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<title><![CDATA[David Axelrod - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20098.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Axelrod]]></description><category domain="20098">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Making Same Mistake as Biden on Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-is-repeating-one-of-biden-s-big-mistakes/ar-AA1RSwOL</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump recaptured the White House in part by relentlessly exploiting Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s failure to heed widespread concerns about the rising cost of living. Now, bizarrely, President Trump is walking himself'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'into the same perilous trap by denying the economic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Lot of Irrational Exuberance Around Harris Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/03/axelrod_a_lot_of_irrational_exuberance_around_kamala_harris_it_is_absolutely_trumps_race_to_lose_right_now.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CNN political commentator and former senior adviser to Barack Obama David Axelrod encouraged Democrats to curb their enthusiasm around Vice President Kamala Harris, the party's presumptive presidential nominee.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Defiant Delusion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/opinions/biden-failed-to-quell-panic-abc-interview-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Early in the interview Friday, ABC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s George Stephanopoulos asked President Joe Biden if he had watched his disastrous June 27th debate with Donald Trump that has created an existential crisis for the Biden campaign.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is the Democratic Party's Nominee. This Isn't the '60s]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/06/27/axelrod_biden_is_the_nominee_of_the_democratic_party_this_isnt_the_60s.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Obama advisor David Axelrod throws cold water on speculation that the Democratic Party could replace President Biden as their nominee at the convention next month during CNN's post-debate panel:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Role Robert De Niro Should Have Turned Down]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/opinions/robert-de-niro-biden-trump-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Robert De Niro has brilliantly played many roles in his long and storied acting career. He might, on second thought, have turned down the one for which'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' he was cast'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Tuesday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump Fears Most]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/what-donald-trump-fears-most/ar-AA1nrk3a</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s biographers all seem to agree that he didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get a lot of love from his father. But what Fred Trump did impart to his son was an indelible lesson: There are two kinds of people in the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'killers and losers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and like his father, Donald had to be a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden and Trump Desperately Need Each Other]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/opinions/biden-trump-michigan-primary-revealed-secret-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the dirty little secret that Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Michigan primaries laid bare: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are bitter rivals, who desperately need each other.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will DeSantis Get Left Out in the Cold in Iowa?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/opinions/iowa-caucuses-debate-desantis-haley-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After nearly a year of intense campaigning that, at first, featured a large field, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will stand on the stage Wednesday night on CNN for the fifth and final debate before the Iowa caucuses kick off the official election season on Monday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Must Seriously Consider Stepping Aside]]></title>
							<link>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1721187586268389858.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's very late to change horses; a lot will happen in the next year that no one can predict &amp; Biden's team says his resolve to run is firm.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Chance Looming for GOP Candidates Not Named Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/27/opinions/trump-republican-debate-night-desantis-haley-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Hall of Fame philosopher/catcher Yogi Berra'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' once said, in describing the shadows that engulfed left field at Yankee Stadium in the afternoon, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It gets late early out there.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is DeSantis' Problem DeSantis?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/14/opinions/ron-desantis-campaign-shake-up-iowa-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the fall of 2007, a group of nervous donors summoned then-candidate Barack Obama to a meeting in Chicago and demanded changes in the leadership of his campaign in response to lagging national poll numbers. Obama listened intently and politely.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Supporters Care About Stunning Indictment?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-indictment-is-damning-trump-could-still-come-out-ahead/ar-AA1clU0b</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the weeks before he took office as president, Donald Trump had a portentous, private chat with the broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl, a prelude to a 60 Minutes interview. As Stahl recounted later, she asked Trump why he so relentlessly brutalized the media. His answer, she said, was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Barack Obama, America Will Never Be the Same]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/opinions/barack-obama-presidency-lesson-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In all the years I worked for Barack Obama, I didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think enough about the burdens of being America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first Black president '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in part because he bore them so gracefully.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Unpopular Biden Doesn't Face Real Democratic Opposition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/21/opinions/biden-2024-democratic-announce-reelection-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden was the toast of Ireland last week, as he was treated to a hero'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s welcome in a pageant-laden return to his ancestral home.