Week of July 2, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, July 2
What Roberts' Decision Means for the Country - David Von Drehle, TimeThe Final Battle Over Obamacare - Avik Roy, National Review
Roberts Found a Way to Do the Right Thing - Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker
Supreme Beings v. The Constitution - James Antle, The American Spectator
The Media's Man-Crush on Roberts - Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast
Obama's Disconnect From Economic Reality - Michael Boskin, Wall St. Jrnl
Mitt Romney's Bain Problem - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama Already Losing Messaging on HC - Again - Michael Hirsh, Natl Jrnl
Romney's Latest Health Care Quandary - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Ann Romney Is Mitt's Secret Weapon - Susan Page, USA Today
Court Tilts Playing Field Away From Big Gov't - Michael Barone, Examiner
The Health Care Win-Win-Win - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Tea Party Battle Cry: This Isn't 1859. It's 1775 - Yates Walker, Daily Caller
Prognosis Improves for Scott Brown - Jennifer Braceras, Boston Herald
Why LBJ Should Matter, Not Least to Obama - Sean Wilentz, New Republic
Chavez's Dangerous Liaisons With Tehran - Roger Noriega, The American
Can Afghanistan Survive Without America? - Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Tuesday, July 3
A Strategy to Undo ObamaCare - Keith Hennessey, Wall Street JournalHealth Law Moves Country Forward - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Unemployment Is Still a BFD - Ed Carson, Investor's Business Daily
Mitt Romney and the New Gilded Age - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
The Myth That Obama Will Be Outspent - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
ObamaCare Is a Hanging Curveball for Mitt - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Std
Romney Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Jrnl
ObamaCare's Now a Bigger Mess - Michael Tanner, New York Post
The GOP's World of Pain on Health Care - Joan Walsh, Salon
Detroit Has Run Out of Other People's Money - Shikha Dalmia, Reason
U.S. Debt: The Real National Security Threat - Lieberthal & O'Hanlon, LAT
Scorn and Withering Scorn for Roberts - Adam Liptak, New York Times
Chief Justice Taxes Credibility - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
Roberts Exercised Judicial Restraint - Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
Obama's Foreign Policy Failures - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Holder Says GOP Made Him a "Proxy" for Obama - Sari Horwitz, Wash Post
The Real Nixon, Revealed in a Work of Fiction - Mark Salter, RCP
Wednesday, July 4
Love of Country, 2012 - Robert Samuelson, Washington PostWhat Life Was Like in 1776 - Thomas Fleming, Wall Street Journal
The Downside of Liberty - Kurt Anderson, New York Times
Lamenting The Lost Legacy Of Independence Day - Bill Frezza, Forbes
How Immigrants Fall Crazy in Love With America - Rob Asghar, CSM
Supreme Court Hypocrisies - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Nancy Pelosi's Obamacare Vindication - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Family Man Romney in Focus Once Again - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Where Romney's Money Lives - Nicholas Shaxson, Vanity Fair
Media, Obama Coordinate Romney Smear - John Nolte, Breitbart
How I Became a Victim of Right Wing Noise Machine - Joe Williams, Grio
The Power of Liberal Intimidation - Dennis Prager, Washington Examiner
What Does Egypt's Morsi Mean for Israel? - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Europe Dancing Around the Fire of Hell - Byron Wien, Blackstone
The Fall of Bob Diamond - Shawn Tully, Fortune
Higgs Boson Discovery Could Be Physics' Holy Grail - Dennis Overbye, NYT
Why People Love the Andy Griffith Show - Hampton Stevens, The Atlantic
Thursday, July 5
In Key States, Voters Are Anxious, Divided - Karen Tumulty, Wash PostObama's Campaign Strategy Is Paying Off - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
The President's Weak Arguments - Dan Thomasson, Boston Herald
Mandate Not the Only Health Tax GOP Backed - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
ObamaCare's Lost Tribe: Doctors - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Mitt's VP Short List May Be Down to Four - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
A Carbon Tax, Sensible for All - Bauman & Hsu, New York Times
Obama's Subsidies: Private Profit, Public Risk - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
Health Care and the Founders' True Spirit - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
