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<title><![CDATA[George Condon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21867.xml</link><description><![CDATA[George Condon]]></description><category domain="21867">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How DC Enabled--and Helped Ruin--a War Hero]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/729457/how-washington-enabledand-helped-ruina-war-hero/?unlock=GVZ2RJQS7FIAM3PM</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Randall 'Duke' Cunningham, who died last week, was a cautionary tale on the temptations of the capital.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Baseball-Skeptical Biden Bring Joy to Mudville?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/726274/will-baseball-skeptical-biden-bring-any-joy-to-mudville/?unlock=H7JF3U7RJQGK9L7Y</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every president since Taft has taken in a professional baseball game while in office. Biden has just five weeks to join them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Lets Loose a Rhetorical Hot War on Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/718903/biden-lets-loose-a-rhetorical-hot-war-on-putin/?unlock=4ZY5K7ZPW9JQG6KN</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not since Kennedy in 1961 has a U.S. president been quite so blunt in castigating a foreign adversary before the U.N. General Assembly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Aims Directly at Trump's Sore Spots]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/716116/biden-aims-directly-at-trumps-sore-spots/?unlock=R2S2OEIBT67VWCD6</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After trying for nearly a year to ignore his predecessor, the president went after Trump, throwing around words like]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A History of Presidents Hating on the Correspondents Dinner]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/678345?unlock=3UIQI55PY3HQYOJH</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From "How long does this sh*t last?" to "a big, boring bust."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Buck Never Stops With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/657085?unlock=EMSXYL4GO7XT1UBM&amp;mref=homepage-free</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For eight years, President Reagan kept a plaque on his desk in the Oval Office that simply declared, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he does not mind who gets the credit.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Similarly, President Truman had a sign on his desk proclaiming, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Look for &quot;13 Hours&quot; to Dent Clinton Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/356002/dont-look-13-hours-dent-clintons-campaign?mref=home_top_side_3</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ser'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'vat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ives can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hide their hope that 13 Hours: The Secret Sol'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'diers of Benghazi, the movie re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'leased this past week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'end about the 2012 at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tack, helps them de'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'feat Demo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'crat Hil'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lary Clin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ton. But we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen this movie be'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fore. And...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Thinks He Had a Great Year. The Public Isn't So Sure]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/126439/white-house-thinks-obama-had-very-good-year-public-isnt-so-sure?mref=home_top_main</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By al'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'most all tra'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'di'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al met'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'rics, the White House should be cel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'eb'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'rat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing his 2015 in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'stead of of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing the sub'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'dued and meas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ured de'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fense seen from Pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent Obama at his end-of-the-year press con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ence. After all, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Obama Will Leave Behind]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/123552/what-obama-will-leave-behind?mref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was something dif'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent about Pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent Obama on Tues'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'day morn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing at his fourth news con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ence in 15 days. Gone for the mo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ment was the petu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'lant politi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'cian who was so de'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ive in Tur'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'key, and the high-en'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ergy, more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paris and the Press Put Obama on the Defensive]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/92643/paris-press-put-obama-defensive?mref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has been a year since the coun'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'try has seen Pres'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'id'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ent Obama quite as de'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ive as he was dur'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Monday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' press con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ence at the con'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'clu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'sion of the G-20 sum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'mit in Tur'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'key. Back in Novem'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ber 2014, he was reel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing from a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Once, Talk of an Enemies List Was Shocking]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/91615/once-talk-enemies-list-was-shocking?mref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Richard Nix'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s secret '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'en'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'emies list'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was dis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'closed in the Wa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'gate hear'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ings in 1973, the coun'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'try was hor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ri'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'fied to learn that the White House was look'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing for ways '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'to screw our polit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'al en'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'emies.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' It led...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Plan to Win Ohio Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/how-democrats-lost-ohio-and-how-they-plan-to-win-it-back-20150803</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In any other state, it might not be news when the Democratic Party chairman states that "Democrats have a plan." But there was nothing routine when David Pepper made that declaration recently. Pepper probably even counted himself lucky that newspaper fact checkers didn't start issuing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Can't Obama Work With Congress?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/why-can-t-obama-get-along-with-congress-20150612</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Base Has Tuned Him Out]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/barack-obama-s-base-tuned-him-out-trade-20150602</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to turn up the heat on wavering House Democrats so far unwilling to side with President Obama on the multination Pacific trade deal he is negotiating. Obama will appear on local TV stations Wednesday to pressure fence-sitters, and the White House has made clear...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Did Denny Hastert End Up Here?