Week of July 23, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, July 23
Heading Toward a September Surprise - Judd Gregg, The HillThe Politics of Anything Goes - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
Obama Spending Blitz Brings Little Change in Race - Sean Trende, RCP
Economic Picture Brighter for Obama in Swing States - Chris Cillizza, WP
Booming N.D. City Shows Wisdom of Markets - Michael Barone, Examiner
Assigning Blame for Aurora - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Mass Murder Is Predictably Unpredictable - James Alan Fox, USA Today
ABC News' Biased Rush to Judgment - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
The Medicaid Albatross - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Bungled Bailout's Legacy of Righteous Anger - Neil Barofsky, Bloomberg
Climate Disaster Is Already Happening - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Government Didn't Invent the Internet - Gordon Crovitz, Wall St. Journal
Mitt Hopelessly Out of Date on Foreign Policy - Peter Beinart, Daily Beast
From Bad to Worse for President Obama - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Why's Obama Brilliant on Trail But Hapless in WH? - Mark Schmitt, TNR
Still the Boss: Springsteen at 62 - David Remnick, The New Yorker
When Did Feminism Become So Embarrassing? - Heather Wilhelm, RCP
Obama Approval: Gallup:44% | Rasmussen 49% | RCP Average: 46.9%
Tuesday, July 24
"Too Big to Fail" Grows Under Obama - Charles Gasparino, New York PostDeclinist Panic in America - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Obama's Worship of Centralized Power - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh TR
What Romney's Returns Won't Tell Us - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Romney Preferred Over Obama to Handle Economy - Susan Page, USAT
What Still Shocks Me About ObamaCare - Nat Hentoff, Cato Institute
The Game of Politics: It's Romney's Move - Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
Dodd-Frank's Wall Street Protection Racket - Nicole Gelinas, City Journal
Why Dodd-Frank Is Necessary - Christopher Dodd, Politico
News Versus Propaganda - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
The Next Tragedy We Won't Try to Stop - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Screen Violence's Effects: A Dark Knight Indeed - Carl Cannon, RCP
Democrats Back in Welfare Reform Trap - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Bachmann Plays Anti-American Gambit - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
How Poles View the American Election - George Weigel, National Review
Romney's Foreign Trip: Low Key and Light on Policy - Scott Conroy, RCP
The Consequences of Syria's Fall - George Friedman, Stratfor
Obama Job Approval: NBC/WSJ: 49% | Gallup: 44% | RCP Average: 47%
Wednesday, July 25
Romney Hiding in Plain Sight - Maureen Dowd, New York TimesObama's Uphill Reelection Bid - Michael Medved, USA Today
Governing Elite Threaten World's Middle Class - Charles Kadlec, Forbes
Bankrupt Cities? Don't Blame Unions - Harold Meyerson, Los Angeles Times
Could Obamacare Make Uninsured Problem Worse? - John Merline, IBD
Romney Blasts Security Leaks as a Betrayal - Richard Oppel, NY Times
Why Romney Isn't Moving the Polls - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Obama's New Ad Sign of Shift in Race? - Carter Eskew, Washington Post
Syria Is Iraq - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
On Syria, Mitt Offers Criticism But Few Distinctions - Scott Conroy, RCP
Blair: West Asleep About Islamist Extremism - Charles Moore, Telegraph
10 Reasons America Might Be Nuts - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
The Media's Role in Mass Shootings - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Brian Ross' Brain Cramp - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Anti-Fracking Activists Ignore Science - Kevin Begos, Associated Press
PSU Got What It Deserved with Dictator JoePa - Buzz Bissinger, Daily Beast
My Utter Lack of Olympic Spirit - Nick Hornby, Wall Street Journal
Latest Polls: MI (Mitchell): Romney +1 | MI (PPP): Obama +14 | More
Thursday, July 26
The President vs. the Private Economy - Daniel Henninger, Wall St. JournalRomney's Distortion--and Why It Matters - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
Bureaucrats Didn't Build America - Ronald Bailey, Reason
Going Positive: Part of Obama's Plan? - Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly
Dem Voting Enthusiasm Down Sharply Since 2008 - Jeffrey Jones, Gallup
Pick a President to Save Us from Greece's Fate - Edward Glaeser, Bloomberg
Williston, North Dakota: The Jobs Are Here - Gail Collins, New York Times
