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<title><![CDATA[Alex Altman - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20272.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alex Altman]]></description><category domain="20272">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Will the Senate Follow Through on Obamacare Repeal?]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4767856/health-care-vote-senate-republicans-mitch-mcconnell/?xid=homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some cast doubt on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's willingness to do so.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Generation of Democrats Hope to Rebuild Shattered Party]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4737967/new-generation-democratic-candidates/?xid=homepage&amp;pcd=hp-magmod</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA['If we want to see change, the best way we can make it is to run for office']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tonight's Debate Is Donald Trump's Last Stand]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4536110/presidential-debate-donald-trump-last-stand/?xid=homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican has a final opportunity in Wednesday's debate to resurrect his campaign]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Raised More Than $50 Million in June]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4395161/donald-trump-june-fundraising/?xid=homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By contrast Mitt Romney raised $106 million in June of 2012.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Poker Explains Donald Trump's Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4201303/donald-trump-poker/?xid=homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He's following the same strategies as a master poker player.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Are Struggling With Black Lives Matter]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3994002/black-lives-matter-hillary-clinton/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s campaign stop in Keene, N.H., on Tuesday was billed as a community discussion on substance abuse. But some of the attendees had other matters on their minds.Five members of the Black Lives Matter movement showed up to buttonhole the Democratic frontrunner about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;You Can Keep Your Doctor&quot;: Next Broken Promise?]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2013/11/19/you-can-keep-your-doctor-obamacares-next-broken-promise/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama&rsquo;s broken promise that all Americans would be able to keep their health care plans after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act has infuriated people who took the President at his word and rattled even his staunchest supporters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rise of Rand Paul]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2140220,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Riding shotgun in a red minivan, his foot propped on the dash, the Republican Party's man of the moment zips down the back roads of southern Kentucky. Rand Paul is on his way to a meeting with Christian leaders in Somerset, a conservative stronghold where locals couldn't buy alcohol...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Horrible Budget Policy We're Stuck With]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2013/02/06/a-guide-to-sequestration-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-policy-that-may-wreck-the-economic-recovery/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama departs the White House in Washington, Feb. 4, 2013.  Follow @TIMEPoliticsOf all the budget fights over the past several years, the sequester is the most emblematic of modern Washington. That is not a compliment. Its distant relatives &#8212; the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio's Agile Courtship of Conservatives]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2013/01/30/marco-rubios-agile-courtship-of-conservative-media/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Marco Rubio center, answers a reporter's question as he and a bipartisan group of leading senators announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AZ: Richard Carmona's Debate Gaffe Hurts His Chances Against Flake]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/19/how-to-lose-a-winnable-u-s-senate-race/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Camapigns Driven By Electoral Math, Move Into Final Phase]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/19/campaign-moves-into-final-phase-driven-by-electoral-math/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Move to the Middle]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/10/romneys-move-to-the-middle/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney&#8217;s tack toward the political center continues apace. During a campaign swing through Iowa and Ohio on Tuesday, Romney made several overtures to key demographic groups who may be anxious about the impact of his polices. In an interview with the Des Moines Register&#8216;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Obama Hang On in Ohio?]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/08/the-battle-for-ohio-can-obama-keep-his-lead/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama&rsquo;s soggy supporters looked grim as they waited for the President in a cold sideways rain. Many had been huddled for hours without umbrellas, droplets beading on their skimpy ponchos and drenching the astroturf at Cleveland State University&rsquo;s soccer field. &ldquo;I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Romney Decided on Ryan--and Kept the Secret]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/12/inside-the-selection-process-how-romney-picked-ryan-and-kept-the-secret/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney&rsquo;s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate was the product of months of meticulous planning marked by locked rooms, deceptive flight patterns and surreptitious forays through the Wisconsin woods. Hours after Romney unveiled his new No. 2 Saturday morning at a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Dishonest Attack on Obama's Voting Lawsuit]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/07/the-dishonest-attack-on-obamas-military-voting-lawsuit/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s only August, but we&#8217;ve reached the stage of the presidential race in which both sides ceaselessly sling mud at a wall, hoping something will stick. Have you heard the one about how Barack Obama wants to restrict the rights of military voters? It&#8217;s a perfect example...