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/how-did-denny-hastert-end-up-here-20150529</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Long before Barack Obama even thought to run for office, Dennis Hastert was setting an example for him as the original "No Drama" politician from Illinois. From his rumpled looks to his aversion to the spotlight, Hastert was a member of Congress who people outside Capitol Hill almost...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Top Secret Plan to Make You Laugh]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/barack-obama-s-top-secret-plan-to-make-you-laugh-20150423</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/barack-obama-s-top-secret-plan-to-make-you-laugh-20150423]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nobody'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'outside a small group inside the White House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'knows for sure what President Obama will say when he speaks at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. In the half-century in which presidents have tried out their comedy chops at this dinner, there have been fewer...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Talks: Obama's Sales Pitch Begins]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/iran-talks-obama-s-sales-pitch-begins-20150402</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/iran-talks-obama-s-sales-pitch-begins-20150402]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama was not about to risk being stuck on a highway in Louisville when it came time to launch what the White House understands is the most high-stakes foreign policy showdown with Congress of his presidency. Though he was supposed to have departed for Kentucky two hours...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Struggles With Language of Terrorism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/white-house-struggles-with-the-language-of-terrorism-20150218</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/white-house-struggles-with-the-language-of-terrorism-20150218]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama and the White House came out aggressively Wednesday against those who have attacked his often-careful use of words to describe the battle against terrorists. The defense came after a week of being battered'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';'mostly by conservatives'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';'for a reluctance to talk about "Islamic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Ebola Victory Lap]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/obama-s-ebola-victory-lap-20150211</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/obama-s-ebola-victory-lap-20150211]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' At no point Wednesday did President Obama utter the words "I told you so." But that was the underlying message from a White House event that brought him together with the doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals whose advice he relied on in the battle against Ebola.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Four...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Obama's Budget Is a Big Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/yes-president-obama-s-budget-is-a-big-deal-20150129</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/yes-president-obama-s-budget-is-a-big-deal-20150129]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even before he submits his budget, President Obama is hearing loud and clear from Republicans that it is already "dead on arrival." It is the same cry presidents hear every year when Congress is held by the opposing party, once leading a frustrated Ronald Reagan to plaintively ask: "Why...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Incredible Shrinking State of the Union]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/can-one-speech-change-the-world-20150119</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/can-one-speech-change-the-world-20150119]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As much as the White House hopes the State of the Union address boosts President Obama's approval ratings and gives him an advantage in his upcoming battles with congressional Republicans, no one around the president is counting on Tuesday's speech to turn around public opinion. They...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Year of Unconventional Wisdom]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/the-year-of-unconventional-wisdom-20141229</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People who make a living predicting the political future had a rough 2014.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Voters had a way of not always following the script'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'otherwise known as "conventional wisdom"'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'set out by those whose columns, microphones, talk shows, and TV appearances give them the prominence to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Returns to Vegas a Weaker President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/obama-returns-to-vegas-a-weaker-president-20141121</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It really hasn't been that long since President Obama's last visit to Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. It was only 661 days ago that he launched the immigration push he hoped would give him the first big legislative victory of his second term. But to really measure how much political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Goes Abroad, Gets a Lecture]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/so-far-obama-s-asia-trip-is-a-mixed-bag-20141113</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/so-far-obama-s-asia-trip-is-a-mixed-bag-20141113]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Have Fallen Far Under Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/his-party-is-at-a-low-point-and-obama-seems-passive-20141105</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/his-party-is-at-a-low-point-and-obama-seems-passive-20141105]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It wasn't until the conclusion of his hour-long press conference Wednesday that President Obama allowed himself to get philosophical about the drubbing Democrats took in Tuesday's election. "Maybe I'm just getting older, I don't know," he said. "It doesn't make me mopey; it energizes me."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Won't Fire Staff After Election Day]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/will-obama-fire-staff-after-election-day-probably-not-20141023</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/will-obama-fire-staff-after-election-day-probably-not-20141023]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Presidents facing disastrous midterm election results almost always respond by shaking up their staffs to meet changed congressional realities and signal to voters that their message has been heard. But every indication is that President Obama is going to be immune from the impulse...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Like Bush in '06, Obama Is a Drag on His Party]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/why-the-white-house-won-t-admit-obama-is-a-drag-for-democrats-20141013</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/why-the-white-house-won-t-admit-obama-is-a-drag-for-democrats-20141013]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Another week of presidential travel and fundraising. Another round of bad polls. Another day closer to the realization by Democrats that there really is nothing President Obama can do to alter a campaign dynamic that all year has been gloomy for his party. You won't hear that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eric Holder and the Lonely President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/eric-holder-and-the-lonely-president-20140925</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/eric-holder-and-the-lonely-president-20140925]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[September 25, 2014 Barack Obama started worrying about the loneliness of the presidency even before he was elected in 2008. In the years since, it has been a recurring theme as he battled the isolation of the office and struggled to liberate "the bear" from his cage. Now, with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Friday's WH Intruder Was Far From the First]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/friday-s-white-house-intruder-was-far-from-the-first-20140922</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/friday-s-white-house-intruder-was-far-from-the-first-20140922]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Omar Gonzalez, the troubled Iraq War veteran who is under arrest for scaling the fence of and entering the White House, is not the first intruder to breach the building's security. Nor is President Obama the first president to express concern about his family's safety and await the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brady Never Lost His Trademark Wit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/through-trying-times-brady-never-lost-trademark-wit-20140804</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/through-trying-times-brady-never-lost-trademark-wit-20140804]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>George Condon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The same wicked sense of humor that almost cost him his dream job is what is most fondly remembered about James Brady, who died Monday at age 73, 33 years after he was seriously wounded in the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Even in the worst moments of his grueling and...]]></description>
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