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<title><![CDATA[Adam Wren - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30679.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Adam Wren]]></description><category domain="30679">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Have a Rahm Emanuel Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/29/rahm-emanuel-2028-presidential-election-campaign-primary-00848895</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is how Rahm Emanuel eats a salad: He rips open its clear, clamshell container with two hands. He grabs the ramekin of the dressing. He pours it across the salad. Then he picks up the salad container, shaking it with an intensity and ferocity that forces the balsamic throughout,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' 3-Car Primary Pileup in Michigan Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michigan-s-three-car-pileup-of-a-primary-has-senate-democrats-worried/ar-AA1Vr1uE</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The race is a crucial test for what the next generation of Democrats will look like '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and whether they can prevail in a must-win race for their Senate chances.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Woke' Words Dems Should Cut From Their Vocabulary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/democrats-woke-language-blacklist-00519421</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new memo identifies 45 words and phrases for Democrats to avoid, alleging the terms turn voters off. They span six categories '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' from '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'therapy speak'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'explaining away crime.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Eyeing 2028 Bid Scramble To Move To Center]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/07/great-unawokening-2028-presidential-candidates-00393376</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ambitious Democrats with an eye on a presidential run are in the middl of a slow-motion Sister Souljah moment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems First 2028 Test: Biden's Mental Acuity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/biden-mental-acuity-2028-democrats-debate-00352436</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some Democrats argue their leaders aren't owning up to the truth about Biden and risk keeping the issue alive indefinitely.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tough Week One for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/01/26/a-tough-week-one-for-democrats-00200631</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, at their winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, Democrats will make their first consequential decision since their November drubbing: selecting a new chair of the DNC.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MAGA Faithful Blow Off Polls in Michigan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/trump-michigan-maga-faithful-polls-win-00176808</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inside a hulking steel warehouse where Donald Trump rallied his supporters on Thursday, the former president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s backers sweltered in the heat '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and gave no oxygen, either, to the idea that their candidate arrived in this battleground state weakened by Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' ascent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Kind of Republican Party Is Forming at the RNC]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/17/rnc-republican-party-transformation-maga-00168933</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All the markers of a MAGA jamboree are on display, from hulking Donald Trump iconography inside the convention hall to rhinestone Trump cowboy hats and red Trump-Vance placards.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debate Expectations Are Low, But It Could Still Upend the Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/debate-low-expectations-00165184</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Call it the highest-stakes hate watch of any modern presidential campaign.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Leading Biden, But Problems Are Piling Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/21/trump-biden-polling-lead-problems-00148131</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Missteps and unresolved policy problems are mounting for the former president.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[7 Things Super Tuesday Taught Us About 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/06/super-tuesday-trump-biden-takeaways-00145271</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the November rematch few Americans want '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' except the ones who keep voting for it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mike Pence's Campaign Was DOA for Months]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/28/mike-pence-campaign-00124106</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pence had focused on evangelical-rich Iowa as his path to the nomination. But he could never seem to draw a crowd.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Comparing Ramaswamy to Buttigieg]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/09/vivek-like-pete-00114588</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The comparison is hard not to make, but Vivek's not Pete.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Surprising, Completely Modern Rise of Vivek Ramaswamy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/23/vivek-ramaswamy-republican-candidate-profile-00112348</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From a podcast studio in his basement to 30 interviews in one day alone, the political newcomer has blanketed the media to fuel his rise in the polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Can't Escape Trump's Shadow in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/12/desantis-trump-iowa-00110963</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Florida governor is aggressively campaigning in Iowa. It's barely making a dent in the polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Ego, Pure Delusion and Fantasy': How GOP Field Got So Big]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/27/how-the-2024-gop-field-got-so-big-00103711</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The hottest club in GOP politics right now is the party's presidential primary.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peter Meijer Reflects on His One Term in Trump's Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/01/peter-meijer-exit-interview-00075672</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michigan's Peter Meijer torches Trump, Democratic 'cynicism' and won't rule out another run. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pence Is Struggling To Find His Path Back to the White House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/19/mike-pence-identity-crisis-00067939</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former vice president wants to return to the White House. But he can't seem to figure out who he wants to run as.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Michigan Dem Who Can Solve Her Party's Identity Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/01/mallory-mcmorrow-democratic-playboook-00043340</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Michigan lawmaker's viral rebuttal to Republican attacks is becoming a playbook for beleaguered Democrats in a dispiriting election year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Unhappy Liberals Inside One America News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/18/oan-liberal-reporters-327915</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One America News employees say a majority of the reporters at its San Diego headquarters are liberals'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and they're chafing at their own network's coverage of national protests and the coronavirus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Mayor Pete Buttigieg Started to Look Presidential]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/14/pete-buttigieg-2020-226654</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the span of 11 weeks, the South Bend mayor has risen from the bottom of the pack to a slot in the top tier of the 2020 Democratic field. Can it last?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Indiana Basketball Explains American Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/02/indiana-basketball-explains-politics-trump-knight-donnelly-oladipo-222179</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump won the state by celebrating Bob Knight and his rural fans. But Joe Donnelly has embraced the sport's new image: diverse, international, and woke.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Win Indiana]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/23/how-to-win-indiana-2018-senate-race-braun-donnelly-politics-221736</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Middle America, or '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the middle finger of the South thrust into the North'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'? An insider'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s guide for how Joe Donnelly or Mike Braun can pull ahead in perhaps the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s closest Senate race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My 72-Hour Safari in Clinton Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/30/red-blue-america-clinton-trump-country-217760</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More than a year into Trump's presidency, the bubble has closed back over the Acela Corridor, where voters say they do not regret not voting for Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meet Joe Donnelly, the Nation's Most Vulnerable Senator]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/05/the-loneliest-democrat-in-trump-country-216012</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Meet Joe Donnelly, the nation's most vulnerable senator, who frustrates Democrats and Republicans alike. Can he survive this hyper-partisan era?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Women Are Wavering in Trump County, USA]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/vigo-county-indiana-trump-women-214368</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In America's presidential bellwether, Trump still has a lead'&#'.ord('').';'but women are peeling off.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Ted Cruz Get Indiana Wrong?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/how-ted-cruz-got-indiana-wrong-213866</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On a sunny day at the Oasis Diner in Plainfield, Indiana, roughly 20 miles west of Indianapolis, Ted Cruz breezed through a 1950s-era diner with a gleaming steel facade. One of the last diners of its kind, the Oasis sits along the Historic National Road, the iconic highway traversing the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Most Reliable Bellwether County Falls for Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/12/2016-indiana-county-predicts-every-election-trump-fever-213411</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Wren</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most accurate pundits in the history of American presidential politics reside far from the Beltway, on a 403-square mile patch of land along the western border of Indiana. At the intersections of U.S. Highways 40 and 41, and off Interstate 70, you find yourself in Vigo County, with...]]></description>
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