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<title><![CDATA[Justin Vassallo - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/48944.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Justin Vassallo]]></description><category domain="48944">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Talarico's Challenging Road in Texas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/talaricos-challenging-road-ahead</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texas Democrats' promising Senate candidate must deliver on his theory of change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need a Simple Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-case-for-a-radically-simple-democratic</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Support for an expansive Project 2029 rests on a flawed theory of how to win back workers. Democrats instead should try a straightforward, muscular plan for change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need More Than 1 Blue Wave To Solve Woes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-will-need-more-than-one</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a matter of weeks there has been a sea change in Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' expectations for the 2026 midterms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is a Hochul-Mamdani Partnership Built To Last?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-ny-odd-couple-striving-to-make</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Zohran Mamdani beat former governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mayoral election last November, it was broadly assumed his ambitious agenda would struggle to gain traction in Albany.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Emergency Deepened My Respect for Health Care Workers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-a-family-emergency-deepened-my</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And highlighted political changes to improve the overall health system for everyone.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Green Shoots of a 'Post-Woke' Left?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/are-there-green-shoots-of-a-post</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the year since Trump's reelection, there has been an outpouring of commentary on the confused state of the Democrats but also the disarray of the political left more broadly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tea Party of the Left?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/tea-party-of-the-left</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the great unsettled debates of the extended Trump era is whether Democrats need a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Tea Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' movement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of their own. Those in favor share the view that the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brinkmanship and subterfuge need to be answered in kind. As demonstrated by the many Democrats who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Should Democrats Moderate in 2026?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-should-democrats-moderate-in</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Democrats struggle to rehabilitate their party, there has been an immense focus on which policies and stances alienated working-class voters of all backgrounds.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wrong Lessons of the Platner Controversy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-wrong-lessons-of-the-platner</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Regardless of Graham Platner's future, Democrats still need more candidates across the country who don't always fit the script and focus their campaigns on the working class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Toward a Bolder Theory of Party Renewal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/toward-a-bolder-theory-of-party-renewal</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two theories of how to win back power have animated Democrats since Kamala Harris's crushing loss last November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Losing the Culture War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-are-losing-the-culture</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first year of Trump's second term has been marked by a broad and growing assault on progressive values, norms, and practices.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rust Belt Insurgents Will Determine the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/rust-belt-insurgents-will-determine</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rust Belt Insurgents Clinch Democrats' House Takeover, Repair Blue Wall. A little over a year from now, a headline like that will convey the state of the electorate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'if Democrats prevail in the 2026 midterms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Left-Populism Lacks Momentum]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/why-left-populism-lacks-momentum</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressives were convinced they could build a mass politics around fighting climate change. It turns out they were badly mistaken.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Refine Political Conflict]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-democrats-can-refine-political</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After months of struggling to turn the page on the 2024 election, the Democratic Party is experiencing a tentative vibe shift. Much of this stems from the public souring on the Trump administration's combination of overreach and underperformance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Offer a New Vision for Labor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/can-democrats-offer-a-new-vision</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As in recent years, millions of working Americans marked this past Labor Day with a sense of trepidation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Confront Economic Pessimism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-must-confront-economic</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With American families contemplating back-to-school spending and winter holiday budgets, the worrisome economic news is eerily on script: Donald Trump's tariffs are indeed increasing prices for key goods, job losses due to AI and other payroll cuts are mounting,]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Deep Is the Democratic Bench, Really?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-deep-is-the-democratic-bench</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid a near-constant stream of negative poll numbers this summer, Democrats are trying to put on a brave face about their party's prospects in 2028.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Rebuild the Democratic Coalition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-to-rebuild-the-democratic-coalition</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the Senate joins the House for the summer recess, the Democratic Party remains profoundly stuck over how to rebuild a winning coalition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Make Progress in Red States?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/can-democrats-make-progress-in-red</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since the 2024 election, there has been a growing schism inside the Democratic Party over its top priorities and plans to retake Congress and the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Liberal Case for 'Made in the USA']]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-liberal-case-for-made-in-the</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After considerable activity during the Biden era, the substance and direction of American industrial policy are in doubt.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Albatross of Sectarian Identity Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-albatross-of-sectarian-identity</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats must still confront the obstacles to becoming a majority party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Left Populists Embrace Patriotism?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/will-left-populists-embrace-patriotism</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American politics is stuck in a maddening holding pattern.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unequal Effects of Trade Policy and Globalization]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-unequal-effects-of-free-trade</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The palpable frenzy in mainstream economics set off by Donald Trump's trade war has led many to fear it is only a matter of months before an indefinite, and possibly very long, period of stagflation begins.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Democrats Listen to Rep. Deluzio?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.compactmag.com/article/will-democrats-listen-to-chris-deluzio/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's political realignment along regional and demographic lines has largely followed the decline of progressive economic nationalism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Five Models for Progressives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/five-models-for-progressives</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The second half of the 2020s augurs a period of accelerating generational change in American party politics. As magnified by new revelations about Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decline, persistent questions about Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s own health and acuity, and an increasingly gerontocratic Congress...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Have Democrats Caught the Anti-Monopoly Bug?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/have-democrats-caught-the-anti-monopoly</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since the failure of Bidenomics to win popular acclaim, the Democratic Party has been torn over how to navigate a populist electorate and reform capitalism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Blue Labour a Model for Rust Belt Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/is-blue-labour-a-model-for-rust-belt</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These are dispiriting times for those who want to turn the page on Kamala Harris's defeat and grow the Democratic coalition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Avoid the Anti-Tariff Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.compactmag.com/article/democrats-must-avoid-the-anti-tariff-trap/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since taking office, Donald Trump's seesawing tariff announcements have left elected Democrats uncertain over how to respond.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beyond Red and Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/beyond-red-and-blue</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How pragmatic populists are helping Democrats in competitive states and districts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Prophet of Left Conservatism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-prophet-of-left-conservatism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Vassallo</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most significant transformation in politics on both sides of the Atlantic in the last 20 years has been the left's acceptance, even embrace, of globalization.]]></description>
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