Week of August 13, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, August 13
The Fight Is On for America's Future - Charles Gasparino, New York PostJust Wait Til Obama Gets Done With Paul Ryan - Bob Shrum, Daily Beast
A Choice Between Stagnation & Renewal - Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal
A Conservative Star's Hometown Roots - Steinhauer et al, New York Times
Paul Ryan and the Triumph of Theory - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Predictable Playbook Against Ryan - Jim Geraghty, National Review
Paul Ryan's Budget Games - James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
Game Changer Ryan Is Obama's Worst Nightmare - Joe Curl, Wash Times
Ryan Shakes Up the Fight for Wisconsin - Beth Reinhard, National Journal
Obama's Unusual Trip to Iowa - Jason Noble, Des Moines Register
Elizabeth Warren's Uninspiring Campaign - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
D.C. Isn't Gridlocked--It's Just Irresponsible - Gillespie & De Rugy, Reason
A Tax Reform Detour - Senator Tom Coburn, RealClearPolitics
Has the Muslim Brotherhood Staged a Coup? - Abigail Hauslohner, Time
Ryan Unknown, Vulnerable on Budget - Mark Blumenthal, Huffington Post
Entitlement Crisis Now at Center of Campaign - Michael Barone, Examiner
Wondering How Far Magazines Must Fall - David Carr, New York Times
Politico/GWU/Battleground: Obama 48, Romney 47 | RCP Electoral Map
Tuesday, August 14
In Iowa, Obama Tries to Summon Spirit of '08 - Alexis Simendinger, RCPSaving Private Romney - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Obama Doomed in Fact-Based Election - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Biz Daily
Romney-Ryan Economics Would Deepen Recession - Ari Berman, Nation
How Obama Is Robbing Suburbs to Pay for Cities - Stanley Kurtz, Forbes
An Election About Medicare - Steve Benen, MSNBC
Ryan Plan Saves Medicare From ObamaCare - Jeffrey Anderson, Wkly Std
Will Ryan's Plan Be Big Factor in Florida? - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Ryan vs. the Decline of American Character - Dennis Prager, DC Examiner
A Nightmare for Poor & Minorities - Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Huffington Post
Paul Ryan Makes the U.S. a Better Investment - Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg
Ryan's Got a Big Problem With Progressivism - John Nichols, The Nation
In Wis. Senate Primary, Hopefuls Look to Ryan - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Can Connie Mack Take Down Bill Nelson? - Perry Stein, The New Republic
Mitt's 'Damn-the-Torpedoes!' Decision - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh T-R
The Right's Hostile Takeover of Romney - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Why Goldman Sachs Isn't Being Prosecuted - Peter Schweizer, Daily Beast
Ohio (Rasmussen): Obama 45%, Romney 45% | RCP Electoral Map
Wednesday, August 15
American Patients, Get Ready to Wait - John Goodman, Wall Street JournalTea Party Movement's Magical Thinking - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Romney Upends the Conversation - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The Rise and Fall of Barack Obama - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
Ryan Is Cruel, Not Courageous - Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
Congress Approval Ties All-Time Low at 10% - Frank Newport, Gallup
Too Big to Fail: A Permanent Bailout Program - Wallison & Hurley, Forbes
U.S. Revisiting Economic Woes of 1970s - Irwin Kellner, MarketWatch
The End of Compassionate Conservatism - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Obama Panders to Greedy Iowans - Josh Barro, Bloomberg
On Road, Obama's Prompter Becomes Optional - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Medicare and the Third Rail - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Yes, ObamaCare Cuts Medicare More Than Romney - Avik Roy, Forbes
Biden, Obama & the Slavery/Race Card, Ya'll - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Vidal's "Burr" Is Antidote to Tea Partier Myths - Adam Kirsch, Bloomberg
Muni Investors vs. CA Public Workers - Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets
More Questions Raised About Fareed Zakaria - Paul Farhi, Washington Post
National Tracking Polls: Gallup: Romney +2 | Rasmussen: Romney +4
Thursday, August 16
In Iowa, Obama Hits Back on Medicare - Helene Cooper, New York TimesThe GOP's Medicare Advantage - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Obama Campaign Ecstatic About Ryan Pick - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
The Screwed Generation Is Turning to Ryan - Kirsten Powers, Daily Beast
Obama in Iowa: Enthusiasm - and Signs of Trouble - Tom Bevan, RCP
