<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 
<rss version="2.0"> 
 <channel> 
<title><![CDATA[Adam Brandon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/32711.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Adam Brandon]]></description><category domain="32711">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Year of the Independent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/18/the_year_of_the_independent_153850.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/18/the_year_of_the_independent_153850.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of Americans now refuse to identify as either Democrat or Republican. According to a recent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Gallup'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' poll, independents make up a record 45% of the electorate, compared to just 27% who identify as Democrats and 27% as Republicans. Yet our political system continues to...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[In Shutdown Blame Game, Independents Are the Real Winners]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/19/in_shutdown_blame_game_independents_are_the_real_winners_153545.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/19/in_shutdown_blame_game_independents_are_the_real_winners_153545.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump signed a bill to fund the government, marking the close of the longest government shutdown in history. The end of the shutdown sparks the familiar questions: Who won? Who lost? Which party will pay the political price? It shows how both parties have turned governing into...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Influencer Era of Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/05/welcome_to_the_influencer_era_of_politics_151559.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/05/welcome_to_the_influencer_era_of_politics_151559.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We live in an era in which cable television news is set to go the way of the 8-track tape player, and the changing media landscape is profoundly impacting how Americans get their political news.
As CNN, Fox, and MSNBC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s audiences shrink and age, the influencer era in American...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[FreedomWorks Closes Its Doors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/09/freedomworks_closes_its_doors_150915.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/09/freedomworks_closes_its_doors_150915.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After more than 20 years, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve decided to wind down our operations at FreedomWorks. Why? We live in an era of mass demographic, economic, and political change. The harsh reality is that our model became outdated, and we could no longer reach beyond the conservative base of the...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/20/senate_gop_must_seize_opportunity_to_expand_trump_tax_cuts_150826.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/20/senate_gop_must_seize_opportunity_to_expand_trump_tax_cuts_150826.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden came into office promising to repeal President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' a law that turbocharged American job growth and U.S. national competitiveness. In the first two years of the Biden administration, there was a chance that the president could...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Hey Senate: Don&rsquo;t Fumble This No-Brainer Tax Bill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/06/hey_senate_dont_fumble_this_no-brainer_tax_bill_150602.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/06/hey_senate_dont_fumble_this_no-brainer_tax_bill_150602.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This season, we NFL fans had the pleasure of witnessing back-to-back Super Bowl wins by the current generational dynasty and super duo, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs. It was their third championship together thus far.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Now, imagine...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Fear Factor and Winning the Independent Voter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/23/the_fear_factor_and_winning_the_independent_voter_150238.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/23/the_fear_factor_and_winning_the_independent_voter_150238.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voter trust and fear over the 2024 election are driving unprecedented interest in independent voters. The candidate who can address these fears, whether that candidate is Biden or Trump, will go on to win. With only a handful of states up for grabs, they need the independent...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Redefining the Center: The Future of American Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/10/redefining_the_center_the_future_of_american_politics_149468.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/10/redefining_the_center_the_future_of_american_politics_149468.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America is undergoing a political realignment. Donald Trump has destroyed the three-legged stool of the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Reagan coalition: free market libertarians, social conservatives, and military hawks. Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new GOP is built on aggrieved working-class voters who instead prioritize...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Will Newsom Replace Biden as Dems' Nominee?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/4/will-newsom-replace-biden-as-democrats-presidentia/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/4/will-newsom-replace-biden-as-democrats-presidentia/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since the day President Biden entered office, the nation knew it would be a surprise if he finished one full term in the Oval Office.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Since When Was a Debate Over Spending Unreasonable?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/25/since_when_was_a_debate_over_spending_unreasonable_148771.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/25/since_when_was_a_debate_over_spending_unreasonable_148771.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Biden White House announced this past week that it is essentially unwilling to negotiate on raising the debt limit. For all of President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rhetoric this past election cycle of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'threats to democracy,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' why is it Biden who is refusing to even engage with the new...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Conservatives' Defeat of DC Status Quo a Win for All]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-defeat-dc-status-quo-win-all-americans-opinion-1772448</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-defeat-dc-status-quo-win-all-americans-opinion-1772448]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To many, the week-long process of electing a speaker of the House seemed frustrating and pointless, revealing divisions within the House Republican Conference. However, the drawn-out ordeal showcased the leverage conservative'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' will have in the 118th'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Congress. They...