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<title><![CDATA[Jon Ward - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19192.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jon Ward]]></description><category domain="19192">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[In the Wash Zone of Culture and Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/29/in_the_wash_zone_of_culture_and_politics_149167.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s predawn. Loud music and shouting are coming from the basement. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 1997, my second year of college. But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not a party. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m in my parents'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' house in the D.C. suburbs. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m alone in my bedroom. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m singing and dancing and shouting while listening...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Being a Political Journalist Made Me a Better Christian]]></title>
							<link>https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/may-web-only/christian-journalist-faith-media-religion-news.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One question I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m often asked is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Is it hard to be a Christian and a journalist?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Whenever I speak to young people about my job, this inquiry pops up almost every time. I always think it odd. I was raised deep inside the cocoon of a nondenominational evangelical church...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Year of the Angry Parent? The GOP Hopes So]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/is-this-the-year-of-the-angry-parent-the-gop-hopes-so-192102019.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans want the midterm elections this fall to be the year of the angry parent, and they believe they can channel that frustration against Democrats and use it to retake control of Congress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Macron's Shocking Win Tells America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/macrons-shocking-win-inspires-americans-plotting-independent-2020-bid-190249814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some Americans are studying Emmanuel Macron's astonishing rise to power in France as they seek to lay the groundwork for a similar upset in the U.S.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Evangelicals Accuse Trump Supporters of Abandoning Faith]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/evangelicals-accuse-fellow-believers-of-abandoning-023303073.html?soc_src=mail&amp;soc_trk=ma</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Students at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., sing before Donald J. Trump delivers a speech on Jan. 18, 2016. Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s support from self-identified evangelical voters has sparked a debate among Christian leaders over what that term means, and a move to narrow the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Starts Digging Out After Debate Debacle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/rubio-starts-digging-out-after-debate-debacle-191921538.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his first public appearances the morning after a terrible debate performance, Marco Rubio tried to push back Sunday against the idea that he lacks accomplishments as a lawmaker, a key part of the argument being made against him by rivals who say he is too inexperienced to be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump and the Two Corinthians]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/at-liberty-university-donald-trump-again-stumbles-211607104.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you grew up going to an evangelical church, as I did, chances are you attended youth groups at which a leader asked everyone to name their favorite Bible verse.When I was in middle school, I had a trusty Scripture ready for any such occasion: Proverbs 27:17. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nine words long,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Political Education of Ben Carson]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-political-education-of-ben-carson-090042238.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2013, Ben Carson told Glenn Beck that he had no plans to run for president. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I would be a terrible candidate,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he said.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Two years later, that statement has proven to be both true and largely inconsequential. Carson has been a bumbling candidate, but it hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Jeb Bush Break the Trump Spell?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/politics/can-jeb-bush-break-the-trump-spell-128215373811.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few hours before the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland in August, a Jeb Bush confidant said that it might be a good thing if the former Florida governor did badly later that evening. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I almost feel like he needs to get punched in the face,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the Bush adviser...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush Starts Losing]]></title>
							<link>http://news.yahoo.com/jeb-bush-speaks-up-for-immigrants-as-republicans-flock-to-conservative-confab-in-iowa-224706855.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Liz Cheney Flamed Out]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116120/liz-cheneys-wyoming-flame-out-was-result-her-cable-tv-style</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Liz Cheney moved to Wyoming, in 2012, her path to the Senate seemed clear enough. Cheney had a famous name, a high-profile media presence, an impressive CV, and plenty of money. The incumbent, a backbencher named Mike Enzi, was expected to retire. Most political pros would have had...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[George W. Bush at Peace]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/30/george-w-bush-bike_n_3359824.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CRAWFORD, Texas -- George W. Bush had been riding his mountain bike for almost four hours, and he was out of gas.I was 12 riders behind the former president as we cycled, single file, along a winding trail cut through Bush's 1,500-acre ranch. We had been riding almost nonstop, in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Debates Changed the Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/three-days-in-october-how_n_2049394.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The night before the first debate in Denver, I ran into Kevin Madden, the 40-year-old, square-jawed senior aide to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in the lobby of the Denver Renaissance Hotel. Madden is about as disciplined and professional as they come in political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Will Make &quot;Closing Argument&quot; Speech Friday in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/mitt-romney-closing-argument-iowa_n_2007145.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney will deliver what his campaign is billing as a "closing argument" Friday in a major speech in Iowa focused largely on the economy, a Romney campaign official told The Huffington Post.Romney will fly from Ohio to Ames, Iowa, in the middle of a two-day trip to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney's Week From Hell]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/mitt-romney-week-from-hell_n_1895398.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Republicans could use a bit of advice from an unlikely source right now: Obama adviser David Plouffe, who in 2010 told Democrats worried about the mid-term elections, "No bed-wetting."Now it's Republicans who are frightened. Mitt Romney's recent troubles have created a sense...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan Confronts Bernanke Over U.S. Debt]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/09/ryan-confronts-bernanke-over-feds-purchases-of-u-s-debt-raises-concerns-about-the-dollar/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan challenged Federal Reserve Chairman  Ben Bernanke'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policy of so-called quantitative easing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the printing  of new U.S. dollars to buy government debt '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and raised concerns that a  weakened dollar and inflation could cause the loss...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Palin a Hero to Many, But Not Pick for President]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/17/palin-a-hero-to-many-in-tea-party-but-not-their-pick-for-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Perhaps  the least known aspect about Sarah Palin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s relationship with the Tea  Party is that though almost all in the movement love her and support  her, many of them simultaneously have serious reservations about whether  they want her to run for president.Interviews over the last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Shows No Sign of Budging on Core Agenda]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/03/obama-admits-he-got-a-shellacking-but-shows-no-sign-of-budging-on-core-agenda/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama had a blunt response when asked Wednesday to explain how it felt to watch the Democratic Party suffer the worst electoral defeat in the House in more than half a century.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It feels bad,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Obama said, facing the White House press corps a day after the election. He...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blago Trial Casts Doubt on Obama's Truthfulness]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/16/blago-trial-produces-no-bombshells-but-casts-doubt-on-obama-truthfulness/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Blago trial went to intermission this week after government  prosecutors rested  their case a month ahead of schedule. The case holds national  interest primarily because of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s  connections to President Obama, and because of the potential that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Kind of Politics at the White House?]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/03/political-problems-converging-on-obama-white-house-all-at-once/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Key U.S. Allies Absent at Summit]]></title>
							<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/12/absence-of-key-u-s-allies-at-summit-amplifies-doubts-about-obamas-foreign-policy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama is holding one of the biggest global summits ever on  U.S. soil starting Monday, but for all the hoopla, the event will be  missing America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strongest allies.As remarkable as it is, the fact that neither British Prime Minister  Gordon Brown nor Israeli Prime...]]></description>
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