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<title><![CDATA[David Davenport - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22580.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Davenport]]></description><category domain="22580">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Finally Discover Federalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-finally-discover-federalism</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After decades of neglect, a federalism bandwagon is rolling across the country, carrying not only conservatives who have long believed in states&rsquo; rights, but also gathering up progressives who are out of power in Washington and have rediscovered the appeal of localism. In fact,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Obamacare Message Is Lost In The Shutdown Noise]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/03/republicans_obamacare_message_is_lost_in_the_shutdown_noise_120192.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I take no joy in saying this: conservative leaders in the House and Senate have let down their movement by abandoning conservative means in order to pursue conservative ends.
Because their actions&mdash;shutting down the government&mdash;speak so loudly, people cannot hear their core...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Nation of Laws, Not Men]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/05/a_nation_of_laws_not_men_119837.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On September 4, a court in Pennsylvania will consider whether a county registrar of wills may issue marriage licenses to same sex couples in contravention of state law because he has decided that law is unconstitutional. This official has now issued over 100 such licenses and other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rulings On DOMA And Prop 8: Everyone Deserved Better]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/28/rulings_on_doma_and_prop_8_everyone_deserved_better_119002.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is often said that hard cases make bad law, and today&rsquo;s twin Supreme Court opinions about same-sex marriage&mdash;the Windsor case holding the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional and the Hollingsworth decision, rejecting the appeal of a lower...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kansas Vs. California: Red Takes On Blue, Beef Tackles Tofu]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/25/kansas_vs_california_red_takes_on_blue_beef_tackles_tofu_118965.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats in our nation&rsquo;s capital are busy playing Check and Balance, better known as politics as usual. With jobs and the economy still the number one issue on Americans&rsquo; minds, the Republican House is pre-occupied with bills about abortion and the repeal of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ballad Of Barack Obama, Tricky Dick, And Billie Sol]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/21/the_ballad_of_barack_obama_tricky_dick_and_billie_sol_118482.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If I were a lyricist, I would pen a ballad about the scandals from this past week. It would have to be a country song because no other format could capture the irony that, all in the same week, we eulogized Billie Sol Estes, a con man tied to Lyndon Johnson, celebrated the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sequester 'Armageddon' Has Been President Obama's Y2K]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/14/sequester_armageddon_has_been_president_obamas_y2k_118382.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You&rsquo;d have to say we&rsquo;ve dodged a couple of big mythical bullets in the last few months. The world did not end on December 21, 2012, as some forecast from a Mayan myth. And the federal budget sequester did not cause the sky to fall as predicted by Washington, D.C. Double...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Jerry Brown Touts California In China, Its Citizens Pack Their Bags]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/12/as_jerry_brown_touts_california_in_china_its_citizens_pack_their_bags_117927.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Governor Jerry Brown is inChina touting the state&rsquo;s rebound and recovery, many Californians are busy packing their bags for a move to Texas, Nevada or Arizona.  Why?  Because it appears that the once-Golden State may finally be overpriced, underperforming and ungovernable.
Is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Should Leave How We Marry To The States]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/26/supreme_court_should_leave_how_we_marry_to_the_states_117652.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At one level, this week&rsquo;s Supreme Court arguments are about same sex marriage and whether it should now be protected under federal law. But in another dimension, same sex marriage is only the context for a fundamental constitutional, not social, question: who owns and therefore...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Government Becomes the Big Issue]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2012/08/20/with-the-paul-ryan-pick-big-government-becomes-the-big-issue/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Davenport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Bill Clinton&rsquo;s political consultant, James Carville, posted the big issue for the 1992 presidential campaign on a sign at headquarters&mdash;&ldquo;The Economy Stupid&rdquo;&mdash;he turned out to be foreshadowing the 2012 campaign as well. But with Mitt Romney&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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