Week of September 17, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, September 17
The Magnitude of the Mess We're In - Shultz, et al., Wall Street JournalGOP Hating on Ben Bernanke - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama Fiddles as Mideast Burns - Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
The Obama Doctrine: Act Cautiously & Not Alone - Paul Richter, LA Times
Media Working Overtime to Protect Obama - Joe Curl, Washington Times
Why Romney and Ryan Are Going Down - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
How the Media Misrepresents the Race - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
How Romney Stumbled - Mike Allen & Jim Vandehei, Politico
Woodward Book Dissects a Failed Presidency - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
The Grand Old Straight White Men's Party - Bill Keller, New York Times
Bottom Line: US Worse Off Under Obama - Jennifer Braceras, Boston Herald
Will Ad Fatigue Mute GOP's Late Barrage? - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Ben's Latest Move Has a Desperate Air - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
The Puppetry of Quotation Approval - David Carr, New York Times
Appeasing Thugs By Trampling Our Rights - Andrea Peyser, New York Post
How Child Molesters Get Away With It - Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker
Chicago Teachers Union Is Out of Control - Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times
2012 Polls: Gallup & SUSA: Obama +3 | RasRpts: Romney +2 | KY,VA,MA
Tuesday, September 18
Radical Islam: Burning With False Rage - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, NewsweekA Movie Is Not to Blame for Attacks on U.S. - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail
What Romney Really Thinks of Obama Voters - David Corn, Mother Jones
4th Estate, Still Thrilling to the Spirit of '08 - Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ
Obama Camp Pounces on Romney Video - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Mitt Trashes 47% That Don't Pay Income Taxes - Jonathan Capehart, WP
Romney Should Embrace Debate on Taxes & the 47% - John Nolte, Big Gov
Not Too Early to Declare Romney Candidacy Dead - Timothy Noah, TNR
Meet the Real -- Conservative -- Mitt Romney - McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed
The Great Tax Divide Between Dems & Republicans - Thomas Sowell, IBD
Romney Oversees Campaign in Disarray - Steve Benen, MSNBC
The Truth About America's Superior Medical System - Scott Atlas, Forbes
Standing Up For Teachers - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Sandra Fluke & the Democrats' Fake Freedoms - Jacob Sullum, Reason
Pelosi: 'Everybody Knows' Romney Is Going to Lose - Jen Bendery, Huff Post
Taft's 1912 Loss Proved to Be High Court's Gain - Claude Marx, RCP
How MacArthur Shaped Post-War Japan - Stan Weintraub, Military History
State Polls: CO: Romney +2 | VA: Obama +8 | FL: Romney +1 | MI,PA,OR
Wednesday, September 19
Romney Tells Truth, Sets Up Clash Over Govt - Michael Goodwin, NY PostThe 53 Percenters Are Moochers, Too - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
We Have a Dependency Society - Rick Santelli, CNBC
Let Them Eat Crab Cake - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Obama Remains a Slight Favorite - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
World Turns Against the Man of the World - Noemie Emery, DC Examiner
Arab World Needs to Look in the Mirror - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
It's the First Amendment for a Reason - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Egypt Is Looking More Like Post-1979 Iran - Michael Totten, World Affairs
Can the Romney Campaign Overcome Mitt? - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Romney Goes Back to Bold Approach - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
What's Wrong With Romney the Candidate - Gloria Borger, CNN
The Meltdown of the Mainstream Media - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
The Voter Fraud Con - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Michelle Obama Tries to Reignite Dem Passion - Erin McPike, RCP
Ryan Would Shrink Medicare's Doctor Pool - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
Emerging ObamaCare Truth Is Disarray - Scott Gottlieb, RealClearMarkets
Nat'l Polls: Pew, NBC/WSJ: Obama +8,+5 | Gallup, AP, RasRpts: 1-Pt Race
Thursday, September 20
We Need to Recover From the Obama Recovery - Mort Zuckerman, US NewsDoes Romney Dislike America? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Redistributing Wealth, Redistributing Poverty - Thomas Sowell, IBD
Romney's Snake-Bit Season - Gail Collins, New York Times
Why Romney Might Beat Obama - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Harsh Politics in the New Middle East - William McCants, Foreign Affairs
Hillary Clinton Faces Capitol Hill Grilling - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Obama Has No Clue on Middle East Madness - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Can Romney Quell Campaign Infighting? - Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair
