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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Rosenthal - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24137.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Rosenthal]]></description><category domain="24137">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Gun Smoke and Mirrors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/opinion/guns-age-limit-mental-hospitals.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&amp;mtrref=www.nytimes.com&amp;gwh=18677852A00230B6F8A507C6AC6E5A47&amp;gwt=pay&amp;assetType=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Age limits for buying semiautomatic weapons and bump-stock bans are inadequate. Throwing people who seem off into mental hospitals is insane.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Republican Senators Truly That Clueless on Taxes?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/opinion/wavering-senators-buy-trumps-assurances-on-taxes-really.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senators who voiced concerns about the tax bill say everything will be fine because Trump said so. Then he sold them land in the Everglades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is How Grown-Ups Deal With Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/opinion/putin-trump-theresa-may.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Britain's prime minister delivered a tough message to the Kremlin, while Trump babbled about Putin's sincerity in denying cyberattacks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sessions Gives a Master Class in Dissembling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/jeff-sessions-gives-a-master-class-in-dissembling.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the testimony on June 8 by the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, was a startling example of candor in Washington, the appearance on Tuesday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions before the Senate Intelligence Committee was a master class in bamboozling, blustering and butt-covering....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Lordy, I Hope There Are Tapes']]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/opinion/lordy-i-hope-there-are-tapes.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;region=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s the latest sign of how far we&rsquo;ve passed through the looking glass since Donald Trump moved into the White House:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, Middle-School President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/opinion/donald-trump-middle-school-president.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Any parent who has had children in middle school is familiar with their teenage excuses. First, they complain that the teachers are mean and assign too much homework, then that the reading is boring, and then when all else fails, they give you that aggrieved look and whine,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[James Comey's Self-Righteous Meddling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/opinion/campaign-stops/james-comeys-self-righteous-meddling.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are two possible explanations for James Comey&rsquo;s decision to announce last week that he was examining emails that &ldquo;appear to be pertinent&rdquo; to the investigation of Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s use of a private email server.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump Supporters Want You to Believe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/opinion/campaign-stops/what-trump-supporters-want-you-to-believe.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s assume, just for the sake of argument, that Donald Trump and his supporters on the deplorable right actually mean what they say and are not just spewing sound bites for fun or attention.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Get Ready for the 'Real' Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/opinion/campaign-stops/get-ready-for-the-real-donald-trump.html?ref=opinion&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Republican politicians start talking about &ldquo;reaching out&rdquo; to minority voters, you can be sure of two things: They are scared they are going to lose badly with those voters in yet another election, and they aren&rsquo;t actually going to change any of their policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Republicans Won't Renounce Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/opinion/campaign-stops/why-republicans-wont-renounce-trump.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Donald Trump attacked a federal judge whose parents were born in Mexico, Hispanic Americans were outraged. Other minority groups saw a pattern of bigotry. Democrats had a hard time concealing their glee. Republican leaders pretended they disapproved.Well, to be fair, they did...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Budget Grandstanding in the Senate]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/budget-grandstanding-in-the-senate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Senate caucus &ndash; long one of the most irresponsible, ideologically blinkered and right-wing in history &ndash; spent last night producing its first budget. I almost thought it was a joke. There were plenty of fools and foolishness involved in this nonsense, but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here Come the Torture Apologists]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/here-come-the-torture-apologists/?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The publication today of a censored summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee&rsquo;s investigation into the use of torture at C.I.A. prisons has brought war-crime apologists out from under their rocks. Chief among them is former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the all-time great...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Callous Republicans at the SOTU]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/looking-callous-at-the-sotu/?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Having covered more State of the Union addresses than I care to count, I know perfectly well that the applause breaks are ritualistic. But during tonight&rsquo;s speech, there were several moments that were emblematic of the partisan divides in this country, and the callous nature of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cutting the Heart Out of Health Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/cutting-the-heart-out-of-health-reform/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s easy to be mad at President Obama over health care reform &ndash; the broken website, the confusing choices, his false promise that everyone could keep their current plans.But it&rsquo;s still hard to fathom why 39 Democrats voted for a bill in the House that would allow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Soul-Searching Over, Republicans Move Right]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/g-o-p-purity-control/?ref=opinion&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After losing the 2012 election the G.O.P. engaged in a bit of soul-searching, and talked publicly about changing their image, if not their policies. That phase is definitively over. The Republicans are back to denouncing every utterance that strays from an absolutely rigid right-wing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nope, Still No Cover-Up]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/nope-still-no-cover-up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that the White House has released 100-pages worth of emails between the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency over how to craft post-Benghazi talking points, we know three things.First, this White House has no clue how to handle a public relations crisis; it should...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gosnell and Reproductive Care]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/kermit-gosnell-and-reproductive-care/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What does the trial of a Philadelphia doctor who is accused of performing illegal late-term abortions by inducing labor and then killing the fetuses have to do with the debate over legal abortion?Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said today that the Kermit Gosnell trial proves that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Out of Sync With Voters]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/the-people-versus-the-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republicans have hit a sour spot in politics &#194;&#151; they are 180 degrees opposed to what most Americans want on just about any issue you care to name. Remember, for instance, how the American people rejected the Romney/Ryan ticket, and in particular Paul Ryan&#194;&#146;s budget? Today Mr. Ryan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Versus Consumers]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/republicans-versus-consumers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sent a letter to President Obama, cosigned by 42 other Senators, insisting on &ldquo;structural changes&rdquo; to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau &ndash; a government agency created after the Great Recession to stop private...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Drags Country Down Conspiracy Path]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/the-benghazi-circus/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are still unanswered questions about the Benghazi mission killings&#194;&#150;remaining fine details about what happened that day, what the intelligence community knew (or didn&#194;&#146;t know) before the attack, whether better security around American diplomats could have prevented the tragedy....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Obama Should Frame the Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/what-will-president-obama-say/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney is decidedly unpopular. Polling by the Times and CBS News shows his approval rating languishing at around 30 percent. Other polls show voters think President Obama is more likely to have good ideas about improving the economy than Mr. Romney.Peter Hart, the veteran Democratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Partisanship Is Not a Bipartisan Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/partisanship-is-not-a-bipartisan-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In my post yesterday on Tuesday&rsquo;s voting, I mentioned that Richard Lugar lost the Indiana Senate primary to Richard Mourdock, a radical right-winger. I didn&rsquo;t have time to write at length about his thoughtful farewell letter, but it&rsquo;s worth revisiting as a sort of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Romney Reading Krugman?]]></title>
							<link>http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/is-romney-reading-krugman/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rosenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a campaign stop in Michigan on Tuesday, Mitt Romney made news by telling the truth about the economy. He said: &ldquo;If you just cut, if all you&rsquo;re thinking about doing is cutting spending, as you cut spending you&rsquo;ll slow down the economy. So you have to, at the same...]]></description>
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