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<title><![CDATA[Robert Costa - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19655.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Robert Costa]]></description><category domain="19655">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Believes Obama, Pelosi Are Underestimating His Political Coalition]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Alarmed Republicans Preparing To Draft Glenn Youngkin]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Talk of an audacious, break-glass moment for the anti-Trump faction inside the Republican Party has morphed into not-so-quiet consideration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump: Commander of Confusion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/commander-of-confusion-trump-sows-uncertainty-and-seeks-to-cast-blame-in-coronavirus-crisis/ar-BB125Yex</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the three weeks since declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak a national emergency, President Trump has delivered a dizzying array of rhetorical contortions, sowed confusion and repeatedly sought to cast blame on others.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Defend Trump, Conservatives Seek to Smear Khashoggi]]></title>
							<link>https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/to-defend-trump-conservatives-smear-journalist-presumed-dead/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In recent days, a cadre of conservative House Republicans allied with President Donald Trump has been privately exchanging articles from right-wing outlets that fuel suspicion of Jamal Khashoggi.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Lawyers Prepare for War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/prepared-for-war-as-mueller-moves-to-finalize-obstruction-report-trumps-allies-ready-for-political-battle/2018/06/16/ec3a4cfe-650c-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lawyers and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III are hurtling toward a showdown over a year-long investigation into the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s conduct, with Mueller pushing to write up his findings by summer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s end and Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lawyers strategizing how to rebut...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ignoring Warning Signs, GOP Rebrands as Party of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-embrace-the-cult-of-trump-ignoring-warning-signs/2018/06/13/a69d9a72-6f37-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?utm_term=.ed3d37f89b70</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fiercely and undeniably, the Republican Party this week confirmed its rebranding as the party of Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Amid Growing Calls to Drop Out, Trump Vows to 'Never Withdraw']]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-growing-calls-to-drop-out-trump-vows-to-never-withdraw/2016/10/08/8c0b5b7a-8d68-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Trump's Strategy to Counter the View That He Is &quot;Racist&quot;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-donald-trumps-new-strategy-to-shed-the-view-of-him-as-racist/2016/08/23/eedc4fd0-6945-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is rapidly trying to turn around his presidential campaign with a vigorous and at times strained effort to shed a label applied to him by a substantial portion of the electorate: racist.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Guided by his new campaign leadership, the Republican nominee has ordered a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan Stares Down a Backyard Revolt]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paul-ryan-stares-down-a-gop-revolt-in-his-back-yard/2016/08/06/fd2d12b0-5b24-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Rubio Meltdown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bad-strategy-poorly-run-campaign-are-killing-marco-rubios-chances/2016/03/06/d9a77e54-e246-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sensing an opportunity for an upset victory, Marco Rubio spent most of Friday in Kansas, where he picked up a series of high-profile endorsements that he hoped could help thrust him into contention.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Instead, he finished a dis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'appointing third in the Saturday caucus in Kansas,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Consults with Giuliani as He Builds Political Kitchen Cabinet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/21/donald-trump-consults-with-rudy-giuliani-as-he-builds-political-kitchen-cabinet/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Cruz: Establishment Warms to The Donald, Remains Cold to Ted]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-establishment-warms-to-trump--and-cruz-has-himself-to-blame/2016/01/21/f681a8ea-c06f-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican establishment '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' once seen as the force that would destroy Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s outsider candidacy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is now learning to live with it, with some elected and unelected leaders saying they see an upside to Trump as the nominee.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In the past few days, Trump has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Says Cruz's Canadian Birth 'Very Precarious' for GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-cruzs-canadian-birth-could-be-very-precarious-for-gop/2016/01/05/5ce69764-b3f8-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump0106-610pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Republican Party's Bizarre, Tumultuous '15]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/one-year-two-races/2016/01/03/28f65044-b15e-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is an oppressively humid day in South Florida and Jeb Bush has come home to declare his candidacy for president. The big crowd assembled at Miami Dade College is festive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and diverse, reflecting the culture of Miami that has shaped the former governor for decades and the kind of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: After Grumbling, Says He Will Participate in