
Week of June 25, 2012 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, June 25
Will We Love the Health Care Law If It Dies? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Second-Guessing Won't Make It Constitutional - Jon Tobin, Commentary
The Stakes of the Obamacare Lawsuit - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
The Dems' Risky Assault on the Court - Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
Rulings to Close Tough Term for Obama - Robert Barnes, Washington Post
Obama's Bad - But Still Likely to Win - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
President Obama the Underdog - Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post
Latinos Strongly Backing Obama - Susan Page, USA Today
As Obama Struggles, Racism Alibi Returns - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Some Democrats Turning on Obama - Juan Williams, The Hill
Pawlenty, Portman Finances Pose Vetting Challenge - Erin McPike, RCP
Lying Liars and the 'Furious' Lies They Tell - Joe Curl, Washington Times
Forget About 1937, We're Headed For 1931 - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Paul Krugman's Follies - Guy Sorman, City Journal
Is Obama to Blame for Arab Spring's Failures? - Jackson Diehl, Wash Post
Will Egypt Become the New Iran? - Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Political Science Is a Spectacular Failure - Jacqueline Stevens, NY Times
Obama Approval: Gallup: 47% | Rasmussen: 46% |
RCP Average: 48.2%Tuesday, June 26
Is Obama Leading or Reacting? - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Court Neuters Draconian Arizona Law - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Arizona Can't Do It; Washington Won't - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
Both Obama & Romney Face a Recession - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Romney's Amazing Hypocrisy - Donna Brazile, CNN
ObamaCare Is a Giant Step in Wrong Direction - Gov. Nathan Deal, RCP
Blame the Supreme Court! - Jamelle Bouie, American Prospect
Why Did Academics Misread ObamaCare? - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Christie & the Boss: A Tale of Unrequited Love - Jeffrey Goldberg, Atlantic
The Brief for Pawlenty - Hugh Hewitt, Washington Examiner
One Florida County May Hold Key to Election - Beth Reinhard, Natl Jrnl
Stimulus Isn't a Dirty Word - Alan Blinder, Wall Street Journal
A Political Glossary - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Krugman & Today's Policies: This Is Nothing Like 1937 - Sean Trende, RCP
Supreme Court Still Loves Citizens United - Andy Kroll, Mother Jones
Middle Fingers for Reagan? - Daniel Flynn, Human Events
The Fall of the Creative Class - Frank Bures, Thirty Two
Wednesday, June 27
Obama, Romney Remain in Dead Heat - Mark Murray, NBC News
What the President Has Squandered - Victor Davis Hanson, PJ Media
Obama's Two-Stage Attack on Romney - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
The ObamaCare Albatross - John Fund, National Review
Class War at the Supreme Court - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Why the Whole Health Care Law Is in Jeopardy - Sean Trende, RCP
Arizona Case Shows Court at Its Best - Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic
Should Obama Worry About Convention No-Shows? - Alex Roarty, NJ
Romney's VP Considerations - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Paul Ryan, Aiming for Ways & Means Instead of VP? - Erin McPike, RCP
Regressive GOP Mangles Government - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
Time to Occupy State Pensions? - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
To Save the Euro, Germany Must Leave - Griffin & Kashyap, NY Times
Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian Sweep - Ilan Berman, Washington Times
The Fear Factor in the Arab World - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
BBC: Arab Spring Coverage Was "Over-Excited" - Paul Revoir, Daily Mail
Nora Ephron: A Great N.Y. Dame - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Quinnipiac: FL: Obama +4 |
OH: Obama +9 |
PA: Obama +6 |
More PollsThursday, June 28
Will Court Halt the Expansion of Federal Power? - Michael Tanner, NRO
How the Court Should Rule on Health Care - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Obama's Legacy at Risk After Health Fight - Mike Dorning, BusinessWeek
One Way or Another, ObamaCare Is Doomed - Daniel Henninger, WSJ
The GOP Renounces Universal Care - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Greece on Its Sickbed - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Mysticism of "Social Justice" - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Moderate Dems Would Quietly Cheer Law's Demise - Chris Stirewalt, FOX
