Week of May 21, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, May 21
A Choice of Capitalisms - E.J. Dionne, Washington PostObamanomics: Growth Be Damned - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
The Economy Election: 5 Groups Form 2 Camps - Susan Page, USA Today
Romney, Obama, and Voters: It's Complicated - David Corn, Mother Jones
Obama & Dems Put Special Interests Over Public Good - Jay Cost, NY Post
WH Logs Show Extent of Lobbyist Access - T.W. Farnam, Washington Post
The GOP's Sad Infatuation With Rev. Wright - Roland Martin, CNN
Desperate Obama Will Put Hillary on Ticket - Joseph Curl, Wash Times
Ohio Is Ground Zero This November - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Electoral Split Decision Could Divide U.S. - Michael Medved, Daily Beast
America's Post-Racial Farce - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Obama Squanders the Likability Factor - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Europe Driving Full Tilt Into a Brick Wall - Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph
Jamie Dimon's Deja Vu Debacle - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Krugman, Ask China If Stimulus Is a Good Idea - Gordon Chang, Forbes
Will Regulators Unfriend Facebook? - Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal
New Book Dents Walter Cronkite's Halo - Howard Kurtz, Daily Beast
Sunday Roundtables: FOX News Sunday | Meet the Press | This Week
Tuesday, May 22
Obama Thinks He's the Fairness Czar - Debra Saunders, SF ChronicleIn the Book of Romney, Bain Is Just Chapter One - Bob Shrum, The Week
Romney and the Right - Philip Klein, National Review
Booker Looks Like Obama Used to 4 Years Ago - David Graham, Atlantic
The Mitt You See Is the Mitt You Get - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Obama Defends Ads Hitting Romney's Record - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
New Rev. Wright Allegation Deserves Answer - Byron York, DC Examiner
Swing Voters and Elastic States - Nate Silver, New York Times
Timing May Be Key in Romney's VP Announcement - Scott Conroy, RCP
Big Lies in Politics - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Cory Booker: Making Capital Out of Bain - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Obama, Private Equity and Change - David Brooks, New York Times
The Dumbing Down of Joe Biden - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Why I Support Obama's Reelection - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics
What If Zimmerman Walks Free? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Trib-Review
The NAACP's Relevance Step - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The Drug War & Obama's Drug Use: What Troubles Me - Penn Jilette
ABC News/Washington Post: Obama 49, Romney 46 | RCP Electoral Map
Wednesday, May 23
Obama vs. Romney: A Debate Over Government - John Harwood, NY TimesBain Attacks Reveal Obama's Weakness - Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard
Mitt's Tall Tales About Private Equity - Steven Rattner, New York Times
The Emerging Democratic Divide - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Presidential Races Always Concern Character - David Paul Kuhn, RCP
How the Recovery Went Wrong - Harvey Golub, Wall Street Journal
U.S. Can Stimulate Now, Cut Later - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
The Dogmatism of the Left - David Harsanyi, Human Events
Obama's Primary Struggles Don't Matter - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
Charlotte Convention Could Backfire for Obama - Matt Taylor, Daily Beast
Does Portman Have the Edge in VP Sweepstakes? - Erin McPike, RCP
Meet Mitt Romney's Most Trusted Adviser - Noam Scheiber, New Republic
Who Is Valerie Jarrett? - Edward Klein, The Daily Caller
Americans Pretend They Don't Need Government - Emily Douglas, Nation
Peace Process Harmed Israel's Reputation - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
What Will Bibi Do With His Power? - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The IPO From Hell? - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Florida (Quinnipiac): Romney 47, Obama 41 | More Election 2012
Thursday, May 24
Obama's Strategy on Rival's Career Has Pitfalls - Nicholas Confessore, NYTShame on You, Cory Booker - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Elizabeth Warren's Absurd Identity Politics - George Will, Washington Post
Why AR, KY Democratic Primaries Matter - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
In Some States, Obama-Phobia Still Reigns - Steve Kornacki, Salon
The Wisconsin Turning Point - Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator
Obama Edges Romney in 3 Key Battlegrounds - Mark Murray, NBC News
The Odds Now Narrowly Favor a Romney Win - Karl Rove, Wall St. Journal
Romney's Health Plan Is a Catastrophe - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
