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<title><![CDATA[Erika Johnsen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24628.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]></description><category domain="24628">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Gasland II: Going The Full Garden Hose]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/09/new-plan-from-gasland-ii-the-faucet-fire-lie-wasnt-big-enough-were-going-full-garden-hose/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of years, there have been occasions when I&rsquo;ve raised the issue of hydraulic fracturing &mdash; a.k.a. &ldquo;fracking,&rdquo; the innovative drilling technique that has unlocked vast resources of oil and gas and brought about the shale boom &mdash; with certain...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun-Rights Lesson from a Communism Survivor]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/08/gun-rights-testimony-from-a-communism-survivor-you-dont-know-what-freedom-is-because-youve-never-lost-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am always amazed &mdash; amazed &mdash; when anyone has the gall to dismiss, even laugh off, the suggestion that the right to keep and bear arms is a smart and necessary provision for a free society. Human history (not to mention current events!) is too chock-full of examples of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rove: GOP Needs Pauls, Not O'Donnells]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/18/rove-the-gop-needs-more-rand-pauls-and-fewer-christine-odonnells/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Karl Rove has been taking a lot of heat over the past few weeks for his new I-swear-this-isn&#8217;t-about-smothering-the-Tea-Party PAC-extension, whose mission is to help nominate what they deem to be the most &#8216;electable&#8217; candidates ahead of the 2014 midterms. Rove again...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Democrats Try To Ignore the Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/31/reid-the-gop-really-needs-to-stop-bad-mouthing-this-recovery-were-in/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Ed pointed out this morning, the White House&#8217;s more recent attitude on the pathetic state of the American economy has run somewhere along the lines of, &#8220;Maybe if we just don&#8217;t talk about it, people will forget that it actually exists&#8221; &#8212; but the report of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nebraska Governor Approves Keystone XL]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/22/end-of-the-line-nebraska-governor-officially-approves-keystone-xl-pipeline/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Well, now &#8212; President Obama&#8217;s several eminent statements about his revived commitment to really do something about climate change during his inaugural speech on Monday are about to be put to the immediate test. As expected, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has approved the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inaugural Committee Accepts Corporate Donations]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/21/inaugural-donations-from-corporations-not-okay-in-2009-totally-cool-in-2013/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Because accepting donations from those distasteful, money-grubbing corporations is just not acceptable &#8212; except, you know, when you really need the money.In 2008/2009, President Obama&#8217;s inaugural committee (amidst much self-promoted fanfare, I might add) decided to buck...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Will Miss Budget Deadline]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/14/white-house-to-paul-ryan-yeah-about-that-budget-deadline/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every year, the White House is required by law to submit the president&#8217;s budget plan to Congress by the first Monday in February. While it is common for administrations to miss the date in their first year, the Obama administration has only managed to meet that simple, regular...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Administration Doesn't Want Brits To Leave EU]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/10/obama-admin-to-britain-wed-really-prefer-that-you-not-exit-the-eu/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There has been much ado lately about the eventual possibility of the United Kingdom bowing out of the European Union, and last summer, British Prime Minister David Cameron hinted that his government may be considering holding a national referendum on the subject in the not too distant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bipartisanship of Chris Christie]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/09/so-chris-christie-is-really-going-big-on-this-bipartisanship-thing-huh/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And it&#8217;s apparently working like a charm. New Jersey is really loving the &#8220;I&#8217;m so moderate and above-the-fray, I&#8217;m perfectly willing to excoriate my own party and I simply adore compromise&#8221; tack, with the added bonus that the media cannot seem to get enough...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Unemployment Benefits Saving Jobs?]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/04/labor-sec-solis-all-of-these-unemployment-benefits-have-saved-millions-of-jobs-you-know/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Appearing on CNBC this morning to offer the official government spin on the somewhat less-than-uplifting final jobs report of the 2012, Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis aptly demonstrated what seems to be a disturbingly prevalent attitude among our federal officials: That money...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wind Energy Tax Credit Hangs in the Balance]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/21/the-wind-production-tax-credit-still-hangs-in-the-fiscal-cliff-balance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Congress and the White House currently concentrating their laser-like focus on averting (or not averting, as the case may be) the fiscal cliff, the fate of various tax extenders is still very much up in the air, including the wind industry&#8217;s precious production tax credit...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State Department Officials Resign Over Libya]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/19/three-state-dept-officials-resign-in-the-wake-of-damning-benghazi-report/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Accountability Review Board report on Benghazi now making the rounds did not come up favorably for the State Department &#8212; &#8220;systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels&#8221; resulting in security &#8220;that was inadequate for Benghazi...