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<title><![CDATA[Reid Epstein - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22933.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Reid Epstein]]></description><category domain="22933">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/Q10In</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Private Call Reveals Dems&rsquo; Desperation Over Tossing of VA Map]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/democrats-virginia-plans-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.hC_z.bWSXpnmtwsOe&amp;smid=url-share</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ruling in the state.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whitmer Shows How Dems Play w/Fire Cozying Up to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/1xg3a</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Michigan governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resistance To a New Trump Admin Has Already Started]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/resistance-trump-administration-already-started-154827889.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump's agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Push Biden To Make Trump&rsquo;s Felonies Top '24 Issue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/01/democrats-push-biden-to-make-trumps-felonies-a-top/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that former President Donald Trump is a convicted criminal, the Democratic Party finds itself wrestling with a choice that will help define this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential race: Should it try to push his felonies to the center of the election?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Biden&rsquo;s Anti-Trump Battle Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F01%2F29%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fbiden-trump-election-taylor-swift.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Watching Donald Trump ascend, the newly energized Biden campaign is aiming to make the general election all about him. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also hoping for some big endorsements.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Governors Offer a Sinking Biden Advice]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/12/04/talk-about-abortion-dont-talk-about-trump-governors-give-biden-advice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic governors brag about booming local economies, preside over ribbon-cuttings of projects paid for with new federal legislation and have successfully framed themselves as defenders of abortion rights and democracy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Split Over Israel as Young, Diverse Left Rages at Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/10/27/democrats-splinter-over-israel-as-the-young-diverse-left-rages-at-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party's yearslong unity behind President Biden is beginning to erode over his steadfast support of Israel in its]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Are Down on Biden. Why Does His Party Keep Winning?]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/americans-down-biden-why-does-115044268.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For nearly two years, poll after poll has found Americans in a sour mood about President Joe Biden, uneasy about the economy and eager for younger leaders of the country. And yet when voters have actually cast ballots, Democrats have delivered strong results in special elections '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Top Dems' Bullishness on Biden Collides With Voters' Worries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-democrats-bullishness-biden-2024-142012654.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Joe Biden shifts his reelection campaign into higher gear, the strength of his candidacy is being tested by a striking divide between Democratic leaders, who are overwhelmingly unified behind his bid, and rank-and-file voters in the party who harbor persistent doubts about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, Popcorn in Hand, Root for a Rowdy GOP Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-popcorn-hand-root-rowdy-180530191.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a year of fretting about President Joe Biden's political standing and their electoral chances in 2024, Democrats are at a moment of high confidence as Republicans prepare for their first presidential debate Wednesday.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Bid Is a Headache for Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-robert-kennedy-jr-2024-121058774.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden might seem to be on cruise control until the heat of the 2024 general election. Nearly all of the nation's top Democrats have lined up behind him, and the Republican nomination fight seems set to revolve around former President Donald Trump's legal problems. But he is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Celebrate - and Fear - the Indictment of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/06/14/democrats-celebrate-and-fear-the-indictment-of-a-chaos-machine/?ref=upstract.com</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The satisfaction is nearly universal, but comes with a queasy aftertaste: Democrats are relishing the possibility that Donald J. Trump will get his comeuppance at last. But when the mocking laughter fades, in its place remains a much more lasting anxiety. What will this do to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Slow Start to 2024 Worries Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://buffalonews.com/bidens-slow-start-to-24-worries-democrats-but-aides-insist-all-is-well-with-campaign/article_e8a74895-eb00-52f2-9c4b-78cc0fef05a9.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after President Biden unveiled his reelection bid, his campaign manager has yet to start the job, his seven co-chairs have not had a group discussion and his team has made little outreach to allies in Congress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons Dems Picked Chicago for 2024 Convention]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/04/11/5-reasons-democrats-picked-chicago-for-their-2024-convention/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden's decision to host the Democratic National Convention in Chicago represents the triumph of practicality over sentimentality.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems, Seeing Weaker Trump, Fall In Behind Biden for 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://buffalonews.com/democrats-seeing-a-weaker-trump-are-falling-in-line-behind-biden-for-2024/article_f1f55658-7d44-542c-b2ae-445bf0505782.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - Nine months ago, amid sky-high gas prices and legislative gridlock, anxious Democrats routinely offered the same assessments of President Biden as a candidate for re-election: too frail, too]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems, Feeling New Strength, Plan Voting Rights Offensive]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2022/12/26/democrats-feeling-new-strength-plan-to-go-on-offense-on-voting-rights/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the last two years, Democrats in battleground states have played defense against Republican efforts to curtail voting access and amplify doubts about the legitimacy of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Top Dems Question Party's Strategy as Midterm Worries Grow]]></title>
