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<title><![CDATA[Benjy Sarlin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23734.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Benjy Sarlin]]></description><category domain="23734">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[What Hong's Loss Means for Progressives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/francesca-hong-lost-here-s-what-it-means-for-progressives/ar-AA29VW3t</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It turns out there is a limit to how far left Democrats are willing to go with a crucial swing state on the line.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of 'Demographics Are Destiny']]></title>
							<link>https://www.semafor.com/article/11/07/2024/the-2024-election-should-end-the-demographics-are-destiny-era-of-politics</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the last two decades, the parties have been obsessed with the idea of a permanent majority. It's not coming.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Predictions of 'Kavanaugh Wave'--But for Which Party?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/predictions-kavanaugh-wave-november-democrats-or-gop-n914921</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The dramatic daylong testimony focused attention on the troubles facing Trump's nominee and the possible political fallout.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Could Win 50 House Seats. Here's How]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-could-win-50-house-seats-here-s-how-n792061</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' If Democrats are planning to ride an anti-Trump wave to a takeover of the House in 2018, they can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just rely on seats where voters resisted Donald Trump in 2016. They also face the major task of winning back those rural and blue-collar whites who defected to the president. That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Won and Proved Everyone Wrong]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nbcnews.com/specials/donald-trump-republican-party/presidency</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[onald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s impending inauguration is a crowning achievement for a man who went from a cultural curiosity at the start of the 2016 campaign to an unexpected president-elect. But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also the pinnacle of a mass political movement lying just under the surface of American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Vengeful World of Donald Trump, and Why It Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/analysis-vengeful-world-donald-trump-why-it-matters-n671721</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Summarizing Donald Trump's worldview isn't easy, but this may come close: The world is a violent place, and it demands a violent response. His campaign might seem like a storm emitting strikes of lightning: He's made news by giving out a Republican rival's phone number, tweeting about a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Had the Worst Week in Campaign History]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/analysis-trump-may-have-had-worst-week-presidential-campaign-history-n658071</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It culminated with the Times publishing 1995 tax records showing a $916M loss, which could have allowed him to pay no fed income taxes for 18 years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Campaign Quietly Talks Clinton Sex Scandals]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-campaign-quietly-shouts-about-clinton-sex-scandals-n656466</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The scandals have been successfully revived by Trump and his allies this week '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? including in this article '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? by pretending not to talk about them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Bolton will not run for president in 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/john-bolton-will-not-run-president-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Billionaire Plans to Punish GOP on Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/billionaire-donors-climate-group-plans-punish-gop-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Making Right Call on Immigration?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/president-obama-making-the-right-call-immigration</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Obama prepares to take action on immigration in defiance of last Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s midterm shellacking, he faces an uncertain political and policy terrain filled with risk.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' On the policy front, the loudest argument against executive action is by far the easiest for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Already Have a Plan for 2020]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/2016-democrats-already-have-plan-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second term winds down and Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s likely presidential campaign winds up, it feels like the 2016 election is drawing even more attention than the upcoming midterm races.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Control of the Senate Comes Down to Iowa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/democrats-struggle-critical-iowa-senate-race</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' On a recent visit to the Iowa State Fair, control of the Senate boiled down to a fight between two opposing camps: people in chicken suits versus people in corn suits. Such are the indignities of running in one of the most competitive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and crucial '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michigan Senate Race a Rare Bright Spot for Dems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/michigan-senate-race-rare-bright-spot-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatism is the Ramones at CBGB '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' loud, fast and alive. In contrast, liberalism is the headliner at a state fair concert. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Foghat, serenading its anesthetized fans as America slow rides into decline.Back in the 70s, the Ramones put a steel-toed boot into the behind of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Latina Star Dems Have Been Waiting For?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lucy-flores-latina-star-democrats-have-been-waiting</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS, Nev. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have the background of a typical politician, right?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Lucy Flores told a crowd of Democratic activists as she accepted the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nomination for lieutenant governor of Nevada in June.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Hold Strong in 3 Key Senate Races]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/democrats-hold-strong-three-key-senate-races</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans may have a strong chance at capturing the Senate in 2014, but they haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t won yet. New NBC News/Marist polls in Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky show Democrats competitive in each state, even as the candidates face a conservative electorate broadly dissatisfied with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Republicans Self-Destruct in Georgia?