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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Challengers Meet in Iowa for Thanksgiving Forum]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Challengers Meet in Iowa for Thanksgiving Dinner Forum]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, IOWA '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The field is shrinking and the stakes are rising, but there were no knives out as three GOP presidential candidates defied the Republican National Committee to attend a Thanksgiving forum with Christian conservatives here Friday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump on Campaign Trail: Slightly Unhinged, Completely Unplugged]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'One would be hard-pressed to find a Republican voter here who doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think the stakes are high in next year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential election. But as Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s challengers scramble to make a case for themselves in Iowa, the 45thpresident has decided the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Thread the Needle on Abortion?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/21/can_trump_thread_the_needle_on_abortion_149788.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DUBUQUE, Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'In the first of five newly scheduled visits to the Hawkeye State, Donald Trump arrived in northeast Iowa with a warning.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'In order to win in 2024, Republicans must learn how to properly talk about abortion,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he told an audience of some 2,000 potential voters,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Candidates Deserved Ribbons at the Iowa State Fair?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/16/which_candidates_deserved_ribbons_at_the_iowa_state_fair_149634.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Sen. Tim Scott had his day at the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday, the latest in a string of Republican presidential hopefuls who came here to admire arts, crafts, flowers, heifers, and barbeque recipes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and take their measure of the full gaggle of candidates who want to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Candidates Ready To Descend on Iowa State Fair]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/10/gop_candidates_ready_to_descend_on_iowa_state_fair_149608.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Donald Trump is set to appear in Des Moines at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, along with no fewer than 12 of his Republican rivals. Each is anxious to chip away at Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s imposing 27-point lead in the current RealClearPolitics polling average in Iowa, ahead of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Promised DeSantis Reboot Pay Off in Iowa?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/23/will_promised_desantis_reboot_pay_off_in_iowa_149533.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'You may have noticed that Ron DeSantis is a military man now.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  
Not that it was ever a secret, exactly. DeSantis, who deployed to Iraq as a judge advocate general ('&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'JAG'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';') officer in 2007, introduced himself to voters as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Ron DeSantis, Iraq War...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Iowa, Indictment Buoys Trump With GOP Voters]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DAVENPORT, Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'When he took the stage Saturday evening in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump made sure the Faith and Freedom Coalition knew one thing. Amid an ever-expanding sea of alternatives, the 45th U.S. president remains one of a kind.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m probably the only person in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mike Pence Takes the Fight to Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ANKENY, Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Upon officially launching his campaign for the presidency, Mike Pence almost immediately said two things that other Republicans have taken pains to avoid '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' things that were perhaps once thought unimaginable for the ever-loyal former vice president from Indiana.
He...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Looks To Prove Trump Wrong in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/01/desantis_looks_to_prove_trump_wrong_in_iowa_149303.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IOWA'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Ron DeSantis dove headfirst into campaign life this week, speaking to voters in five Iowa cities across a roughly 24-hour span. The Hawkeye-state blitz was the first foray of DeSantis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' presidential campaign following a glitch-marred virtual kickoff event last week...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iowa Poll: Trump Holds 3-to-1 Lead Over DeSantis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/25/iowa_poll_trump_holds_3-to-1_lead_over_desantis_149276.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An abortive rally and an expanding field of challengers hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hurt Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s standing in Iowa, according to a new poll from Emerson College. In results released Thursday morning, 62% of Republican voters indicated they would choose Trump as the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nominee,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Trump Grounded, DeSantis Stumps in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/15/with_trump_grounded_desantis_goes_on_tour_149229.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SIOUX CENTER'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Ron DeSantis was promised a battle for Iowa this Saturday. About 200 miles to his southeast, Trump loyalists were gathering in Des Moines'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Water Works Park as early as 10 a.m. for a rally intended to show the Florida governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s own viewership numbers, drown...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, DeSantis Descend on Iowa. Longshots Have Never Left.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/12/trump_desantis_descend_on_iowa_longshots_have_never_left_149225.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mutual combatants in the Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most consequential rivalry find themselves in the same theater of action Saturday. Playing to type, populist anti-hero as Donald Trump is the anticipated headliner at a sure-to-be-raucous rally in Des Moines, while Florida Gov. Ron...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 GOP Hopefuls Woo Iowa Evangelicals]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/23/2024_gop_hopefuls_woo_iowa_evangelicals_149141.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CLIVE, Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'The 2024 Republican hopefuls gathered at a fundraiser here Saturday, looking for inroads with Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s highly influential evangelical voters as primary season enters full swing. Packed more than 1,000 strong into a sports-complex-turned-banquet hall just west of Des...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make Iowa Great Again: Trump Joins the Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/14/make_iowa_great_again_trump_joins_the_party_148981.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DAVENPORT, Iowa '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Donald J. Trump spoke here on Monday, his first visit to the state since announcing his candidacy in the 2024 election last November. It was a homecoming of sorts for Trump, whose close second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses seven years ago propelled his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis Makes His Case in Iowa]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/11/ron_desantis_makes_his_case_in_iowa__148972.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jake Bevan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DAVENPORT, Iowa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Ron DeSantis traveled here Friday for a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Freedom Blueprint'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' panel hosted by a fellow Republican governor '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' DeSantis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' first foray into an early primary season state where a slew of Republicans are vying for the dubious honor of emerging as Donald...]]></description>
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