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<title><![CDATA[Michael O&apos;Brien - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19989.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael O&apos;Brien]]></description><category domain="19989">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[No Reflection for GOP After Shutdown Defeat]]></title>
							<link>http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/27/21122323-no-retreat-little-reflection-for-house-gop-after-bruising-shutdown</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters expecting to see reflection or remorse from Republicans after their fiscal walloping are still hearing a familiar party line on Obamacare: no retreat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Wins Re-Election; Ohio, Iowa, Wis. Prove Pivotal]]></title>
							<link>http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/06/14976592-obama-wins-re-election-ohio-iowa-wisconsin-prove-pivotal?lite</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty ImagesBarack Obama supporters celebrate on election night in Chicago.  Updated at 11:45 p.m. ET: President Barack Obama won re-election in a tight campaign, besting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in enough swing states to secure four more years in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaigns Set to Resume Wednesday]]></title>
							<link>http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14806116-campaign-pause-set-to-lift-on-wednesday?lite</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama canceled his campaign trips to Ohio on Wednesday as the rest of the 2012 presidential campaign prepared to largely resume its usual stride in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.Brendan Hoffman / Getty ImagesPresident Barack Obama makes a statement in the White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ohio Gov. John Kasich Predicts Romney Win]]></title>
							<link>http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/28/14757523-ohio-gov-predicts-romney-win-as-auto-politics-dominate?lite</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesMitt Romney and Paul Ryan sing along with Janna Ryan as the Oakridge Boys perform during a campaign rally at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Marion, Ohio on Sunday. Ohio's Republican governor said Sunday that private polls show Republican presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Credits Wall St. Bailout for Saving Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/21/10798301-romney-credits-bush-wall-st-bailout-for-avoiding-depression</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney offered an unprompted defense of the 2008 Wall Street bailout on Wednesday, crediting President George W. Bush and the preceding administration for averting an economic depression.Answering a question during a campaign event in Maryland, Romney both condemned the 2009 bailout...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Fights to Stave Off MI Embarrassment]]></title>
							<link>http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/28/10530686-romney-fights-to-stave-off-embarrassment-in-michigan</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney found himself fighting to infuse his presidential candidacy with new energy and stave off embarrassment in Tuesday&rsquo;s Republican primary in Michigan.A native son of Michigan, where his father served as governor, Romney&rsquo;s facing high expectations about his ability...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Reasserts His Frontrunner Status]]></title>
							<link>http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10280247-as-fla-votes-romney-poised-to-regain-frontrunner-status</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney could reassert his status as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination with a win Tuesday night in Florida, where the former Massachusetts governor has waged a pitched battle against Newt Gingrich.A number of polls indicate that Romney appears headed toward a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems to Argue GOP Wants Return to Bush]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/111031-dems-summer-strategy</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[House Democrats plan a six-week messaging campaign for the August recess in which they'll warn voters that putting Republicans back in power would mark a return to failed George W. Bush administration policies.The strategy, coordinated with the White House and the Democrats' campaign...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate GOP Blasts Health Care Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/73075-senate-gop-blasts-healthcare-bill</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael O&apos;Brien</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans blasted the chamber's new healthcare bill in no uncertain terms on Saturday."Make no mistake, this bill will reshape our nation and our lives," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement. "This bill is a legislative trainwreck of historic...]]></description>
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