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<title><![CDATA[Jim Pethokoukis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21345.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jim Pethokoukis]]></description><category domain="21345">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[For GOP, Reform and Sweet Talk Aren't Enough]]></title>
							<link>http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/01/for-gop-immigration-reform-and-sweet-talk-are-not-enough/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Pethokoukis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Image Credit: ShutterstockIn a previous blog post, I presented some polling data from Latino Decisions. Its numbers make the case that embracing broad immigration reform would be a vote getter among Hispanic voters. The firm then offers some messaging advice:On the surface, it may appear...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Numbers Mean for Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.american.com/2011/12/what-the-big-drop-in-the-unemployment-rate-means-for-obamas-reelection/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Pethokoukis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite a sharp drop in the U-3 unemployment rate last month to 8.6 percent from 9.0 percent, there was no triumphalism coming from the Obama White House this morning.As economic adviser Alan Krueger wrote on the White House blog about the November employment numbers:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Recovery Summer Goes Bust]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/obamas-bad-bets</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Pethokoukis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Declaring a &ldquo;Recovery Summer&rdquo; victory tour at the start of June must  have looked like a pretty safe wager for the Obama administration. The  economy seemed to have shifted firmly into gear during the spring.  Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council, told...]]></description>
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