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<title><![CDATA[Lanny Davis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/43851.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Lanny Davis]]></description><category domain="43851">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Time for Congressional Dem Leadership To Step Up &amp; Step Aside]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/24/time_for_congressional_dem_leadership_to_step_up__and_step_aside_154257.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s low job approval ratings and well-documented (and in my view well-deserved) problems, the Democratic Party hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t closed the deal with voters. Democrats have a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' negative brand,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' according to all the polls. But we don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t need a Democratic National...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Hit Bottom on Polarization, Common Ground Is Emerging]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/20/lanny_davis_politics_is_cyclical_and_weve_hit_the_bottom_of_the_surve_on_polarization.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RCP contributor and Democratic political advisor Lanny Davis spoke to MS NOW's "Morning Joe" about his new memoir on rejecting political polarization and finding compromise in American politics: "Finding the Third Way: Lessons in the Politics of Civility from My Journey through History"]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Imaginary Walk Through the Yale Campus: 1963&ndash;1971]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am imagining taking a series of strolls across the Yale campus sometime between 1963 and 1971. I am imagining whom I would have seen and what we might have said during my seven years at Yale for college and law school had such a tour not been imaginary.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, MAGA Share Common Ground on War Powers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/02/democrats_maga_republicans_share_common_ground_on_war_powers_153895.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are more areas of common ground between many Democrats like me and MAGA Republicans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in disagreement with Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' than most people might think. One current example is the growing opposition to the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military interventions, without congressional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Advice to Dems on Maduro Arrest: Resist Reflexive Opposition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/06/advice_to_democrats_maduro_arrest_resist_reflexive_opposition_153678.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During high-profile crises or controversies in business, politics, and life, the rule I have preached over the years of experience is to get the full truth out into the public immediately: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Tell it early, tell it all, and tell it yourself.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To My Fellow Democrats: A 'Third Way' To Reopen Government]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/16/to_my_fellow_democrats_a_third_way_to_reopen_the_government_153413.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I understand that congressional Democrats think they have the upper hand, albeit by a narrow margin, showing that voters blame the GOP more than them for the current government shutdown. Their talking point '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that the Republicans control the White House and majorities of both...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let Them Vote: A Democrat Rethinks Primary Access]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/29/let_them_vote_a_democrat_rethinks_primary_access_153110.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I used to believe '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'closed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' primaries were an essential element of the two-party system. Primary elections exist for each of our two major political parties to carry their party banner and support the party platform in the general election. It made sense to require those...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Advice to Trump Team: 'Tell It Early, Tell It All, Tell It Yourself']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/27/professional_advice_to_trump_administration_tell_it_early_tell_it_all_tell_it_yourself.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That advice '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' about telling the truth early, all, and yourself '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' has been my core strategy as a lawyer who specializes in crisis management and media communications strategy. It is the subtitle of a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' book I wrote 20 years ago. Pete Hegseth, for one, could ask his former Fox...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DOGE Is No REGO]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/04/doge_is_no_rego__152456.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk recently posted on X in response to a reference to Bill Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Reinventing Government,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' which resulted in a reduction of 377,000 federal jobs during the 1990s.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Sounds familiar,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Musk tweeted.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Morning After: Lessons To Learn--and Not To Learn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/06/the_morning_after_lessons_to_learn_not_to_learn__151907.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Election Day, I got off the fence and publicly predicted a Kamala Harris win '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and maybe a landslide sweep of most of the dead-heat swing states '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' on social media and RCP podcast.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bruce Springsteen Knows the Meaning of the Word &lsquo;Respect&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/05/bruce_springsteen_knows_the_meaning_of_the_word_respect_151738.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was raised in a New Jersey household where my mother and father taught me to be a liberal Democrat, Franklin Roosevelt-style. In our family, we saw the government as a benign force in times of need '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' a reliable friend of the working class and the poor. Dad viewed Republicans with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Debate: Can Trump Handle &lsquo;Badass&rsquo; Black Female Ex-Prosecutor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/28/first_debate_can_trump_handle_badass_black_female_ex-prosecutor_151524.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I wrote my column in this space on July 7, 2024, with the headline '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Time for President Biden To Pass the Torch to Vice President Kamala Harris,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' I was asked why I saw her political strength when so many others had doubts. I cannot claim any special...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Memories From 50 Years Ago: Nixon Leaves Town]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/09/memories_from_50_years_ago_nixon_leaves_town_151432.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am sitting in a small library room in the grand Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, not too far from the White House. As I later learned, this room was chosen to look like the small White House library, which is located on the ground floor of the main residence...