Week of January 23, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 23
Newt's Momentum v. Mitt's Organization in FL - Alex Leary, Miami HeraldWhat the Sunshine State Will Illuminate - Jim Geraghty, National Review
Can Romney Get His Groove Back? - Amy Walter, ABC News
Gingrich Steals Romney's Cloak of Electability - Alistair Bell, Reuters
Romney's Bain Capital Problem Is Real - Burns & Haberman, Politico
The Truly Dismal State of the Union - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Is Our Economy Healing? - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Why the Fed Slept Before the Housing Crisis - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
Welfare State Is Destroying America - Philip Klein, Washington Examiner
The Problem With Private Equity - James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
The State of Markets - John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
Road Ahead Looks Good for Romney Despite S.C. - David Lightman, KC Star
S.C. Proves the Tea Party Is Alive & Kicking - Tim Stanley, The Telegraph
Bombing Iran Will Produce Nuclear Iran - Bill Keller, New York Times
Who's Winning in the Middle East? Islamists - Barry Rubin, Jerusalem Post
Obama Celebrates Roe, Vows to Protect Choice - Laura Bassett, Huff Post
The Unbearable Wrongness of Roe - Michael Paulsen, Witherspoon Institute
Florida GOP Primary: Rasmussen: Gingrich +9 | InAdv: Gingrich +8
Tuesday, January 24
It's Insurgents vs. the Establishment - Gerald Seib, Wall Street JournalThe Strangely Silent Debate - Paul Begala, The Daily Beast
Can Romney Turn It Around Again? - George Will, Boston Herald
Rise of the Hoi Polloi: The GOP Is Changing - Craig Shirley, Politico
The State of Our Politics - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
What to Watch for in Obama's SOTU - William Galston, The New Republic
It's Working in Walker's Wisconsin - Christian Schneider, City Journal
Uncertainty No Excuse For Inaction - Lawrence Summers, Washington Post
Mitt Romney's "Charlie Crist" Problem - Andrew Henry, Newsmax
Romney Goes on Attack Against Gingrich - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Why Gingrich Could Win - Michael Walsh, National Review
Newt's Troublesome Lack of Prudence - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
President Obama Needs Fighting Words - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Obama Offends the Catholic Left - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Still Not Ready to Talk About Race - Laura Washington, Chicago Sun-Times
Copyright Debate Misses Big Picture - Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics
Rocket Men: 21st Century Space Pioneers - Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason
Gallup (GOP): Romney's National Lead Collapses, Now Trails Gingrich
Wednesday, January 25
An Unmistakably Combative and Populist Tone - Steve Kornacki, SalonThe President Is In a State of Denial - Yuval Levin, National Review
Obama Stresses Economic Fairness - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
More of the Same From Obama. That's a Good Thing - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
Obama Still Driving America Towards Decline - Nile Gardiner, Telegraph
A Deep Divide Over the Nation's Course Ahead - Susan Page, USA Today
Liberalism on Life Support - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Blind GOP Opposition Will Help Reelect Obama - Joe Trippi, FOX News
Can Tea Party Voters Vault Newt Into Lead? - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Std
Romney Resists Hitting the Panic Button - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Newt's Substance Trumps Mitt's Platitudes - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Journal
Why GOP Leaders Don't Trust Gingrich - David Frum, CNN
Gingrich Could Be Trouble for Obama - Joshua Greenman, NY Daily News
Romney's Crisis - And Opportunity - Steve Forbes, Forbes
End of the Win-Win World - Gideon Rachman, Foreign Policy
Hitler's Grave Miscalculation at Battle of the Bulge - History Place
Surviving Girl Land: Sex, Lies, & Proms - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearBooks
Video Highlights: Obama | Gingrich | Romney | Pelosi | Schumer
Thursday, January 26
President's State of the Union Rallies His Troops - Bill Schneider, PoliticoThe Hyper-Partisan President - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
Obama's Fast Talk on the Economy - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
President's Agenda Far From Radical - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Gingrich Is Exposing the Corrupt Media - Larry Elder, Townhall
Why Romney Has the Edge in Florida - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Gingrich, Romney Scrap Over Latino Vote - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Four Ways Republicans Can Win Hispanics - Jeb Bush, Washington Post
