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<title><![CDATA[Mark Z. Barabak - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25287.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mark Z. Barabak]]></description><category domain="25287">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Ripple or Wave? This Race Will Test Dem Strength in November]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/barabak-ripple-blue-wave-race-100000526.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The high desert is not typically a place you look for a wave. But in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' vast expanse between the Sierra Nevada and Utah border, a not-exactly-wide-open race for Congress is testing whether a blue wave, should one come November, is ankle-high or something more akin to a political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's In a Name? Alaska's Confounding Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/barabak-whats-name-confounding-u-100000498.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' fight for control of the U.S. Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' grows increasingly competitive, eyes are turning north to Alaska and a contest pitting, among its contestants, Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and, no, it's not about a candidate living a double life or wrestling demons within...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Might Subvert the November Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/barabak-congressional-landmine-stirring-fears-100000213.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABokbnT5tNv7DyL1Ced4V6JD1t9YT-5n0X9piZo2--xNh4YtI0Af-vt2K2kugzAg9rrH2iWpq5jGEJuHqcZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A constitutional provision allowing Congress to determine its makeup has some worried a Democratic victory could be nullified. Skepticism abounds, but Trump has repeatedly breached long-standing norms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell's Bid for California Governor Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/barabak-rumors-denial-bombshell-eric-222633496.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell's campaign for governor is over, whether he admits it or not.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is California Really Going To Elect a GOP Governor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/barabak-california-really-going-elect-100000521.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That's for sure. It's reminiscent of the panic that followed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Joe Biden's wretched debate performance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Atlanta, the biggest disaster to hit the city since'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a 2009 flood'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' caused more than half a billion dollars in damage.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Lot Rides On Trump's Endorsement in California Gov Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/barabak-wont-lot-rides-trump-100000730.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chad Bianco couldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t fly to Mar-a-Lago,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wreathe President Trump in honeyed words, bestow the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Riverside County Peace Prize'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' upon him and hand-feed him his favorite dish '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a Big Mac?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' from a platter of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 24-karat gold.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Betty Yee Not Dropping Out of CA Governor's Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/barabak-culling-field-california-governor-100000895.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Betty Yee'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' knows'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' what people are thinking. She's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' heard what they've said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and read the many emails she's gotten.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This AZ District Is Key to Control of the House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-this-district-is-key-to-control-of-the-house-thats-about-all-people-agree-on/ar-AA1WnX0l</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth H. paused recently outside the post office in this small, high-desert community, not far from where Easy Street meets Nonchalant Avenue.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meet the Un-Gavin: KY Gov Sees Different Path to WH]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/meet-un-gavin-kentuckys-governor-110000261.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom was in his element,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' moving and shaking amid the rich and powerful'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Davos.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What a Scandal! (Or Not.) How Things Have Changed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-what-a-scandal-or-not-how-things-have-changed/ar-AA1Rq8U0</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why CA Has Its Most Wide-Open Governor's Race in Decades]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-california-is-having-its-most-wide-open-governor-s-race-in-decades-why-s-that/ar-AA1QZ8KE</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is there anyone who is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' not'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' running for governor?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Won on Prop 50, But Presidency Is Still a Reach]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/barabak-newsom-prevailed-proposition-50-110000284.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A week before'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' California's special election, Gavin Newsom made news by doing something practically unheard of. He told donors to stop sending money to pass Proposition 50.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congrats, America, You're 249! But Last Year Was Rough]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/barabak-congratulations-america-youre-249-100000408.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The social safety net is being shredded, we're losing our edge in arts and science and have squandered our standing as a beacon of hope. But we've survived worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Battling Trump Doesn't Prove Newsom's Presidential Timber]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-newsom-stood-tall-against-trump-does-that-make-him-presidential-timber/ar-AA1HbzZ0</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Time for Gavin Newsom to start measuring those White House drapes. Huh?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Harris, It's Not Whether To Run for California Gov, But Why]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/barabak-kamala-harris-not-just-100000198.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.yahoo.com/news/barabak-kamala-harris-not-just-100000198.