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Week of April 30, 2012 Archives

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Monday, April 30
D.C. Takes Path of Least Resistance - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
Election Offers a Choice, Not an Echo - Pete DuPont, Wall Street Journal
Mitt Romney's Narrow Electoral Path - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
President Obama Reaches for Some Clinton Magic - Josh Kraushaar, NJ
Obama Losing Rock-Star Status Among Youth - Michael Barone, Examiner
Why Obama Owns bin Laden - Jon Meacham, Time
Politicizing bin Laden's Death Looks Desperate - Nile Gardiner, Telegraph
Ex-CIA Head Defends Post-9/11 Techniques - Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes
Tax Me, For F*&%'s Sake - Stephen King, The Daily Beast
Why're Rich Liberals Intent on Destroying Middle Class? - Joel Kotkin, CJ
Chevy Volt Is Like Apple's Macintosh - Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
Obama's Auto Bailout a Bust - Bill McMorris, Washington Free Beacon
When Will Big Tech Pay Its Fair Share? - Duhigg & Kocieniewski, NY Times
Political Slowdown in Corzine Probe? - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Hitler's Final Hours in Ruins of Berlin - Petrova & Watson, Washington Post
The Man Who Started the Hacker Wars - David Kushner, The New Yorker
What Still Nags Ben Bradlee About Watergate - Jeff Himmelman, NY Mag
Tuesday, May 1
President's Ad on Bin Laden Is Well-Played - Michelle Cottle, Daily Beast
How We Got Osama: It Didn't Start with Obama - Jose Rodriguez, Wash Post
Obama Should Be Careful Not to Cross a Line - Brit Hume, FOX News
Mitt Who? The Legend of Paul Ryan - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
G-Zero and the New World Disorder - Kevin Sullivan, RealClearPolitics
Romney Hires Bush's Old Economic Gang - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Austerity, and the Failure of the Governing Elite - Charles Kadlec, Forbes
Obama Slow-Jams & the Media Dance to the Beat - Richard Benedetto, RCP
GOP Becomes Party of Whiners Over Osama - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
SEALs Slam Obama for Using Them in Campaign - Toby Harnden, Dly Mail
Romney's Dearth of Trade Missions Reveals Priorities - Erin McPike, RCP
Warfare or Courtship in 2012? - David Brooks, New York Times
Voter ID Laws: A GOP Witch Hunt - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Why the GOP Must Be Painted as Extremist - Erick Erickson, Red State
The Blind Spot in Romney's Economic Plan - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
Beginning of the End for Elizabeth Warren - Margery Eagan, Boston Herald
Don't Miss a Must-Read by Trende - John David Dyche, Courier-Journal
Videos: Admiral Mullen | Obama | Krauthammer | Paul vs. Krugman
Wednesday, May 2
Obama: Afghanistan Goals Are "Within Reach" - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Uncertainties Lurk in Afghanistan - Alissa Rubin, New York Times
The Hypothetical President - David Harsanyi, Washington Examiner
Republicans Against Markets - Joe Klein, Time
Exposing the Medicare Double Count - Blahous & Capretta, Wall St. Journal
Why the Justices Should Be Careful - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
What the U.S. Can Learn From Venezuela - Barton Hinkle, Reason
Obama Earned the Right to Tout Bin Laden Raid - Richard Clarke, NYDN
Modesty Needed on Bin Laden Killing - John Podhoretz, New York Post
It's Starting to Look Over for Dick Lugar - Steve Kornacki, Salon
On the Reservation With Pocahontas Warren - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
Warren's Needless 'Native American' Issue - Jonathan Capehart, Wash Post
Obama & Labor Unions: A Cynical Process - Tom Sowell, Investor's Biz Daily
We're Living in a Tinder-Box Society - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
The Left's Environmental Illusions - John Stossel, FOX Business
Libertine on the Loose in France - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Welcome to the G-Zero World - Ian Bremmer, RealClearWorld
Videos: Obama | Coburn | Boxer | Cillizza | Limbaugh | Matthews
Thursday, May 3
Death of a Salesman's Dreams - Lee Siegel, New York Times
Obama's '12 Prospects Suffer Ominous GDP Report - Louis Woodhill, Forbes
Obama's Winning Foreign Policy Strategy - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
President Reveals New Details of Bin Laden Raid - George Condon, NJ
Killing Bin Laden, and Smearing Romney - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Court Should Throw Out AZ's Mean-Spirited Law - Linda Greenhouse, NYT
Cabinet Secretaries Gone Wild - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
