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<title><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/39652.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart]]></description><category domain="39652">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[What Dems Should Say To Beat Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/opinions/trump-convicted-felon-election-biden-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump held a pre-sentencing interview Monday with a probation officer after being convicted last month of falsifying business documents concerning hush money paid to conceal an alleged affair. In the aftermath of the trial, Democrats have struggled with delivering...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why It Matters That Biden Restored Regular Press Briefings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/opinions/biden-press-briefings-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockharts that the return of press briefings under the new Biden administration is a welcome change. Press briefings are far more than symbolic -- they're an avenue to keep the government quick and accountable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Perfect Metaphor: Trump Leaves Supporters Out in the Cold]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/opinions/trump-rallygoers-stranded-in-cold-in-omaha-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are conflicting reports on how it happened, but no one disputes that it did, writes Joe Lockhart: hundreds of President Trump's supporters were stranded in near-freezing weather after he took off in Air Force One Tuesday night in Omaha. What does this tell us about the lesson...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NBC Town Hall Was a Disaster on Multiple Fronts for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/opinions/donald-trump-town-hall-nbc-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After roughly 20 minutes of trying to pin down President Donald Trump on why he models dangerous behavior during a pandemic, NBC's Savannah Guthrie spoke for most Americans in frustration by pointing out he was the President of the United States, not someone's]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Can't Fox the 2020 Media Like He Did in 2016]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/opinions/donald-trump-media-election-2020-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unlike 2016, Trump no longer controls the campaign narrative amid a media that mostly holds his feet to the fire -- and knows the difference between covering an incumbent and reporting on a challenger, writes Joe Lockhart.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The One Mistake Biden Mustn't Make With His Veep Pick]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/opinions/biden-vice-president-pick-avoid-mistake-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden has a wealth of vice-presidential choices who can appeal to core Democratic constituencies, minority communities and women, writes Joe Lockhart. Biden's challenge is to maintain the structure of the race rather than changing the dynamic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Aren't Editorial Boards Calling for Trump's Resignation?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/10/opinions/why-dont-editorial-boards-call-for-trump-to-resign-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the Watergate scandal, nearly every major newspaper in America called for Nixon to resign. More than 100 newspapers did the same during Bill Clinton's impeachment. After three years of political and actual carnage under Trump, writes Joe Lockhart, and steady grousing from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's 2016 Messaging Mojo Is Failing Him Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/opinions/trumps-2016-messaging-failure-coronavirus-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Trump heads into his reelection, writes Joe Lockhart, he seems to have forgotten the branding and marketing principles that won him the presidency. His messages on coronavirus are contradictory, complicated, even tortured. His motives are clear: avoid blame, take credit. But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Secret Weapon Hidden in Obama's Endorsement of Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/opinions/the-secret-weapon-hidden-in-obamas-endorsement-of-biden-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The obvious bonus is that the endorsement of Michelle Obama comes with the former president's nod, writes Joe Lockhart. She is the single strongest weapon in the Democratic arsenal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Failing the Leadership Test on Coronavirus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/opinions/trump-failing-leadership-test-coronavirus-opinion-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are several steps Trump should take immediately that will both help address the spread of coronavirus and boost his political standing, writes Joe Lockhart]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Needs to Take Down Sanders -- Immediately]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/22/opinions/bloomberg-needs-to-take-down-sanders-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In any political campaign, candidates need to know what they stand for, and who -- or what --they're up against. At this stage in the game for Bloomberg, that enemy is not Trump. It's Sen. Bernie Sanders and the election calendar, writes Joe Lockhart.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Democrats Willing to Let Bloomberg Buy the Nomination?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/opinions/michael-bloomberg-democrats-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael Bloomberg toyed with the idea of running for president before. But as a shrewd data-driven political leader, Bloomberg must have had a difficult time seeing a path to winning the Democratic nomination. That is, until now, writes Joe Lockhart.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Biden's Scorching Ad Against Buttigieg Work?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/09/opinions/biden-attack-ad-buttigieg-vetting-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart writes that Joe Biden's attack ad on Pete Buttigieg might be mistimed and a week too late for the Vice President's prospects, but that it is good the candidates have begun to go after each other -- a crucial round of vetting for voters to assess their fitness to take on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Circus of Defense Lawyers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/opinions/trumps-circus-of-defense-lawyers-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The President is deliberately creating a circus show bringing back some of the best acts from the last three decades. It seems he hopes to entertain his supporters, rather than defend his conduct, writes Joe Lockhart.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Isn't Facing Enough Scrutiny]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/opinions/bernie-sanders-2020-scrutiny-test-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart writes that there has been too little discussion of Bernie Sanders' 50-year record, nor have we seen a real view of how he would defend that record against a Republican onslaught, which should be a concern to his supporters because being able to take a political punch is a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Except for Getting Impeached, We Had a Pretty Good Day.']]