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Week of May 14, 2012 Archives

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Monday, May 14
Why We Regulate - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Break Up the Big Banks Before It's Too Late - Charles Gasparino, NY Post
3 Scenarios for the 2012 Campaign - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Barack Obama's Gay Awakening - Andrew Sullivan, Newsweek
Obama Does Damage Control With Pastors - Baker & Swarns, NY Times
"Taxmaggedon" Is a Real Threat - John Snow, Wall Street Journal
The Big Flip: U.S. Parties Have Switched Roles - Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair
Tea Partyers Will Test Strength - Drucker & Livingston, Roll Call
The Amateur: Book Offers Withering Portrayal of Obama - Ed Lasky, AT
Can Romney Catch Up to Obama Online? - Ben Adler, The Nation
Team Obama Panics, and It's Only May - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Romney's Backward-Looking Attitude Toward Women - Anita Dunn, CBS
The European Farce - Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Lethargic Dragon: China No Model for U.S. - Reihan Salam, National Review
The Boom on the Farm - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Money Unlimited: SCOTUS & Citizens United - Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker
Defining Diversity at Harvard Law - Jennifer Braceras, Boston Herald
Tuesday, May 15
One by One, Obama Targets '08 Coalition - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Big Government: The Grand Experiment Has Failed - Bernie Marcus, IBD
Romney Is No Economic Savior - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Jerry Brown vs. Chris Christie - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Bigger & Bigger Banks Threaten Financial System - David Rohde, Atlantic
Once Again, Break Up the Big Banks - Arnold Kling, National Review
Is Mitt Romney Ready for Bain Battle? - Burns & Haberman, Politico
Some Dems Fretting Over Team Obama's Ineptitude - John Ellis, RCP
Yes, Obama Can Win Arizona This Year - Ruy Teixeira, The New Republic
Expect a Desperate Obama to Dump Biden - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
Hitler, Stalin, Ann Romney & Me - Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast
On Gender, Obama Veers Into Pandering - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
A Censored Race War? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Obama: JPM Losses Make His Point - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Under Dodd-Frank, Big Banks Get Even Bigger - Steve Huntley, Chicago ST
Is the Looming '13 Fiscal Cliff Just a Myth? - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Obama Job Approval: Gallup 45% | Rasmussen 47% | RCP Average 48%
Wednesday, May 16
Dancing With Derivatives - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Big Danger With Big Banks - Tom Frost, Wall Street Journal
Mitt Romney's Budget Fairy Tale - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Hysterical Media a Sign Obama's in Trouble - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
Romney Can't Be Winning, Can He? - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
Will Obama Lose the Arkansas Democratic Primary? - Brian Bolduc, NRO
What Mitt Romney Is Really Worth - Edwin Durgy, Forbes
America's Destiny Still in Its Own Hands - Martin Wolf, Financial Times
The EU at the Abyss - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
The College Education Revolution - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Facebook: A Tale of Two Media Models - Michael Wolff, The Guardian
Obama's Gay Marriage Pirouette - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
Why the GOP Is Flirting With Debt Limit Debacle 2.0 - Brian Beutler, TPM
Time for Elizabeth Warren to Come Clean - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
Portman: Best of the Boring White Guys - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
What I Learned Vetting VP Nominees - A.B. Culvahouse, Wall St. Journal
Michelle vs. Oprah, With a Side of Pie - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
USA Today/Gallup: Congressional Generic Vote: GOP 50, Dems 44
Thursday, May 17
Another Bipartisan Spending Boondoggle - George Will, Washington Post
Mitt Romney's Tea Party Masters - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Why I Think Obama Is Losing - Clive Crook, The Atlantic
On Health Care, State Doesn't Know Best - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Romney's Phony Embrace of Bill Clinton - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Panic Time for the Obama Campaign? - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Believing in Obama - Charles Blow, New York Times
Obama-Clinton? That's the Ticket - Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times
