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<title><![CDATA[Karl Rove - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14641.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></description><category domain="14641">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Promise &amp; Problem of a Big GOP Field]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican presidential primary is a jumbled mass of competitors, with new ones joining the jostling for support seemingly every week. Meanwhile, the Democrats have more a coronation than a contest, with one figure ignoring the rabble en route to the nomination.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Social Issues Hurting Republicans?]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/588</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is a time when it&rsquo;s necessary to read beyond the headlines. A May 10 Gallup survey shows that the share of Americans calling themselves social liberals has risen to 31% from 25% in 2009, while the share of self-described social conservatives has fallen to 31% from 42%.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Politicians Loathe the Press]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/586</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most politicians occasionally get upset at the media. But few demonstrate as much contempt for journalists as do Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Sometimes it appears they&rsquo;d prefer a state-run media rather than a free press.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats' Baffling Behavior]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The year isn&rsquo;t half over, and already more than a few things in the Democratic political world have left me puzzled&mdash;and in some cases downright mystified. My perplexity starts with former President Bill Clinton. How has such a talented man become so tone-deaf? When NBC&rsquo;s Cynthia McFadden asked him about potential conflicts of interest raised by large contributions from foreign governments and companies to the Clinton Foundation, the former president answered, &ldquo;All I&rsquo;m saying is that the idea that there&rsquo;s one set of rules for us and another set for everybody else is true.&rdquo; He wasn&rsquo;t self-aware enough to know that&rsquo;s precisely the problem,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Health-Care Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/584</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the Supreme Court holds in King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act&mdash;also known as ObamaCare&mdash;does not allow subsidies for health coverage to flow through federal insurance exchanges, Republicans better be ready to say what to do next. Under such a decision, roughly eight million Americans in three dozen states would lose subsidies worth thousands of dollars. Many would suddenly find it impossible to pay for the insurance plan they&rsquo;re on now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Messes Obama Will Leave Behind]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/583</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At last Saturday&rsquo;s White House Correspondents&rsquo; Dinner, President Obama declared he was determined to &ldquo;make the most of every moment&rdquo; left in office, saying he had been working on a &ldquo;bucket list&rdquo; that included executive action on immigration and climate regulation. Aware that his critics believe he&rsquo;s often acted lawlessly, Mr. Obama joked that the title for his list rhymes with &ldquo;bucket.&rdquo;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Needs More Than an Image Makeover]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/578</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Hillary Clinton left the State Department in early 2013, her favorable rating was 64% and her unfavorable rating 31% in an April 14 Gallup poll. In a March 4, 2015, Gallup poll, respondents were 50% favorable, 39% unfavorable. That&rsquo;s not a good trend.Nevertheless, the Hillary Juggernaut rolls on. She has no significant challenger for the 2016 presidential nomination&mdash;though 66% of Democrats in a March 24 CBS poll wanted Mrs. Clinton to face one.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Myth of the Stay-at-Home Republican]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There&#194;&#146;s a hypothesis circulating among Republicans that Mitt Romney lost in 2012 because a large number of previously reliable conservatives who turned out in past elections stayed home. Here&#194;&#146;s the problem: It&#194;&#146;s not accurate.First, let&#194;&#146;s look at voter turnout. It dropped to 129.2 million in 2012 from 131.5 million in 2008, according to David Leip&#194;&#146;s Atlas of U.S. Elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Super-PAC Strategies for 2016 Success]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By using Twitter to announce his entry into the 2016 Republican presidential race, Sen. Ted Cruz signaled just how pervasive social media will be this election. Two other trends are worth watching. There will be a greater reliance on data and technology in organizing, communicating and measuring the effectiveness of campaign activity&mdash;and every presidential candidate will have a Super PAC.The $2,700 a person contribution limit to a candidate&rsquo;s campaign for the primary season means donors who are able will donate larger amounts to the Super PAC supporting their favorite candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Price of Running for President]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While juggling questions of a candidate&rsquo;s performance, message and organization, every Republican presidential strategist also spends lots of time thinking about money. First comes this question: How many dollars must a candidate have to be competitive in the opening round of 2016 contests? It&rsquo;s tough to settle on a number for the buy-in now. Few states have passed laws setting their primary or caucus date, so it may be months until the calendar is locked in. It&rsquo;s also difficult to decide how much of each kind of activity is necessary. For example, how much television advertising should be run? How much should be spent on the Internet? How much mail is needed, and how many...