Week of June 4, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, June 4
Game On! 2012 Battle Lines Are Drawn - Cannon & Bevan, RealClearPoliticsWhy the Economy's Stuck in Slow - Davidson, Mullaney & Waggoner, USAT
This Republican Economy - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama Offers Nothing But Excuses - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Future of Unions at Stake in Wisconsin Recall - Juan Williams, The Hill
What to Expect If Walker Wins - John Fund, National Review Online
Walker Recall Battle May Hurt Obama - Jeff Zeleny, New York Times
Europe's Grim Choices - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
California's Casino Budgeting - Boskin & Cogan, Wall Street Journal
Big Sugary Drinks Yield Big Waistlines - Michael Bloomberg, USA Today
Bloomberg Versus the Big Gulp - Gregory Kane, Washington Examiner
Obama's 2008 Donors Don't Give In 2012 - Smith & Elliott, BuzzFeed
Why Obama Should Keep Attacking Bain - Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
This Sure Isn't the McCain Campaign - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Can This Campaign Be Constructive? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Are We at a Demographic Inflection Point? - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Science Education: The Kids Are O.K. - Berezow & Campbell, USA Today
Sunday Show Panels: This Week | FOX News Sunday | Meet the Press
Tuesday, June 5
In Wisconsin, All Politics Is Presidential - Margaret Carlson, BloombergWalker's Reforms Are a Resounding Success - Steve Huntley, Chicago ST
Progressives Can Build on Recall - Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
The Voters Will Decide If ObamaCare Is Repealed - Bill Kristol, Weekly Std
Obama's Economic Predicament - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Time for Governments to Borrow More - Larry Summers, Washington Post
Team Obama Turns Tone-Deaf - John Podhoretz, New York Post
The Young Dreamer, With Eyes Wide Open - Michiko Kakutani, NY Times
Bill Clinton Is Out of Control - Roger Simon, Politico
Obama Following in McGovern's Footsteps - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
The Keynesian Case for Romney - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Reversing Course on Debt Indulgence - David Brooks, New York Times
The Profound Ramifications in Wisconsin - Mickey Kaus, The Daily Caller
A Walker Win Would Be Good for Obama - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
The Fourth American Revolution - James Piereson, The New Criterion
Elizabeth Warren Needs to Apologize - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
Romney Gears Back on Campaigning--to No Ill Effect - Erin McPike, RCP
State Polls: Florida (PPP): Obama +4 | Virginia (RasRpts): Tie | RCP Map
Wednesday, June 6
Wisconsin & the Weakness of Modern Liberalism - Ross Douthat, NY TimesMoney Power Wins in Wisconsin - John Nichols, The Nation
Walker's Win Spells Doom For Public Sector Unions - Bill Frezza, Forbes
A Wake-Up Call for Dems, Labor and the Left - Greg Sargent, Wash Post
Red Flags All Over for Obama in Wisconsin - Josh Kraushaar, National Jrnl
Three Takeaways From the Recall Vote - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Will Bogus Arguments Swing the Supreme Court? - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
Why Obama Strikes Out in Court - Ilya Shapiro, Wall Street Journal
Proposition 8 Heads for the Show - Garrett Epps, The American Prospect
Why Dems Don't Want to Talk About Economy - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
A World of Deep Holes and Weak Leaders - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Walker's Example: Courage Rewarded - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Walker-Barrett II a Replay of the Original - Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee J-S
Wisconsin Exit Polls: Obama, (Pretty) Big - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
Media Quotes Wildly Flawed WI Exit Polls - John Nolte, Big Journalism
Nudge Government Run Amok - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc - Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984
Thursday, June 7
The Wisconsin Wake Up Call - Walter Russell Mead, The American InterestPost-Wisconsin Overreaction Commences - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
Walker Shifts Attitudes on Public Unions - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Obama, Post-Post-Partisanship - Steve Erickson, American Prospect
Get Serious About Governing, Democrats - Matt Welch, Reason
A Dangerous Result in Wisconsin - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Presidential Race at a Tipping Point? - Reid Wilson, National Journal
