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<title><![CDATA[Elaine Godfrey - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/37000.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Elaine Godfrey]]></description><category domain="37000">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Many Democrats Would Like Hasan Piker To Go Away]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/bDkqe</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a rally on Monday, Vice President Vance brought up the hard-left streamer in an attempt to paint the Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as anti-American. Last week, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called Piker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent statements about Jewish Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Republicans Aren't Having Any Fun]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-republicans-aren-t-having-any-fun/ar-AA1SUqKQ?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=94243f573d7147c1b5b228abf8f6b190&amp;ei=52</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On a particularly stressful day'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a particularly stressful week during what has been, honestly, a particularly stressful year for House Republicans, the ever-sunny but perpetually beleaguered Mike Johnson insisted that he retained at least a modicum of power over the institution he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Texas Standoff Will (Probably) End]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-the-texas-standoff-will-probably-end/ar-AA1KaOfu</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texas state Democrats had been plotting their departure for weeks. But most weren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t sure they were going'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or where they were headed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'until just before they boarded their plane.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Jasmine Crockett the Fighter Dems Are Looking For?]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/0IQRe</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is Jasmine Crockett the fighter that Democrats are looking for?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Voters Who Like What They See]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-trump-voters-who-like-what-they-see/ar-AA1DUJjP?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, after it became clear that the Trump administration would not be facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoran megaprison, I texted a close childhood friend. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d voted for Donald Trump in each of the past three presidential elections, and I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Voice of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-voice-of-trump/ar-AA1BZiP9</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Across the press-briefing room'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the West Wing, past the lectern where the beaming blond press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, admonishes members of the meddlesome press, behind a blue sliding door, past a bored-looking security guard, and inside a small, cluttered office, White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Youth-Vote Shift To Watch]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-real-youth-vote-shift-to-watch/ar-AA1ngxpD</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are young people turning away from the Democratic Party in 2024? Will turnout be as high as it was last time around? What about the gender gap? Today I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll do my best to address some pressing questions about how young folks will behave in November. But first, here are three stories...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. Gaetz Is Winning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-is-winning/ar-BB1lrpLA</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Usually, you need'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' about 10 minutes to walk from the Rayburn House Office Building to the House Chamber. But if you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re running from a reporter, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll only take you five.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Offers an Alternate Reality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-rise-of-nikki-haley/ar-AA1jtoeR</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Calls for a Cease-Fire&mdash;But Then What?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-for-a-cease-fire-but-then-what/ar-AA1iCeoZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The protest began with a prayer. Several thousand Muslims knelt in rows before the Capitol building yesterday afternoon, their knees resting on the woven rugs they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d brought from home. Women here and men over there, with onlookers to the side.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Primary Is a Field of Broken Dreams]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-ritual-humiliations-of-the-iowa-state-fair/ar-AA1fg9Y5</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People near me at the Iowa State Fair were frantic. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Do you see him yet?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' they panted. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Do you think he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll come out into the crowd to talk?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' When the presence of Secret Service officers made it clear that former President Donald Trump would appear at the Steer...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Ben Wikler the Most Important Democrat in America?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/is-ben-wikler-the-most-important-democrat-in-america/ar-AA1f8zln</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The man who has been hailed as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the best state chair in the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' is not a national household name. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not even a household name in his own state. But on a recent afternoon in the small village of Grafton, Wisconsin, Ben Wikler might as well have been Bono.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Begins the 'Retribution' Tour]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-begins-the-retribution-tour/ar-AA196dwv</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-begins-the-retribution-tour/ar-AA196dwv]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the first rally of his 2024 campaign, the former president vowed vengeance. His fans loved it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Never Mind Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'National Divorce']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/never-mind-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-national-divorce/ar-AA17R7a3</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to the author Richard Kreitner, the United States has always been in a troubled marriage.