Cocooned Liberals Unprepared for Debate - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Why Obama & Romney Want To Talk About Bain - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Will Obama's Attacks on Romney Backfire? - Gloria Borger, CNN
Why Centrist Dems Are Concerned - Alana Goodman, Commentary
John McCain: The Maverick Returns? - Andy Kroll, Mother Jones
Seeds of the EU's Crisis Were Sown 60 Years Ago - Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Facebook's Scandalous IPO - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Alaska's New Oil Frontier - John Broder & Clifford Krauss, New York Times
NBC/Marist: Florida: Obama +4 | Ohio: Obama +6 | Virginia: Obama +4
Friday, May 25
Mitt Romney's Moment - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalWhy Bain Questions Matter - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Obama Stumbles Out of the Gate - Mike Allen & Jim Vandehei, Politico
Team Obama Is Vastly Overrated - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
Booker, Bain, and Bipartisan Narcissism - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Nearly Half Identify as Economically Conservative - Jeffrey Jones, Gallup
Why Neither Candidate Can Pull Away - Charlie Cook, National Journal
5 World Events That May Swing the Election - Uri Friedman, Foreign Policy
Perhaps Obama's Just Not That Bright - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Egos and Immorality - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Krugman a False Messiah on the Economy - Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
Why Our Best & Brightest Continue to Step Forward - Tom Manion, WSJ
In Va., Kaine Eschews "Fairness," Talks Growth - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Just How Competitive Is the Ohio Senate Race? - Stu Rothenberg, Roll Call
How Patronage Ruined the Democratic Party - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
A Guide to Conservative Cliches - Timothy Noah, The New Republic
The Joy of Winning - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
Video Highlights: Obama | Krauthammer | Todd | Warren | Gingrich
Saturday, May 26
Nothing Has Changed. Obama's Still the Favorite - Jamelle Bouie, ProspectObama Is Facing His Jimmy Carter Moment - Tim Stanley, The Telegraph
The GOP's Spending Addiction - Juliet Lapidos, New York Times
Obama's Politics of Envy - Robert Knight, Washington Times
The President's Last Line of Defense - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Can Democrats Rally in Wisconsin? - Abby Rapoport, American Prospect
Scott Walker's Reforms Are Working - Stephen Hayes, The Weekly Standard
How Did Wisconsin Become So Divided? - Dan Kaufman, NYT Magazine
NYT: Worst Journalism of the Year? - Walter Russell Mead, Am. Interest
The Foolish Elizabeth Warren Witch Hunt - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
Liberals Put the Squeeze to Justice Roberts - George Will, Washington Post
Wasserman Schultz Defends Bain Attacks - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Obama Unleashes Joe Biden - Rich Lowry, New York Post
The GOP's Played Out Race Card - Melissa Harris-Perry, The Nation
Redistricting Wars - Steven Malanga, City Journal
Center of Gravity in Oil World Shifts to Americas - Juan Forero, Wash Post
Memorial Day Is About Duty, Not Death - Ralph Kinney Bennett, American
Video Highlights: Obama | Krauthammer | Schultz | Luntz | Maher
Sunday, May 27
Republican Governors Show the Way - William Kristol, Weekly StandardObama Should Seize the High Ground - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Obama's Cory Booker Problem - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Ryan and Romney's Long Game - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
The Big Spending Label Is Toxic for Obama - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
The Pagan Cult of Reagan - Lee Siegel, The Daily Beast
Europe's Crisis: Games of Chicken - John Ellis, RealClearPolitics
In the Euro Zone, a Lethal Vacuum - Tyler Cowen, New York Times
Obama Has a Mean Streak When He's Irritated - Lloyd Grove, Daily Beast
Mitt Can't Match Obama's Emotional Tug - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Warning Signs for Obama on Electoral Vote Path - Thomas Beaumont, AP
Paul Krugman: When Economists Attack! - Kyle Smith, New York Post
The Economy: Nothing Grows Forever - Clive Thompson, Mother Jones
On a Collision Course With China? - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Facebook Also a Loser in Egypt - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
The Choom Gang: Obama's Pot-Smoking Days - Natalie Jennings, Wash Post
The Party Animals at the Secret Circus - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Sunday Talk Shows: FOX News Sunday | This Week | Meet the Press