Week of January 9, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 9
Romney Hoping for New Hampshire Boost - David Drucker, Roll CallAuthenticity Remains an Issue for Romney - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Has Jon Huntsman's Moment Arrived Just in Time? - Scott Conroy, RCP
South Carolina Will Be the Great Clarifier - Jonathan Martin, Politico
Obama-Clinton Is the Ticket - Bill Keller, New York Times
Romney Is a Sitting Duck for Democrats - Michael Walsh, New York Post
Pelosi to Obama: Run Against Do Nothing Congress - Candy Crowley, CNN
How Wall Street Turned a Crisis Into a Cartel - William Cohan, Bloomberg
Goldman Honchos Go In For Romney - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Obama's Recess Appointments Unacceptable - Sen. Chuck Grassley, USAT
President Has Consumer Agency Trump Card - Simon Johnson, Bloomberg
China's Economic Model Reaches Its Limits - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
Time for California to Bite the Bullet (Train) - George Skelton, LA Times
Obama's Foreign Policy Failures - Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
The State of the Obamas' Union - David Remnick, The New Yorker
The Essence of Maggie's Magic - Boris Johnson, The Telegraph
Olbermann: Barricaded Inside His Show - David Carr, New York Times
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Tuesday, January 10
Romney's Problems Aren't Going Away - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles TimesForget About Delegates, Iowa, NH. The Race Is Over - Roger Simon, Politico
Santorum Compares Romney to McCain & Dole - Josh Lederman, The Hill
Why the Bain Capital Attacks Could Really Hurt Romney - Matt Bai, NYT
The Stupidity of Attacking Romney, Bain - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Mitt's Masquerade - Matt Thomas, The American Spectator
Third Could Be Huntsman's Ticket to Relevance - Richard Benedetto, RCP
Poll: Most Republicans Want New Candidate - Dutton & De Pinto, CBS News
The New Authoritarianism - Fred Siegel & Joel Kotkin, City Journal
2012 Is GOP's Only Shot to Repeal Health Care Reform - Sahil Kapur, TPM
California on the Wrong Track - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Obama's Executive Overreach Is a Mistake - Michael McConnell, WSJ
The President's Revolution in American Strategy - Michael Lind, Salon
Nuclear Disarmament, No Matter the Cost - Mark Davis, Weekly Standard
BP Makes Amends - Joe Nocera, New York Times
The Stephanopoulos Standard - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Tony Blankley: A Great Loss - Ed Gillespie, National Review
New Hampshire Polls: Huntsman Surging, Romney Up 20, Paul in 2nd
Wednesday, January 11
Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary - Cannon, Conroy & McPike, RCPVictory Puts Romney in Driver's Seat - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Never Has a Winner Looked So Beaten - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Mitt Romney: A Perfect Doll - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Special Editorial: From Bain to Main - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
President Obama Builds His Mojo - Justin Frank, Time
Obama's Scary Postmodern Vision - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Why Obama's Recess Battle Matters - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Lap Dog Press Remarkably Uncritical of Obama - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
RINO Romney Is Unelectable - Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator
Conservatives Must Make Peace With Mitt - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Paul Movement a Headache for Romney - Major Garrett, National Journal
Private Equity President Romney? Don't Bet On It - Robert Lenzner, Forbes
The GOP's Creative Destruction - David Harsanyi, Reason
Will GOP Cooperate With Obama Like It's 1996? - Ron Klain, Bloomberg
A Strategy to Highlight America's Choice in 2012 - Sen. Ron Johnson, WSJ
Political Islam Without Oil - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Thursday, January 12
Romney Makes History - Karl Rove, Wall Street JournalAn Enthusiasm-Free Victory in NH - Mike Littwin, Denver Post
Is Romney Vulnerable in General Election? - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Obama Camp Locks In on Romney as Opponent - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
GOP Timidity Is a Path to Defeat - Joseph Koenig, American Thinker
The Man Who Could Stop Romney - Ari Fleischer, CNN
Where Are Romney's Tax Returns? - Elizabeth MacDonald, FOX Business
Mitt Romney's Clear Path - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
