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<title><![CDATA[Mark Barabak - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20024.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mark Barabak]]></description><category domain="20024">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Newsom's a Lame Duck. Can 2028 Hopes Still Take Flight?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/commentary-gavin-newsom-is-a-lame-duck-can-his-presidential-hopes-still-take-flight/ar-AA2c74CK?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=6aa6864cebdb42e09a4c1c926179349f&amp;ei=18</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom, the California governor who loves to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' heckle Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and talk about the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'big swings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s taken at policy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' while in office, is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' now a lame duck.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[He Opposed Trump. But 6 Months In, 'I'm Very Impressed']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-he-tried-to-keep-trump-from-a-second-term-but-six-months-in-i-m-very-impressed/ar-AA1IpgL2</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2024, Hutson worked with "No Labels," a group of Democrats, Republicans and independents, to forge a bipartisan ticket with the express purpose of keeping either Trump or Joe Biden from winning the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Newsom Wants To Be President, He's Got Work To Do]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-if-gavin-newsom-wants-to-be-president-hes-got-work-to-do-starting-at-home/ar-AA1Eomuc</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Newsom for President bandwagon hit another rut this week.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Recall a Three-Alarm Warning for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-liberal-san-francisco-school-154127084.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ouster of San Francisco school board members over COVID-19 issues bodes poorly for Democrats come November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Republicans Can Be Relevant in California]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jan/17/how-republicans-can-be-relevant-in-california/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barring something extraordinary, like, say, being caught on videotape dynamiting the Golden Gate Bridge, Gavin Newsom will be reelected as California governor in November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Incredible Disappearing Vice President]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/nov/14/the-incredible-disappearing-vice-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to Kamala Harris? She shattered all kinds of ceiling glass when Joe Biden made California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s junior senator his running mate and Harris was elected vice president. Since then, she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s largely receded from Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s daily doings and the cliff-hanging drama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden to the Rescue? POTUS Vows Effort to Save Newsom]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-biden-rescue-president-promises-235323255.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, hopes to energize lackadaisical Democrats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Newsom Recall Just a Revolt of Red-State California?]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-hundreds-attempts-break-california-120052874.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Efforts to oust the Democratic governor amount to a revolt by discontented conservative state residents.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Colo. Lawmakers Ousted in Recall Over Gun Laws]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-colorado-gun-recall-20130911,0,4865795.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' In an unprecedented backlash, two state lawmakers who helped stiffen Colorado's gun laws were ousted Tuesday in a recall that turned into a nationally watched referendum on gun control.Colorado Senate President John Morse, who shepherded the legislation to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Team Races to Define Romney]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-romney-2012-20120505,0,4424169.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that President Obama is prepared to formally launch his reelection bid, the race is on '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' to define his opponent, Mitt Romney.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Little Enthusiasm for Obama, Romney in Rural Ohio]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ohio-battleground-2012-20120429,0,1234667.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wedge Issues May Boost Obama's Prospects]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign-2012-wedge-issues-20120428,0,2706316.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is President Obama trying to wedge his way to a second term?  The economy will doubtless be the overriding issue in November's presidential contest, and Obama is hardly ignoring it. But a successful candidate appeals to all sorts of voters harboring all sorts of concerns, and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Few States Could Decide 2012 Battle]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-romney-strategy-20120416,0,6446713.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the November field set, Americans can look forward to months of trench warfare as President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney wage a costly, brutal and scathingly negative fight over a narrow slice of voters in a limited number of states.Although Romney still must accumulate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lower Turnout Seen as Warning Sign to GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gop-2012-turnout-20120212,0,1235967.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney On a Roll in Republican Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nevada-caucuses-20120205,0,3397649.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney spent years cultivating voters in Nevada, and it paid off with a commanding victory that not only pushed him closer to the GOP nomination but laid a strong marker in a state both parties will fight to carry in November.Romney also won the Nevada caucuses in 2008, one of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Serious Rival Emerges to Threaten Mitt]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-iowa-analysis-20120104,0,890040.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney may not have scored a huge victory in Iowa, but he still walked away a winner. Elections are often as much about subtraction as addition, and what didn't happen in the caucuses was more important than what did: No giant-slayer emerged as a potent alternative to the former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney May Win By Default]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-1020-gop-candidates-20111020,0,4335588.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a concentrated burst of campaigning, the GOP presidential race has been distilled to a simple question: Can Republicans learn to live with Mitt Romney even if they don't love Mitt Romney?The former Massachusetts governor is certainly not a lock to face President Obama in November...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In GOP Contest, Anything Could Happen]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gop-campaign-2012-20111001,0,2602935.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barely three months before the first votes are cast, the Republican race for president is up for grabs, complicated by the absence of a clear front-runner and the rules that have guided the GOP's selection process for the past several decades.The rise of the "tea party" movement, with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Perry Has History of Acrimony With George W. Bush]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-0630-perry-bush-20110630,0,5364724.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rick Perry was in Iowa three years ago, talking up a favored candidate, when the subject turned to George W. Bush, the president and a fellow Republican who preceded Perry as Texas governor.  Bush, or "George," as Perry called him, was no fiscal conservative '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'  "never was" '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Huckabee's Intentions Unclear Even to Close Aides]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-huckabee-decision-20110513,0,505953.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Political advisors and close associates of former Arkansas Gov. Mike  Huckabee remained in the dark Friday about what he will say Saturday  night when he announces his decision about whether to pursue another  White House bid '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' an indication he has decided not to jump in the 2012 ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[West Is Key Battleground for Obama's Reelection]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign-2012-west-20110227,0,7352528.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Rocky Mountain West, which helped give Democrats the White House and control of the U.S. Senate, has emerged as a key 2012 battleground as President Obama works to win back independents and others disaffected by the last two  years of high unemployment, soaring deficits and expansive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NV: Rory Reid Hampered by His Last Name]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rory-reid-20100726,0,3650559.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Vote, Democrats Turn to Damage Control]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-health-politics22-2010mar22,0,5000416.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Barabak</author>
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