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<title><![CDATA[Alex Roarty - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23071.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alex Roarty]]></description><category domain="23071">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Meet the Party Boss Driving Dems to the Left]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article174882286.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ilyse Hogue is like no other leader of the Democratic Party. She has been on the frontlines of the activist movement throughout her career, and she's driving political officials farther left than the party has been willing to go for decades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats See Chance to Win Back Working Class Whites]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article164158372.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New internal Democratic data shows the party's House candidates can win back the white working-class voters who strongly supported President Donald Trump last year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Georgia, Democrats Feel the Pressure to Finally Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article152908524.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of last week's defeat in Montana, Democrats are facing increased pressure to win a showdown next month in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Cuss Their Way Back to the White House?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article143816604.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An old political maxim holds that politicians campaign in poetry but govern in prose.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' 2018 Plan: More Bluster, Same Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article136307148.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After losing the 2016 presidential election in dramatic fashion, notching only meager gains in Congress and failing to relax the GOP's vise-like grip on statehouses across the country, Democrats are promising changes to the way they conduct campaigns. Not coming are changes to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA: Boxer, Feinstein Endorse Kamala Harris in Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/boxer-feinstein-endorse-kamala-harris-california-senate-race-loretta-sanchez</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer on Thursday endorsed Kamala Harris in the California Senate race, backing the state attorney general even though she&#195;&#162;??s running against a fellow Democrat, Rep. Loretta Sanchez.The support from Feinstein and the retiring Boxer, whom...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate: In TV Ads, Dem Candidates Avoid Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/in-tv-ads-senate-democrats-avoid-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In many Senate races, Democrats have avoided mentioning GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in their paid media campaigns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democratic-partys-hillary-clinton-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many down-ballot Republicans keep their distance from Donald Trump with blunt criticism , a refusal to campaign next to him , and &mdash; in extreme cases &mdash; an outright declaration they don&rsquo;t support his presidential bid. Is it time for Democrats to do the same with Hillary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA: In Senate Race, Will Business Groups Back a Democrat?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/california-senate-race-will-business-groups-back-democrat</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Loretta Sanchez&#195;&#162;??s campaign against Kamala Harris in the Democrat-on-Democrat California Senate race looks like a long shot. &#195;&#130;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Emotional Life of Sanders Supporters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/sanders-supporters-wonder-whats-next</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bailey Myers, a 20-year-old Bernie Sanders supporter attending a boisterous rally here Saturday, said even if Sanders doesn't win the Democratic nomination, the campaign has shown him that the party is approaching the same kind of crackup between its ideological base and establishment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[OH: Portman Criticizes Strickland's Foreign Policy in New Ad]]></title>
							<link>http://atr.rollcall.com/portman-criticizes-stricklands-foreign-policy-new-web-ad/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Portman's ad ties Strickland to Obama and Hillary Clinton, whose policies &#195;&#162;??have made America weaker and ISIS stronger." (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Pho]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio: Question Remains on How Senator Will Finish]]></title>
							<link>http://atr.rollcall.com/big-question-new-hampshire-rubio-finish/?dcz=</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can Marco Rubio overcome his poor debate performance and earn a needed second-place finish in New Hampshire?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/127154/hotlines-2016-senate-rankings?mref=home_top_main</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ques&#194;&#173;tion is not wheth&#194;&#173;er Demo&#194;&#173;crats will pick up Sen&#194;&#173;ate seats next year, it is al&#194;&#173;most cer&#194;&#173;tainly how many. With the elec&#194;&#173;tion year upon us, a two-seat gain ap&#194;&#173;pears highly likely, while any more than that still falls closer to pos&#194;&#173;sible on the com&#194;&#173;pet&#194;&#173;it&#194;&#173;ive spec&#194;&#173;trum...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Christie's Comeback Continues in Milwaukee]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/92354/christie-comeback-continued-milwaukee?mref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chris Christie de&#194;&#173;livered an&#194;&#173;oth&#194;&#173;er strong de&#194;&#173;bate per&#194;&#173;form&#194;&#173;ance Tues&#194;&#173;day, re&#194;&#173;kind&#194;&#173;ling hope that des&#194;&#173;pite a de&#194;&#173;mo&#194;&#173;tion to the un&#194;&#173;der&#194;&#173;card event, the New Jer&#194;&#173;sey gov&#194;&#173;ernor&rsquo;s nat&#194;&#173;ur&#194;&#173;al cha&#194;&#173;risma and blunt style is giv&#194;&#173;ing the long-shot cam&#194;&#173;paign a chance to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Heath Shuler Is Exploring a North Carolina Senate Run]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/health-shuler-is-exploring-a-north-carolina-senate-run-20150806</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Mark Kirk Quandary in Illinois]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/mark-kirk-seeks-reelection-after-stroke-is-he-fit-to-hold-office-20150731</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is how Mark Kirk wants you to see him. It's a July morning, in a first-floor foyer of a children's hospital. A dozen onlookers are watching him as he treks up a flight of stairs. But Kirk, a Republican senator from Illinois, isn't alone on this journey. Trailing him, step for step,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can the GOP's Star Senate Recruit Win Latinos?