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-its-own-worst-enemy-ga-senate-race</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MACON, Ga. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' 2014 is a Republican year. The party has the map, the candidates, and the money to finally retake the Senate after blowing the last two tries by nominating weak ultra-conservative candidates in critical races. And there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no way that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s happening again, right?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Schweitzer Win in 2016 as the Anti-Obama?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/dem-thinks-he-can-win-the-anti-obama</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brian Schweitzer, the former two-term Democratic governor of Montana, is rarely speechless. Once he gets going on a topic, he'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s almost impossible to stop. As he builds up steam, he'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'ll slap his knee to emphasize his points. He'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'ll slap your knee to emphasize his points. Good luck...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Governors Can't Save the Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/governors-cant-save-the-gop</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Executive experience is the newest front in the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ongoing civil war.Establishment Republicans are increasingly touting governors like Chris Christie, Scott Walker, Susana Martinez, and John Kasich as the future of the party, praising their pragmatism and electability. You can...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Gains in Colorado Could Be Fool's Gold]]></title>
							<link>http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/11/colorado-gops-gains-could-be-fools-gold/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans and gun rights activists scored a major victory in Colorado on Tuesday when they recalled two Democratic state senators, including Senate President John Morse, over their votes for gun control legislation. Democrats still narrowly control the state Senate in addition to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Racism Resurfaces in Anti-Obama Protests]]></title>
							<link>http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/12/race-resurfaces-in-conservative-protests-against-obama/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just weeks after President Obama attempted to bridge a national divide over the George Zimmerman verdict, the rhetoric surrounding race in America is increasingly hot. In the last month, several ugly episodes surrounding anti-Obama protests have prompted bipartisan denunciations, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Arizona Can Teach GOP About Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/22/what-arizona-can-teach-republicans-about-immigration/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Arizona became synonymous with hardline immigration policy in 2010, when legislators passed SB 1070, a groundbreaking law that deputized local police to investigate and report suspected immigration violators'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'a job previously reserved for the federal government. The bill was popular...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Unions Came to Champion Immigrants]]></title>
							<link>http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/how-unions-went-from-border-hawks-to-immigration-champions.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eliseo Medina, secretary treasurer of the Service Employees International Union and labor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s point man on immigration, has been waiting decades for a moment like this one. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I think we get it this year,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a smiling Medina told TPM in his office in Washington. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'And if we...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Plans to Overwhelm NRA With Rapid Victory]]></title>
							<link>http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/white-house-nra-gun-victory.php?ref=fpa</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House and gun control supporters are gearing up for a whirlwind month, with plans to pass reform legislation before outrage over the Sandy Hook massacre has a chance to fade.While the fiscal cliff has dominated Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attention in recent weeks, lawmakers and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Themes That Defined the DNC]]></title>
							<link>http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/the-3-themes-that-defined-the-democratic-convention.php?ref=fpb</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Budget Math Becomes Even More Confusing]]></title>
							<link>http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/romneys-budget-math-become-even-more-confusing-after-ryan-pick.php?ref=fpa</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as his running mate, he pledged a new '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'campaign of substance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that would finally silence critics who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve attacked his policy proposals as unworkably vague. But far from clarifying his platform, Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s positions have become even more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Schizophrenic Jobs Message]]></title>
							<link>http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/job-growth-splits-national-state-republicans.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Depending on which Republicans you ask, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re either living in the best of times, or the worst of times.For the national GOP, any notion of an economic recovery is a figment of Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' imaginations. When a third straight month of solid job numbers came in last week,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reviewing the GOP Dark Horses]]></title>
							<link>http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/americas-next-anti-romney-is-the-another-last-minute-surge-left.php?ref=fpnewsfeed</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As recently as a couple of weeks ago, the Republican contest looked like it was racing towards a final decisive battle between Mitt Romney and a resurgent Newt Gingrich.But Gingrich'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s poll numbers are plummeting at such terminal velocity now that there may be time yet for another...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Team Obama Maps Out Path to Victory]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjy Sarlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama sure looked like a two-term president in November 2008 as he presided over an electoral map more dominant than many thought possible after two ultra-polarized contests in 2000 and 2004. But with a weak economy that shows little signs of serious improvement before election...]]></description>
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