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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 27 May 2012 06:42:57 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Rhodes Cook Blog</title><subtitle>Rhodes Cook Blog</subtitle><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-22T15:32:07Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>WI Recall: Process Aids Walker</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/5/22/wi-recall-process-aids-walker.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/5/22/wi-recall-process-aids-walker.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-05-22T15:31:10Z</published><updated>2012-05-22T15:31:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[At this point, the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election June 5 appears to be Republican incumbent Scott Walker’s to lose.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Incumbents Beware</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/5/3/incumbents-beware.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/5/3/incumbents-beware.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-05-04T00:54:32Z</published><updated>2012-05-04T00:54:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The 2012 congressional primary season is barely under way. But it is already a virtual certainty that the number of incumbent House casualties in this nominating season will be the highest in 20 years.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>A Proposal for 2016</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/4/10/a-proposal-for-2016.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/4/10/a-proposal-for-2016.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-04-11T01:35:51Z</published><updated>2012-04-11T01:35:51Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The initial reviews of this year’s Republican nominating process have been mixed at best. Designed to prevent a rush to judgment, rules changes for 2012 have produced the longest-running GOP primary campaign since 1976. The contest has been too long and too divisive in the view of many political observers, giving party rules makers plenty to think about when they proceed at their convention this summer to either tweak or totally overhaul their nominating rules for 2016.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Romney &amp; Reagan: Parallels</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/4/1/romney-reagan-parallels.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/4/1/romney-reagan-parallels.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-04-01T11:05:01Z</published><updated>2012-04-01T11:05:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Unlike some of his Republican rivals, Mitt Romney has spent little time this year comparing himself to Ronald Reagan. But when it comes to their pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination, similarities abound.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Romney and the Primary Vote</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/3/17/romney-and-the-primary-vote.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/3/17/romney-and-the-primary-vote.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-03-17T22:07:17Z</published><updated>2012-03-17T22:07:17Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[One of Mitt Romney’s basic arguments these days is that he is well ahead of his Republican presidential rivals in both the number of delegates and popular votes won. That is true. But if he goes on to win his party’s nomination, it is likely to be with the lowest share of the nationwide GOP primary vote since the era of the primary-dominated nominating process began in the 1970s.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Romney's Problems on 'Main Street'</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/3/4/romneys-problems-on-main-street.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/3/4/romneys-problems-on-main-street.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-03-05T00:04:08Z</published><updated>2012-03-05T00:04:08Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In Republican voting so far this year, it has been evident that Mitt Romney can draw votes in metropolitan areas with their large numbers of well-off, well educated voters. But the Republican front-runner has struggled mightily in many states to win votes in rural areas and small towns, Main Street America if you will.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>He Cares Enough to Come</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/2/16/he-cares-enough-to-come.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/2/16/he-cares-enough-to-come.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-02-16T17:51:38Z</published><updated>2012-02-16T17:51:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Money, organization and ideology all play major roles in determining primary and caucus outcomes. But the often underestimated act of physically campaigning in a state can be a significant factor as well.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>It's Caucus Time Again</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/2/3/its-caucus-time-again.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/2/3/its-caucus-time-again.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-02-03T21:29:13Z</published><updated>2012-02-03T21:29:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[For the next week, the Republican presidential campaign will be back where it began a month ago – in the wild and wacky world of the caucuses.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Iowa Reversal</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/30/the-iowa-reversal.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/30/the-iowa-reversal.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-01-30T19:51:41Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T19:51:41Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Up and down and all around the 2012 Republican presidential campaign has gone. It has probably been the craziest nominating race in the last generation.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>On the Democratic Side</title><id>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/22/on-the-democratic-side.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/22/on-the-democratic-side.html"/><author><name>Rhodes Cook</name></author><published>2012-01-22T20:02:19Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T20:02:19Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Not many trees have been sacrificed to describe this year’s Democratic primary campaign, as Barack Obama is the fourth president in the last four decades to run unopposed for renomination. Running without primary opposition put his three fortunate predecessors on the path to reelection. And for Obama, it is a very considerable asset in his 2012 campaign.]]></summary></entry></feed>