GOP Jobs Plan: Tying Up Obama - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
What Real Health Reform Would Look Like - Peter Suderman, Reason
Obama's Bain Attacks Are Paying Off - Sam Stein, Huffington Post
Dems in Tough Races Seek Distance from Obama - John Bresnahan, Politico
End the Holder Stand-Off: Fire Him - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Which Is the Real Mitt Romney? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Rubio Is Democrats' Worst Nightmare - Michael Medved, The Daily Beast
U.S. Desperately Needs Skilled Immigrants - Joel Kotkin, Forbes
Groundhog Day in California - Reed Galen, RealClearPolitics
NBC News/Marist Polls:
NH: Tie |
MI: Obama +4 |
NC: Obama +2 |
MoreFriday, June 29
Obama's Great Achievement - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The New and Even Worse ObamaCare - Yuval Levin, National Review
It's All Up to the Voters Now - Carl Cannon & Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
President Obama Gets His Mojo Back - John Dickerson, Slate
The Court Helped Seal Obama's Defeat - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Did John Roberts Switch His Vote? - Paul Campos, Salon
The Chief Justice's Gambit - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Why Roberts Did It - Charles Krauthammer, Investor's Business Daily
A Confused Opinion - Richard Epstein, New York Times
SCOTUS Ruling Much More Than a Victory - Michael Moore, Huffington Post
Health Care Decision Re-Energizes Tea Party - Janie Lorber, Roll Call
A Substantial Conservative Win - George Will, Orange County Register
Real Winners Are the American People - Paul Krugman, New York Times
President Obama's Poll Tax - Janet Daley, The Telegraph
2012 Race Stands on a Knife's Edge - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Rupert Murdoch's Rearguard Action - Michael Wolff, The Guardian
Higher Ed Bubble Is Going to Burst - Glenn Reynolds, Encounter Broadsides
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WalshSaturday, June 30
Fiscal Reality Will Doom ObamaCare - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Bending Toward Universal Health Care - Skocpol & Jacobs, New York Times
ObamaCare Is a Fraud Only Voters Can Stop - Wesley Pruden, Wash Times
Roberts Gives Obama a Second Chance - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Health Care Overhaul Is Still No Hit With Public - Peter Baker, NY Times
How Obama Broke His Promise on Mandates - Andrew Cline, The Atlantic
Roberts Keeps the Court on Its Axis - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Bottom Line: A Truly Dismal Outcome for America - Nick Gillespie, Reason
Did Roberts Change His Mind at the Last Minute? - Garrett Epps, TAP
A Win for the Constitution - Randy Barnett, Washington Post
Decision Leaves Right Grasping at Straws - Charles Blow, New York Times
Court Hands Romney a Big Political Opportunity - Larry Kudlow, IBD
Romney's Health Care Bind - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Obamanomics: Economics for Dummies - Peter Ferrara, Forbes
Mitt Romney Is a Foreign Policy Lightweight - Fred Kaplan, Slate
An Authoritarian Axis Rising? - William Martel, The Diplomat
Last Thing Economy Needs Is Another DC Plan - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
Sunday, July 1
Roberts Takes One for the Country - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Roberts & His Apologists: Ruling Is a Big-Govt Disaster - John Yoo, WSJ
Did a 1934 Dinner Party Save Obamacare? - Jonathan Alter, Daily Beast
Court Outs Obama as Biggest Middle Class Tax Hiker - Jim Powell, Forbes
The Battle for New Hampshire - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Skip the Electoral College Math - Charlie Cook, National Journal
Healthcare May Still Be Fatal to Obama - Ross Douthat, New York Times
From Air Force One, Obama's Plea for Money - Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
Conservative Anger Growing Over SCOTUS Ruling - Byron York, Examiner
Egypt Holds Its Breath - Omar Ashour, Project Syndicate
Obama's Dangerous Naivete in the Middle East - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
Holder Contempt Vote Comes Down to Race - Alex Koppelman, New Yorker
The AG's Stonewall Is Contemptible - Mark Hemingway, Weekly Standard
Did the Court Undermine the Medicaid Expansion? - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
The Health Care Myths We Must Confront - Cliff Asness, The American
The Network That Powers the U.S. Army - Spencer Ackerman, Wired
The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy - Kyle Smith, New York Post