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<title><![CDATA[Abigail Tracy - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/33827.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Abigail Tracy]]></description><category domain="33827">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Pressley Won't Let Women Be Ignored by GOP Majority]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/ayanna-pressley-congress-republican-majority</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts congresswoman is eyeing a leadership role to leverage her platform and profile at a time when women's rights are under attack in a post-Roe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' world, intent on working with the White House to fight back against Republicans' agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Plan to Make High Court Pick Radioactive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/donald-trump-supreme-court-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With few tools to block Trump's SCOTUS pick, Democrats are focused on making the stakes clear to voters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'including how a conservative court could decimate the ACA: Don't use the word jurisprudence. Don't talk about precedent. No one gives a shit. People care about their health care.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2 Days in the Life of Nancy Pelosi, Political Grandmaster]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/10/in-the-life-of-nancy-pelosi</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president admitted it to me on the phone without even any embarrassment. Nancy Pelosi, super Speaker, on Trump's unfitness, the decision to impeach, and weaving her fractious caucus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Battle for AOC's Progressive Soul]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-progressives-congress</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some of her closest allies think one of America's most powerful progressives is being co-opted by the powers that be in Congress. She's being manipulated by these lawmakers, says one. Says another: You made promises and you need to do something.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barr May Have Lied About Mueller. Will Dems Impeach?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/05/democrats-bill-barr-impeachment</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For impeachment-hungry Democrats, Trump's attorney general represents a tantalizing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and cathartic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'alternative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Mike Pompeo Trumpified the State Department]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/how-mike-pompeo-trumpified-the-state-department</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Insiders praise Pompeo as a vast improvement over Tillerson. Behind the scenes, however, sources say Pompeo is remaking American diplomacy in Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s image'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and cracking down on dissent. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It has really sent chills through people,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a former foreign-service officer says....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[James Comey's Time in the Spotlight Has Come]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/james-comey-donald-trump-book</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Michael Wolff'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' well knows, nothing spurs book sales like presidential blowback.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Fire and Fury'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shot to the top of best-seller lists after'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' called'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'fake book'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and its author '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'mentally deranged,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and a similar phenomenon has occurred in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Robert Mueller's Russia Probe Just Got a Lot Weirder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/robert-mueller-george-nader-russia-investigation</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last night, as the White House was dealing with the resignation of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Gary Cohn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and new allegations in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Stormy Daniels'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' saga,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The New York Times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' published a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' labyrinthine story'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' centered on a man named'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' George Nader,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' an adviser to the United Arab Emirates whose...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Ted Cruz Too Unlikable for Texas?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-midterms-2018</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Tightens the Noose, and Breaks Rick Gates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/rick-gates-paul-manafort-robert-mueller-indictments</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mueller may have issued the latest indictments partly to prove the Russia investigation is no hoax or witch hunt, eliminating Trump's cover should he try to delegitimize the special counsel's office.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Doom the GOP in 2018?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/the-canaries-are-dying-how-trump-is-making-republicans-pick-their-2018-poison</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will #FreeTheMemo Backfire?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/donald-trump-christopher-wray-nunes-memo</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The much-anticipated Nunes memo, released Friday after weeks of feverish build-up on the far-right, appears to be a dud. The declassified report accuses a group of current and former Justice Department and F.B.I. officials'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'including'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' James Comey,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' his former deputy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Andrew...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Devin Nunes Invent His Own Smoking Gun?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/devin-nunes-house-intelligence-committee-memo</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' jokes'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' about his competence as a congressman,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Devin Nunes'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' pulled off something of a political masterstroke over the last week. Seeking to cast doubt on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Robert Mueller'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'sRussia investigation, his office'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' compiled a memo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' alleging scandalous misdeeds at the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Bannon Sink Kushner?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/steve-bannon-congressional-testimony-russia</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Less than two weeks after'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Steve Bannon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' stunning'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' excommunication from Trumpworld, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scheduled to question the former chief strategist about the Trump campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Russian ties. Bannon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s testimony has been highly anticipated following a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nikki Haley in the Crosshairs?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/nikki-haley-donald-trump-accusers</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an administration where White House officials regularly employ rhetorical jiujitsu to defend the president,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Nikki Haley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' blunt response to a question about'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' conduct toward women was an extraordinary rebuke. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Women who accuse anyone should be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeff Sessions's Perjury Nightmare Deepens]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/jeff-sessions-carter-page-russia-investigation</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Republicans Trying to Shortchange the Russia Probe?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/congress-russia-investigations-republicans</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ten months after the House and Senate intelligence committees launched dual investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Republican lawmakers have begun'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' calling for them to end, with some eager to wrap up by the end of the year. But with the pivotal question of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Dems Funded the Dossier, But Trump Isn't Off the Hook]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-dossier</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For weeks after the election, rumors swirled in Washington about the existence of an intelligence dossier that contained a series of explosive, salacious, and partially unsubstantiated claims about president-elect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' including allegations that the Russian government had...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Tom Cotton Be the Nail in Rex Tillerson's Coffin?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/tom-cotton-rex-tillerson</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Rex Tillerson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' still'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' disputing reports'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that he called'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'moron'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' following a Pentagon meeting in July, speculation that the embattled secretary of state is preparing for an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' early exit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' still abounds.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Vast, Pointless Sabotage': Trump Will Collapse Health Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/trump-announces-spiteful-decision-to-collapse-nations-health-care</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After multiple failed attempts by Republican lawmakers to dismantle Obamacare,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' moved Thursday to unilaterally unravel the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2010 health-care law. Hours after he signed an executive order rolling back key health insurance regulations protecting consumers, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Trump-Tillerson Clash Could Ignite a Shake-Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/donald-trump-rex-tillerson-west-wing-shakeup</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Fox News host'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Chris Wallace'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' asked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Rex Tillerson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Sunday whether'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' rhetoric about Charlottesville reflected American values, his response was terse: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The president speaks for himself.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The secretary of state had already been on deteriorating...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Plot to Kill Obamacare Isn't Dead]]></title>
							<link>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-care-bill-obamacare-repeal</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate bill is in trouble, but insiders warn against underestimating Mitch McConnell.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New, More Moderate Trump Still Planning to Deport Millions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/donald-trump-immigration-deportation</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't be fooled by the president's recent pivot: mass deportation is still on the agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carville: The Republican Party Is Committing Suicide]]></title>
							<link>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/james-carville-presidential-election-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abigail Tracy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since the Democratic convention, Hillary Clinton has opened an average lead in national polls over Donald Trump ofmore than 5 percent, and is posting a double-digit lead over her Republican rival in a number of traditional battleground states'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a lead that may to expand in light of...]]></description>
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