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/joe-heck-nevada-senate-20150706</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ron Johnson's Steep Learning Curve in Wisconsin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/johnson-s-steep-learning-curve-threatens-senate-career-20150622</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Talk to many Wisconsin Republicans about Ron Johnson, and they'll ask to keep their names out of the story. On the record, their kindest praise can sound like a backhanded compliment: The freshman senator is getting better at his job.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feingold Is Back, But Has He Changed?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/russ-feingold-is-back-but-has-he-changed-20150609</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a moment last Friday, Russ Feingold tried to answer his skeptics rather than rally his base. Tucked away in a 30-minute speech brimming with fiery denunciations of the Patriot Act and overprivileged CEOs were two sentences that suggested the former senator was intent on confronting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer Wants Kay Hagan Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/chuck-schumer-wants-kay-hagan-back-20150525</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This Senate Candidate Really Willing to Swear Off Super PAC Cash?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/is-this-senate-candidate-really-willing-to-swear-off-super-pac-cash-20150503</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Clinton Isn't the Favorite After All]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/predictive-intelligence-20150213</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ask around: Washington is pretty certain Hillary Clinton is the favorite to win the White House. Democrats have a natural turnout advantage in presidential years, seasoned political operatives reason. Five of the past six popular-vote tallies have gone to the Democratic candidate. And...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The &quot;War on Women&quot; Isn't Over Yet]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-war-on-women-isn-t-over-yet-20150127</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are far from finished with their "war on women" campaign strategy, midterm losses be damned.Critics said Democrats' focus on topics such as abortion rights and access to contraception proved to be a losing strategy in 2014. But leading Senate Democratic strategists aren't...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Senate Campaign Targeting Harry Reid]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/senate-gop-campaign-committee-targets-harry-reid-20150111</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans don't have much time to revel in their new Senate majority. After taking advantage of a 2014 map that included seven Democratic-held seats in red states, the GOP now must defend six seats in states President Obama won twice. And they must do so in a presidential year, when...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' 2016 Senate Hopes Turn on 3 Candidates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-2016-senate-hopes-turn-on-three-candidates-20150104</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats sound confident that they can retake the Senate in just two short years. But to do that, they need top-flight recruits; and in three of 2016's most important battleground states, their wish list starts and stops with a single candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Dems, a Decline Among Black Voters Could Be Fatal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/clinton-will-need-to-win-over-the-black-voters-that-landrieu-couldn-t-20141207</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[December 7, 2014 Mary Landrieu lost her runoff race Saturday because President Obama isn't well-liked, national Democrats abandoned her, and, statewide, Louisiana pretty much only elects Republicans. But Democrats and their likely presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, might squirm the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Hagan's &quot;Perfect&quot; Campaign Lose?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/could-the-perfect-campaign-lose-20141023</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C.&mdash;It took Kay Hagan 10 minutes to cover everything she wanted to say about public education. The 61-year-old senator had picked the student union here at North Carolina State University to deliver a seminar of her own about all the ways she was building up education and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Alaska Race Slipping Away for Republicans?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/is-alaska-slipping-away-from-the-gop-20140820</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans landed their candidate of choice in Alaska on Tuesday when Dan Sullivan won his primary for Senate. But the GOP should hold off on the celebrations: So far, Sullivan's victory is one of the few things to go right in the nation's northernmost state. Alaska was always pegged as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Montana: The Democrats' Worst Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-democrats-worst-race-20140807</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. John Walsh's decision Thursday to prematurely end his campaign for a full term in the Senate caps an 18-month tumble for Democrats in the Montana contest. The party has been forced to discard&#194;&#151;depending on whom you count&#194;&#151;up to three different candidates and watched its chances of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can a Democrat Win in Georgia?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/can-a-democrat-win-in-georgia-20140722</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Roarty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michelle Nunn's campaign has a lot going for it. She raises a lot of money, shares a last name with her ex-senator father, and benefits from an ugly and especially long primary fight among Republicans. But, ultimately, whether she can win Georgia's open-seat Senate race will depend on...]]></description>
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