Obama-Biden: Hope and Chains - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
Dems Learned Lesson That Ruthlessness Wins - Dana Milbank, Wash Post
Obama's Slick Racial Politics - Artur Davis, National Review
Voodoo Economics Still Isn't a Plan - Joe Conason, Truthdig
Obama Missed His Moment on Entitlements - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
How Obama Created the Fight With Ryan - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
General Motors Is Headed for Bankruptcy--Again - Louis Woodhill, Forbes
Good Obama, Bad Obama - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Holder's Uphill Battle: Public Supports Voter ID - Byron York, Examiner
Ruling Shows Game Rigged Against Minorities - A. John-Hall, Philly Inq
Israel Not Bluffing About Attacking Iran - David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
There Is No California - Victor Davis Hanson, Investor's Business Daily
Latest State Polls: Wisconsin | Pennsylvania | Florida | Michigan | Map
Friday, August 17
Romney Shapes GOP Future - Charles Krauthammer, Washington PostGOP's Triumph of Ideology Over Reality - Jonathan Schell, The Nation
The Obama Bankruptcy - Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard
Romney Targets Anti-ObamaCare Dems in Ohio - David Drucker, Roll Call
Why I'm Not Buying the Romney Rally - Nate Silver, New York Times
ObamaCare vs. Medicare: The Bottom Line - Grace-Marie Turner, NRO
The Real Medicare Question - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
It's the Circumstances, Stupid - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
More Presidential Diversity Than You Think - Carl M. Cannon, RCP
Artur Davis: Apostasy Is a Tricky Business - Ed Kilgore, Washington Mthly
Obama's Betrayal - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
For Europe, a Lost Decade Looms - Jack Ewing, New York Times
Muslim Brotherhood Clamps Down on Dissent - Walter Russell Mead, TAI
Afghan Strategy Causing Troops to Get Killed - Steve Huntley, Chicago ST
Voter ID: Less Than Meets the Eye - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
How Drudge Report's Lewinsky Scoop Changed Journalism - CNN
"Shut Up," the Academy Argues - Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Post
Saturday, August 18
The Bizarro Medicare Debate - Jonathan Cohn, The New RepublicObamaCare at Center Stage - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Standard
Van Hollen: Romney-Ryan Plan Raises Medicare Costs - Ezra Klein, WP
After First Week on Trail, Ryan Looks Ahead - Trip Gabriel, NY Times
Recovery Summer 3: Unemployment Up in 44 States - John Merline, IBD
The Firm I Built, With Government Help - James Roumell, Washington Post
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac: The Walking Dead - Deborah Solomon, Bloomberg
The Washington, D.C. Bubble - Robert Tracinski, RealClearMarkets
How Three Young Punks Made Putin Blink - Julia Ioffe, The New Republic
When Putin's Thugs Came for Me - Garry Kasparov, Wall Street Journal
Mideast Order Is Rapidly Eroding - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Egypt's Military and the Arab Spring - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Political Page Turners - Gail Collins, New York Times
Ryan Plan Coming Back to Haunt Obama - Mark McKinnon, Daily Beast
Paul Antoinette Ryan - Roger Bybee, The Progressive
Time for "Democrats for Romney" - Jerry Della Femina, New York Post
Voter ID Laws Boost Democracy - Stephan & Abigail Thernstrom, Boston Hld
Sunday, August 19
Why Paul Ryan Matters - William Kristol, Weekly StandardBeware Ryan's Beautiful Calm - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
In Veep Battle, Ryan Wins By a Knockout - Rex Murphy, National Post
A Supporter of Ryan's Medicare Plan Recants - John Cassidy, New Yorker
Mediscare Campaign Will Backfire on Dems - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
What Does Obama Really Believe In? - Paul Tough, NY Times Magazine
After 4 Years, Obama Remains a Mystery - David Shribman, Pittsburgh PG
Obama's (Perceived) Transformation - Ta-Nehisi Coates, New York Times
See No Evil: Liberal Media Bias Strikes Again - Phil Mushnick, NY Post
Romney Eyes Nevada, But Obama Has Edge - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Obama & Romney Battle Over Virginia - Michael Warren, Weekly Standard
Ryan & Romney Revive 'Free Enterprise' - Lawrence Glickman, Bloomberg
Why Obama-Biden Should Win in a Landslide - Gary Hart, Huffington Post
Who Lost Egypt? - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Germany May Destroy the Euro - Christopher Booker, Daily Telegraph
Why Enviro Doom Hasn't Materialized - George Will, Washington Post
Meet the Robots Taking Our Jobs - John Markoff, New York Times