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Bullish on Retaking Senate]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After sustaining crushing losses in 2014, Democrats are projecting confidence about recapturing the Senate in 2016. Unlike midterms, according to the party&rsquo;s Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman, Justin Barasky, a presidential election &ldquo;can only help Democrats.&rdquo; Count me skeptical.To get a majority, Democrats must defeat five of seven Republican senators in states President Obama won twice&mdash;Florida, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. (Or five of eight Republicans if you add North Carolina, which Mr. Obama won in 2008 but lost in 2012.)]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the White House Botched Bibi's Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rove.com/articles/572</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Put aside the policy implications of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#194;&#146;s powerful speech to Congress on Tuesday, and the dire consequences if President Obama bungles his dealings with Iran. Instead, consider how badly the Obama administration has handled things during the six weeks since Jan. 21, when House Speaker John Boehner invited Mr. Netanyahu to address Congress. Mr. Obama and his team pride themselves on their communications prowess, but they&#194;&#146;ve made a hash of the situation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are In For Wild Ride in 2016]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To better understand the 2016 GOP presidential race, let&#194;&#146;s consider some history. At a comparable point during the last nine Republican presidential primary contests, four had a front-runner with a double-digit lead in a national poll, and in five the leader was ahead by single digits.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Republican Lifeline on Immigration--If They'll Take It]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congressional Republicans are right to try to stop President Obama &#194;&#146;s November 2014 executive action suspending enforcement of immigration laws for millions of illegal aliens.The House has passed a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill prohibiting DHS from spending money to carry out Mr. Obama&#194;&#146;s unconstitutional directive when the department&#194;&#146;s current funding runs out Feb. 27.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seeding a Democratic Defeat in 2016]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding the accident that left him blind in his right eye and with four broken ribs, Minority Leader Harry Reid labored hard to show he was still in command during his month&rsquo;s forced absence from the Senate. Aides claimed he worked the phones from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., making as many as 60 calls a day. But it is difficult to lead a demoralized legislative caucus from a Ritz Carlton condo across town from Capitol Hill. Democratic senators watched Assistant Minority Leader Dick Durbin and Conference Vice Chairman Chuck Schumer jostle each other, with conference Secretary Patty Murray nearby to break up the competition if needed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What to Watch For in GOP 2016 Jockeying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=What+to+Watch+in+the+GOP+Jockeying+for+2016&amp;oq=What+to+Watch+in+the+GOP+Jockeying+for+2016&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2.1125j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=93&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For most of this year, national polls showing head-to-head matchups among potential Republican presidential candidates will be interesting but hardly predictive. Opinion in states with February 2016 contests won&rsquo;t really gel until late autumn, when polls begin to show the true state of the race in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Was Obama Thinking?]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/566</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama &rsquo;s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening was oddly disconnected. It was disconnected from events abroad. He said that &ldquo;the shadow of crisis has passed.&rdquo; Earlier that day Iranian-backed rebels stormed the compound of the president of Yemen, an American ally. Islamic State, which Mr. Obama referred to a year ago as the &ldquo;jayvee team,&rdquo; now controls large parts of Syria and Iraq&mdash;leading the president to ask for congressional authorization to use force against it. Iran&rsquo;s nuclear ambitions remain undimmed. Mr. Obama spoke about Russia but failed to mention its annexation of Crimea. He did not mention al Qaeda or Islamic extremism,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Handicapping the 2016 GOP Primaries]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/565</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Each presidential primary contest differs from previous ones. But 2016 will be wildly different, starting with many more qualified candidates than in 2012. The field last time was among the weakest in memory; this field could be among the strongest.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Fearless Political Predictions for 2015]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/564</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since Christmas and New Year&rsquo;s Day both fell on a Thursday, wiping out my weekly columns in the name of holiday cheer, this is my first opportunity to rate the success of my 2014 predictions and offer new ones for 2015.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Does Hillary Want to Be President, Anyway?]]></title>