The 47% Comment & the Echo Chamber - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Shocking! Candidate Tells Some Home Truths - Melanie Phillips, Daily Mail
Dems Hold Momentum in Senate Battle - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Could Romney Survive a Loss in Ohio or Virginia? - Scott Conroy, RCP
Will QE3 Work? It's Already Failed - Louis Woodhill, Forbes
D.C. Area Counties Top Richest List - Morello & Mellnik, Washington Post
Is Obama a "Redistributionist"? Sort of - Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Treasury Must Sell Every Last GM Share - Ed Whitacre, Wall Street Journal
National Polls: Gallup: Tied, RasRpts: Obama +2 | RCP Avg: Obama +3.1
Friday, September 21
Mitt Romney's Imaginary Campaign - Joe Klein, TimeMedia Covering For Obama's Failures - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
Obama: Lessons Learned Will Guide 2nd Term - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Is the White House Lying About Libya? - Larry Kudlow, CNBC
The Debates Won't Save Romney - Paul Waldman, The American Prospect
Collapse of the Cairo Doctrine - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Why the Suburbs Will Decide the Election - Joel Kotkin, The Daily Beast
State of the Race (Pt 3): Winning by Losing - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
The GOP's Disdain for Workers - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Why Voters Are Angry at Corrupt Bailout Culture - Nicole Gelinas, NRO
The Case For Optimism - Bill Clinton, Time
Round One to Scott Brown - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
"Snark" Costs Nice-Guy Brown in 1st Debate - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Name 1 Thing That's Improved Under Obama - Quin Hillyer, Am Spectator
Obama Right About Change, Wrong About DC Game - Ari Melber, Nation
U.S. Needs a Grandiosity Rebound - David Brooks, New York Times
Procrastination Politics in an Election Year - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
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Saturday, September 22
Rising Uncertainty Over Fed's Effectiveness - Gillian Tett, Financial TimesWe Are Sailing Deeper Into Uncharted Waters - Richard Fisher, Dallas Fed
Why Obama Is Winning - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Obama's Bogus Libya Story Unravelling - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
US Must Remain Engaged w/Emerging Democracies - Sen. Mark Udall, RCP
Obama's Quagmire: The Middle East - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Amid Furor, Gallup Shows Race Closing to Tie - Toby Harnden, Daily Mail
Can Romney Get a Majority? - Andrew Hacker, New York Review of Books
Obama's Dishonest, Divisive Campaign - Mort Zuckerman, US News & WR
Election Will Decide If Health Law Repealed - Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico
Just Say What You Stand For, Romney - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Taking On Obama's Dependency Agenda - S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News
Radical Islam Can Learn From Larry Flynt - Stephen Carter, Bloomberg
Questions for the President on Egypt & Libya - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
In Libya, a Struggle for Nation's Soul - Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post
A 21st-Century Islam - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Mitt Romney's Vast Charitable Giving - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Latest Election 2012 Polls: National | State | Senate | House | Governor
Sunday, September 23
Mitt Romney's Moveable Feast of Missteps - Maureen Dowd, NY TimesRomney in Better Shape Than Media Believes - Rick Wilson, NY Daily News
Obama Foreign Policy Bright Spot Now Dimmer - Matt Spetalnick, Reuters
Bowing to the Mob - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
Morsi Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties - Kirkpatrick & Erlanger, NYT
The GOP, Not Mitt, Is the Problem - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Romney's Valid Point About Taxes and Gov't - Janet Daley, The Telegraph
Nation's Choices Needn't Be Painful - Robert Frank, New York Times
The Economy-Crushing Collapse of Startup Companies - Tim Kane, Forbes
Romney's Mounting Challenges - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Why Wisconsin Is in Play - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The GOP Has a Woman Problem - Nancy Cohen, The Guardian
Will Utah Send Its Love to Washington? - George Will, Washington Post
Romney's Class Warfare - Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
Americans Are Sick of Dishonest News Media - Mary Kate Cary, US News
Our Pessimism Is Nothing New - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Confirmed: Companies Are Overpaying CEOs - Gretchen Morgenson, NYT
State Polls: Florida (Herald/TBT): Obama +1 | Ohio (UofC): Obama +5