In Rand Paul, the Movement Sees a Successor - Rosie Gray, BuzzFeed
All Dressed Up In Green, GM's Volt Flops - Patrick Michaels, New York Post
The American Jobs & Growth Agenda - Thomas Donohue, RealClearPolitics
Romney: Wall St. Talk Driven by "Envy" - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
GOP Campaign Revives Old Debate on Private Equity - Shira Ovide, WSJ
Fed's Talk of QE3 Is Dangerous - Anthony Mirhaydari, MSN Money
George W. Bush: Let's Not Weaken NCLB - Andrew Rotherham, Time
All Stars for a Lifetime - George Will, Washington Post
The Obamas Should Embrace "The Obamas" - Ilyse Hogue, The Nation
South Carolina (InAdv): Romney 23, Gingrich 21, Santorum 14, Paul 13
Friday, January 13
The Tea Party's Not-So-Civil War - Matt Bai, New York Times MagazineSouth Carolina May Settle on Romney - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Candidates Who Fail to Connect Often Lose - Michael Leahy, Wash Post
Romney Debates Romney on Health Reform - Michael Kinsley, Bloomberg
The Worst Recovery Since The Great Depression - Peter Ferrara, Forbes
America Isn't a Corporation - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Ron Paul's Achievement - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Fed in 2006: A Coming Crisis, & Banter - Binyamin Appelbaum, NYT
Michelle: Barack's "Wonderful Progress" in Danger - Andrew Malcolm, IBD
How Daley Died the Death of a Thousand Cuts - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
For Romney, Newfound Southern Comfort - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Mitt Can Lose SC - If Conservatives Toughen Up - Tim Stanley, Telegraph
If Romney Wins Count on Obama to Dig Up Bain - Byron York, Examiner
The GOP's Blatant Racism - Gary Younge, The Nation
Obama's Damaging Blow to Our Military - Rep. Buck McKeon, Wash Post
Laying a Smackdown on YouTube's Religion Hater - Marc Barnes, Patheos
Tebow: The Man Behind the Mania - Jon Saraceno, USA Today
S. Carolina (RasRpts): Romney 28, Gingrich 21, Santorum 16, Paul 16
Saturday, January 14
Tough Fight Ahead for Blue-Collar Votes - Richard Stevenson, NY TimesBain Could Inflict Considerable Pain on Romney - Tod Lindberg, Wkly Std
The Truth About Bain and Jobs - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Mitt Rolls Out the Big Guns in S.C. - Ashley Parker, New York Times
Why Romney Is Very Weak vs. Obama - Quin Hillyer, American Spectator
Obama Seeks to Revive '08 Enthusiasm - Stephanie McCrummen, Wash Post
Repealing ObamaCare Should Be Top Priority - Jeffrey Anderson, Wkly Std
Why You Have to Care About Inequality - Timothy Noah, New Republic
Obama Pushes for Authority to Streamline Govt - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
11 More Solyndras in Obama Energy Program - Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News
The Role of Sympathy & Trust in U.S. Politics - Peter Wehner, Commentary
When It's Easy to Cut Public Education Funding - David Sirota, Salon
MLK, Economic Equality & the 2012 Election - Joel Kotkin, Forbes
The Secrets of Tebow Love & Hatred - Michael Medved, Wall Street Journal
First Lady's Unhappy, But Wrongly So - Melinda Henneberger, Wash Post
Gender Imbalance on the Campaign Trail - Meryl Gordon, CJR
Betrayal of Freedom in War's Aftermath - Herbert Hoover, National Review
Election 2012: Newt Seizes Pole Position as Romney Alternative in S.C.
Sunday, January 15
Romney's Rivals Almost Out of Time - Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles TimesNewt Seizes Pole Position as Romney Alternative - Scott Conroy, RCP
Right, Wrong, and Romney - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Let Romney Be Romney - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
How We Came to Value Spending Over Saving - Robert Shiller, NY Times
Another Way California Wastes Money - Steven Greenhut, Reason
Public Institutions Suffer as Spending Falls - Robert Reich, SF Chronicle
The Class Warfare Toxin - Nita Ghei, Washington Times
Politics Has Broken Out in Egypt - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Iran's Nuclear Aggression - Ray Takeyh, Washington Post
Make Military Leaner, But Also Make It Much Meaner - Mark Steyn, IBD
What Does Ron Paul Want? - Josh Lederman, The Hill
The "Bain Way": Dishonest Negotiating - William Cohan, Washington Post
Isn't a Bainful Turnaround What America Needs? - Larry Kudlow, NRO
The Worst White House Aide - Matthew Continetti, The Weekly Standard
Why Is Europe a Dirty Word? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Paterno: "I Just Did What I Thought Was Best" - Sally Jenkins, Wash Post
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