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							<title><![CDATA[A Brokered Convention: Why It Might Happen]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terry Madonna and Michael Young</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's the dream of every political junkie and the nightmare of every presidential campaign: a &ldquo;brokered &ldquo;convention that forces the nomination fight beyond the first ballot. But nightmare or fantasy, in the modern world, a brokered convention is the rarest of phenomenon....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Really Bad Idea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/09/17/a_really_bad_idea_111367.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[We pose a hypothetical question. Suppose a certain state, long a political power in national politics, was beginning to lose some of its clout, as its population growth slowed. Once the second largest state in terms of electoral votes, it had recently fallen to fifth place with only 20...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Bad Year For Some Good Lessons]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/12/29/a_bad_year_for_some_good_lessons_108376.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[It may be an ill wind that blows no good, but it's a positively rotten political year that presents no teachable moments. By that standard, 2010 was a great year. Here are eight enduring political lessons that we learned or relearned this year.
1.	New presidents get in trouble by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania's Shifting Political Tides]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/18/pennsylvanias_shifting_political_tides_107222.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tom Corbett and Pat Toomey, the GOP's candidates for governor and U.S. senator this year, respectively, are undoubtedly emitting collective sighs of relief.Earlier in the month, Governor Ed Rendell shocked many observers by opining that the Republican Party was being taken over by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dumb &amp; Dumber]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/08/06/dumb__dumber_106631.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terry Madonna and Michael Young</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Somebody needs to check Pennsylvania's water supply. Perhaps it's something those guys are drinking, or maybe smoking, that explains the faux pas outbreak spreading in the Keystone State. Either way, it's threatening to become a serious epidemic.
First, Attorney General Tom Corbett,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resurrection of Rick Santorum]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/06/the_resurrection_of_rick_santorum_105056.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terry Madonna and Michael Young</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was only a matter of time. Apparently that time has arrived. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, once the U.S. Senate's resident enfant terrible, and more recently think tank habitu&#195;&#169; and op-ed columnist, is making news again. He's doing so by logging highly publicized trips to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Goldilocks Principle in American Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/10/the_goldilocks_principle_in_american_politics_98233.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terry Madonna and Michael Young</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In politics, text and subtext don't always tell the same tale. This time, however, they do. The text in question can be found in almost any story this summer about the Obama administration. Some recent column titles from Real Clear Politics paint the picture poignantly: "It's time to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania's Odd Man Out]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/08/pennsylvanias_odd_man_out_97816.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Sestak: Giant Killer?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/02/joe_sestak_giant_killer_96788.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Feet of Clay?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/obamas_feet_of_clay.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Casey's Endorsement Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/the_casey_fly_in_the_clinton_o.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Keys to Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/obamas_keys_to_the_keystone_st.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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