Dems in Despair on Wisconsin - Christian Schneider, New York Post
George "Macaca" Allen Reemerges - Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
It's Not About Your Name, Mr. President - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Occupy Movement, RIP - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
The Future Is More Than Facebook - Rich Karlgaard, Wall Street Journal
Thought Police Ban Gay Marriage Opponent - Ben Shapiro, Big Government
About That Obama Enemies List - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Is There a Drone in Your Backyard? - Andrew Napolitano, Reason
It's Not Easy Being Rich - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Latest Polls: FOX News: Obama +7 | Gallup: Tie | Rasmussen: Romney +1
Friday, May 18
Why Europe and America Are Failing - David Brooks, New York Times
The Class Divide Deepens - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Julia vs. the Reality of the American Spirit - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily
Romney Faces a 'Blue Wall' - But Is It Solid? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Team Obama Putting Romney In a World of Bain - Bill Schneider, Politico
Bain and GST Steel: The True Story - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal
Robin Hood Tax Part of a New Politics - John Nichols, The Nation
For Dems, Bush Is to Blame - Forever & Ever - Byron York, DC Examiner
Greece Must Go - The Sooner the Better - Nouriel Roubini, Slate
Europe's Fate, and Obama's, May Ride on G8 - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Obama's Gay Marriage Contradiction - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
Obama Ending Black Bigotry Against Gays - Aisha Moodie-Mills, Atlantic
Did Obama Tell People He Was Born in Kenya? - Erick Erickson, Red State
Slamming Wright Is Attack on Obama's Race - Chris Matthews, Hardball
Wright Distracts From Obama's Awful Record - John Podhoretz, NY Post
Drop Murder Charge Against Zimmerman - Alan Dershowitz, NYDN
Robert Caro's Fix for Political Junkies - Claude Marx, RealClearBooks
Latest Polls: Mason-Dixon: Romney +3 | Gallup: Romney +1
Saturday, May 19
John Boehner's Debt Sword--at the Ready - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Scott Walker Hangs Tough in Wisconsin - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Obama's Economy: Less Work, Less Reward - Mort Zuckerman, US News
Mitt Romney Fails to See America - Colbert King, Washington Post
Eternally Shifting Sands of Obama's Biography - Mark Steyn, OC Register
Obama's Pastor & the Ricketts Smear - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Was Obama's Bio a "Fact-Checking" Error? - Jim Treacher, The Daily Caller
"Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln" - Charles Blow, New York Times
Could Obama Cost Arkansas Dems the Legislature? - Alan Greenblatt, NPR
Japan & Europe Are Choking on Excess Spending - Steve Forbes, Forbes
Mitt Romney, Servant of the Right - Jamelle Bouie, American Prospect
Why Obama Is Sweating JP Morgan - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
Is Obama Paving the Way to Dump Biden? - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard
Rahm Emanuel: In Your Face - Cate Plys, Northwestern Magazine
Members of the Class of '12: You're Screwed - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
A Racial Revolution? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Congress Must OK Military Intervention - Sen. Jim Webb, The Daily Beast
Latest Polls: Gallup: Romney +3 | Ras: Obama +1 | RCP Avg: Obama +1.8
Sunday, May 20
EU's Socialist Dream Becomes a Nightmare - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
How National Belt-Tightening Goes Awry - Robert Shiller, New York Times
Our Age of Economic Anxiety - Yuval Levin, The Weekly Standard
Winning in a World Without Gatekeepers - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Don't Buy Jerry Brown's Poor-Mouthing - Mark Landsbaum, OC Register
Problem Is in Boardrooms, Not Our Bedrooms - Robert Reich, SF Chron
When the Looter Is the Government - George Will, Washington Post
Preying on the Poor - Barbara Ehrenreich, The Nation
Who Is Obama? The Question That Won't Go Away - Roger Kimball, PJM
How the Mormon Church Shaped Romney - Jodi Kantor, New York Times
Obama to Joe Sixpack: Get Lost - Mickey Kaus, The Daily Caller
Romney's Character Assassination Game - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
Rev. Wright Urged to Stay Silent Until After 2012 - Byron York, Examiner
Supreme Court's Campaign Bombshell - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
China's Wobbly Transition - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Good News About Race in America - Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
Is Insider Trading Part of the Wall St. Fabric? - Gretchen Morgenson, NYT
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