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<title><![CDATA[Kathie Obradovich - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22395.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Kathie Obradovich]]></description><category domain="22395">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[McConnell Scammed the Nation With SCOTUS Flip]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/06/08/chuck-grassley-scotus-nominations-election-year-column/1382846001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Telling the truth and sticking by your word is for suckers, at least in our nation's capital. GOP senators should not vote on new judicial nominees]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lessons for Democrats From Watergate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/10/20/impeachment-donald-trump-watergate-lessons-partisanship-column/1698112002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Any partisan effort to impeach Trump would be treacherous for Democrats and the country. Both parties, the press and the people need to be behind it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Biden Skip Iowa?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/kathie-obradovich/2015/10/06/column-should-biden-skip-iowa-caucus-politics/73398998/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Vice President Joe Biden determines he will run for president, he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll have hundreds more choices to make about how to structure and advance his campaign. One of the first pivotal decisions will be whether and how to break into the race in Iowa and New Hampshire.Biden appears...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Clinton Achieved in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/kathie-obradovich/caucus/2015/04/15/clinton-accomplished-think/25850473/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By the time Hillary Clinton left Iowa after her two-day campaign road trip, she probably actually spoke to fewer than 300 people.There were about 30 panelists and invited guests at her education roundtable in Monticello and an additional 20 at a small-business gathering in Norwalk.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker Shoots to Top of Iowa Heap]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2015/01/31/iowa-poll-scott-walker-gop-sweetheart/22658149/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Perry Could Turn Indictment Into Martyrdom]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/kathie-obradovich/2014/08/19/obradovich-perry-can-turn-indictment-martyrdom/14266025/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Felony indictments don't look good on a resume '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' unless the job-seeker is a politician who can claim to be unfairly prosecuted for partisan reasons.Texas Gov. Rick Perry now has to check the "yes" box next to the question, "Have you ever been charged with a felony?" on any future...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Get Hysterical About Iowa Caucuses]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130901/OPINION01/309010059/Obradovich-Just-like-Lois-Lane-Iowa-s-caucuses-always-in-peril?Opinion&amp;nclick_check=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Look for Mitt to Pick a Governor]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120729/OPINION01/307290071/Obradovich-Think-safe-conventional-for-vice-president-spot</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Speculation about who Mitt Romney might choose as his running mate is already a cottage industry in the punditocracy, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only going to balloon next month as the Republican National Convention approaches.Iowans had a chance last week to clamber out of their armchairs and scout...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Santorum's Hot, Paul Has Gone Cold]]></title>
							<link>http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/31/obradovich-with-just-2-days-left-to-go-santorum-has-the-hot-hand/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The deck has been reshuffled in the final days of the Republican presidential campaign in Iowa, and there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s still one more hand to play out on caucus night.Rick Santorum, who hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t held so much as a ten-spot through months of campaigning in Iowa, is suddenly drawing aces. If...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[$10,000 Bet a Bad Moment for Romney]]></title>
							<link>http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/10/gop-debate-newt-gingrich-survives-rick-perry-and-ron-paul-score/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The time Rick Perry has spent campaigning in Iowa finally began to pay off in tonight'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican presidential debate.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  He slathered on the Iowa mentions and shoutouts to prominent state Republicans.Giving Gov. Terry Branstad the chance to plug his initiative to make Iowa the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Moms Are Key in 2012]]></title>
							<link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111009/OPINION01/310090028/Obradovich-Walmart-moms-may-be-pivotal</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kathie Obradovich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s economy continues to be stronger and healthier than most of the rest of the country, but you wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know it from listening to women identified as part of a key group of swing voters.Ten Iowa women, all mothers, all between the ages of 25 and 44, participated in a focus...]]></description>
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