							<link>https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/01/top-dems-question-partys-strategy-as-midterm-worri/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Top Democratic officials, lawmakers and strategists are openly second-guessing their party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign pitch and tactics, reflecting a growing sense that Democrats have failed to coalesce around one effective message with enough time to stave off major losses in the House and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Biden Faces Crisis, Dems Look On in Alarm]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/us/politics/biden-democrats-afghanistan-virus-midterms.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats fear that if the pandemic or the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen, their party may lose the confidence of the moderate swing voters who lifted it to victory in 2020.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abandon Trump? In GOP Ranks, the MAGA Mind-Set Prevails]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/trump-republicans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Trump prepares to exit the White House, his ideas, including falsehoods and conspiracy theories, continue to exert a gravitational pull among grass-roots G.O.P. officials.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why These Voters Rejected Hillary But Are Backing Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/politics/biden-clinton.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For many Democrats and independents who sat out 2016, voted for third-party candidates or backed Donald Trump, Mr. Biden is more acceptable to them in ways large and small than Mrs. Clinton was.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Primary Goes On in Arizona, Florida &amp; Illinois]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/2020-democratic-primary-in-arizona-florida-and-illinois-what-to-watch-for/ar-BB11iRQ5</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic primary race moves to Arizona, Florida and Illinois on Tuesday, with large numbers of delegates at stake for the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential nomination.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Their Coastal Citadels, Dems Argue Over What Went Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=In+Their+Coastal+Citadels%2C+Democrats+Argue+Over+What+Went+Wrong&amp;rlz=1CADEAE_enUS717US719&amp;oq=In+Their+Coastal+Citadels%2C+Democrats+Argue+Over+What+Went+Wrong&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i60j69i64.161j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Epic Loss Has Confined the Party to Coastal and Urban Strongholds, Revealing the Retreat of White Working-Class Support Across America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Midsection and Prompting a Bout of Soul-Searching That Analysts Recently Expected to Afflict Only the Republicans]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[OH: Portman Provides Reverse Coattails for Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.wsj.com/articles/rob-portman-may-provide-reverse-coattails-for-donald-trump-in-ohio-1475181035</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.wsj.com/articles/rob-portman-may-provide-reverse-coattails-for-donald-trump-in-ohio-1475181035]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Donald Trump wins Ohio, it may be because of the groundwork laid by Rob Portman, the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican senator who avoided the stage, the presidential nominee and the spotlight during the Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Cleveland convention in July.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AK: Surprise Senate Bid Brings Possibility of Two Sens. Dan Sullivan]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/06/02/ex-anchorage-mayors-senate-bid-brings-possibility-of-two-sens-dan-sullivan/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alaskans face the prospect of having a pair of Sens. Dan Sullivan representing them in the upper chamber of Congress, if a former Anchorage mayor wins a primary challenge to GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski and takes a seat alongside Sen. Dan Sullivan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cruz: Needs Indiana Primary to Be Like Wisconsin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.wsj.com/articles/ted-cruz-needs-indiana-to-be-like-wisconsin-1461714557</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.wsj.com/articles/ted-cruz-needs-indiana-to-be-like-wisconsin-1461714557]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Ted Cruz next week hopes to replicate his Wisconsin victory in Indiana, but even though the Midwestern state has similar demographics and population, the senator has none of the structural advantages he enjoyed in the prior contest.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Map Shrinks for Donald Trump's Foes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Map+Shrinks+for+Donald+Trump%E2%80%99s+Foes&amp;rlz=1CAACAG_enUS685US685&amp;oq=Map+Shrinks+for+Donald+Trump%E2%80%99s+Foes&amp;aqs=chrome</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is poised to sweep five states'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Republican primaries on the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, but his rivals are already looking ahead to next week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s contest in Indiana, which may be their last chance to keep Mr. Trump from clinching the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Election Looks Set to Remake Political Landscape]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-voters-head-to-polls-to-determine-who-controls-congress-1415102831</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters Tuesday will determine control of Congress for President Barack Obama '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s final two years in office in a midterm election that has seen huge sums spent but drawn low interest from an American electorate distracted by worries about the economy, Washington dysfunction and unrest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Supreme Court Setback for Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/06/30/yet-another-supreme-court-setback-for-president-obama/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a bad week for President Barack Obama at the Supreme Court.The court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 5-4 decision Monday to strike down another element of the Affordable Care Act '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' allowing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'closely held'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' companies to decline to allow contraception coverage for employees '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The White House's Shifting IRS Story]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/the-white-houses-shifting-irs-account-91638.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reid Epstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups - saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago. Press secretary Jay Carney said again that no one had...]]></description>
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