							<link>http://rove.com/articles/561</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There have generally been two reactions to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton &rsquo;s Dec. 3 statement at Georgetown University that America should try to &ldquo;empathize&rdquo; with our nation&rsquo;s &ldquo;enemies.&rdquo; One camp holds that Mrs. Clinton simply chose the wrong word to express a banal thought&mdash;that the U.S. must understand its enemies. The other camp says her State Department record demonstrates she herself lacks the empathy to know how to deal with America&rsquo;s adversaries or allies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Winning GOP's Invisible Primaries?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rove.com/articles/560</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a Nov. 23 CNN survey, Mitt Romney led 16 potential GOP presidential candidates with 20%, followed by Dr. Ben Carson at 10%, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 9% and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 8%. The other 12 names garnered between less than 1% and 7%. That the front-runner is not even running shows polls now reflect little more than name recognition. It will be next fall before surveys start depicting the real shape of the GOP race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The President Defies the Voters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rove.com/articles/557</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The week since the midterms has been good for Republicans. The GOP gained a 53rd senator as Dan Sullivan was declared the winner in Alaska on Wednesday. The party seems on its way to a 54th seat in Louisiana. Republican candidates took 56% on Election Day. On Monday the two Republicans who won nearly 15% endorsed fellow Republican Bill Cassidy. He is the front-runner going into the Dec. 6 runoff.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[X Factors That May Decide Key Senate Races]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Campaigns across the country have reached the stage where everything is about getting out the vote, especially in contests that will decide control of the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Returns as Election Albatross]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=An+Affair+to+Remember&amp;rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS418US418&amp;oq=An+Affair+to+Remember&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l2.523j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=0&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=ObamaCare+Returns+as+an+Election+Albatross</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats assumed earlier this year that ObamaCare would be a political advantage by Election Day. North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan, for example, said in February she wanted to show the Affordable Care Act &ldquo;is something whose time is come.&rdquo; A month later Colorado Sen. Mark Udall said &ldquo;we did the right thing&rdquo; in passing the law and told voters he &ldquo;would do it again,&rdquo; a response echoed by incumbents Mark Pryor (Arkansas) and Mary Landrieu (Louisiana).]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Election Hand Gets Better]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Republican+Election+Hand+Gets+Better&amp;rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS418US418&amp;oq=The+Republican+Election+Hand+Gets+Better&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.2304j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=93&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats and Republicans have placed very different tactical bets in this year&rsquo;s Senate races. Republicans are betting that President Obama&rsquo;s low job-approval rating (40% in Wednesday&rsquo;s Gallup poll) rubs off on Democratic candidates. In midterm elections, candidates of the president&rsquo;s party have historically ended up with vote totals close to his approval rating. For example, Democratic Senate candidates ran on average 3.7 points behind Mr. Obama&rsquo;s job approval in 2010. GOP Senate candidates ran on average 1.3 points ahead of President George W. Bush &rsquo;s job approval in 2006.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Senate Republicans Can Close the Sale]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is delivering a speech at George Washington University titled "Principles for American Renewal."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Issues Are Breaking Bad for Democrats]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the midterm election enters its last six weeks, new factors have appeared that will help determine which party controls the Senate next year.Surprisingly, national security has emerged as an important issue. Americans' concerns began with the conflict in Ukraine, and they've grown as Islamic State cut a swath across Iraq and beheaded two American journalists.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Handicapping the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/09/22/karl_rove_joe_trippi_handicap_the_midterm_elections.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two years ago I had the best seat in the House as the 2012 election results were coming in. Sitting with two master strategists to look inside the numbers. Well, we'll all be back together in just 44 days, and so between now and then we're going to talk about November's key races and which party will control the Senate with our election night's phase cowboys. Karl Rove was the architect of George W. Bush's two presidential victories. Joe Trippi has run a number of Democratic campaigns. Guys, welcome back.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why a GOP Senate Majority Is Still in Doubt]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's job approval numbers are lousy, no Democrat in a competitive Senate race polls regularly above 50%, GOP enthusiasm is high, and independents are trending Republican. The midterm environment is terrible for Democrats&mdash;yet each passing day provides evidence as to why a GOP Senate majority is still in doubt.On Monday President Obama appeared at a $100,000-a-person fundraiser in D.C. to support his party's efforts to keep the Senate. It was his 84th fundraiser this election cycle. He's certain to have more before Nov. 4.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Countdown to Kicking Out Harry Reid]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karl Rove</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Labor Day is the unofficial start of the fall campaign season, so it's a good time to assess the GOP's chances of winning the U.S. Senate.Republicans have two advantages. Many Senate races are in red-leaning states, and the GOP has put its A-Team on the field. In every primary the more electable Republican won the nomination, and that's likely to hold true in New Hampshire on Sept. 9 when Scott Brown is heavily favored.]]></description>
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