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Student Debt Crisis is Escalating Quickly]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/29/this-student-debt-crisis-is-escalating-quickly/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Throughout his perpetual campaigning, President Obama has made a big point about being the champion of students and young people in helping to make college more accessible and affordable and helping out with student debt &#8212; and yet, miraculously, here we are with student-loan debt...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Americans Using Food Stamps at Thanksigving]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/21/more-americans-than-ever-will-be-using-food-stamps-this-thanksgiving/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marco Rubio said something the other day that made me want to jump up and cheer: &#8220;The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.&#8221; Whoomp, there it is! That, right there, is a masterfully simple and succinct way to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[While Government Teeters, Invesment Falls Off]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/19/the-fiscal-cliff-while-the-government-teeters-investment-jumps-off/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Excellent news, everybody: American businesses are now scaling back on investment plans at the fastest pace since the official recession &#8212; and seeing as how investment is a very basic and key driver of economic growth, I&#8217;d say that that doesn&#8217;t bode too well for our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Onward, ObamaCare]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/08/onward-obamacare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ObamaCare is no longer merely looming &#8212; it&#8217;s happening, and with the certainty that the health care law is here to stay, the federal bureaucracy is readying to unleash the floodgates of regulation-writing and logistical planning and make it rain on the health-care industry,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Deploys Clinton on $5 Trillion Claim]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/16/team-obama-deploys-bill-clinton-to-bolster-5-trillion-argument/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has his work cut out for him tonight. The last debate blasted a huge hole not merely through the Democrats&#8217; messaging on Obama&#8217;s record, but also through the vaunted image of Obama&#8217;s larger-than-life, mythically superior intelligence, and Democrats have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When the World Stopped Turning]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/11/where-were-you-when-the-world-stopped-turning/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Driving into the office this morning and seeing all of the giant American flags unfurled over all of the tallest buildings, and revisiting all of the pictures, videos, and soundbites coming through my newsfeed today, I&#8217;m irresistibly and just as poignantly reminded of exactly how I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Will Be a Recession If U.S. Goes Over Fiscal Cliff]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/08/22/cbo-deep-recession-on-the-way-if-congress-fails-to-stop-the-fiscal-cliff/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office issued its latest report, predicting that &#8212; unless Congress acts to thwart January&#8217;s upcoming &#8220;Taxmageddon&#8221; &#8212; our economy will suffer even further setbacks and likely land squarely back into the realms of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Red States Are More Charitable Than Blue States]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/08/20/study-red-states-more-disposed-to-charitable-giving-than-blue-states/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to a new survey of tax data by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, it appears that red states are much more prone to charitable donations than blue states &#8212; interesting, but not at all surprising when you think about it. Politico reports:The eight states whose residents gave...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaign Detente Comes To An End]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/23/looks-like-the-colorado-detente-is-officially-over/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After learning of the terrible shooting in Colorado last Friday morning, both President Obama and Mitt Romney spoke of the need to take some time to pray, reflect, and appreciate our loved ones, and instituted a sort of unofficial cease-fire over the weekend. Both camps pulled ads from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Salazar's Melodrama Over Budget Cuts]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/20/salazar-gop-budget-would-be-a-death-knell-for-conservation-programs/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Please, Secretary Salazar &#8212; spare us the dramatics.The Republican budget is a "death knell"]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feds Overpaid Unemployment Benefits]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/09/oh-good-govt-overpaid-14-billion-in-unemployment-benefits-in-2011/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blergh. Obviously, when gigantic bureaucracies with many moving parts are regularly engaged in doling out billions of dollars worth of &#194;&#145;free&#194;&#146; money to millions of people, there&#194;&#146;s bound to be a certain level of waste/fraud/abuse &#194;&#151; but that doesn&#194;&#146;t make the actual amount any less...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Just How &quot;Fine&quot; Is The Private Sector?]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/08/say-just-how-fine-is-the-private-sector-doing-anyway/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Erika already noted the reassurance from President Obama on the state of the private sector, which he thinks is &#8220;doing fine&#8221;:Well, just how &#8220;fine&#8221; has the private sector done?  Let&#8217;s take a look at the record, and compare it to Obama&#8217;s words.  First,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Quit Stalling on Energy Production]]></title>
							<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/07/house-gop-want-more-jobs-how-bout-we-quit-stalling-on-energy-production/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erika Johnsen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the time being, President Obama has moved away from energy as the campaign theme du jour, especially as gas prices have calmed down. It therefore warms my heart that the House GOP is challenging Obama on his rhetorically cozy but completely fake &#8220;all of the above&#8221; energy...]]></description>
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