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<title><![CDATA[John Hart - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/29159.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John Hart]]></description><category domain="29159">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Rescission Package Is a Chance To Get Serious]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5405116-the-rescission-package-is-a-chance-to-get-serious-about-cutting-spending/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate passage of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' $9 billion rescissions package'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' compiled by the Trump administration marks the first reduction in federal spending since the Tea Party era.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Make the DOGE Revolution Stick]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/opinion/make-doge-stick-let-taxpayers-monitor-americas-checkbook/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk is following the money to clean out government waste '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but for long-lasting reform, We the People should have the power to track federal spending in real time.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tom Coburn: A Beacon in Dark Times]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/07/tom_coburn_a_beacon_in_dark_times_142878.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tom Coburn, who passed away last week after a long battle with cancer, hated legacy talk. It wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t about him. It was about others. Having spent more than two decades as his communications director, co-author and collaborator, the behind-the-scenes man was better than the stories....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Underestimate the Socialist Surge on the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/24/dont_underestimate_the_socialist_surge_on_the_left_137601.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Democratic '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'blue wave'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' may or may not be able to overcome the Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' majority and structural advantages in the 2018 midterm elections. But the bigger story that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brewing is the dramatic and nationwide leftward shift of the Democratic Party. The socialist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Choice for Republicans: Produce Results or Go Home]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2017/04/22/georgias_warning_for_republicans_reform_or_else_110226.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The stronger than expected showing by Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s special election on April 18, followed by Ron Estes'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' closer than expected victory in Kansas on April 11 is a clear warning sign for Republicans. (Full disclosure: Estes is a friend but was a strong...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Repeal and Replace Will Start With Reconciliation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/19/why_repeal_and_replace_will_start_with_reconciliation_133375.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remember the "Cornhusker Kickback" and the "Louisiana Purchase"? During the Obama administration, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid crafted the deals to buy the votes of Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu to pass the original Senate Affordable Care Act with 60...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Russia With Laughter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhart/2016/12/23/from-russia-with-laughter/#76d8b8d8eda5</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John Podesta and the Democrats' response to the Russian]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Unifies Democrats Around Failed Ideas]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/clinton-unifies-democrats-around-failed-ideas/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican and Democratic national conventions featured two parties facing an existential crisis. Republicans had to contend with Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? a cand]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conservatism is Still a 2nd Language to Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/conservatism-is-still-a-second-language-to-donald-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The storylines coming out of Saturday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s Republican debate in New Hampshire are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??Revenge of the Governors'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??Marco Rubio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s rough night.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? But a mor]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Is About to Get Fired]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/donald-trump-is-about-to-get-fired/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since Donald Trump entered the race, much of his supposed strength has derived from the eagerness of left-leaning reporters to use Trump to demonize Republicans and absolve President Obama of guilt in gridlocked Washington. As disgraced CNBC moderator John Harwood argued last week,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan Will Be a Transformational Speaker]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/paul-ryan-will-be-a-transformational-speaker/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Freedom Caucus'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s supermajority vote this week in favor of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) for Speaker, followed by Ryan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s willingness to accept a 70 percent vote in his favor as a de facto endorsement, all but guaranteed his ascension to the speakership. Should Ryan be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite the Drama, Republicans Are Well-Positioned]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/despite-the-drama-the-gop-is-well-positioned-for-2016/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The above-the-surface campaign is what we spend 99 percent of our time talking about. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the news of the day. The horserace. The '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'freak show,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as Marco Rubio described Trumpism. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Ben Carson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s three-day musings about the eligibility of Muslim candidates....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[3 Ways the GOP Field Can Trump Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/three-ways-the-gop-contenders-can-trump-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three out of four Republicans don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t want Donald Trump to be their nominee according to the latest RealClearPolitics poll tracker, but that hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t calmed the media frenzy around Trump in advance of the first GOP debate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Power of Grace Over Grievance]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/charleston-and-the-power-of-grace-over-grievance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the days since the Charleston shooting something surprising has happened. Rather than allowing the national media and Washington politicians drive a discussion about hot-button issues like gun control and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'race in America,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the city of Charleston, and especially the families...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republicans' DHS Dilemma]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/how-to-resolve-the-gops-dhs-dilemma/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In all likelihood, funding for the Department of Homeland Security will expire at the end of next week. While this event won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be the crisis some are predicting, what happens next will have enormous implications on the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ability to pursue its agenda for the rest of the year...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A GOP Rebel's Guide to &quot;Hating Leadership&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/a-congressional-rebels-guide-to-hating-leadership/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Later today, two House members '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Louie Gohmert of Texas and Ted Yoho of Florida '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' are expected to challenge John Boehner as Speaker of the House. Although the effort is expected to fail, it continues an ongoing moral and intellectual crisis on the right about proper...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of Republican Disunity]]></title>
							<link>http://opportunitylives.com/the-myth-of-republican-disunity/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans have yet to capture the Senate but the media is already working hard to hype Republican divisions where none exists. Take, for instance, a piece in today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Politico that declares, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Conservatives ready to give leaders hell.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'The problem with the article is that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Year of the Reid-State Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/389665/year-reid-state-democrats-john-hart</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most important, underreported, and poorly understood story in this election cycle '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and perhaps American politics '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is the degree to which so much hinges on one man: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.).]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Media Miss About the Tea Party Movement]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/05/21/what_the_media_miss_about_the_tea_party_movement_122699.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Hart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even before Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blew out Tea-Party-conservative-by-day-cockfight-rally-goer-by-night Matt Bevin, many in the media walked down a tired, well-worn narrative path. An afternoon headline from CNN blared, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'How Mitch McConnell crushed the Tea...]]></description>
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