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<title><![CDATA[James Arkin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30277.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Arkin]]></description><category domain="30277">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Spar Over How to Pass the Pennsylvania Test]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/07/pennsylvania-senate-race-conor-lamb-502749</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conor Lamb's entry into the race on Friday sets the field in a key race for control of the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cortez Masto Faces Difficult Re-Election Battle in Nevada]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/catherine-cortez-masto-nevada-midterms-490864</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Nevada senator's reelection campaign exemplifies the challenges Democrats must confront in the midterms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Seek to Reverse Long Slide in Ohio]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/08/democrats-ohio-senate-466953</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party sees next year's open-seat Senate race as a chance to reverse a string of losses since Barack Obama carried the state in 2012.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Warnock &amp; Ossoff Turned Georgia Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/warnock-ossoff-flipped-senate-georgia-456310</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ossoff's campaign focused on Black voters. In the special election, Warnock parried GOP attack ads.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Warnock Win Puts Dems on Brink of Senate Control]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/05/georgia-senate-race-455148</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With more than 90 percent of the vote counted, both races are still uncalled.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ossoff Senate Campaign Seeks a Final Rebuke of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/03/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate-runoffs-trump-453588</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jon Ossoff's near-miss 2017 House run became a national cause. Now, his Senate campaign is using new themes to seek a final rebuke of Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Pin Senate Hopes on Breaking Georgia Runoff Jinx]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/16/democrats-hopeful-senate-georgia-runoff-436727</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the party is going to force a 50-50 tie to capture tenuous control of the Senate, they'll need to defy the recent history of GOP dominance in Peach State runoffs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Georgia Gears Up for Battle With Senate Majority on the Line]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/05/georgia-runoff-senate-majority-434532</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both parties are getting ready to dump millions into the two Senate runoffs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican James Gaining Ground in Tight MI Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/13/michigan-race-gop-senate-429168</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two polls over the past two days have showed Republican John James within striking distance of Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Race Heats Up in Critical NC Senate Battleground]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/05/thom-tillis-cal-cunningham-north-carolina-senate-race-409305</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first-term Republican has trailed Democrat Cal Cunningham in polls as North Carolina's first voters are receiving their absentee ballots in the mail.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[9 Things to Watch on a Huge Primary Day for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/what-to-watch-democratic-primary-335062</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amy McGrath and Eliot Engel face liberal challengers, but final results won't be known for at least a week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Surprise Georgia Resignation Jolts Battle for the Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/28/gop-senate-elections-2020-1691841</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans will now be forced to defend two seats in an emerging swing state.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michigan Emerges as Crucial Battleground in Fight for Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/19/michigan-senate-battle-peters-stabenow-1466877</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Gary Peters is counting on his understated style to win reelection over GOP]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How McConnell and Trump Blew Away Senate Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/07/2018-key-senate-election-races-results-970238</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate leader made an early tactical decision not to contest several Midwestern states that voted for Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blasting Donnelly, Trump Previews Campaigner-in-Chief Role]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/11/blasting_donnelly_trump_previews_campaigner-in-chief_role__137031.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last fall, President Trump traveled to Indiana and made a promise: If the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic senator, Joe Donnelly, didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t vote for Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' tax bill, Trump would return to the Hoosier State to campaign against him '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'like you wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t believe.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
On...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Morrisey Wins as GOP Gets Its Wish in W.Va., Ind., Ohio]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/09/morrisey_wins_as_gop_gets_its_wish_in_wva_ind_ohio_137003.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief Tuesday night as primary contests for the U.S. Senate produced a trio of candidates they consider effective challengers to Democratic incumbents in states President Trump won in 2016.
The races in West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio were the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did GOP Create Room for Spoiler Blankenship in W.Va.?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/08/did_gop_create_room_for_spoiler_blankenship_in_wva_136993.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is leading a last-ditch Republican effort to prevent a convicted former coal executive from winning Tuesday's GOP primary in West Virginia and jeopardizing the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chances of knocking off incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in the fall.
But even as the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Urges W.Va. Voters to Reject Blankenship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/07/trump_urges_wva_voters_to_reject_blankenship_136989.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump urged West Virginia Republicans to vote against former coal baron Don Blankenship in Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Senate primary, hoping to tilt the election away from a candidate party leaders fear cannot wrest the seat from Democrats this fall.
He didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t endorse either Rep. Evan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Support for Trump Is a Litmus Test in 3 GOP Primaries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/03/support_for_trump_is_a_litmus_test_in_3_gop_primaries_136964.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The final debate before next week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Indiana Republican Senate primary quickly became a test of one thing: Who has the best Trump credentials?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Rep. Luke Messer used his opening statement to say he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d be a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'true ally'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' of President Trump to help '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'make America...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[W.Va. Senate Candidates Spar in Rancorous GOP Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/02/wva_senate_candidates_spar_in_rancorous_gop_debate_136949.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The bitter Senate Republican primary in West Virginia spilled onto the national stage Tuesday night, with the three candidates trading attacks and each attempting to showcase himself as the biggest supporter of President Trump in a debate hosted by Fox News.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Rep. Evan Jenkins,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bitter GOP Primary May Benefit Donnelly in Indiana]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/30/bitter_gop_primary_may_benefit_donnelly_in_indiana_136933.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans see Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly as the most vulnerable Democrat on a Senate map that heavily favors the majority party, but a divisive primary filled with bitter and personal attacks has left the GOP candidates bruised and given Democrats hope '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' they can protect their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Attacks Tester Over VA Nominee Allegations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/26/trump_attacks_tester_over_va_nominee_allegations_136919.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump attacked Sen. Jon Tester Thursday for his role in investigating and releasing allegations against Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying the lawmaker should have a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'big price to pay'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in his home state.
Tester, the top Democrat on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Non-Supporter of Pelosi Benefits From Her Fundraising]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/25/non-supporter_of_pelosi_benefits_from_her_fundraising_136908.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A House candidate who doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t support Nancy Pelosi as his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leader is one of the beneficiaries of a Washington fundraiser Wednesday night featuring Pelosi and top Illinois Democrats, according to an invitation obtained by RealClearPolitics.
Brendan Kelly, who is running...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jenkins, Morrisey Lead Blankenship in W.Va. Primary Poll]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/24/jenkins_morrisey_lead_blankenship_in_wva_primary_poll_136897.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former coal baron Don Blankenship is in third place in the Republican Senate primary in West Virginia, according to a new poll released Tuesday, a positive development for national Republicans who are concerned his candidacy could sink their chances to flip the seat in November.
Rep....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Dems Continue to Lead Republicans in Fundraising]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/24/senate_dems_continue_to_lead_republicans_in_fundraising_136886.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats continued their strong fundraising in the first three months of 2018, maintaining a strong cash advantage in every state they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re defending this fall.
Democrats are defending 25 seats total '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' including 10 in states President Trump won in 2016 -- to just nine for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan Shows Fundraising Vigor Amid Retirement Concerns]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/19/ryan_shows_fundraising_vigor_amid_retirement_concerns_136852.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Ryan headlined three fundraisers for Republican congressional candidates in Washington Wednesday, a demonstration of strength a week after his surprise retirement announcement set off concerns about whether the speaker could continue his pace as the House GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Challengers Outraise GOP Incumbents in Key Races]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/18/dem_challengers_outraise_gop_incumbents_in_key_races_136836.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic candidates outraised Republicans incumbents in more than two dozen competitive House races in the first quarter of 2018, a continuation of their strong fundraising last year and a signal of a potentially large field of seats in play this fall.
In more than half a dozen of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Poll: Cruz, O'Rourke Are Neck and Neck in Texas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/18/poll_cruz_orourke_are_neck_and_neck_in_texas_136847.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Rourke are in a statistical dead heat, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
Cruz led O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Rourke, 47 percent-44 percent, which is within the margin of error, according to a survey from Quinnipiac. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan-Backed Group Releases New Tax-Cut Ads]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/16/ryan-backed_group_releases_new_tax-cut_ads_136814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A nonprofit organization allied with Speaker Paul Ryan is releasing a new TV and digital ad promoting Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' tax-cut law ahead of tax day this week.
The ads, run by American Action Network, highlight several features of the new law, including the doubling of the standard...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flipping Script, Dems Attack GOP on Fiscal Responsibility]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Arkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are planning to turn the tables on Republicans this fall, making fiscal responsibility a campaign issue by accusing the opposition party of hypocritically increasing the debt after billing themselves as fiscal hawks in past elections.
The issue came to the fore Thursday, as 226...]]></description>
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