John Roberts' Rules of Meddling - Jacob Sullum, Reason
The Other Big Case the Court Got Right - Michael Kinsley, Bloomberg
Obama's "American Story" Faces Fresh Scrutiny - James Rosen, FOX News
How Stockton Went Broke - Jim Christie, Reuters
Chicago's School War - George Will, New York Post
Doughnuts Defeating Poverty - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Mexico's Quiet Election Reveals Progress - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Why Can't D.C. Keep the Lights On? - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Friday, July 6
Bad News, Job Seekers: Recovery Will Stay Slow - Catherine Hollander, NJWhat Was Good for Bain Isn't Good for America - Paul Krugman, NY Times
Putting Us All on the Dole - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
Ax Unplugged: Obama Strategist Discusses 2012 - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Without Plan, Carterdom Beckons for Obama - Jonathan Rauch, Wash Post
Romney's Dewey Moment - Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator
Republicans' Plan: Hope America Fails - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
Damage Done by Obama Will Be Lasting - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
Romney Struggles With Messaging on Health Care - John Dickerson, Slate
What Mitt Should Say About Romneycare - Mona Charen, National Review
Obama Takes Realistic Step on Immigration - Raul Reyes, USA Today
Imperial Incompetence - Charles Krauthammer, Orange County Register
The Man Who Could Swing Ohio for Mitt - Joe Hallett, Columbus Dispatch
Fmr Dem Artur Davis Now in Romney's Corner - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Something's Rotten in Paris - Cyrus Sanati, Fortune
China Is Obsessed With America - Michael Auslin, The Diplomat
This May Send Wall Streeters to Prison - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Video Highlights: Jarrett | Krauthammer | Shrum | O'Reilly | Maddow
Saturday, July 7
Job Weakness Starts to Shape Election Tone - Catherine Rampell, NY TimesThe President's Accountability Problem - Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard
How Obama Can Really Hurt the GOP - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Obama Bus Tour Hits Unemployment Pothole - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Jobless Report Obscures a Worse Story - Ed Carson, Investor's Business Daily
Romney Betrays His Inner Capitalist - Colbert King, Washington Post
If U.S. Was a Biz, Would Obama Keep His Job? - Jon Kraushar, FOX News
Libor's Dirty Laundry - Joe Nocera, New York Times
What Price Clean Air? - George Will, Washington Post
The Drone Zone - Mark Mazzetti, New York Times Magazine
The Crushing Cost of Care - Adamy & McGinty, Wall Street Journal
The Real Obamacare Tax Increase - Timothy Noah, The New Republic
American Twilight: Lamps of Liberty Are Going Out - Mark Steyn, NRO
How Canada Broke Up With the U.S. - Andrew Coyne, National Post
No Child Left Behind Isn't the Problem. We Are - A. Rotherham, Eduwonk
American Conservatism's Apogee - Sean Trende, Law & Liberty
Federer Has Rendezvous With History - Tim Joyce, RealClearSports
Videos: Christie | Axelrod | Carville | Krauthammer | Obama | Bush
Sunday, July 8
Obama's Hyphenated America - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRomneyCare Is Mitt's Big Problem - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
Obama's Economic Goose Is Cooked - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Republicans Are Failing Us on Economy - Betsey Stevenson, New Republic
Obama Faces Buyer's Remorse in Iowa - Jennifer Jacobs, Des Moines Register
President Makes Personal Pitch in Ohio - John Dickerson, Slate
The Issue of 2012 - Jeffrey Anderson, The Weekly Standard
Only Government Can Fix Health Care - Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Left's Dream of Command Economics - Yuval Levin, National Review Online
President Obama Then and Now - Dan Balz, Washington Post
The Democratic Party Divide - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
North Carolina: Southern Bellwether? - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Libya's Unintended Consequences - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Hillary Clinton, Diplomat in Chief - James Mann, Los Angeles Times
Israel Confronts an Uncertain Future - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Man Who Rescued the German Economy - Raymond Zhong, WSJ
Barclays Case Opens a Window on Wall St. - Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
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