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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell's Broken Senate]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ira Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If political power can be defined as the ability to accomplish your objectives and prevent one&rsquo;s adversaries from accomplishing theirs, no one in memory has been as powerful as Sen. Mitch McConnell, including our recent presidents.  He is the premier strategist and tactician of his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell: The Most Destructive Senate Leader]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ira Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On February 14, when Netflix aired Season 2 of "House of Cards," my book, "The Last Great Senate," appeared clearly on the desk of Vice President Francis Underwood in Episode 2. It was as incongruous as it was unexpected.I can't think of anyone less likely to read, let alone be inspired...]]></description>
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