Week of March 19, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, March 19
U.S. Cruises Toward a 2013 Fiscal Cliff - Alan Blinder, Wall Street JournalHurray for Health Reform - Paul Krugman, New York Times
67% Want to Ditch Health Care Mandate - Gary Langer, ABC News
Why Obama Is Doubling Down on Health Care - Zeke Miller, BuzzFeed
The "Inevitability" Vote - Thomas Sowell, National Review
Illinois Looks Like Fertile Ground for Romney - Alex Roarty, Natl Journal
Mitt Romney's "Core" - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Past Performance Indicates Future Results - Rick Santorum, Red State
What Obama Could Have Done Differently - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
"Game Change" Is Fiction From 2 Axe-Grinders - Joseph Curl, Wash Times
Causes of the Financial Crisis - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
In California, Union Voices Often the Loudest - Brian Calle, OC Register
Jobs, Votes on the Line as Nuke Plant Deadline Nears - Erin McPike, RCP
Redistricting Not a Big Story in '12 - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Why Science Is a Lot Like Libertarianism - Alex Berezow, USA Today
A Rush to Tame Conservative Talk - Paul Farhi, Washington Post
Mr. President, When Should I Expect Your Call? - Bristol Palin, Patheos
Obama Job Approval: Gallup 49% | Rasmussen 49% | RCP Avg 47.5%
Tuesday, March 20
Despite Critics, Gas Prices Are Not Obama's Fault - Bryan Walsh, TimeGOP's Budget and America's Future - Rep. Paul Ryan, Wall Street Journal
The Expanding Wealth of Washington - Joel Kotkin, Forbes
Holding Court on Health Care Reform - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Romney, Santorum Spar on Economy as Illinois Votes - Erin McPike, RCP
Mitt Will Bore, & Win, as Mr. Establishment - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Could There Be a Brokered Convention? - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Battlefield Rust Belt: Obama Gears Up - Eric Johnson, In These Times
Obama Is Still Lying About His Mother - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
President Heads West to Counter Energy Critics - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Why Climate Change in 2100 Matters to Me - Rose Murphy, Globe and Mail
Stagnation: The Rising Price of the Falling Dollar - Charles Kadlec, Forbes
Challenging the Two Parties - Boren, Whitman & Cohen, Politico
The Improbable Mr. Santorum - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Weak Romney Means Race Just Getting Started - Star Parker, Townhall
Trayvon Martin--Victim Of Bias & Vigilantism - Al Sharpton, Huff Post
Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics
GOP 2012: LA (Magellan): Santorum +13 | National (Gallup): Romney +4
Wednesday, March 21
Romney Cruises to Victory in Illinois - Bevan & Cannon, RealClearPoliticsThe Race Goes On With Divided GOP - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
ObamaCare's Costs Are Soaring - Sen. Ron Johnson, Wall Street Journal
The Stunning Immorality of Ryan's Budget - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
Obama Doesn't Care About Debt - David Harsanyi, Washington Examiner
Paul Ryan's Budget Hurts the Poor - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Ryan Takes Stand, Obama Flees Battlefield - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
Heart of Darkness - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
How Al-Qaeda Tried to Control the Media - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Federalist Solution - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Americans Elect: Bring Democracy Into Digital Age - Michael Eisner, LAT
Trayvon Martin & The Invisible Man - Leonard Pitts, Detroit Free Press
A Gasoline Nightmare - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Oil Is Plentiful, Right Under Our Noses - Stephen Kelly, New York Times
"Hunger Games" Illustrates the Horrors of Big Govt - John Tamny, Forbes
Ad Exodus Dooms Limbaugh's Model - David Brock, Politico
Brock, Media Matters Want Fight, Can't Take Punch - Vince Coglianese, DC
Election 2012: GOP Delegate Count | Primary Calendar | Obama vs. GOP
Thursday, March 22
WH Goes on Offensive on Gas, Health Care - Gardner & Wilson, Wash PostObamaCare: The President's Monumental Failure - Michael Tanner, NRO
Health Law Is Clearly Constitutional - Linda Greenhouse, New York Times
'The Road We've Traveled' With Obama - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
An Air of Inevitability Grows Around Romney - Niall Stanage, The Hill
Romney's Big Day Marred by Etch-A-Sketch Remark - Tom Cohen, CNN
Romney Needs to Fire Eric Fehrnstrom - Bill McGurn, Ricochet
Santorum's Lost Message - A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Austerity or Stimulus? Growth Is the Answer - John Cochrane, Bloomberg