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Winning Did to the Anti-Abortion Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-winning-did-to-the-anti-abortion-movement/ar-AA16wWck</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-winning-did-to-the-anti-abortion-movement/ar-AA16wWck]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As anti-abortion protesters prepare for this year's March for Life, a current of uncertainty ripples beneath the surface of the movement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Obama Nostalgia Show in Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-obama-nostalgia-show/ar-AA13MH37</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-obama-nostalgia-show/ar-AA13MH37]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Outside the basketball arena at Temple University, a long line of anxious Democrats contemplated their party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s possibly bleak political future, as a brass band played Taylor Swift'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Shake It Off.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Voters Care About Fetterman's Stroke?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/do-voters-care-about-john-fetterman-e2-80-99s-stroke/ar-AA1314lO</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/do-voters-care-about-john-fetterman-e2-80-99s-stroke/ar-AA1314lO]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrat's health status is a legitimate election issue for Pennsylvanians. The question is what they should make of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fear-and-loathing-in-pennsylvania/ar-AA11sirg</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fear-and-loathing-in-pennsylvania/ar-AA11sirg]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At Donald Trump's first major rally since the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the mood among his MAGA supporters veered from desperation to defiance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Triumph of a Sometimes-Trump Republican]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-triumph-of-a-sometimes-trump-republican/ar-AAYvOkx</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-triumph-of-a-sometimes-trump-republican/ar-AAYvOkx]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace's careful tightrope walk helped her win her primary, but it wasn't the whole story.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brad Raffensperger Gets His Revenge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/brad-raffensperger-gets-his-revenge/ar-AAXHuEu</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/brad-raffensperger-gets-his-revenge/ar-AAXHuEu]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brian Kemp beat a Trump-endorsed candidate last night in the state's primary. Another Republican incumbent's win was more surprising.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's the Point of Going to Brett Kavanaugh's House?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/abortion-rights-protest-justice-kavanaugh-supreme-court/629834/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/abortion-rights-protest-justice-kavanaugh-supreme-court/629834/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Demonstrators have largely given up on changing the Supreme Court justices' minds. But they're still showing up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Think They Can Win the COVID Funding Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-think-they-can-win-the-covid-funding-fight/ar-AAVgkaT?ocid=uxbndlbing</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[GOP lawmakers are ready to move on from the pandemic. They're betting that voters are too.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Early Front-Runner for Breyer's Seat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/01/biden-scotus-nominination-ketanji-brown-jackson/621367/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/01/biden-scotus-nominination-ketanji-brown-jackson/621367/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first Black woman on the Court wouldn't necessarily change its balance. But she would make history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Soft-Launches His 2024 Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-soft-launches-his-2024-campaign/ar-AASPhBW</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-soft-launches-his-2024-campaign/ar-AASPhBW]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[FLORENCE, Ariz.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Tonight, deep in the Arizona desert, thousands of people chanted for Donald Trump. They had braved the wind for hours'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'some waited the entire day'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'just to get a glimpse of the defeated former president. And when he finally appeared on stage, as Lee Greenwood...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Do Democrats Recover in 2022?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-2022-midterm-election-strategy/621046/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-2022-midterm-election-strategy/621046/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here are five ways in which they could salvage their election chances.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Dems Can Lose VA, They Can Lose Almost Anywhere]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/if-democrats-can-lose-in-virginia-they-can-lose-almost-anywhere/ar-AAQfCXP</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/if-democrats-can-lose-in-virginia-they-can-lose-almost-anywhere/ar-AAQfCXP]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Led by a candidate who neither repudiated nor embraced Trump, the GOP sweeps to victory.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Sinema Isn't Hitting the Panic Button]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kyrsten-sinema-isnt-hitting-the-panic-button/ar-AAPKjr7</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kyrsten-sinema-isnt-hitting-the-panic-button/ar-AAPKjr7]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The senator from Arizona doesn't seem rattled by progressives' threats to primary her'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and it's not clear she should be.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats Are Already Losing the Next Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-if-conor-lamb-was-right/ar-AALnScq</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-if-conor-lamb-was-right/ar-AALnScq]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knew that winning reelection in her swingy Florida district would be difficult. But it wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t until one night in February last year that the 50-year-old Democratic representative started to worry. That was the evening when then-presidential-candidate Bernie...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats' New Trump Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-democrats-e2-80-99-new-trump-problem/ar-AAKoux4</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I smelled their perfume before I saw them, the small troop of middle-aged women marching toward the park pavilion one night last week, with their flowy blouses and short blond bobs and oversize black sunglasses. They sat around picnic tables with a handful of other volunteers, mostly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Exhausted Resistance: Can Dems Win w/out Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/virginia-election-trump-mcauliffe-youngkin/618950/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elaine Godfrey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can Democrats win without Donald Trump? Virginia's upcoming elections could provide the answer.]]></description>
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