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Swing State Charm Tour]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/03/inside-obamas-swing-state-charm-tour/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Winter Park, FloridaFor a few minutes, it almost feels like 2008 again inside the air-conditioned gym. The raucous crowd is chanting and cheering and slinging I love you&#8216;s. Before Barack Obama revs up his speech, they're singing happy birthday to the President, who turns 51 on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for (and Against) Bobby Jindal]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/07/17/the-case-for-and-against-bobby-jindal-as-vp/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are you bored by Tim Pawlenty? Does the thought of Rob Portman put you to sleep? If you&rsquo;re eager for a fire-breathing conservative to fill out the Republican ticket, there&rsquo;s still hope. Reputable sources have been reporting that Bobby Jindal has slipped onto Mitt...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Commerce Secretary Bryson Resigns]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/06/21/commerce-secretary-john-bryson-resigns/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Updated, 11:55 a.m. Less than two weeks after taking medical leave in the wake of multiple car accidents, U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has resigned. Bryson sent a letter informing President Obama of his resignation Wednesday night, according to a Commerce Department official, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Moving Closer to the Republican Column]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2116124,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Normally friendly, Wisconsin has been anything but in the past few months. Statewide, the question of whether to keep Governor Scott Walker or kick him out for slashing collective bargaining for most public employees has set neighbor against neighbor. Three in 10 Wisconsin voters have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Georgia Primary Relaunch Gingrich Campaign?]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/03/02/can-the-georgia-primary-relaunch-newt-gingrichs-campaign/?iid=sl-main-lede</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ohio may be most critical state on Super Tuesday, but Georgia carries the largest prize. The Peach State will award 76 delegates on March 6, and while his rivals crisscrossed Michigan last weekend, Newt Gingrich was preparing to use his old stomping grounds as a springboard to yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Race Looks Murky, in Michigan and Beyond]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/02/28/the-republican-race-looks-murky-in-michigan-and-beyond/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re betting on Tuesday&rsquo;s Republican primaries in Michigan and Arizona, the smart play is to short the pundits. For two months, each decree that a candidate possesses momentum has instead been a death knell. Mitt Romney came into South Carolina as the first non-incumbent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gloomy Gingrich Struggles to Snap Florida Slide]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/28/a-gloomy-gingrich-struggles-to-snap-his-slide-in-florida/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Three nuclear weapons properly placed in Israel is a second Holocaust,&rdquo; Newt Gingrich tells a room full of Jews. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re going to go to Yad Vashem, if you&rsquo;re going to say never again,&rdquo; he adds gravely, peering out at a sea of elderly voters with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rick Santorum: Iowa's Man of the Moment]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/02/late-breaking-and-game-changing-rick-santorum-is-red-hot-in-iowa/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[In 2012 Kickoff, Huntsman Tries to Justify the Hype]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.time.com/2011/06/20/in-campaign-kickoff-huntsman-tries-to-justify-the-hype/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jon Huntsman likes to call himself the &ldquo;margin-of-error candidate.&rdquo;  It is not an accidental phrase. In the seven weeks since the former Utah  Governor and Ambassador to China returned from Beijing with visions of  filling the gaping void in the GOP field, Team Huntsman has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Fetishizing of the Constitution Is Unsettling]]></title>
							<link>http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/01/06/the-cult-of-the-constitution/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After much hullabaloo, the 112th Congress kicked off its second day as promised: by reading the Constitution aloud on the House floor for the first time ever, per a chamber historian. Except not all of it. The bipartisan recitation omitted several critical passages, including the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Like Obama, Not His Policies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2003953,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Altman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As he juggles the demands of a moribund recovery, multiple foreign  conflicts and the reverberations of a catastrophic oil spill, President  Obama still has more supporters than opponents. In a new TIME poll, 49%  of respondents say they approve of the President's performance, compared ...]]></description>
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