Week of April 23, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, April 23
The Businessman vs. The Professor - James Ceaser, The Weekly StandardMitt Romney: The Amnesia Candidate - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The President Needs to Find a Theme Soon - Edward Luce, Financial Times
Lugar Faces Serious Tea-Party Challenge - Allysia Finley, Wall St. Journal
Is the Tea Party Still Relevant? - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Liberal Nostalgiacs Reject the Future - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Old, Rich White Men Are Buying This Election - Frank Rich, NY Magazine
Obama's $8 Billion Slush Fund at HHS - Sasse & Hurt, New York Post
Spain Could Drag Down the World Economy - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
Euro Debt Crisis Is About to Get Worse - Desmond Lachman, The American
How Sarkozy Got Screwed - Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast
No Walls Between Stanford and Silicon Valley - Ken Auletta, New Yorker
Obama' s Incoherent Economic Philosophy - James Capretta, Natl Review
The Rude Guide to Mitt - Alex Pareene, Salon
Lost Sense of Duty at Secret Service - Jed Babbin, The American Spectator
Let John Edwards Go! - Richard Hasen, Slate
Charles Colson Found Freedom in Prison - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Sunday Roundtables: Meet the Press | This Week | FOX News Sunday
Tuesday, April 24
2012 Election Could Turn on X Factors - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostRomney Braces for 'Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy' - Byron York, DC Examiner
Unemployment: No End in Sight - James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
High Taxes Won't Slow Growth - Peter Diamond & Emmanuel Saez, WSJ
Is the Fed Pushing Us Into Another Bubble? - Sheila Bair, Fortune
Romney Roadmap Leaves Voters Guessing - Steve Peoples, Associated Press
Will Voters Believe Mitt's an Extremist? - Alana Goodman, Commentary
A Tight Presidential Race - Charlie Cook, National Journal
It's Romney Versus Carter - Joe Allbaugh, Washington Times
All of the Above Energy in Colorado - Gov. John Hickenlooper, Denver Post
Warren Aims to Mix Zeal, Working-Class Roots - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Who Is "Racist"? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
The Anti-Mormon Temptation - Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
America's False Autism Epidemic - Allen Francis, New York Post
Bulletin: American Culture Has Evolved - Russ Smith, Splice Today
Newt Gingrich Is Right About Space - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Dominating the Creative Monopoly - David Brooks, New York Times
Latest Polls: NH (WMUR): Obama + 9 | AZ (ASU): Romney +2 | Map
Wednesday, April 25
Romney Pivots to Battle Against Obama - Scott Conroy, RealClearPoliticsBarack Obama: Ready For the Fight - Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone
Obama Doesn't Lead, He Only Campaigns - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Romney's Etch-a-Sketch Campaign Begins - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
Mitt Is a Massachusetts Moderate - John Feehery, The Hill
Is Obama's Rhetoric Turning Off Upscale Voters? - Josh Kraushaar, NJ
Surviving Taxmageddon w/out Killing Economy - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
ObamaCare's Newest Fraud - David Harsanyi, Human Events
The Good Times Are Gone - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Economy's So Bad We Need Fence to Keep Mexicans In - Charles Hurt, WT
Don't Blame the 1% for America's Pay Gap - Nina Easton, Fortune
Jimmy Carter's Debacle in Iran's Desert - Mark Bowden, The Atlantic
Congress Plays Increasing Role in Presidential Race - Erin McPike, RCP
Why Romney Should Avoid Picking Marco Rubio - John Dickerson, Slate
Corzine: Obama's Tainted Bundler - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Edwards Trial Features a Trio of Selfish Liars - Maureen Dowd, NY Times
The Mob in Mobile - Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator
National Polls: FOX: Tied | NJ, Gallup: Obama +8, +6 | Ras: Romney +5
Thursday, April 26
It's Still About Mitt Romney, and We're Not Stupid - Charles Blow, NYTThe Square Can Win - David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
I Was Wrong About Dick Cheney - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Romney's Magical Capitalism - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
High Court Skeptical of Obama's Use of Power - Greg Stohr, Bloomberg