The 99 Percent Wakes Up - Joseph Stiglitz, The Daily Beast
Occupy's Image Blown to Smithereens - Kevin O'Brien, Cleveland PD
Is Chris Christie the VP Romney Needs? - Bruno Navarro, CNBC
Gingrich Remains Chaotic to the End - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Newt Is America's Real-Life Captain Kirk - James Pinkerton, FOX News
What Obama Didn't Say About Afghanistan - Wolf Blitzer, CNN
Mission Accomplished? - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post
Obama's Thuggish Chicago Politics - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Convention-al Wisdom - Reid Wilson, National Journal
Jon Will's Gift: Living Well With Down - George Will, Washington Post
Quinnipiac: OH: Obama +2 | FL: Romney +1 | PA: Obama +8 | RCP Map
Friday, May 4
Farewell to Hope & Change - Charles Krauthammer, Orange County Register
Why Dems Must Find a Moral Argument - Michael Kazin, The New Republic
Plutocracy, Paralysis, and Perplexity - Paul Krugman, New York Times
US Debt Culture & the Dollar's Fate - Christopher Whalen, National Interest
The Fiscal Cliff Cometh - Mohamed El-Erian, Washington Post
"Julia" Becomes Vehicle for Obama's Messaging - Michael Shear, NY Times
Obama Campaign: Women Are Helpless - Dana Loesch, Big Government
Romney Team's Path to 270 Electoral Votes - David Lightman, McClatchy
Obama Targets a Party as Romney Aims at a President - Erin McPike, RCP
Budget Cuts Are Behind Our Stalled Recovery - Robert Reich, Salon
Mitt's Practical Vision vs. Obama's Liberal Agenda - Peter Ferrara, Forbes
The Health-Care Mandate Is About Liberty - Cohn & Strauss, Bloomberg
Is Obama's Vetting Finally Beginning? - Tim Stanley, Daily Telegraph
Yes, the Press Has Vetted Obama - Jonathan Bernstein, Washington Post
With Serious Talk, Newt Elevated GOP Race - Byron York, DC Examiner
Pro-Obama Mormons Unswayed by Romney's Faith - Scott Conroy, RCP
America Betrays Chen Guangcheng - Kirsten Powers, The Daily Beast
Latest Polls: Indiana GOP Senate Primary: Mourdock 48, Lugar 38
Saturday, May 5
Weak Job Numbers Become Instant Campaign Fodder - Mark Landler, NYT
Obama's Team Races to Define Romney - Mark Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Where Are the Jobs Mr. President? - Mitt Romney, Cleveland Plain Dealer
GOP Austerity is Shackling the Economy - Joan Walsh, Salon
Generalissimo Obama - Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
GOP Lunacy Over Lugar - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee 1/32nd - Mark Steyn, National Review Online
Mitt Romney's Bigotry Needs No Spokesman - Michael Kinsley, Bloomberg
Reviving the Obama Race Canard - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Can Sarkozy Pull Off an Election Win? - Tracy McNicoll, The Daily Beast
Joy of French Socialists Will Be Short-Lived - Ben Brogan, Daily Telegraph
What Should U.S. Learn From Europe? - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
4 Years of Obama Undoes 8 Years of Reagan - Tommy De Seno, Ricochet
The GOP's Chutzpah on the Jobs Report - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Don't Believe China's Promises - Wei Jingsheng, New York Times
Obama's Audacity Goes Missing in Chen Ordeal - William Pesek, Bloomberg
Robert Caro: Political Power -- How to Get It and Use It - Brian Bolduc, WSJ
Election 2012: Nat'l Tracking Polls | Electoral College Map | Senate Polls
Sunday, May 6
Obama Frames Race with a Warning About Romney - Chuck Todd, MSNBC
A Revealing Look at Obama-Era Liberalism - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Obama's Real Opponent May Be the Economy - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Austerity Is So Wrong! - Paul Krugman, The Daily Beast
One Thing Is Clear: Not Enough New Jobs - Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard
Leading Sarkozy to the Guillotine - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Liberals Move to Slash the Bill of Rights - George Will, Washington Post
Overturning ObamaCare: Supremely Partisan - Neal Gabler, Boston Globe
Looting Detroit As Nation Sleeps - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
Is "Real" Unemployment Rate 11.1%? - James Pethokoukis, The American
The President's "All Together Now" Populism - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
John Kerry: Smartest Guy in the Room? - Andrew Stiles, DC Free Beacon
At Gitmo, Face of Human Depravity - Margery Eagan, Boston Herald
In the Arab World, a Leadership Vacuum - Tom Friedman, New York Times
Recycling Glasses a Feel-Good Waste of Money - Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg
Is Anybody Normal Any More? - Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
The Corps, and Core Values - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette