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							<title><![CDATA[Open Primaries Would Keep Government Open]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/15/open_primaries_would_keep_government_open_153531.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The root cause of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s longest government shutdown '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and the next one, and the one after that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t ideological extremism or hyper-partisanship on their own. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the incentives created by the outsized influence of party primary elections.
The good news...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Fear of Being &lsquo;Primaried&rsquo; Is Breaking Senate&rsquo;s Constitutional Role]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/01/26/how_fear_of_being_primaried_is_breaking_senates_constitutional_role_152253.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nominee for secretary of defense defended himself against allegations that he had a problem with alcohol. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I am a man of some discipline,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he testified in his confirmation hearing. He also pushed back against accusations of marital affairs, which called his character and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Better Way To Pick a President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/05/a_better_way_to_pick_a_president_151209.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2024 presidential election has been a slow-motion trainwreck that we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen coming for more than a year. A 2023'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Economist/YouGov poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' found that 59% of voters did not want President Biden to run for reelection, and 56% of voters said the same of former President Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democracy Dies in Primaries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/16/democracy_dies_in_primaries_150797.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton recently told voters unhappy with the two 2024 presidential candidates this year: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Get over yourself.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' With that comment, she not only dismissed the tens of millions of voters who had no say in choosing Biden and Trump, but also the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' two-thirds'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of voters...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. Troiano Doesn&rsquo;t Go to Washington, But Ms. Peltola Does]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/01/30/mr_troiano_doesnt_go_to_washington_but_ms_peltola_does_150400.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You might call it arrogant for any 25-year-old to think he had a shot at winning a U.S. House seat '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' especially as an independent, without the support of either major party, and with no family fortune or wealthy patron. But I prefer to say that I ran to represent Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gerrymandering Fuels More Radicalized Primaries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/28/gerrymandering_fuels_more_radicalized_primaries__147256.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As this decade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s redistricting process comes to a close, political prognosticators are finalizing their tally of which party will win or lose relative advantage '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' with a preliminary scorecard showing a gain of 11 Democratic-leaning seats in Congress.
The redistricting horse...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[States' Bipartisan Voting Reforms Spotlight Ways to Rebuild Trust]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/29/states_bipartisan_voting_reforms_spotlight_ways_to_rebuild_trust_145999.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the For the People Act stalled in the Senate, Democrats are poised to make another push on voting legislation in the coming weeks. They say their roughly 900 pages of federal voting mandates and other provisions are all that stands between our democracy and an irreversible era of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Curb Extremists' Clout, Abolish Partisan Primaries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/12/to_limit_extremists_clout_abolish_partisan_primaries_145746.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Internet is awash in hot takes about what is perniciously, existentially wrong with the Trump-era GOP and the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s disturbing willingness to embrace the Big Lie of election fraud as its new purity test.
But what is missed almost entirely in the diagnosis of what ails the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Capitol Violence Underscores Need for Political Reforms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/14/capitol_violence_underscores_need_for_political_reforms_145030.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A week ago, our nation was sorely tested as a deadly insurrection fueled by self-interested politicians and partisan disinformation aimed to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.
Those images made clear for all to see that our political division and gridlock...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Post-Trump Reforms Must Not Serve Partisan Interests]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/11/09/post-trump_reforms_must_not_serve_partisan_interests_144622.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Joe Biden inherits a hostile Congress, a divided electorate, a raging pandemic and no clear mandate after a narrow victory over President Trump. Winners will gloat. Losers will pout. But soon the political class of this nation must choose between two paths: obstinance or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Coronavirus Could Help Heal Our Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/29/how_coronavirus_could_help_heal_our_democracy_143313.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A global pandemic presents the ultimate test of government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most basic function: to solve large, collective problems and safeguard our society. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
The United States failed that test in both our preparation and our immediate response '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' as our polarized politics yet again...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Partisanship: The True Constitutional Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/07/partisanship_the_true_constitutional_crisis_142333.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite his acquittal in the U.S. Senate on a near party-line vote, President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s actions to put his personal political interest over our national interest should be unacceptable to any leader who takes an oath of public trust, regardless of party.
Yet, however offensive, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Run, Howard, Run!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/27/run-howard-run/?utm_term=.e78fe0d191cd</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In reportedly exploring an independent campaign for president, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has set off endless catastrophizing about him supposedly spoiling the 2020 election and getting President Trump reelected.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Way Out of Pendulum Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/07/a_way_out_of_pendulum_politics__138578.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nick Troiano</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We live in an era of power swings in politics.
It wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t so long ago, just 2009, that Democrats controlled the House, the Senate, and the presidency. Then Republicans won the House (2010); then the Senate (2014); then the presidency (2016). '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
With voters delivering control of the...]]></description>
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