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<title><![CDATA[Alexander Sammon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/40800.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alexander Sammon]]></description><category domain="40800">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems Have a Pod Save America Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/DLGxi</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest shadow hanging over the party after the election boils down to one man'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s singular legacy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, You Have To Do Better Than This]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/news/democrats-best-104000790.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They seem not to know this is a five-alarm fire.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[That Was Not a Biden Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-did-something-at-the-debate-that-joe-biden-never-could/ar-AA1qqelw</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris may well end up being the last debate between the two presidential hopefuls. In the aftermath of Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 90-minute showdown, Trump himself suggested he was less than inclined to set up a rematch, which gives a pretty strong...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Democrats Are Desperate To Avoid]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/harris-walz-dnc-biden-pelosi-clinton-obama-chicago-1968-israel-gaza.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kamala'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Walz DNC will be a high-stakes test.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Columbia Protests That Led to 100 Arrests]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/columbia-university-protest-shafik-israel-palestine-gaza-jewish-muslim-students.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pressure at the school has been building for months, and it isn't over yet.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California's Red Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/california-election-results-senate-house-schiff-garvey-republicans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Adam Schiff's cynical gambit could cost the party the House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Get a Win in NY. But They Also Have a Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-themselves-victory-york-problem-161624581.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tom Suozzi's win won't be easily replicable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs To Govern Like He's Probably Going To Lose]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/biden-needs-govern-probably-going-104500638.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For President Biden, 2024 began much like 2023: with'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' new polling data'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' indicating that he is on track to lose his presidential reelection effort. The most recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Biden trailing Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, by two points...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Really in Trouble at the GOP Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/republican-debate-desantis-haley-ramaswamy-presidential-primary.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This could be the last we see of certain aspiring alternates to the front-runner.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Youth-Voter Problem Is Getting Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/biden-polling-israel-palestine-gaza-hamas-war-youth.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden has a serious age problem, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 80: It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s his dreadful standing with youth voters. If he loses reelection next November'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'even at this early stage, there are many indications that this is a real possibility'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s likely that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Right-Wing Nuts in House Are Right About One Thing]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote-defectors-house-freedom-caucus.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some of Kevin McCarthy defectors are pushing to break up the concentration of power in House leadership. Progressives should want the same thing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future Is...Doorknocking?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-overlooked-strategy-behind-democrats-biggest-midterms-upset/ar-AA14XifL</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of all the election night surprises of this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s midterms, none was bigger for Democrats than Marie Gluesenkamp Perez'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shock victory over the Republican Joe Kent in Washington state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s third congressional district. Five Thirty Eight'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s modeling had Kent winning in 98...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biggest Challenge Facing Pelosi's Successor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-biggest-challenge-facing-nancy-pelosi-s-successor/ar-AA14pdcx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries has a reputation for antagonizing progressives. But without their support, he won't get far.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Inside Story of Maloney's Face Plant in New York]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/sean-patrick-maloney-new-york-red-wave-dccc-house.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Instead of taking his own race seriously, the DCCC chair snubbed grassroots support and spent time this summer courting donors in Europe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If a Red Wave Hits New York, Blame Andrew Cuomo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-red-wave-could-be-headed-for-new-york-blame-andrew-cuomo/ar-AA13BSRK</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former governor stacked New York's highest court with conservatives he hijacked the state's redistricting process.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Dobbs' Election]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/dobbs-election-republican-overreach-abortion/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats look to the ballot to punish Republican overreach on abortion.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Self-Funder Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/democrats-self-funder-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rich Democrats are running for office, and not just a few of them. In some of the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most consequential races, including a number of House and Senate primaries that will be decided today in Michigan and Wisconsin, self-funded candidates are playing an outsized role in shaping...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Skyrocketing Rent Is Driving Inflation]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/economy/skyrocketing-rent-is-driving-inflation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats, we are told to believe, are very serious about inflation. The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Biden administration has said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it will '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'give the Fed the space and the independence to do its job,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' namely to hike rates by historic amounts, risking the degradation of a robust job market and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The RNC's Ground Game of Inches]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/rncs-ground-game-of-inches-convert-minorities-into-republicans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inside the secretive, dubious, and extremely offline attempt to convert minorities into Republicans]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Voters Want Dem Pols Who Do Things]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/dem-voters-want-dem-pols-who-do-things/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s primary elections were defined by historic super PAC spending attempting to quash a number of progressive candidates and an attempted hostile takeover of the Democratic primary process like we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve never seen. At last count, just a handful of super PACs had dumped $18...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Blew It in 2021]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/best-of-2021-alexander-sammon/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even a most optimistic gloss on 2021 would say it was a year of high hopes and huge disappointments. All the things that looked to have been chased away in 2020'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'totalitarian Republicans in control, coronavirus out of control'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'are either back, or a near-certainty to return...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ivy League's Legitimacy Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/education/ivy-leagues-legitimacy-crisis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Columbia University's incredible profit bonanza after the pandemic is indicative of a wider problem.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Vanishing Case for Liberal Inaction]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/vanishing-case-for-liberal-inaction-congressional-filibuster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats who believe we should keep the filibuster because they fear a Republican majority are just worried about the world as it exists today.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does Peter Thiel Want?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/power/what-does-peter-thiel-want/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inside the conservative tech investor's play for the Senate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Back on the Day One Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/biden-back-day-one-agenda-right-to-repair-executive-action/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Executive actions on right to repair and noncompete agreements show the power of implementing existing laws that can help people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom More Powerful - and Vulnerable - Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/gavin-newsom-has-never-been-more-powerful-or-more-vulnerable/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The California governor is facing a recall election at the same time that he's making numerous appointments to fill seats emptied by Vice President Harris and others.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Can't Forget Lesson of 2020's Senate Races]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/are-democrats-unlearning-the-lesson-of-2020-senate-races/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer could continue the successful populism that won Georgia, or fall back on a failed strategy with middle-of-the-road self-funders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Establishment Strikes Back]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/establishment-strikes-back-aoc-versus-centrist-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Henry Cuellar and centrist Democrats mutiny against progressives in a key committee fight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Prosecuting Trump Is Only Way to Heal Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/justice/prosecuting-trump-is-the-only-way-to-heal-the-nation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Letting him off the hook for multiple crimes would reinforce Trump's own contempt for the rule of law.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yet Another Health Care Election]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/yet-another-health-care-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alexander Sammon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The way to end the interminable battle over the Affordable Care Act is to deliver affordable care.]]></description>
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