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hunter Biden &amp; Donald Trump Should Be Pardoned]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/19/hunter_biden_donald_trump_should_be_pardoned_and_sentences_commuted__151117.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is much to differentiate between the respective felony trials of Hunter Biden and Donald Trump. For starters, even Trump supporters should agree that Hunter Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s crime '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that he falsely stated on a gun purchase form that he was not using controlled substances '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jury Can Convict Trump Without Believing Michael Cohen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/22/jury_can_convict_trump_without_believing_michael_cohen_150986.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was behind closed doors for more than a year as the New York prosecutors built their case against Donald Trump based on the sworn testimony of Trump friends and contemporaneous text messages, phone calls, and other documents.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Smoking Gun in Trump&rsquo;s New York Prosecution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/20/smoking_gun_in_trumps_new_york_prosecution_150971.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During his cross-examination of Michael Cohen on Thursday, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attorney shouted at witness Michael Cohen, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You lied!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' It was a moment that received breathless attention from the media, which attached great significance to the defense claim that Cohen omitted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Friend Joe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/28/my_friend_joe_150713.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I write now, in the worst pain and shock, with news of my friend Joe Lieberman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s death just moments ago. I write because I know what his critics will be quick to write, what news reports have already re-circulated.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Culpability Hiding in Plain Sight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/23/trumps_culpability_hiding_in_plain_sight_150549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first trial may well be the 34-count felony case brought by the New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, in an indictment voted by a New York State grand jury on March 20, 2023. This case has been widely disparaged, even by some liberals, as only about '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'money to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Comey Redux: Special Counsel Hur&rsquo;s Poor Judgment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/12/james_comey_redux_special_counsel_hurs_poor_judgment_150483.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stipulate that Special Counsel Robert Hur had a legitimate public interest reason to explain why he chose not to charge President Biden for mishandling of classified documents. But just as former FBI director James Comey did in 2016, Hur seems to have needlessly used...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Colorado Case: Right Analysis, Wrong Outcome]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/21/the_trump_colorado_case_right_analysis_wrong_outcome__150235.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I read the dissent of the Colorado Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 4-3 decision, written by the court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chief justice, Brian Boatright. I agree with Justice Boatright'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s opinion.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michael Cohen, Liz Cheney Pay the Price for Speaking the Truth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/23/michael_cohen_and_liz_cheney__paying_the_price_for_speaking_truth_to_power_149948.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and Michael Cohen would both qualify for John Kennedy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s list of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Profiles in Courage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' for the same decision: to speak the truth about Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hamas' Terrorist War vs. Israel: There Is No 'On the Other Hand']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/10/hamas_terrorist_war_against_israel_there_is_no_on_the_other_hand__149874.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I spent the weekend and most of Monday engaging in back-and-forth with fellow progressive Democrats who were trying to change the subject on the clear black-and-white facts about Hamas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' terrorist war against Israel. I kept reminding them of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' four indisputable facts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Biden To Lead on Securing Our Borders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/26/its_time_for_president_biden_to_lead_on_securing_our_borders_149812.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here is the headline that could have dominated the news two months ago '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' on July 25, 2023 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Facts About Hunter Biden&nbsp;]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/4070336-davis-the-facts-about-hunter-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you care about facts, then continue reading. If you have a different interpretation or political reaction to these facts, I respect that.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Crime Issue, GOP Is Lying - and They Know It]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/3701952-davis-on-the-crime-issue-the-republicans-are-lying-and-they-know-they-are-lying/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not too late for the Democrats running for the Senate and House to do what Sen. Ed Muskie (D-Maine) did for Democratic congressional candidates on the evening of the 1970 midterms: to tell the American people that the Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' message that the Democrats are soft on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats: Follow the Lesson of Maine State Sen. Maxmin]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/589663-to-progressive-democrats-follow-the-lesson-of-maine-state-sen-chloe-maxmin?rnd=1642110163</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's follow the example of Maine's state Sen. Chloe Maxmin. Let's ask for her advice. Let's go to rural voters and show them we care.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Unite Trump Voters and Progressives]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/532145-trump-voters-and-progressives-have-a-lot-in-common-and-biden-can-unite-them</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 6, 1968, Richard Nixon declared victory in a narrow win over then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with a margin of less than 1 percent and little more than 500,000 votes out of 85 million cast. The nation seemed irreparably divided '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' ideologically, culturally,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Is So Desperate to Stay in White House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/23/why_trump_is_so_desperate_to_stay_in_the_white_house_144910.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lanny Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a reason Donald Trump seems so desperate to hang on to his position as president of the United States. Over the weekend he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' reportedly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' talked with attorney Sidney Powell and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about trying to impose martial law in states he lost...]]></description>
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