Week of January 30, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 30
Romney: The Once and Future Front Runner - Mark Halperin, TimeIs the Tea Party Losing Its Grip on GOP? - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
In Florida, a Bush's Silence Speaks Volumes - Jeff Zeleny, New York Times
Docs Poke Holes in Holder's Fast & Furious Story - Michael Walsh, NY Post
Obama's Breach of Faith on Contraception - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Austerity Debacle - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Soaring Rhetoric Won't Fix the Economy - Steven Greenhut, Reason
Gingrich Goes After Wall Street & Washington - Katharine Seelye, NYT
Palin and Gingrich's Shared Hypocrisy - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
The GOP Base Has Had It With The Establishment - Keith Koffler, Politico
Hispanics Putting Spring in Romney's Step - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Newt Had Nothing To Do With Reagan Revolution - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
Romneycare and Obamacare Are Identical - Betsy McCaughey, Newsmax
Political Polarization Mostly Exaggerated - Stephanie Pappas, Live Science
The Coming Tech-Led Boom - Mark Mills and Julio Ottino, Wall Street Journal
Shafia Verdict a Good Day for Canada - Christie Blatchford, National Post
How the Media Helped Lose the Tet Offensive - Donald Bishop, Air Power
Florida Polls: PPP: Romney +7 | InAdv: Romney +5 | Suffolk: Romney+20
Tuesday, January 31
The Democratic Path to Victory - Michael Tomasky, The Daily BeastGingrich & Romney Are "Unelectable?" So Is Obama. - Sean Trende, RCP
GOP Race Likely to Grind On After Florida - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Jeb Bush's 2012 Role - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Capitol Hill Republicans Worry About Long Race - Manu Raju, Politico
GOP Establishment's Strategic Blunder - Steve McCann, American Thinker
Why Mitt's Wealth Matters: It's Policy, Not Envy - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
Romney Passes the Trash-Gingrich Test - John Podhoretz, New York Post
The Florida Smear Campaign - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Why Obama's Right on Contraception - Sen. Barbara Boxer, Huffington Post
On Google+, Big Question Is Weeded Out - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Stop Bothering the Fed, Peasant Taxpayers! - Glenn Garvin, Miami Herald
How Mitt Can Finish Off Newt - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Panicked GOP Insiders - Milton Wolf, Washington Times
Sorry, Republicans: You Are Stuck With Romney - Alex Pareene, Salon
How to Listen for Racism on Campaign Trail - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
The Great Divorce - David Brooks, New York Times
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Wednesday, February 1
Romney Leaves Gingrich in His Rearview Mirror - Rich Lowry, FOX NewsInevitability Restored to GOP Frontrunner - John Dickerson, Slate
A Cheap and Empty Win - George Neumayr, The American Spectator
After Big Win, Romney Aims for February Trifecta - Scott Conroy, RCP
The Chastened Old Guard Back on Top - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
In Romney's Victories, Low GOP Turnout - Mike Smithson, Daily Telegraph
Obama Shows Who's Really Tough - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The President's Enemies List - Theodore Olson, Wall Street Journal
How Team Obama Plans to Win Ohio - Tory Newmyer, Fortune
Obama Struggling in Battleground States - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Journal
Touting Auto Bailout, Obama Digs at Mitt - Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
Electric Cars: Doubling Down On Dumb - Kenneth Green, RealClearMarkets
Tax "Reform" R.I.P.? - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
What Fidel's Revolution Has Done to Cuba - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
The Truth: Of Course America Is In Decline - Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times
President Obama vs. the Clergy - Michelle Malkin, National Review
The Public Face of Religion in America - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearReligion
Florida Video Highlights: Romney | Gingrich | Santorum | Paul
Thursday, February 2
A Dispirited Republican Electorate - E.J. Dionne, Washington PostWhere the Seesaw GOP Race Goes From Here - Douglas Schoen, FOX News
The White House vs. Religious Freedom - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
President Is Right in Fight With Catholics - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
"Poor" Quote by Romney Joins a List Critics Love - Ashley Parker, NYT
Romney Betrays a Troubling View of Society - Mark Steyn, National Review
Three Cheers for RomneyCare - Ann Coulter, AnnCoulter.com
