ruthian, grand slam came off of what CNN had imagined would be a blistering split-fingered fastball about allegations from his first wife. But, instead, it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mythical Creatures Abound on Gun Control]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/05/mythical-creatures-abound-on-gun-control/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons that business is so good for false prophets in politics these days is that it works so well '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' at least when it comes to raising money and winning elections.And when your prophecies don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t come to pass, the way out is simple. You just point at the unicorn barn....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio, Bush, Fiorina and Cruz Win the Week]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/02/edge-rubio-bush-fiorina-and-cruz-win-week/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public interest in the GOP 2016 field bounced back this week, but some bounced higher than others.Marco Rubio,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jeb Bush,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Carly Fiorina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Ted Cruz'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' gained ground on the competition in this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s installment of The Edge, a one-of-a-kind measurement from the New Analytics...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Slippery Slope With Late-Term Abortion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/29/hillary-steps-on-slippery-slope-with-late-term-abortion/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why have Democrats long resisted any limitations on elective abortions? After all it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not like supporting anything called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'partial-birth abortion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' is a political winner.The answer is the same as why Republicans resist new gun control laws of any kind, even those that have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind Boehner's Benediction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/25/behind-boehners-benediction/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It says somewhere that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'no greater love hath a man than to lay down his speakership for his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or something like that.House Speaker John Boehner had one way left to keep his rivals off base, and this morning he deployed it.Boehner had intimated to a close circle of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Email Troubles Wipe Clinton's Second Reset]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/23/email-news-wipes-hillarys-second-reset/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s furious effort to refocus her struggling campaign on something other than the scandals that have dogged it from the start just ran smack into a brick wall.First, the WaPo reported that Clinton had misrepresented why she turned over emails from her private server....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fiorina Wins &quot;Face-Off&quot; With Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/17/carly-wins-face-off-with-trump-carries-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We told you that Carly Fiorina would be the most dangerous person on the stage in the second Republican presidential debate, and was she ever.Fiorina extracted the closest thing to an apology from frontrunner Donald Trump that anyone has, getting him to publicly declare her...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Team Hillary Has No One But Itself to Blame]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/08/team-hillary-has-no-one-but-itself-to-blame/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re running one of the dozen or so GOP campaigns being charred and suffocated by the Trump zeppelin that has crashed into the Republican nominating process, life isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t too pleasant these days.But there is this considerable solace. When the boss or the donors demand...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Save the Phony Drama on Iran Vote]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/02/save-phony-drama-on-iran-vote/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Stirewalt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like a theater company trying to pump up a third-rate script, the press has been overheating the drama over Senate Democrats proclaiming support of President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Iran nuclear deal.Getting 34 of 46 members of the Democratic caucus to not rebuke him ought not to be too tough. When...]]></description>
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