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former vice president will spend this summer figuring out her political future. If she seeks the governorship, she'll need to commit to the job 100% and explain to voters what's in it for them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Has Gotten Ruder. Starting at the Very Top]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/barabak-america-has-gotten-ruder-starting-at-the-very-top/ar-AA1BWaRH</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/barabak-america-has-gotten-ruder-starting-at-the-very-top/ar-AA1BWaRH]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve driven on the freeway in recent years, been to the grocery store, attended a movie or a live performance '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' heck, if you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been at all sentient '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the findings of a new poll will startle you about as much as the sun rising at dawn and setting at dusk.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Gavin Newsom Talk Himself to Political Death?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-with-his-new-podcast-gavin-newsom-may-just-talk-himself-to-political-death/ar-AA1AKPHJ</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barabak-with-his-new-podcast-gavin-newsom-may-just-talk-himself-to-political-death/ar-AA1AKPHJ]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' eyes on the White House, vision firmly fixed on his future '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is leaning once more into the self-promotion business.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Tech Bros Became Lords of the Political Universe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-rise-silicon-valley-indifference-110028668.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-rise-silicon-valley-indifference-110028668.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The assembly of billionaires at Trump's inauguration was a display of wealth and power unlike any before. The display was all the more remarkable given how recently many in tech were politically naive or apathetic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[History Gets Carter Wrong, Both Underrated &amp; Overrated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-history-gets-jimmy-carter-wrong-both-underrated-and-overrated/ar-AA1wFwzO</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-history-gets-jimmy-carter-wrong-both-underrated-and-overrated/ar-AA1wFwzO]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the lives of public figures a tale often takes hold and that narrative becomes their story.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Threatens Vengeance on CA. Should We Believe Him?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-donald-trump-threatens-vengeance-on-california-should-we-believe-him/ar-AA1sqJzJ</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-donald-trump-threatens-vengeance-on-california-should-we-believe-him/ar-AA1sqJzJ]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Life may be full of uncertainties but there's one thing you can count on come election day, as surely as the sun rises over the Sierra and sets over the Pacific.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump's Crowd Obsession Says About Him - &amp;  2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/column-trumps-crowd-obsession-says-100018927.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Kamala Harris and Tim Walz draw larger crowds, Donald Trump's frenzy shows he's struggling against his surging opponent and a startling new political reality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Tell This 'Double-Hater' She's Crazy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-she-cant-stand-trump-100001417.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most of those known as 'double haters' will come around to support one of the two major party presidential nominees. But some, like Victoria Thompson, won't back Trump or Biden under any circumstances.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Should Handle the Age Issue]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-no-graveyards-no-ice-110001156.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden isn't the first presidential candidate to face doubts about his mental and physical capacities. Veterans of the Dole and Reagan campaigns recall how they addressed the age issue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Solid Senate Pick and a Craven Move by Gavin Newsom]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-solid-senate-pick-craven-174640714.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://news.yahoo.com/column-solid-senate-pick-craven-174640714.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Laphonza Butler will bring a fresh perspective to the Senate. But Gavin Newsom should have kept his pledge to name a caretaker to replace Dianne Feinstein.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How New Mexico Went From Battleground to Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/urbanization-latinos-far-gop-mexico-140002312.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.aol.com/news/urbanization-latinos-far-gop-mexico-140002312.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New Mexico had been a prime presidential battleground. But the growth of its cities, a Republican shift and heightened Latino influence have made the state deep blue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA Will Be 2024 Presidential Kingmaker. Just Kidding]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-heres-why-california-will-be-the-2024-presidential-kingmaker-just-kidding/ar-AA1dDfRf</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s summer in California, a time when thoughts turn to sandy beaches, sultry nights and, among a certain set, the significance of the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s March 2024 presidential primary.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feinstein Is Not Going To Quit the Senate. Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-feinstein-is-not-going-to-quit-the-senate-ever-just-ask-her-biographer/ar-AA1btMGv</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-feinstein-is-not-going-to-quit-the-senate-ever-just-ask-her-biographer/ar-AA1btMGv]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jerry Roberts, who's followed Feinstein's career for nearly 50 years, says past adversity has steeled her against pressure to retire amid doubts about her capability.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WA Tests Whether Abortion Can Save Senate for Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-can-the-abortion-issue-save-the-senate-for-democrats-this-race-offers-a-test-case/ar-AA129TM1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court abortion ruling has boosted Democratic Sen. Patty Murray's reelection hopes. Her Republican rival is focusing on inflation, crime.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Hall of Fame' Political Writer Lou Cannon Hangs It Up. Sort Of]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-lou-cannon-hall-fame-130046573.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://news.yahoo.com/column-lou-cannon-hall-fame-130046573.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At 88, he's not really retiring, but focusing full time on his memoirs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Has 1 Last Chance To Do Something Really Big]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Z. Barabak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a San Francisco resident, Nancy Pelosi knows a few things about earthquakes. So in 2010 when Republicans won the Massachusetts Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy, an upset high on the political Richter scale, it was Pelosi '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' cool, calm, collected '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' who sought to steady...]]></description>
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