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							<title><![CDATA[Why Demographics Weren't--&amp; Won't Be--Destiny for Dems]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kessler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be this way. Instead of holding a record-low number of elected offices at the federal, state and local levels, Democrats were supposed to have unshakable majorities. Instead of relying on a handful of &ldquo;blue wall&rdquo; states in the upper Midwest to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wake Up, Dems: We're in Big Trouble, Here's How to Fix It]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kessler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s dispel the notion that if Democrats only had a different nominee the world would be set right on its axis. No matter what kind of Democrat you were, it was a bad night on Tuesday. Populists Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Zephyr Teachout (the Bernie Sanders of New York) lost...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Dems Can Minimize Losses This Year]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kessler</author>
							<description><![CDATA["We are going to lose the House and the Senate."Those were the opening words of a memo that I faxed to my then-boss, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Labor Day in 1994. Schumer was still in the House, I was his legislative director, and my prediction was based on one overarching idea: The...]]></description>
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