Shrinking Problem: Illegal Immigration - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Rallies Will Kick Off Obama Re-Election Bid - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Obama: Climate Change a 2012 Issue - Dan Berman, Politico
Moderate Democrats a Vanishing Breed - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
The End of Newt - Gail Collins, New York Times
If Mormonism Is Fair Game, So Is Jeremiah Wright - Larry Elder, IBD
Accepting the Neocon Torch: Marco Rubio - James Kitfield, National Journal
Scott Brown Banks on "Regular Guy" Image - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Romer Knows Tax Increases Will Kill the Recovery - Charles Kadlec, Forbes
Don't Listen to Scott Walker If You Want Jobs - Gov. Pat Quinn, MSNBC
For Illinois, the Bills Come Due - George Will, Boston Herald
George Zimmerman: Prelude to a Shooting - Chris Francescani, Reuters
FOX News: Obama 46, Romney 46 | RCP Avg: Obama +3.7 | More Polls
Friday, April 27
As California Collapses, Obama Follows Its Lead - Joel Kotkin, Daily BeastRomney's Fiscal Fantasy Plan - Lawrence Summers, Washington Post
A Bush League President - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
The GOP's Hispanic Problem - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Democrats Can't Hide Obama's Failings - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
The Death of the Austerity Fairy Tale - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Senate's Scofflaw Democrats - Sen. Jeff Sessions, Washington Times
Is Climate Change a 2012 Wedge Issue? - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
"Crucify Them": The Obama EPA's Way - Michelle Malkin, New York Post
Big Labor's Big Moment - Jonathan Allen & Robin Bravender, Politico
Wisconsin's New Aristocracy Is on the Ballot - Peter Ferrara, Forbes
Young, Restless, and Not Voting - Clare Malone, American Prospect
A Fresh ObamaCare Outrage - Scott Gottlieb, New York Post
The Bush Factor and the 2012 Election - Steve Kornacki, Salon
While Syria Burns - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
In Europe, a Marriage Shows Signs of Fraying - Floyd Norris, NY Times
Can the Government Outlaw Groupon Discounts? - Jacob Sullum, Reason
Saturday, April 28
2012 Election Is Bush-Kerry in Reverse - Jonathan Chait, NY MagazineObama, Slow Jamming the Presidency - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
How Retirement Benefits May Sink the States - Steven Malanga, WSJ
Lower Student Loan Interest Rates - Arne Duncan, Huffington Post
Five Myths About Conservative Voters - Frank Luntz, Washington Post
Healthcare: What Might Have Been - Juliet Lapidos, New York Times
Wedge Issues May Boost Obama's Prospects - Mark Barabak, LA Times
Cuisines From My Stepfather - Mark Steyn, National Review
GOP, Not Obama, Is the Problem - Mann & Ornstein, Washington Post
California to Middle Class: Drop Dead - Steven Greenhut, OC Register
Confronting the Poverty Epidemic - Sasha Abramsky, The Nation
Live Not By Obama's Lies - Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
The Next Battle in the War Over Women - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Who Is "Racist"? Part II - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Voter Suppression Is Real and Must Be Stopped - Roland Martin, CNN
Geithner Goes Over the Edge - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
If George Zimmerman Were Black... - Eugene Rivers, Boston Globe
Sunday, April 29
"Too Big to Fail" Is Alive and Well - Gretchen Morgenson, New York TimesObama's Senior Swindle - Jeffrey Anderson, The Weekly Standard
Real Romney: Real Scary - Steve Benen, New York Daily News
Obama the Unseemly - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
The GOP's Fear of a Cool Obama - Leslie Savan, The Nation
$38M Can't Buy a Budget From Senate Dems - Joel Gehrke, DC Examiner
Boehner's Blues: Is He Trying to Throw Youth Vote? - Joan Walsh, Salon
Court Balance in Play This Election - Brian Calle, Orange County Register
A Winning Economic Agenda for Obama - Robert Reich, SF Chronicle
DC Misunderstands Immigration Debate - Scott Rasmussen, DC Examiner
Keystone XL Feeds Dangerous Addiction - Steve Anderson, Politico
The "Opportunity" in $2 Natural Gas - James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Hey, Not So Fast on European Austerity - Christina Romer, New York Times
The Bernanke Bust: The Why, How & When - Michael Pollaro, Forbes
Milquetoast Field Vies to Take on Scott Walker - Ben Jacobs, Daily Beast
Assessing Bin Laden's Legacy - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Lessons From the Rodney King Riots - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal