Week of October 15, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, October 15
Pressure on Obama to Put Bid Back on Track - John Whitesides, ReutersTown-Hall Format Could Pose Challenge for Romney - Scott Conroy, RCP
GOP Hopes Soar as Romney Rolls in Ohio - Byron York, DC Examiner
The Real Radical Is Romney, Not Ryan - Steven Rattner, New York Times
Election's Simple Test: Who Can Ignite Growth? - Charles Schwab, Forbes
The World Is Stuck in a Vicious Cycle - Lawrence Summers, Financial Times
The Lies Pile Up on Benghazi - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Romney Is Exploiting the Terror Attack in Libya - David Axelrod, FNS
White House Chucks State & Intel Under the Bus - Michael Walsh, NY Post
What Will the Clintons Get for Saving Obama? - John Heilemann, NY Mag
Obama Runs a Campaign Fit for the 1980s - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Mitt Romney the Shape-Shifter - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
What Biden Doesn't Want You to Know - Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
The Myth of George Romney - John Bohrer, BuzzFeed
Maggie Deserves Nobel More Than Bureaucrats - Boris Johnson, Telegraph
Sky Diving, at Mach 1.24 - John Tierney, New York Times
Thank You, Washington Nationals - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Election '12: RCP Average: Romney +0.1 | Race 4 Years Ago, 8 Years Ago
Tuesday, October 16
Electoral Terrain Has Shifted Heading Into 2nd Debate - Erin McPike, RCPExposing the Two Faces of "Moderate Mitt" - Thomas Schaller, Salon
How Obama Squandered His Presidency - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Obama's Task Tuesday Night - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Budget Crisis May Define Obama or Romney Term - Jackie Calmes, NYT
We Can't Afford Obama - H. Ross Perot, Des Moines Register
The Truth About Medicare - Rep. Nancy Pelosi, CNN
Romney Aiming for Reagan-Like Foreign Policy - Paul Richter, LA Times
It's Scary How Much NYT Is in the Tank for Obama - Pat Caddell, FOX News
Right Wing's Benghazi Madness - Joan Walsh, Salon
Why Romney Has the Advantage Tonight - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
Obama's Chance to Stand for Main Street - Harold Meyerson, Wash Post
The Curtain Has Been Pulled Back on Obama - William McGurn, WSJ
Getting Back the 47 Percent - Page Gardner & Stanley Greenberg, Politico
When Did Obama Lose "the Vision Thing"? - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Unions Dominate California Ballot Propositions - Brian Calle, OC Register
Nigel Farage, Europe's Fiercest Critic - Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker
States: NH,PA,CO,IA,NJ,IN,WA | Senate: MT,PA,NJ | Govs: WA,NH,NC
Wednesday, October 17
Candidates Tangle in Fractious Debate - Hook & O'Connor, Wall St. JournalPresident Obama Turns It Around - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Obama's Record Wins It for Mitt - Again - David Harsanyi, Human Events
Game, Set, Obama - Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
Not the Game Changer Obama Needed - Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Benghazi Attack Becomes Debate Flash Point - Mark Landler, NY Times
Yes, Obama Played Politics With Libya - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Obama's Best Debate - Ever - Steve Kornacki, Salon
Improved Obama Won't Halt Mitt's Momentum - Toby Harnden, Dly Mail
Why the 2012 Race May Come Down to Coal - David Roberts, Foreign Policy
Can Romney Expand the Map? - Dick Morris, The Hill
Hillary: The Missed Opportunity - Bill Keller, New York Times
Behind Pandit's Suprise Ouster at Citi - Roose & Coscarelli, New York Mag
Your Economic Health? It's All Relative - Eduardo Porter, New York Times
Al-Qaeda Again on the Rise - Peter Brookes, Boston Herald
Sanctions Won't Stop Iran - George Jonas, National Post
Lance Armstrong's World Unravels in Wake of Scandal - Jim Vertuno, AP
Election '12: National Polls | Battleground RCP Avgs | Create Your Map
Thursday, October 18
Obama's Challenge: Not-So-Optimistic Voters - Joan Vennochi, BostonGlobeComeback Kid: Obama Delivers in Debate - Bob Shrum, The Daily Beast
Why Romney Is Winning the Argument - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
A Fierce Ground War for Votes in Nevada - Fredreka Schouten, USA Today
Romney's October Surge Heightens Wisconsin Drama - Craig Gilbert, MJS
Obama's Hope Fades in Virginia - Robert Stacy McCain, American Spectator
Chicago Circling Wagons Around Ohio, Iowa, NH & NV - Major Garrett, NJ
Romney Quest Haunted by George W. Bush - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
President Looks to Regain Edge With Women - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
U.S. Borrowing & Spending Is at a Crisis Point - Satyajit Das, MarketWatch
The Sketchy Math of the Last Four Years - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
Scott's Story, Obama's Health Law & the Election - Nicholas Kristof, NYT
The Fed's Mission Creep - George Will, Washington Post
American People Deserve the Facts - Bill Galston & Mark McKinnon, RCP
Obama Coalition Is Alive--But for How Long? - Ruy Teixeira, New Republic
Romney Politicizing Libya: Just Shameful - Richard Clarke, NY Daily News
A Bright and Shining Libyan Lie - Victor Davis Hanson, Investor's Biz Daily
Latest Election 2012 Polls: National | State | Senate | House | Governor
Friday, October 19
Race Enters Final Phase, Driven By Electoral Math - Alex Altman, TimeSmall New Hampshire Could Have Big Impact - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Northern Virginia Pivotal for Romney, Obama - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
President Obama Spinning Toward a Loss - A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Obama Has Big Lead in Ground Game - Avlon & Keller, The Daily Beast
Obama Electoral Path Narrows Dramatically - Michael Barone, Examiner
Aides Say Romney at Peace as Vote Nears - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Mitt Romney's Snow Job on Jobs - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama's Crass Presidential Style - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
After 2 Debates, It's All Tied Up - Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker
Obama's Libya Answer Will Cost Him - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
Why Foreign Policy Counts - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Can a Black Person Say No to Obama? - Greg Clay, Miami Herald
Saying Blacks Support Obama Because He's Black Is Racist - Toure, Time
MSNBC's War on Women - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Newsweek Mag Goes in Bonfire of Tina's Vanities - Michael Wolff, Guardian
Did JFK Lose the Popular Vote in 1960? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
State Polls: Ohio | Virginia | Iowa | Florida | New Hampshire | Oregon
Saturday, October 20
Obama Lacks Faith in Free Enterprise - David Harsanyi, ReasonDo Good CEO's Make Good Presidents? - Adam Davidson, NYT Magazine
Romnesia: Obama Coins Romney "Condition" - Sam Stein, Huffington Post
Obama in a Bind as Romney Strengthens - Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald
Don't Gallup to Conclusions - Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly
Mitt Romney Can Win Pennsylvania - Jim Lee, Susquehanna
Presidential Predictors Puzzled By Tossup States - Matt Viser, Boston Globe
Dodd-Frank a "Big Kiss" to Big Banks - Gray & White, Weekly Standard
A Year After Gaddafi, Can Libya Tame Militias? - Isobel Coleman, CNN
Romney's Libya Problem - Juan Williams, FOX News
The Benghazi Timelines We Need Answers About - James Rosen, WSJ
Obama Lied. The Press Complied - Bill Flax, Forbes
Tea Party Movement Helping Dems - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Obama's Welfare Explosion - Larry Kudlow, Investor's Business Daily
Romney Winning White Voters by 1984 Margins - Aaron Blake, Wash Post
Why I am Voting for Obama - Ken Burns, New Hampshire Union Leader
Mitt Romney and the Rise of Practicalism - Reed Galen, RealClearPolitics
2012 Polls: Florida | Ohio | New Jersey | Virginia | Iowa | New Hampshire
Sunday, October 21
Obama, Romney Hit the Final Stretch - Karen Tumulty, Washington PostWhat Obama's Second Term Agenda Looks Like - E.J. Dionne, Wash Post
Eight States Hold Key to White House - Adam Smith, Tampa Bay Times
Presidential Contest Tied - Mark Murray, NBC News
This Is What a Losing Incumbent Looks Like - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Obama's Electoral-College Firewall Is Holding - John Cassidy, New Yorker
Why Obama Is in Trouble in Ohio - Josh Jordan, National Review
Should Obama Concede Florida? - Nate Silver, New York Times
Promised Into the Poorhouse - George Will, Washington Post
The Fiscal Stimulus, Flawed But Valuable - Christina Romer, NY Times
No Clarity on Debacle in Benghazi - Sherman Frederick, LV Review-Journal
Romney's Foreign Policy Is Unfocused - Albright & Berger, USA Today
Obama's Likeability Fading - Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
Belittling the Black President - Monroe Anderson, The Root
Racism Has Nothing to Do With Obama's Problems - S.E. Cupp, NYDN
President Obama's Best-Kept Secrets - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Why America Is Breaking for Romney - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
McGovern: Conscience of the Democratic Party - Eleanor Clift, Daily Beast
Election '12: RCP Average: Obama +0.2 | Race 4 Years Ago, 8 Years Ago