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's Imperfect Choice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/chicago-s-imperfect-choice/ar-AA19siyP?ocid=Peregrine&amp;cvid=135fa7bddf9544a59adff72221f14807&amp;ei=11</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not clear if either mayoral candidate is the leader the city needs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lori Lightfoot's Fatal Political Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/opinions/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-political-mistake-axelrod</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, Lori Lightfoot captured almost 74% of the vote en route to an historic election as Chicago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mayor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Neither Party Can Escape Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-neither-party-can-escape-trump/ar-AA17Br10</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One fears his nomination; the other might need it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Mistake Biden Must Avoid in His Big Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/opinions/state-of-the-union-biden-speech-stakes-axelrod</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The State of the Union speech is not a magic elixir or cure-all for political ills. Generally, presidents get a slight bump in polling following the speech, but that fades over time.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In a Lifetime of Politics, This One Moment Shines Through]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/opinions/iowa-caucuses-barack-obama-15th-anniversary-axelrod</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mention politics in mixed company these days, and the word often evokes discomfort, averted eyes and nervous asides meant to steer the conversation to safer shores. Many families report avoiding the subject altogether at holiday gatherings for fear of spoiling the occasion by inviting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sinema's Departure Is More Show Than Substance]]></title>
							<link>https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/09/opinions/democratic-politics-kyrsten-sinema-arizona-departure-axelrod</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kyrsten Sinema always has had a flair for the dramatic. Whether through her'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' colorful and flamboyant attire'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or the keep-them-guessing,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' idiosyncratic politics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that drives many of her Democratic colleagues nuts, the Arizona senator knows how to make a splash.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Will Be Remembered as a Political Star]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/opinions/legacy-nancy-pelosi-house-leadership-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2009, when then-President Barack Obama decided to forge ahead with a far-reaching and politically challenging climate bill, I was summoned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to appear behind closed doors before a restive Democratic House caucus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Win in Nevada May Be Blessing In Disguise for GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-why-democrats-senate-win-in-nevada-may-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-for-the-gop/ar-AA14463m?cvid=096f8ccd0e0d4e34afb6b01ec2e6ba55</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The voters of Nevada and the nation may have done Republicans and the country a favor by freeing the GOP of Donald Trump's iron grip, writes David Axelrod. The people dealt a blow to Trump and extremists and election-denying Republicans, he says.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats May Be Playing With Fire This Primary Season]]></title>
							<link>https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/01/opinions/democrats-spending-gop-campaigns-scary-tactic-axelrod</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a time when faith in our system and elections is so strained, cross-party manipulation works against it, writes Davix Axelrod.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. President, It's Time for a Little Humility]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/opinion/biden-state-of-the-union.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The state of the union is stressed. To claim otherwise would seem off-key.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Not Over for Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/opinion/build-back-better-biden.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytopinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How Barack Obama resuscitated his health care act offers clues to reviving the Build Back Better Act and President Biden's precarious standing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Peacock Moment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/06/opinions/bidens-peacock-moment-infrastructure-bill-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politics can be a fickle and unforgiving business. As a friend once told me after he lost re-election, "One day you're a peacock. The next day you're a feather duster."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'll Always Be Grateful for This Surprise Call From Colin Powell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/opinions/surprise-call-from-colin-powell-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the midst of President Barack Obama's intense deliberations in 2009 over the way forward in Afghanistan, I got an unexpected call.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Battle Scars Biden Brought to Afghanistan Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/opinions/biden-scars-of-battles-past-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden was always a skeptic about what was possible in Afghanistan, writes David Axelrod, who was a witness to that skepticism. During the Obama administration, Biden sharply criticized the military architects of the conflict and feared getting bogged down in an open-ended war. Yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Is Wrong About Mask Mandates for FL School Kids]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/opinions/whats-in-it-for-desantis-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Florida is once again under siege from Covid-19, at the epicenter of a fourth wave.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC's Infrastructure Horror Movie Could Have a Happy Ending]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/29/opinions/biden-infrastructure-plan-axelrod/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Axelrod</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Moving major legislation--like a big bipartisan infrastructure deal--through Congress in these bitterly polarized times is like living through a scary flick, writes David Axelrod. Now, it seems, Biden's consensus-seeking and persistence--and that of an intrepid group of moderate senators...]]></description>
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