Romney: "I Want to Help the 99%" - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
Trouble With Being the Swiss Bank Account Guy - Steve Kornacki, Salon
Re-Elect Obama: Vote Newt! - Ann Coulter, AnnCoulter.com
The Carnage Being Wrought Within the GOP - Erick Erickson, RedState
Fed: Full Recovery Is Years Away - Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times
GOP Attacks Don't Faze Bernanke - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
'Fool in the Shower' to Give the Fed a Scalding - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
Fear May Save Euro, But Not Europe - Timothy Garton Ash, Globe and Mail
Newt vs. Mitt: Can a Fat Man Beat a Thin Man? - Carl M. Cannon, RCP
Florida Primary: Romney Back in Control | RCP Avg: Romney +5.0%
Friday, January 27
Romney Stays on Offense With Gingrich - Rutenberg & Zeleny, NY Times"It's Not Worth Getting Angry About" - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Standard
Rick Santorum Reasserts Himself - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Did Romney Seal the Deal in Florida? - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
GOP Establishment Mobilizes to Stop Newt - Major Garrett, Nat'l Journal
Obama: Country Needs Me to Have 2nd Term - Diane Sawyer, ABC News
President Opts For Small-Ball Demagoguery - Charles Krauthammer, IBD
An Argument Obama Can Win - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Obama Tries to Push Past Solyndra - Brown & Samuelsohn, Politico
No Need to Panic About Global Warming - Allegre et al., Wall Street Journal
Why Newt Soared But Could Sour - David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
Exchange w/Brewer Reveals Obama's Testy Side - Nakamura & Weiner, WP
Perdue Exit Highlights Obama's Tough NC Path - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Is the Bernanke Fed Undermining the Recovery? - Stephen Gandel, Time
Siri Has a Dirty Little Secret - Paul Farhi, Washington Post
Did Twitter Just Commit Social Suicide? - Mark Gibbs, Forbes
The True State of Our Union - Cannon & Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Florida Polls: Sunshine State: Romney + 9 | Quinnipiac: Romney +9
Saturday, January 28
Romney Goes on Offensive in Florida - Ashley Parker, New York TimesThe GOP Empire Strikes Back at Gingrich - Dan Balz, Washington Post
It's Now the GOP Establishment vs. the Tea Party - Sarah Palin, Facebook
Gloomy Gingrich Struggles to Snap Florida Slide - Alex Altman, Time
Mitt's Negatives Soar With Independents - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Obama's Lowball Vision - Larry Kudlow, Investor's Business Daily
Should Obama Brag About GM? Absolutely - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
The Most Polarizing President Ever - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Wisconsin Rises Up Against Walker - John Nichols, The Nation
High Stakes in Wisconsin Recall - Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal
House Will Have a Lot of New Faces in 2013 - Charlie Cook, National Journal
Gay Marriage Moving Forward Around the Country - Abby Rapoport, TAP
Christie to the 1%: Please Occupy New Jersey - James Freeman, WSJ
Gingrich's Megalomaniacal Madness - Charles Blow, New York Times
When Romney Is Crushed by Barack Obama - Erick Erickson, RedState
Conservative Purists Will Lead GOP to Defeat - Bob Hardaway, FOX News
Seven Myths About Challenger Disaster - James Oberg, MSNBC
Florida: Sunshine State News: Romney +9 | RCP Average: Romney +8.1
Sunday, January 29
Romney Poised for Key Florida Win - Rucker & Gardner, Washington PostGingrich Vows Long Fight, Gets Cain's Backing - Katharine Seelye, NYT
Build America to Last - President Barack Obama, Las Vegas Sun
Why Didn't the $800 Billion Stimulus Work? - Michael Grabell, NY Post
The Hard Money Revolt Is Catching On - Anthony Mirhaydari, MSN Money
Made in the World - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Davos and the Disconnected Elites - David Ignatius, Washington Post
How Santorum Nailed Mitt on ObamaCare - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
GOP Insiders Rise Up to Cut Gingrich Down - Charles Babington, ABC News
The Failed GOP Elites Still Don't Get It - Joseph Koenig, American Thinker
Romney Mocks Gingrich, Calls Him 'Goldilocks' - Toby Harnden, Daily Mail
Palin: GOP Establishment "Rewriting History" - Russell Berman, The Hill
Will GOP Lose Its Advantage in Health Care Fight? - Alex Leary, SPT
ObamaCare's New Shame Police - Ben Domenech, Orange County Register
Tension on the Tarmac - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Republican Establishment - Troy Senik, Ricochet
What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind? - Alison Gopnik, Wall Street Journal
FL Polls: NBC: Romney + 15 | M-D: Romney + 11 | RasRpts: Romney +16