CNN Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-grumbling-trump-says-he-will-participate-in-cnn-debate/2015/12/03/ce95e706-99eb-11e5-b499-76cbec161973_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Contenders Demand Greater Control Over Crucial Debates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-contenders-demand-greater-control-over-crucial-debates/2015/11/01/c1226c0c-80a0-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Plots His Second Act]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-plots-his-second-act/2015/10/06/305790c2-6c68-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html?wpmm=1&amp;wpisrc=nl_daily202</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a summer of dominating the Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump is moving into a new and uncertain phase that the billionaire businessman acknowledges will be more challenging than any project he has ever undertaken '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even as he views the nomination as now within his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Conservatives, What (and Who) Comes Next?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-boehner-conservatives-must-answer-crucial-question-whos-next/2015/09/28/9aa5d31e-65fe-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hard-line conservative Republicans, emboldened by their role in the resignation of House Speaker John A. Boehner, are struggling to recruit a candidate with enough political capital and grass-roots support to challenge Boehner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s heir apparent.That contender, House Majority Leader...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Twilight Moment, Boehner Was at Peace]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-boehner-in-twilight/2015/09/25/124fc54a-6399-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was late Thursday at the Capitol, and the crowds had gone. Outside House Speaker John A. Boehner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s suite, the halls were empty and silent, save for a police officer strolling through the rotunda. On the marble floor were pieces of masking tape with the names of elected officials...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump a Wild Card in First GOP Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-presence-in-first-gop-debate-makes-prep-challenging-for-candidates/2015/07/29/2e34766a-3564-11e5-8e66-07b4603ec92a_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican presidential debate in Cleveland marks not only the inaugural formal gathering of the expansive GOP field but also the start of a new and unpredictable chapter in an already raucous 2016 race.Under the bright studio lights on the shores of Lake Erie on Aug. 6,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney to Host Kasich at His New Hampshire Home]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/23/romney-to-host-kasich-at-his-new-hampshire-home/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Leaders Fear Damage to Party's Image as Donald Trump Doubles Down]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/why-scott-walker-keeps-mentioning-marco-rubio-as-a-running-mate/2015/07/08/720be62e-23f4-11e5-aae2-6c4f59b050aa_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Jeb's Campaign Went Off Track]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-jeb-bushs-campaign-ran-off-course-before-it-even-began/2015/06/10/386331e6-0eb6-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html?hpid=z1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When asked to pinpoint where Jeb Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential effort began running into trouble, many confidants utter a single word: Dallas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iowa Straw Poll, Once a Kingmaker, Fades into Irrelevance for 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-iowa-straw-poll-once-a-kingmaker-fades-into-irrelevance-for-2016/2015/05/28/ca09c87c-0550-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Sets June Date for Official Campaign Announcement Rally]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/21/hillary-clinton-sets-date-for-official-campaign-announcement-speech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Finally, Hillary Takes Questions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/19/hillary-clinton-finally-takes-questions-defends-speech-income/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Rodham Clinton broke a long drought to take a few questions from the traveling press here Tuesday, distancing herself from President Obama's trade pact and defending the millions of dollars she and her husband have made from giving speeches.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Iowa, Republican Field Wide Open]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-iowa-republican-field-wide-open-as-moderates-stake-their-caucus-claims/2015/02/08/ced7c452-ae21-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[2016 Race Becoming Fight of Old vs. New]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party has long been riven between its establishment and conservative wings, a split that plays out every four years in the race for the White House.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But for 2016, the divide in the early race for the GOP nomination is as much generational as ideological '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' pitting...]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On most weekday mornings, House Republicans huddle in a windowless room in the Capitol basement. Over pastries and coffee, they confer with the leadership and discuss strategy. Sometimes they complain; sometimes they cheer. This past week, it'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s been more of the former. As the tensions...]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Costa</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rand Paul'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chief strategist is leaving his Senate post to run the Kentucky Republican'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political shop.Doug Stafford, who is widely seen as Paul'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s closest adviser, will soon resign as chief of staff to manage Paul'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s national political operation. Today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s news is...]]></description>
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