Week of July 16, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, July 16
The Cure for Our Economy's Stationary State - Niall Ferguson, NewsweekElection Is About the Rich vs. the Rest - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Team Obama's Best & Brightest - Hugh Hewitt, Washington Examiner
Why We Need More Active Government - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama Doesn't Dream the American Dream - Sherman Frederick, LVRJ
Our Inequalities of Opportunity - Lawrence Summers, Washington Post
The Millennials are the U.S.'s Generation Screwed - Joel Kotkin, Newsweek
Huge Shift in U.S. Power Happening Now - Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
California: America Without Republicans - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
Dems Should Defend the Health Care Law - Bill Keller, New York Times
ACA Helps Some, Hurts Taxpayers & Businesses - Frank Newport, Gallup
Libor: What Regulators Saw (But Didn't Shut Down) - Peter Gumbel, Time
Geithner Yawned at Epic Fraud - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
In Pawlenty, Romney Finds Down to Earth Appeal - Jeff Zeleny, NY Times
Bobby Jindal's Stock on the Rise - Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post
Don't Fall for Liberals' Rewrite of History - Jon Gurwitz, SA Express-News
FDA 'Enemies List' Tracked Its Own Scientists - Lichtblau & Shane, NYT
Video Highlights: Romney | Obama | Reid | Sununu | Michelle Obama
Tuesday, July 17
Obama vs. America's Entrepreneurs - Toby Harnden, Daily MailRepublicans Have No Jobs Plan - Juan Williams, The Hill
Wisconsin's Lessons for California - Steven Malanga, Los Angeles Times
Obama Stresses Story Over Policy in Re-Election - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Romney's Problem of His Own Making - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Obama Explained: Big Gov't Over Individuals - Brit Hume, FOX News
How Romney Might Rate VP Contenders - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Romney's Veep Trap - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
To Win Pa., Obama Needs More Than Philly - Brian Montopoli, CBS News
Romney's "Apology" Mistake - John Podhoretz, New York Post
President Goes for Jugular on Romney's Taxes - Sam Stein, Huffington Post
Obama's Flailing Campaign Is Out of Ammo - Roger Kimball, PJ Media
Can Bernanke Pull a John Roberts? - Bob Shrum, The Daily Beast
Pension Tension & the Crime Spike - Nicole Gelinas, New York Post
GOP and the Vote: Return to Jim Crow - Jesse Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times
Are Race Riots News? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Syria Collapse May Be Chem Weapon Nightmare - Kris Alexander, Wired
Video Highlights: Portman | Schumer | Levin | Stewart | Santorum
Wednesday, July 18
Who's on America's Side? - Maureen Dowd, New York TimesObama: "You Didn't Build That" - James Antle, The American Spectator
This Time "Class Warfare" Cry Is True - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Obama's Statism vs. the Self-Made Man - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Four Dangerous Myths About Gov't Spending - Mattea Kramer, Salon
How Both Parties' Spending Bankrupted U.S. - Sen. Tom Coburn, Reason.tv
Caution, Not Flash, as Romney Seeks His No. 2 - Parker & Barbaro, NYT
TPaw, Portman Boast Foreign Policy Heft - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
The Case for (and Against) Bobby Jindal - Alex Altman, Time
Lowdown on Obama's "Highbrow" Aspirations - Carl Cannon, RCP
Romney Can't Run on Biography Alone - Ed Kilgore, The New Republic
The Campaign's Stupid Moment - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Jail Continues - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics
Romney Should Push Banking Reform - James Pethokoukis, AEI Ideas
Is Bill Gates Really Doing Good Around the World? - Mic Wright, Kernel
Pervert Weiner Not Fit to Hold Office - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Citizens United Hasn't Changed the Political Game - Matt Bai, NYT Mag
State Polls: Virginia (RasRpts): Obama +1 | New Mexico (PPP): Obama +5
Thursday, July 19
Obama Thinks Success Comes From Gov't - Michael Barone, DC ExaminerRomney Goes From Victim to Vicious - Charles Blow, New York Times
Liberalism's New Era of Insecurity - Paul Starr, The New Republic
Out of Step With America: Obama's Dilemma - Tim Cavanaugh, Reason
Obama's Best Case - Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
For U.S. Economy the News Is Bad and Worse - Mort Zuckerman, US News
The Ruling Class: Too-Big-to-Fail? - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
