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<title><![CDATA[Emily Schultheis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23465.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Emily Schultheis]]></description><category domain="23465">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Is Anyone in Charge of Los Angeles?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/business-labor-battle-olympics-00502230</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the city grapples with its post-fire recovery and pre-Olympic planning, business and labor have both given up on working through city hall '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and are preparing for total war at the ballot box.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is It Time to Bury Merkel's Legacy?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/12/cdu-hamburg-merkel-successor-germany/577330/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Christian Democrats choose a new party chair on Friday, they have to decide whether the CDU needs change after Merkel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 18 years of leadership.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in the Bundestag]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/germany-afd-merkel-spd-populism-immigrants/552278/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[BERLIN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'On first glance, the legislators occupying the 92 royal blue chairs lining the far-right side of the plenary floor in Germany'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s parliament appeared no different from their 617 colleagues. Dressed in sharp suits and ties, they flipped through briefing papers on their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Merkel Effect]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/angela-merkel-germany-schulz-populism-trump-afd/538485/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On August 12, German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off her reelection campaign in the west German city of Dortmund. Fresh from a three-week vacation in the Italian Alps, she joked that she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d neglected to mention that the election wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t yet over and done with. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I almost...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: 2nd Amendment People Can Stop Clinton on Guns]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-second-amendment-people-could-do-something-about-clinton-judge-choices/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some believe the GOP nominee was implying violence against Clinton or judges]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Says He May Renegotiate Terms of Fall Debates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-says-he-may-renegotiate-terms-of-fall-debates/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA["I want to debate very badly. But I have to see the conditions," the GOP nominee said Tuesday]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Cannot Afford to Lose Blacks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/hillary-clinton-cannot-afford-to-lose-black-voters-20150603</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama didn't need to do much'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'almost anything'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'to win record turnout from African-American voters. Hillary Clinton will need to pull out all the stops to score just a fraction of that support.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Forget the 50-State Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/forget-the-50-state-plan-clinton-s-building-for-a-battleground-strategy-20150514</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Forever Ready for Elizabeth Warren]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/forever-ready-for-elizabeth-warren-20150504</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina Plays the Heavy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/playing-the-heavy-20150313</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of conservative and evangelical activists had been listening politely and applauding on cue as Carly Fiorina talked about God, and opportunity, and work ethic. For many of those attending the Iowa Freedom Summit, it was the first time they'd heard her speak. For some, it was the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's 2016 Gender Play]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/twenty-sixteen/clinton-s-2016-gender-play-20150224</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's Play for Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/twenty-sixteen/hillary-clinton-s-play-for-pennsylvania-20150212</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats face two major demographic challenges in the 2016 presidential campaign. First, can Hillary Clinton, assuming she's the party's nominee, win back the white working-class voters who have drifted toward Republicans in recent years? And second, will she be able to maintain the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will This N.H. District Signal a Wave?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/will-this-new-hampshire-district-signal-a-wave-20140929</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DERRY, N.H.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'On a fall Saturday in September, former GOP Rep. Frank Guinta walks through the crowd at a town fair in his district and gets an offer for a free eye exam from a local ophthalmologist's office. A veteran tells him he's welcome to use the VFW hall any time for a town-hall...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Governors' Races Turn Map Upside Down]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/in-governors-races-parties-are-spending-money-in-surprising-places-20140902</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are bullish about their opportunity to win the governor's mansion in Kansas and Republicans have sent staffers out to Hawaii for what they view as a promising opportunity to turn the state red.Those statements may seem surprising given both states' political leanings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Braley's Missteps Have Dems Worried in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/braley-s-missteps-have-democrats-worried-in-iowa-20140728</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats never expected that the 2014 candidate most likely to put his foot in his mouth would be their own Bruce Braley.The national Democrats who had long touted the four-term House member as a top Senate recruit in Iowa are the same ones who privately worry that Braley's missteps are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A War for Women's Votes in Pennsylvania Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/pennsylvania-governor-race-allyson-schwartz-tom-corbett-2014-elections-on-the-ground-106309.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives: Hillary Must Win Us Over]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/netroots-nation-2013-hillary-clinton-93192.html?hp=t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Hillary Clinton was far from the darling of the left in the 2008 election. But here at the largest annual gathering of progressives, many said they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re ready to get behind a Hillary 2016 bid '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' though she shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t take them for granted.In more than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Schumer-Rubio Could Upend Electoral College]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/immigration-reform-could-upend-electoral-college-90478.html?ml=po_r</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The immigration proposal pending in Congress would transform the nation'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s political landscape for a generation or more '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic voters into the electorate a decade from now in ways that, if current trends hold, would produce an electoral bonanza for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bobby Jindal Is Governing Like It's 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=37F8B183-8AB2-44E3-A6C0-5EB270061C8C</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is laying the groundwork for a likely presidential run '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and using his state as a testing ground for policies that play well with national conservatives.He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s passed a sweeping school voucher plan, rejected the Medicaid expansion in Obamacare and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DSCC Hits Mourdock as &quot;Extremist&quot; on Ind. Radio]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commitee is putting just over $200,000 behind a radio ad in Indiana calling GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock a "Tea Party extremist."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anita Perry Takes New Role in '12 Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64675.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emily Schultheis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the short time since her husband joined the GOP presidential race, Anita Perry has stumped for him in Florida, opened the campaign office in South Carolina and made a series of stops in Iowa. In advance of the Florida straw poll last week, the campaign sent out a mailer to GOP...]]></description>
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