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<title><![CDATA[Jim Messina - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24049.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jim Messina]]></description><category domain="24049">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Mythbusting Before the Midterms: Lessons From 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://messinamemo.substack.com/p/mythbusting-before-the-midterms-part-671</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Identifying'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and avoiding'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the lines of thinking that doom us.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Feeling Like 1988, Democrats No Longer in Touch]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/22/messina_its_feeling_really_like_1988_to_me_right_now_democrats_no_longer_in_touch_with_everyday_concerns.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jonathan, 1988 was the only time since World War II where one party left the White House or the incumbent president didn't run and his party won the election. And when you look at why, it's because Democrats were perceived as out of touch on social issues, on the death penalty, the great...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Until Dems Are Trusted on Economy, They Won't Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ft.com/content/27dff182-c4bf-46a3-b50a-06053bae4f41?segmentId=b385c2ad-87ed-d8ff-aaec-0f8435cd42d9</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A subscription to the Financial Times provides you with the insights and perspective you need to succeed, now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Third-Party Candidate Can't Win in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/18/third-party-2024-no-labels-00132066</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No Labels is pushing a dangerous lie that would simply serve to put Donald Trump back in the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's No Need for Democrats To Panic Over Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/13/obama-2012-campaign-manager-advice-00126736</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't sweat the doom and gloom polling. We've been here before.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Dems Can Build on 2022 Success for 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3777223-the-real-lessons-of-2022-and-what-it-means-for-2024/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First, we must unify behind our president and make sure he both runs and wins reelection.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump's Tweets Are Hurting Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/18/donald-trump-tweets-polls-swing-voters-215840</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's social media rampages aren't just damaging him, they're causing swing voters to reevaluate both his priorities and the very health of the economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Election Polls That Matter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/opinion/campaign-stops/the-election-polls-that-matter.html?ref=opinion&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With just days left in the 2016 presidential election, Americans are wondering if polling is accurate or if we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll see a Brexit-style shock.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the GOP Can't Get No Satisfaction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/jim-messina-british-elections-118001.html?hp=t1_r#.VViEi_lViko</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the savviest political observers I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve come across is Mick Jagger. I was invited to a dinner that included the legendary rocker in London before the British Election (I took about 9,000 selfies), when I discovered that Mick has been a political junkie his whole life. When...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We're Raising Money to Support Obama Agenda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/07/opinion/messina-organizing-for-action/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- You can't change Washington from the inside. President Obama was criticized for stating that simple truth during the campaign, but without Americans organizing in support of the issues they believe in, lobbyists and special interests will drive the agenda in Washington.At this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Will Not Play By Two Sets of Rules]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-messina/we-will-not-play_b_1258911.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Messina</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2010, the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case opened the door to a new wave of so-called Super PACs -- non-candidate political committees that can receive and spend unlimited money from special interests. For the first time, these committees could accept money from...]]></description>
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