Hope for Obama in Florida? A Sliver - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
A Failed "Fast and Furious" Whitewash - Michael Walsh, New York Post
Eric Holder to Testify on "Fast and Furious" - Terry Frieden, CNN
GOP Aid to at-Risk Incumbents Heartens Dems - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Is Romney's Master Plan Falling Into Place? - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Florida Win Was All About Romney's Money - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
High-Speed-Rail: Getting Nowhere, Very Fast - Thomas Sowell, IBD
Tortured Hero Finds Virtual Peace - Jay Kirk, GQ Magazine
How West Bank Progress Can Be Made - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
The Button that Made Facebook Billions - Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
GOP 2012: National (Gallup): Romney +6 | Nevada (LVRJ): Romney +20
Friday, February 3
Obama's Electoral Map Grows Steeper - Ron Brownstein, National JournalCoulter, Romneycare, and The GOP Crackup - Timothy Noah, New Republic
Obama's Abominations Accelerate - Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator
Why Romney's Gaffes Will Cost Him - David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
The Case for Romney: He'll Owe Conservatives - Jonah Goldberg, NRO
Mitt Romney Isn't Concerned - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Reimagining Speaker Pelosi - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Problem That the Buffett Rule Won't Fix - Michael Kinsley, Bloomberg
The Great Zero-Interest-Rate Gamble - Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph
Is Israel Preparing to Attack Iran? - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Don't Buy the "Who Lost Iraq" Snake Oil from GOP - Matt Duss, Salon
Syria Offers Chance to Weaken Iran - Charles Krauthammer, Daily News
Voter Frustration Makes for Chaotic Primary - Ann Gerhart, Wash Post
Mitt Romney's Mormon Firewall - Burns & Haberman, Politico
The Gingrich Playbook - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Charles Murray's Book of Virtues - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearBooks
Sean Trende's The Lost Majority - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Saturday, February 4
Beyond the Blue Social Model - Walter Russell Mead, The American InterestIs Jobs Report a Turning Point for Obama? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Romney Cruising Toward Solid Win in NV - Steven Thomma, McClatchy
The Success of Romney's Health-Care Pander - Jamelle Bouie, Am. Prospect
ObamaCare Worth Getting Angry About - Milton Wolf, Washington Times
Mitt Romney in Context - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
The GOP Front-Runner Is Out of Touch - Charles Blow, New York Times
Finally, an Insider-Trading Ban - Peter Schweizer, The Daily Beast
Big Sister Is Watching You - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
A Silver Lining for Planned Parenthood - Sarah Kliff, Washington Post
In a Focus on Gold, History Repeats Itself - Floyd Norris, New York Times
Newt Gingrich Plots His Comeback - Lloyd Grove, Newsweek
Hit or Miss, Romney Takes Ownership of His Speeches - Scott Conroy, RCP
Message to Mitt: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats - Larry Kudlow, IBD
Who in God's Name Is Mitt Romney? - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
What If Your College Cheats You? - Charles Johnson, Minding the Campus
A Great Disruption in Higher Education - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail
Sunday, February 5
Who Represents American Workers? - Robert Reich, San Francisco ChronicleLost Lessons of Communism's Fall - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? - Christina Romer, NY Times
Praise the Lord and Pass the Taxes - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Romney On a Roll in Republican Race - Mark Barabak, Los Angeles Times
What Newt Can Learn From Past Comebacks - Ron Brownstein, Natl Jrnl
Holder Refuses to Come Clean - Mark Hemingway, The Weekly Standard
A Plan to Help Homeowners - President Barack Obama, Detroit Free Press
Big Abortion and the Liberal Enforcers - Mark Steyn, National Review
A Real Win for Pro-Choicers - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
U.S. "Friends" Play Israel for the Fool - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Russia: The 'Sort of, But Not Really' Country - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Why Early U.S. Didn't Go the Way of the Euro - Robert Wright, Bloomberg
Europe's German Future - Christopher Caldwell, The Weekly Standard
Who Reviews the U.S. "Kill List"? - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Ed Koch: The Last Sane Liberal - Tevi Troy, City Journal
Nothing Makes Sense About XLVI - Joe Posnanski, Sports Illustrated
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