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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Bernstein - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21426.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Bernstein]]></description><category domain="21426">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Get Ready for Two Big Months in Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/get-ready-for-two-big-months-in-politics</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For U.S. politics, May and June are going to be humdingers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Blame Chief of Staff for Biden Admin Struggles]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/chief-of-staff-ron-klain-isn-t-to-blame-for-biden-s-popularity-woes</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When a president is unpopular, there are always news stories identifying every piece of the administration as part of the problem. In the case of Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s White House, there have already been a bunch of (mostly content-free) stories criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris. Next...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Are Retiring, and What It Means]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/18-house-democrats-are-retiring-here-s-what-it-means</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter of California announced on Monday that he would not run for another term, making him the 18th House Democrat retiring after this Congress. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not a huge number, especially for an election year immediately after a census and redistricting,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Biden's Voting Rights Speech Did and Didn't Do]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/what-biden-s-voting-rights-speech-did-and-didn-t-do</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden traveled to Georgia on Tuesday to speak on behalf of the Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' voting and democracy agenda, which includes two bills currently on the Senate floor. That follows his Jan. 6 speech, which was also focused on democracy and the importance of voting rights to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What&rsquo;s Next for the Democrats'&nbsp;Big Bill?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/what-s-next-for-the-democrats-big-bill</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, many pundits asserted that the Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Build Back Better'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' mega-bill was completely dead; by Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden was apparently once again talking with Senator Joe Manchin, and the bill is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' well, it may not be thriving, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Homeland Security Purge Is Destined to Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-09/trump-s-homeland-security-purge-is-destined-to-fail?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president wants to run immigration policy from the White House. History suggests that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a big mistake.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2020 Democratic Primary Is Already Out of Hand]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-16/these-democrats-aren-t-ready-to-run-for-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our democracy depends on talented Americans seeking lower offices than the presidency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Avoid Tripping Up in 2018]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-09/how-democrats-can-avoid-wiping-out-in-2018</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Riding the electoral wave is not as easy as it looks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Looking for Easiest Way Out on Taxes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-09-20/republicans-looking-for-easiest-way-out-on-taxes</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tax reform is hard, tax cuts easier.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But they aren't a sure thing with Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Staffing Issues Start Having Real Effects]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-05/trump-needs-to-get-serious-about-staffing-up</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He blames Democrats, but they can only delay nominations for two or three weeks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Republican Fiasco Years in the Making]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-24/a-republican-fiasco-years-in-the-making</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party of Lincoln is still reeling from the rise of Newt Gingrich.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Shouldn't Even Dream About President Beyonce]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-13/democrats-should-not-even-dream-about-president-beyonc</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A proposal to elevate electability over governing ability is misguided and dangerous for the party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House GOP Faces New Tests of Its Irrelevance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-14/house-republicans-face-new-tests-of-their-irrelevance</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Impeach the IRS commissioner! Shut down the government! We know how that turns out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Fans Were Just a Distraction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-26/sanders-fans-were-just-a-distraction-at-democratic-convention</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first day for the Democrats in Philadelphia couldn't have gone better -- from the podium. In the convention hall? That was a little more complicated.Let's start on the podium.The contrast with the Republican convention's day one was enormous. The Democrats offered first-rate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Demise of Local News May Be Ruining Congress]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-05-31/demise-of-local-news-may-be-ruining-congress</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politicians have less incentive to do good for their districts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Party Got the Voters It Deserved]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-05-25/trump-gave-republican-party-the-voters-it-deserved</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My View colleague Megan McArdle'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' thinks people are exaggerating the Republican Party's responsibility for Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Blaming the party, she concludes, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'is like blaming the weatherman because it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s raining, or an economist for a recession.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'True, most Republican party...