Romney Can't Wait Out His Tax Storm - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Economic Fears Hurting Obama, Poll Shows - Rutenberg & Connelly, NYT
President Obama's Horrendous Political Gaffe - Charles Murray, AEI Ideas
Some Good News That Obama Should Be Touting - Will Marshall, RCP
You Didn't Sweat, Obama Did - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
President Digs at FOX News as Campaign Heats Up - Jeremy Peters, NYT
Anthony Weiner: Creep Eyes Comeback - Andrea Peyser, New York Post
In Fight for the House, the Trajectory Is Clear - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
Looking for a Syrian Endgame - David Ignatius, Washington Post
President Obama & Bob Brunton the Small Businessman - Hunter Baker
Election 2012: RCP Avg: Nat'l Polls Tighten | State Polls: OH, VA, NV, WI
Friday, July 20
Obama Places Government, Not People, First - Charles Krauthammer, IBDBarack, Mitt, and Adam Smith - Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
Trashing Achievements - Thomas Sowell, National Review
Romney's Misleading Attack - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Post Bain Attack Polls Not Good for WH - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Obama Is Going to Lose - John Podhoretz, New York Post
The Rich See Special Treatment As Their Birthright - Paul Krugman, NYT
Obama Is Not Alienating Rich Voters - Nate Cohn, The New Republic
Romney Finally Taking It To Obama - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
Libor Fraud Exposes Wall St.'s Rotten Core - Elizabeth Warren, Wash Post
Cronyism Built That - Andrew Stiles, Washington Free Beacon
Solyndra & the GOP Outrage Machine - Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
A Return to Free Market Principles - Rep. Paul Ryan, Financial Times
How the Elites Built America's Economic Wall - Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg
Where Obama Shines - David Brooks, New York Times
U.S. Caution in Syria Comes at a Price - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously - President Barack Obama, WSJ
State Polls: PA (Rasmussen): Obama +4 | NC (Civitas): Romney +1
Saturday, July 21
Movie Theater Rampage Jolts Nation - Bustillo & Banjo, Wall Street JournalWhen Death Leaps Off the Screen - Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Financial Scandal Scorecard - Joe Nocera, New York Times
Why Goldman Sachs Likes Dodd-Frank - Timothy Carney, DC Examiner
The Trap of the "New Normal" - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Obama's Policies Have Built Stasis & Sclerosis - Mark Steyn, OC Register
Guns and the Push for Sensible Laws - Gail Collins, New York Times
With Extreme Prejudice: How ABC "Investigates" - James Taranto, WSJ
The Big Lie About Medicaid Expansion - Richard Kim, The Nation
A Silent Job Killer: Our Unemployment System - Nina Easton, Fortune
Obama's $100 Million in Attacks Fail to Move Polls - Joe Battenfeld, Herald
What's in Romney's Tax Returns? - Matthew Yglesias, Washington Post
Your Guide to Sleazy Democratic Party-Backed Banks - Michelle Malkin
Terry McAuliffe & the Other Green Party - Mark Leibovich, NYT Magazine
Bankruptcy Dominoes Fall in California - Steven Greenhut, Reason
Rice for Vice President? - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Syrian Endgame: Bet on More Violence - Fred Kaplan, Slate
Senate Polls: Florida: Mack +6 | Ohio: Brown +4 | Nevada: Heller +3
Sunday, July 22
The Way We Fear Now - Ross Douthat, New York TimesThe Search for Humanity Continues - Gary Hart, Huffington Post
Here We Go Again: You Can't Stop a Madman - Kyle Smith, New York Post
"Brian Ross Lost Big Time & So Did ABC News" - Dylan Byers, Politico
Our Prosperity Requires a Level Playing Field - Joseph Stiglitz, LA Times
Putting Down Some to Lift Up Others - Sherman Frederick, Las Vegas RJ
Why We're Not Even Close to a Robust Recovery - Nouriel Roubini, Slate
Fiscal Cliff Presents Opportunity for Obama - Bill Keller, New York Times
Mitt Romney's Moment - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Romney Should Beware Ghost of John Kerry - Dick Polman, Philly Inquirer
The Obama Camp's Desperation - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
ACA a Bigger Victory Than We Knew - Ronald Dworkin, NY Review of Books
Obama Turns Left, Left, & Left Again - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Worst Suspicions About TARP Confirmed - Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
Obama Repeats Mortgage Crisis Mistakes - Paul Sperry, New York Post
Can You Blame the Movies for Aurora? - David Denby, The New Yorker
Paterno Sacked Off His Pedestal - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
National Tracking Polls: Gallup: Obama +1 | Rasmussen: Romney +2