Cronyism Preventing Corzine Prosecution - Peter Schweizer, Wash Times
Candidate of "Change" Turns to Identity Politics - Joel Kotkin, Daily Beast
Romney's Unpopularity Problem - Steve Benen, MSNBC
What the Olympics Tell Us About Romney - Lisa Roche, Deseret News
N.C. Up for Grabs or Trending Red Again? - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Splitting Hairs in a Texas Race - George Will, Washington Post
Safe From Fire, But Not Guns - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
What If Movies Are Part of Problem? - Peter Bogdanovich, Hollywood Rpter
Chicago's Blatant First Amendment Violation - Eugene Volokh, Volokh
Warning: Turbulence Ahead - Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy
Latest Polls: NV (Rasmussen): Obama +5 | MO (WAA): Romney +9
Friday, July 27
We Did "Build That," and Government Helped - Jonathan Alter, BloombergWhy the Obama Campaign Is Suddenly So Worried - Kim Strassel, WSJ
Early Voting May Hold Key to Race - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Mitt Stumbles on Every Front in London - Nicholas Watt, The Guardian
Romney's Itinerary a Rebuke of Obama - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
Mitt Threatens the Special Relationship - Sen. John Kerry, Huffington Post
A Long History of Obamian Slips - Matthew Continetti, Wash Free Beacon
Why You Should Be a Keynesian, Too - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama Can't Even Give Away His Big Gov't Product - Kyle Smith, Forbes
This Fall's Debates: What's New and What's Not - Scott Conroy, RCP
Obama Now Partly Running on Clinton's Record? - Jake Tapper, ABC News
President's Approval Sags With Economy - Scott Rasmussen, Boston Herald
Mitt's Incredible Shrinking Biography - Ed Kilgore, The New Republic
Red Tape Is Stifling Job Creation - Rep. Eric Cantor, US News & World Report
Who Really Represents Interests of Small Biz? - Jared Bernstein, Huff Post
U.S. Hasn't Underinvested in Science - Alex Berezow & Hank Campbell, CNN
Too Many Guns in the U.S. -- or Too Few? - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Latest Polls: WI (Rasmussen): Obama +3 | OH (WAA): Obama +8 | More
Saturday, July 28
The Slow Agony of the Obama Recovery - Jim Tankersley, National JournalToo Many Dems Sleepwalking Through Election - Charles Blow, NY Times
Federal Leviathan on the Loose - George Will, Washington Post
Repeal Health Care Law? Forget About It - Ario & Jacobs, CNN
Neither the Private Nor Public Sector's Doing Fine - Josh Barro, Bloomberg
Romney & the Politics of Horse Ballet - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
What Would '04 Obama Think of His Campaign? - Jake Tapper, ABC News
Chicago Values: Speak & Gov't Will Crush You - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
The John Roberts Story So Far - Linda Greenhouse, New York Times
Israel Visit Offers Romney Chance to Turn Page - Scott Conroy, RCP
Romney Not Out to Make the World Swoon - Fouad Ajami, Washington Post
Romneyshambles Unites UK in Outrage - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Why Are Keynesians Calling for Tax Increases? - Nick Gillespie, Reason
If Obama Loses the Election, Here's Why - Drew Westen, Washington Post
QE3 Might Finally Discredit the Fed - Bill Fleckenstein, MSN Money
Addressing Poverty in Schools - Joe Nocera, New York Times
The Collapse of the Liberal Church - Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
Election '12: Missouri (Mason-Dixon): Romney +9 | Latest Electoral Map
Sunday, July 29
With 100 Days to Go, Election Up for Grabs - Cameron Joseph, The HillWhat Is Obama Campaigning On? - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Obama Onslaught Starts to Define Romney - Doyle McManus, LA Times
Even "in Context," Obama Has It All Wrong - Sheldon Richman, Reason
Mitt's Olympic Meddle - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
D.C. Spending Party Rolls On - Michael Walsh, New York Post
Hiking Taxes on High Earners Is Sound Policy - Mark Zandi, Philly Inquirer
An Updated Case for Capitalism - Charles Murray, Wall Street Journal
How Wall Street Chose Libor - Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times
The Left's Tolerance Enforcers - Mark Steyn, National Review
Why Romney's Numbers Aren't Dropping - Nate Cohn, The New Republic
Gloomy, Gloomier, or Gloomiest - Irwin Stelzer, The Weekly Standard
Look for Mitt to Pick a Governor - Kathie Obradovich, Des Moines Register
Doctor Shortage Likely to Worsen With Health Law - Lowrey & Pear, NYT
Facebook's Problem: Too Many Parents - Ben Rooney, CNN Money
Behind eBay's Comeback - James Stewart, New York Times
Aurora and the Virtues of Men - Mona Charen, National Review
Latest Polls: Gallup: Tie Race | Rasmussen: Romney +2 | Senate Polls