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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Allen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19129.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Allen]]></description><category domain="19129">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Talks MN, Iran, the Fed, AI in Wide-Ranging Interview]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-minneapolis-joe-rogan-fed-ai-2028-interview-rcna256641</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump sat down with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'NBC Nightly News'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' anchor Tom Llamas and shared where his immigration crackdown is going, whether Americans will get rebate checks and more.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Tests 'Affordability' Message in PA Battleground District]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-economy-campaign-speech-pennsylvania-rcna248291</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In hallmark fashion, he veered far off script and off the topic of affordability at times. He attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' prompting a chant of "send her back" to Somalia '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' denigrated windmills, mocked transgender people and called his predecessor, Joe Biden, a "son of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Voter Rebuke, Trump Doubles Down on Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-economy-strong-rebuke-voters-rcna242686</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This approach carries risks, as President Joe Biden learned when he ignored inflation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and then scrambled to minimize the political fallout of losing trust with the public.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['No Way Out': Democrats Fall Into Line Behind Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-powerless-elites-fall-line-biden-rcna160911</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But by some accounts from Democrats at all levels, backing Biden felt more akin to a death march to November than a rousing backing for a party nominee.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley's Strategy Faces a Hitch: SC Is Trump Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/nikki-haleys-home-state-strategy-faces-hitch-south-carolina-trump-coun-rcna126735</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former governor has staked her campaign's hopes on beating former President Donald Trump on her home turf, where he enjoys big polling leads.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Feels the Love in Iowa. Is That Enough?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-feels-love-iowa-might-not-enough-rcna74367</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To hear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tell it, he's exactly the kind of winner that Republicans here in Iowa '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and across the country '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' look for in a presidential nominee.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis' 2024 Bid Emerges From the Shadows]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-emerges-from-the-shadows/ar-AA17Z5de</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis' shadow campaign for the presidency is suddenly becoming much more visible, even as his advisers insist he's focused on governing Florida.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems on Edge, Question Fetterman Remaining on Ballot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/fetterman-debate-performance-democrats-edge-pa-senate-race-rcna54158</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the FBI Raid Affects a Trump 2024 Bid]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-search-mar-lago-could-030851860.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has given every signal that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s running for president in 2024. The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Florida on Monday may only harden his resolve to jump in the race '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and possibly speed up the timetable.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The January 6 Riot and the Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/riot-republic-and-fight-for-america-soul/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One year after a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol, experts, historians and politicians warn of a democracy still at risk.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs a Win--or Two]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-needs-win-or-two-n1280108</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the president can't figure out how to pass his $4 trillion domestic agenda soon, Democrats will have to campaign on what they didn't do.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Covid Mandates Be Good Politics for Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-vaccine-mandates-are-attack-both-covid-gop-n1278852</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's flex of executive muscle to vaccinate more people in the U.S. is a low-risk strategy that unifies Democrats and divides Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pain of Inflation May Not Stop Dems' Reconciliation Bill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/democrats-pain-inflation-no-reason-stop-spending-n1274917</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats in the White House and Congress are betting that the long-term benefits of their agenda will outweigh a "temporary" rise in prices.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Biden Worry About Soaring Lumber Prices?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/should-joe-biden-worry-about-soaring-lumber-prices-n1267475</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lumber hit an all-time high of $1,686 per thousand board feet this month, surging by 406 percent from the $333 it was trading at the same time last year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Trump Defectors Tip Pennsylvania to Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/pennsylvania-small-town-trump-defectors-are-rare-could-be-decisive-n1245616</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: In one of the most hotly contested 2020 battlegrounds, some Democrats worry that Trump will win. But it wouldn't take many Trump crossover votes to tip the state to Biden.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Outsider Image Won't Work Like It Did in '16]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/final-debate-biden-shows-trump-what-it-means-be-politician-n1244498</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In the final two weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump is placing an awfully big bet on the premise that casting his opponent as an insider has the same value it did four years ago.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signals He's Afraid He Will Lose a Fair Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-campaigns-win-trump-maneuvers-hold-power-n1240965</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: The basic asymmetry of their goals could give the president an edge if the election is clouded. But it also signals he's afraid he will lose a fair vote.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Election 2020 Be the Economy, Stupid?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-are-nervous-about-trump-s-persisting-edge-over-biden-n1239807</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some of Biden's allies fear his economic message hasn't broken through and are urging him to do more to neutralize the president's lead on the issue in swing states.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Woodward Book Is 'Political Hit Job,' Trump's the Culprit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/if-woodward-s-book-political-hit-job-trump-culprit-n1239706</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: Of all the self-defeating things he has done, admitting he publicly downplayed the risks of the coronavirus while privately conceding the danger may be the most damaging.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Pushing Segregationist Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/five-decades-later-trump-still-pushing-segregationist-policies-n1233983</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president has been saying a fair housing rule backed by Joe Biden would "abolish the suburbs." He means Biden wants to stop segregation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Desperate Trump Bets on Racism in 2020 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/desperate-trump-bets-racism-2020-election-n1233116</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: Without a strategic plan for reversing his sliding poll numbers, the president is turning to a shopworn tool: scaring conservative white voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Silent Majority Is More an Absent Minority]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-s-deflating-tulsa-turnout-reveals-deeper-problem-him-n1231664</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rather than a silent majority, the president demonstrated the limits of his base's support.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Alive. In a Survival Contest, Will That Be Enough?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-s-alive-survival-contest-will-be-enough-n1146306</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: The former vice president resurrected his campaign with a convincing victory, but he may have to do better to catch up with Bernie Sanders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Sanders Expand His Base in the Democratic Primary?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/winning-ugly-enough-bernie-sanders-n1136581</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: The first two contests revealed how hard it will be for the Vermont senator to expand his base in the Democratic primary.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Divisions Risk Handing Trump Big Advantage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-2020-split-risks-handing-trump-big-advantage-n1109371#431</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: Even without a consensus standard-bearer, Democrats could make the case for their party if they could agree on a direction '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' other than away from the president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Pays a Historic Price for Doing Business His Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/trump-pays-historic-price-doing-business-his-way-impeachment-n1104606</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: While the president and GOP loyalists insist he is a blameless victim, there will now be a big black asterisk emblazoned next to his name in the ledger of American history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Over the Span of Two Days, Harris and Warren Stood Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/front-running-biden-trips-first-2020-democratic-debate-n1024386</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Front-running Biden trips in first 2020 Democratic debate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Pullback on Strikes May Have Made Crisis Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-choked-iran-strikes-may-have-made-crisis-more-perilous-n1020436</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: At a crucial moment, analysts say, the president's indecision emboldened Iran and left American allies uncertain.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Lock Them Up'? Trump Goes on Offense on Russia Probe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/lock-them-trump-turns-his-attention-enemies-his-state-n988711</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: At the president's first rally since the attorney general announced he wouldn't be prosecuted, Trump went on offense against Democrats and the media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Losing Badly on Illegal Immigration]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-latest-big-immigration-bet-looking-loser-n948981</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Allen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis: No border wall. No rewrite of immigration policy. No Republican majority in the House. On his top agenda item, the president is getting hammered.]]></description>
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