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dem Attacks on Musk Prove Their Support for Free Speech Is Dead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/12/09/dem_attacks_on_musk_prove_their_support_for_free_speech_is_dead_148590.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/12/09/dem_attacks_on_musk_prove_their_support_for_free_speech_is_dead_148590.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Elon Musk reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for $44 billion in October, the deal was met with a wave of outrage from the left. Democrats spanning the nation condemned the acquisition, claiming that it was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'dangerous'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' for America. Now, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re starting to figure...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[American Values Enable Immigrant Success]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/09/american_values_enable_immigrant_success_147866.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/09/american_values_enable_immigrant_success_147866.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America has historically been a place where immigrants come to build a better life. Sadly, the three pillars that make America attractive to immigrants are under threat today, thanks largely in part to a ruling class who seems to be taking every opportunity to raise taxes and create more...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs To Take the Blame for Inflation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/19/biden_needs_to_take_the_blame_for_inflation_147615.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/19/biden_needs_to_take_the_blame_for_inflation_147615.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, President Biden gave a speech listing everyone and everything allegedly responsible for record high inflation. His list included corporate greed and price gouging, Vladimir Putin, and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'ultra-MAGA'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Republicans. The president said that his policies, and the nearly $7...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Voters Reject Biden's Radical Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/26/pennsylvania_voters_reject_bidens_radical_agenda_146621.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/26/pennsylvania_voters_reject_bidens_radical_agenda_146621.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approval rating sinks to new lows, it isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t surprising that Americans are pushing back against his radical policies. Biden and his allies have promoted a socialist agenda, which remains extremely unpopular with the electorate. And a new FreedomWorks poll...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden's America Last Energy Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2021/08/18/bidens_america_last_energy_policy_790555.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2021/08/18/bidens_america_last_energy_policy_790555.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first year of Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidency has so far been an unmitigated disaster for the American energy sector. Embracing Green New Deal-style environmental policies, President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approach to domestic energy production cripples hard-working Americans while, at the same...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Manchin Saved the Senate -- and Our Republic (for Now)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/15/manchin_saved_the_senate_--_and_our_republic_for_now__145922.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/15/manchin_saved_the_senate_--_and_our_republic_for_now__145922.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin pushed back against his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s power grab when he made clear he wants to keep the Senate filibuster. Manchin was showered with praise by level-headed Americans for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'saving the Senate.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But if we really want to be honest here,...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[There's No Mandate for Democrats to Nuke the Filibuster]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/16/theres_no_mandate_for_democrats_to_nuke_the_filibuster_145407.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/16/theres_no_mandate_for_democrats_to_nuke_the_filibuster_145407.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats by no measure have a clear mandate in Washington. But they sure do act like it.
Senate Democrats know that they don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have support for many items on their radical agenda, more of which Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to force votes on in the coming weeks. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[All-Mail Vote: Great for Lawyers, Awful for Election Integrity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/07/all-mail_vote_great_for_lawyers_awful_for_election_integrity.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/07/all-mail_vote_great_for_lawyers_awful_for_election_integrity.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The phrase '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Never let a crisis go to waste'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' has resurfaced recently.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a product of the Chicago political machine, most famously gave Democrats this advice amid the financial crisis of 2008 to push through a laundry list of...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Economic Growth Is Inflation's Biggest Foe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/22/why-economic-growth-is-inflations-greatest-foe/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/22/why-economic-growth-is-inflations-greatest-foe/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('`').';'While the Fed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ability to regulate the price of credit through its funds rate is well overstated, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s passing strange that influential people would make putting people out of work a policy goal. Yet that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s exactly what the retired central banker is proposing.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Libertarian Moment Is Not Over]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/02/13/the_libertarian_moment_is_not_over_129639.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/02/13/the_libertarian_moment_is_not_over_129639.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Brandon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In August 2014, The New York Times pointed to the rise of Rand Paul as a potential signal that the long-awaited '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'libertarian moment'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' had finally arrived. Now that the Kentucky senator has dropped out of the presidential race, we can expect the naysayers to come out of the...]]></description>
						</item></channel>
		</rss>