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Relax, Our Republic Will Survive the Scalia Vacancy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-02-16/the-republic-will-survive-the-scalia-vacancy</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The unexpected need to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has brought forth several weak arguments from both sides. The big question is what should happen versus what will happen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' To begin with, Barack Obama is obviously entitled to nominate someone for the vacancy. It would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, the Parties Still Pick Their Nominees]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-18/yes-political-parties-still-pick-their-nominees</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many political scientists believe that the people most active within the party network, whether they are donors or activists or politicians or other professionals, choose presidential nominees. These party actors internally pick a candidate, and their combined resources are sufficient to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Ryan Can Avoid Gingrich's Mistakes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-11-02/paul-ryan-can-avoid-gingrich-s-mistakes</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Ryan is off to a good start as speaker of the House. Maybe it's because he insisted on it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' as a condition before taking the job, but the fight about raising the debt limit is finished for the rest of this Congress. And the threat of more showdowns over shutting down the government,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Boehner Outfoxes His Critics. Again.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-03/boehner-outfoxes-his-critics-again-</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Is Backing His CIA Chief]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-08-04/why-obama-is-backing-his-cia-chief</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Central Intelligence Agency spied on the Senate, and CIA Director John Brennan lied about it. When the news broke, several senators, including Democrats, called for the director's resignation.It seems unlikely Brennan can survive, but on Friday. President Barack Obama gave him a vote...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Court's Aging Liberals Roll the Dice]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-30/supreme-court-s-aging-liberals-roll-the-dice</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most important news from the Supreme Court this month?Sure, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve had landmark rulings in Hobby Lobby, Canning and several other cases. But the non-retirements of the court's two senior liberal associate justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, might overshadow any of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We Looking at a Republican Senate?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-24/nate-silver-predicts-republican-senate-advantage-is-he-right</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone is all worked up this morning because Nate Silver, over at the new (and very nice) FiveThirtyEight.com, has put up his first Senate race forecast since last summer, giving Republicans a better-than-even chance of retaking the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Won't Become Extinct]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-21/obamacare-won-t-become-popular-or-extinct.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest myths about the Affordable Care Act are found among conservatives who believe that the program is going to collapse on its own -- indeed that the program is already collapsing. That'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s simply not happening. Even in places where reform could still go badly wrong, the prospect...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conservatives Have Learned Nothing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/11/09/four_years_later_the_tea_party_has_learned_nothing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Tea Party is no longer a brand-new movement in American politics. So, more than four years in, what do they appear to have learned? How about: nothing. And they seem to want it that way. Certainly that appears to be the case with the Tea Party as an electoral force. Oh, Tea Partyers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obamacare Isn't Like Iraq]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/mission-affordabled-why-obama%E2%80%99s-website-problems-aren%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%9Chis-iraq%E2%80%9D</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats will let the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s signature legislation die a painful death if Healthcare.gov isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t fixed soon. Which is exactly why Obama is racing to fix this mess like Bush never did with his signature war.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Obamacare Sabotage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/10/26/gop_shares_blame_for_obamacare_glitches/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nevertheless, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s worth noting that whatever their own responsibility for what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gone wrong, the White House shares responsibility with the Republicans who have spent three years actively attempting to undermine the law. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m not talking about repeal votes, which (while...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Lawmakers Drop Pretense of Sanity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/09/11/gop-lawmakers-cowed-by-the-right-drop-pretense-of-policy-sanity/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Breaking news this afternoon from the House of Representatives: Republicans have pulled the temporary Continuing Resolution needed to keep the government open for business through the end of the year off of the schedule. Jonathan Strong reports:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Have No &quot;Replacement&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/08/20/there-wont-be-any-gop-alternative-to-obamacare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'re hearing more and more rumblings from top Republicans that the GOP'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s current position on Obamacare is untenable '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' that the party can'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t continue to call for the destruction of Obamacare forever without offering any alternative. The push from the right for a shutdown has only...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Nixonian Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/nixon_runs_the_republican_party_again/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Bernstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The current Republican Party isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the party of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. It isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t a conservative party. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the party, instead, of Nixon and Gingrich. And that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s why it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a dysfunctional mess, and a problem for the nation.I said something to that...]]></description>
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