Wisconsin and the GOP Ground Game - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Can Unions Bounce Back? - Josh Eidelson, Salon
Obama Has Always Been a Divider - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
A Closer Look at Those Wisconsin Exit Polls - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
The Unions' Biggest Loss Was in California - Andrew Rotherham, Time
What Happens When the Next Big Bank Fails? - Nicole Gelinas, NY Post
The Rot of Citizens United Is Universal - Charles Pierce, Esquire
Stock Markets Love the Walker Landslide - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Ann Romney Begins Campaign Push for Her Husband - Erin McPike, RCP
Obama's Cabinet: A Team of Mascots - Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair
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Friday, June 8
Obama Administration Looks Like a House of Cards - Peggy Noonan, WSJHow Obama Can Focus on Jobs and Win - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
Dems Jittery Over Obama's Sputtering Bid - Eleanor Clift, Daily Beast
Public Unions' Icarus Moment - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Obama Maintains Tenuous Advantage Over Romney - Nate Silver, NYT
The Media Doesn't Understand State of Race - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Can Mitt Romney Spend Obama Dry? - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Citizens United Becomes the Left's All-Purpose Excuse - Richard Baehr, AT
Mitt Romney, Undefined - Chris Good, ABC News
At Stanford, Romney Got Bearings in Year of Change - Scott Conroy, RCP
Obama's Third-Party History - Stanley Kurtz, National Review
Obama's Race Makes Him the Underdog - Mike Lupica, New York Daily News
Celebrity Endorsements All Obama Has Left - Matt Continetti, Free Beacon
Could Kelly Ayotte's Rapid Rise Lead to VP? - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
In Defense of Bloomberg's Soda Wars - Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Investigative Journalism at Risk - Leonard Downie Jr., Washington Post
Exposing the Sins of the New York Times - Ken Allard, The Daily Caller
FOX News: Obama 43, Romney 43 | State Polls: OH, VA, FL, MI, CO, WI
Saturday, June 9
Obama's Private-Sector Comment Lights a Fuse - Alexis Simendinger, RCPRepublicans Step on the Economy - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Obama's Clueless Push for More Spending - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Tight Race With 150 Days to Go - Josh Lederman, The Hill
The Myth of the Presidential Mandate - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Obama Is a Slow Learner - Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Scott Walker's False Choice - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
This Is What the Tea Party Movement Is About - Mona Charen, NRO
How Much Does Likability Really Matter? - Morris Fiorina, New York Times
Subprime College Educations - George Will, Washington Post
How the Gay-Rights Movement Won - E.J. Graff, American Prospect
State Politicians and the Public Pension Cookie Jar - Steven Malanga, WSJ
Bill Clinton's Complicated Apology - Joan Walsh, Salon
Our Celebrity President - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
The Euro's 11th Hour - Steven Rattner, New York Times
Detroit Is Liberalism's End-Game - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Nixon Was Far Worse Than We Thought - Bernstein & Woodward, Wash Post
Sunday, June 10
Lessons for Obama After Wisconsin - Paul Begala, The Daily BeastWho's Really Doing Fine: Big Government - James Pethokoukis, American
Obama's Presser & the Politics of Stupid - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
"Did He Really Say That?" - Major Garrett, National Journal
What Do Historians Think of Obama Now? - Edward Klein, FOX News
GOP Wants to Crash the U.S. Economy - Michael Cohen, The Guardian
Walker Wins Again - Stephen Hayes & John McCormack, Weekly Standard
Europe, Not ObamaCare, May Decide 2012 - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
It Can't Be Obama's Fault. He Went to Harvard - Howie Carr, Boston Hld
It's Time for the Fed to Lead the Fight - Christina Romer, New York Times
D.C. Must Be Pro-Market, Not Pro-Business - Stephen Carter, Bloomberg
Obama's "Gaffe" Reveals a Serious Problem - Mickey Kaus, Daily Caller
Government Cuts Would Hurt Economy - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
From Peace Prize to Paralysis - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Romney: Man of Pastel - Michael Tanner, National Review
Deepening the Ties Between U.S. & India - Tim Roemer, Washington Post
Ray Bradbury: Enemy of the State - Charles Johnson, Reason
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