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/opinions/clinton-impeachment-inside-story-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart gives an inside account of the last impeachment vote and the difficulties of governing during an impeachment proceeding.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why My Third Impeachment Is Really Different From the Others]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/12/opinions/impeachment-comparison-nixon-clinton-trump-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart writes that the Trump impeachment inquiry has certainly stirred memories for him of 1998-99 when he worked in the White House during Bill Clinton's administration, but it also reminds him of attending the Senate Watergate hearings as a teenager.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Raging Hypocrisy on Impeachment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/opinions/gop-hypocrisy-over-process-in-impeachment-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the moment in September that the whistleblower complaint revealing the President's involvement in the Ukraine scandal was made public, President Trump and congressional Republicans have attacked everyone involved with bringing it to the surface.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Impeachment Strategy, Pelosi Gets an A, Trump an F]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/opinions/house-impeachment-process-vote-report-card-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Thursday's House vote to formally back Democrats' impeachment plan signals the end of impeachment phase one, says Joe Lockhart, the grades are clear: Democrats and Pelosi get an A. Republicans in Congress get a B-minus. As for the White House and the President, they get an F.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Doing Biden a Big Favor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/opinions/trump-is-doing-biden-a-big-favor-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart writes that the President's misdeeds, revealed in the impeachment inquiry, are helping make the case for former vice president Joe Biden's candidacy. Leading in the most recent national polls despite his poor performance in debates, Biden benefits from Trump's erratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Narrow NC Victory Is Bad News for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/opinions/north-carolina-special-election-good-and-bad-news-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In North Carolina's special election, the good news for Republicans is that they won, but the bad news is that it was a tight race -- a troubling sign for Donald Trump's 2020 election bid, writes Joe Lockhart.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Lead Confirms 2020 as a Battle for America's Soul]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/opinions/biden-cnn-poll-what-it-means-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's standing in a new CNN poll confirms that he remains very popular among core Democratic party constituencies, particularly African Americans and older Americans, and that he has tapped into the most powerful message for Democrats: This race is about a battle for the soul of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Should Build on Obamacare in 2020, Not Abandon It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/opinions/medicare-for-all-political-loser-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A good rule of politics: Most things that sound too good to be true are, in fact, not true, writes Joe Lockhart. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren's support of full-blown Medicare for All, plus eliminating all employer-provided private insurance, is not what Americans want. Joe Biden's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Will Try to Save His Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/opinions/joe-biden-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden is not likely to refashion his image based on a poll or a debate performance, or lurch to the left to be nominated. He doesn't believe that's where Democratic voters are, and the 2018 midterms offer good evidence of that, writes Joe Lockhart.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sarah Sanders Failed in Almost Every Aspect of the Job]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/opinions/sarah-sanders-failed-job-press-secretary-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sarah Sanders said last December that when her role as White House press secretary ends, she hopes to be remembered as "honest and transparent." I'm afraid she's going to be remembered quite differently because of the actions of her boss, President Donald Trump, and her own failures to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Male Politicians Opposing Abortion Face Tough Questions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/20/opinions/male-politicians-who-oppose-abortion-rights-face-uncomfortable-questions-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The legacy of Alabama's near-total abortion ban may also be a new, aggressive and normalized debate about the role men may have played in their sexual partners' abortion and how they might have benefited from it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House's Slippery Slope to Removing Press Freedoms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/opinions/new-white-house-press-pass-rules-opinion-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new White House policy that cracks down on who gets permanent press passes sets a dangerous precedent that opens the door to denying White House press credentials to media outlets that criticize the administration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Investigate Trump and Pursue New Ideas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/22/opinions/democrats-false-choice-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It took only a few hours after the release of the Mueller report for the media to frame the critical choice facing Democrats -- will you focus on investigations, and perhaps impeachment, or will you try to govern and get things done for the American people?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Prematurely Declaring Victory on Russia Probe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/opinions/trump-mueller-report-bush-boondoggle-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart writes that President Donald Trump, like President George W. Bush, violated the golden rules of political communications: under-promise and over deliver, and be humble in all victories.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Thuggish Threat of Violence Against His Critics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/opinions/trumps-thuggish-threat-of-violence-against-his-critics-lockhart/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lockhart</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How deeply has President Trump taken our politics into the gutter? Joe Lockhart says we shouldn't expect an apology from the President for his remark implying that his supporters could act violently toward his critics from the left.]]></description>
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