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<title><![CDATA[Lauren Egan - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/39992.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Lauren Egan]]></description><category domain="39992">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Michigan Dem Primary Has Grown Absolutely Toxic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-michigan-democratic-primary-has-grown-absolutely-toxic</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One other establishment-vs.-progressives race to keep an eye on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Done With Vanity Candidates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-are-done-with-vanity-candidates</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Party insiders worry about running long-shots or no-shots who'll drain money and energy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What a Bigger-Tent Democratic Party Could Look Like]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-bigger-tent-democratic-party-could-look-like</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CT Senator Chris Murphy's career in the upper chamber of Congress has largely been defined by a horrible act that occurred before he even got there. The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred on December 14, 2012, weeks before Murphy was sworn in as a senator. It took...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Fight Shows Dems Stuck in Limbo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-victories-limbo-texas-redistricting-midterms</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can Dems hope for more than partial victories before the midterms?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Youth (er, Young Adult) Movement Is Arriving]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic-party-age-generational-change-transition-handoff-redistricting</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why the redistricting wars probably won't end any time soon.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DNC Launches X Account Dedicated to the Epstein Files]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/do-they-have-your-attention-now-democrats-media</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are finally beginning to appreciate the significance of the attention economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Big Bill Might Not Be the Elixir Dems Imagined]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-trump-republican-budget-bill-elixir-democrats-imagined-optimism-fading</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats' initial optimism is fading as the bill's political reality sets in.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vampire Consultant Class Pitches the Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/vampire-consultant-class-wants-democratic-party-blood-and-money</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Professional Democrats are pitching the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s donors on a wide range of projects aimed at winning back voters. Are they worth it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Buttigieg Returns to Iowa--With Beard and Baggage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-buttigieg-returns-to-iowa-2028-primary-with-beard-and-baggage-mayor-cabinet</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He's no longer the mayor from out of nowhere. He's an ex-cabinet official now. But with that resume comes some burdens.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hard Calls Dems Must Make To Regain Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hard-calls-democrats-must-make-to-regain-power-moderates</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats want to win over more moderate voters. But are they willing to adopt moderate positions?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JB Pritzker Is Ready To Be Memed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/jb-pritzker-aka-cococnutbigboy-meme-genghis-khan</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Illinois governor is subtly embracing his online persona as Genghis Khan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Dems' Attempts To Stave Off Financial Death]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/actblue-inside-the-democratic-party-attempts-to-stave-off-financial-death</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Major efforts are underway to plan for Trump killing the party's main online giving platform, even as the committees rush to defend it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Want New Blood. But at Whose Expense?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-want-new-blood-but-at-whose-expense-age-david-hogg-generations-primaries-dnc</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some of the party's most revered members are octogenarians facing primary challenges from a younger generation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Neera Tanden on the 'Existential Moment' Facing America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/neera-tanden-unplugged-democrats-fight-cap-interview-north-carolina-supreme-court-riggs-griffin-whitmer-wikler</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An existential moment for both the party and the country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Get the Smallest Amount of Good News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-good-news-special-election-results</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They think Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer massively fumbled the government funding negotiations. They thought House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to go on tour for his new children'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s book in the weeks after Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election was misguided. Top...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Have All the Pussyhats Gone?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/where-have-all-the-pussyhats-gone-democrats-women-march-activists-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats embraced female activism during Trump's first term. Can they find a new balance the second time around?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Face a Joe Biden Litmus Test]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-face-a-joe-biden-litmus</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ex-president has been out of sight since inauguration. But party luminaries feel he is still casting a shadow.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats' Authenticity Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-democrats-authenticity-trap-gavin-newsom-podcasts-influencers</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party keeps trying to engineer viral moments and free-wheeling conversations. It's self-defeating.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden: I'm Running, No One Is Pushing Me Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/biden-no-one-s-pushing-me-out/ar-BB1pme3i</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden unexpectedly joined a Zoom call with campaign and Democratic National Committee staff on Wednesday, mounting a new push to preserve the viability of his embattled candidacy, according to two people on the call.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Regrets Using the Word 'Illegal' During SOTU]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/09/biden-regrets-word-illegal-sotu-00146143</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden on Saturday said he regretted using the word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'illegal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' during his State of the Union address to describe the Venezuelan man charged with killing a Georgia nursing student, who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden World Fears Trump May Muddy Waters On Abortion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/18/biden-trump-abortion-00116608</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats fear Trump is trying to present himself as a moderate on an issue proving vulnerable for Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can a Woman Win? Some Democrats Wonder If It's a Risk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/can-woman-beat-trump-some-democrats-wonder-if-it-s-n996466</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lauren Egan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters across multiple states said that they recognize the "electability" question is often unfairly aimed at women running for office '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but stressed what they said was a need to be realistic.]]></description>
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