Paul Ryan & Phony Fiscal Hawkery - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
The Glaring Inequality of Obamaville - Pat Buchanan, Pitt Tribune-Review
Joe Biden in 2016? Not So Crazy - Glenn Thrush, Politico
Romney Credits Wall St. Bailout for Saving Economy - Mike O'Brien, NBC
Paul Keeps On Truckin', But to What End? - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Left & Right Should Stop the Phony Outrage - Bill Maher, New York Times
Divisive Obama Has Lost His Credibility - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
Is a Coup Brewing in Beijing? - Bill Gertz, Washington Times
Louisiana (Rasmussen): Santorum 43, Romney 31, Gingrich 16, Paul 5
Friday, March 23
Affordable Care Act for a Healthier America - Nancy Pelosi, SF ChronicleObamaCare: The Reckoning - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
If Medicare Is OK, ObamaCare Should Be Too - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
A Ludicrous ObamaCare Defense - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
GOP Paranoia Over Gas Prices - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama Headed for Defeat in Keystone Fight - Byron York, DC Examiner
GOP Rules Are Not to Blame for Primary War - Putnam & Sides, Bloomberg
Romney's Organizational Heft Has Driven Wins - Erin McPike, RCP
Democrats Have No Fear of Romney - Zeke Miller, BuzzFeed
Why I'd Repeal ObamaCare - Mitt Romney, USA Today
Mitt Romney's Etch-a-Sketch Disaster - Joe Klein, Time
Ryan Plan the Only Game in Town - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
Paul Ryan's Plan Doesn't Deliver - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Barack Obama's Mideast Madness - Oliver North, FOX News
The False Iran Debate - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Eric Holder: Obama's Voice on Race - Thompson & Horwitz, Washington Post
The Tragic Case of Trayvon Martin - Neal Boortz, Nealz Nuze
Louisiana Primary (PPP): Santorum 42, Romney 28, Gingrich 18, Paul 8
Saturday, March 24
What Stocks & GDP Say About Obama's Chances - Floyd Norris, NY TimesAmerica's Gradual Insolvency Set to Speed Up - Mark Steyn, OC Register
Our Landmark Universal Health Reform - Sen. John Kerry, Huffington Post
The Health Law's Contract Problem - George Will, Washington Post
GOP Budget Will Break the Middle Class - Tom Perriello, CNN
A Tale of Two Budgets - Yuval Levin, Weekly Standard
Rural Edge Keeps Santorum in GOP Race - Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
Santorum's Lack of Religious Sensibility - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Romney Pivots to New Stage in Campaign - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
How Romney Could Become Dukakis - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Recession May Be Over, But Debt Lives On - Kelly Barron, Los Angeles Times
Solyndra Times Seven - Chris Reed, City Journal
It's Not About the Law, Stupid - Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Could Health Care Ruling Doom Obama? - Jim Geraghty, National Review
Obama Relates to Tragedy as Parent-in-Chief - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
With Obama in WH, It's Harder to Discuss Race - Reniqua Allen, Wash Post
Wal-Mart vs. Amazon: The Next Tech Battle? - John Cook, Geekwire
Obama Job Approval: Gallup 48% | Rasmussen 47% | RCP Average 47.1%
Sunday, March 25
A Bailout by Another Name - Gretchen Morgenson, New York TimesThe Democrat Who Took on the Unions - Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
Morality Crisis Is in the Boardrooms - Robert Reich, San Francisco Chronicle
Keystone and President Obama's Energy Lies - Jay Ambrose, New York Post
ObamaCare's (Somewhat) Happy Birthday - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
The Hefty Tax Bill From ObamaCare - Emily Miller, Washington Times
Santorum Continues Southern Win Streak - Farnam & Blake, Wash Post
Louisiana Won't Shift Race Momentum - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Why Romney Is Like My Goldendoodle - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Etch a Sketch Politics - William Kristol, The Weekly Standard
Obama Staffers Head Out the Revolving Door - Kate Ackley, Roll Call
Why Obama Isn't Backing Gay Marriage - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Historically, Odds for Second Term Are Long - Michael Medved, Daily Beast
A Convert to Islam Leads Terrorism Hunt - Greg Miller, Washington Post
U.S. Must Rethink Its Entire Mideast Policy - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
What's Happened to the Nobel Peace Prize? - Andrew Roberts, Wash Times
Has College Become Too Easy? - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
2012 Republican Race: Delegate Count | Popular Vote | Nomination Map