Week of November 19, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, November 19
Obama and the End of American Decline - E.J. Dionne, Washington PostCan the Right Prevent U.S. from Becoming CA? - Conn Carroll, Examiner
Lessons From the 1950s - Paul Krugman, New York Times
In 4 Fearsome Ways, 2013 Looks A Lot Like 1937 - Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg
Obama's Benghazi Story Not Adding Up - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Bombing Hamas Won't Stop Gaza Violence - Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
This Israel-Hamas Conflict Is Different From '09 - Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz
Why ObamaCare Is Still No Sure Thing - Capretta & Levin, Wall St. Journal
Have Conservatives Lost the Country? - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
The GOP's "Modern Family" Problem - Reed Galen, RealClearPolitics
A Latino Opportunity for the GOP - Leslie Sanchez, Wall Street Journal
Why Republicans Want Mitt Romney To Go Away - Ben Smith, BuzzFeed
Obama's Problem: Unsustainable Spending - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
We Should Stop Obsessing Over the Deficit - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
West Falling Into Economic No Growth Black Hole - Janet Daley, Telegraph
Who Killed the Twinkie? - James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
Learning to Celebrate Boys' "Boyness" - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail
Sunday Panels: This Week | Face the Nation | MTP | FOX News Sunday
Tuesday, November 20
Obama Won, But ObamaCare Didn't - Carrie Lukas, PoliticoHealth Law Is a Gift to America - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
ObamaCare and the Road to Disaster - Gov. Rick Perry, USA Today
Petraeus and the Benghazi Evasions - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
No, It's Not Worse Than Watergate - Paul Waldman, American Prospect
Rice Has Nothing to Do With Libya Attacks - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
Media Caught in Snarl of Tangled Benghazi Yarns - Larry Bell, Forbes
The Callousness of Hamas - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Beyond Iron Dome - Arthur Herman, New York Post
We Can't Balance Budget on Poor, Elderly - Sen. Bernie Sanders, Politico
Even the Cows Are Fleeing California - Bill Frezza, RealClearMarkets
What's the Least Defensible Deduction? - Charles Lane, Washington Post
The Conservative Future - David Brooks, New York Times
A Solution to Secession Fever--Federalism - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
All Eyes on Marco Rubio - Michael Hainey, GQ Magazine
Romney's Diversity Handicap - Gene Demby, The Root
A Prayer of Petition This Thanksgiving - Timothy Dolan, New York Post
Wednesday, November 21
Gaza's Grim Prophecy - James Kitfield, National JournalHamas Leaves Israel No Choice - Danny Ayalon, The Guardian
We're Facing a Bankruptcy Cliff - John Stossel, FOX Business
President Obama's Moment - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Media's Benghazi Scandal - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Susan Rice's Cowardly Critics - Joan Walsh, Salon
Press Gaggle Agog Over Obama - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
HHS Affirms Key Mandates of Health Care Law - Noam Levey, LA Times
Hobby Lobby Struggles Against ObamaCare - Ben Domenech, The Transom
How Obama Can Jam Through His Agenda - Timothy Noah, New Republic
Clinton Prosperity Means Clinton-Sized Govt - Steve Forbes, Forbes
Florida GOP Likely to Play by Rules in 2016 - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Branstad: Straw Poll Outlived Its Usefulness - Jennifer Jacobs, DM Register
Ready or Not, 2016 Race Underway - Jim VandeHei & Mike Allen, Politico
A Freedom the Candidates Ignored - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
What's Next for the Welfare State? - Mike Konczal, The American Prospect
President Obama Needs a Family Plan - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Video Highlights: O'Reilly | Feinstein | Levin | Clyburn | Paul | More
Thursday, November 22
Thanksgiving, 1789 - Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street JournalThe New Greatest Generation - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Israel and Hamas Maintain Cease-Fire - Kirkpatrick & Rudoren, NY Times
Truce Doesn't Solve Fundamental Problem - Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News
Obama's Anti-Growth Agenda - Larry Kudlow, National Review
A Failed Experiment in Low Tax Rates for Wealthy - Nicholas Kristof, NYT
Why Are 47 Million People on Food Stamps? - Nick Gillespie, Reason
Reality Has Changed, But Republicans Won't - Joe Conason, Truthdig
Obama Policies Copy Moribund California - John Merline, IBD
The Humbling Tragedy of Jesse Jackson Jr. - James Warren, Daily Beast
Branstad Opens Gates for Iowa Straw Poll Criticism - Scott Conroy, RCP
John Kerry Is the Right Choice for State - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
The Ill Wind Blowing Past Benghazi - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
GOP's Sexist Hazing of Susan Rice - Lizz Winstead, The Guardian
The Truth About the Financial Crisis - Noemie Emery, DC Examiner
For These Things, We Give Thanks - George Will, Washington Post
Lincoln's Defiant Thanksgiving - Leonard Pitts, Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, November 23
Dems Should Give Thanks for Mitt Romney - Alec MacGillis, New RepublicWaiting for the GOP's Populist Turn - Victor Davis Hanson, Defining Ideas
Conservatives Have Good Reason to Give Thanks - Tim Carney, Examiner
What the "Takers" Really Want - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
A Cure for Blue State Fiscal Blues - Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets
Rubio's Faith vs. the Scientific Evidence - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama's 2nd-Term History Lessons - Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
The Problem With Susan Rice - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
To Israel and Palestine: Enough Is Enough - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Why Was There War in Gaza? - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
ObamaCare Hits Restaurants Hard - Bethany Mandel, Commentary
The Illusions of Conservative Economics - Robert Solow, The New Republic
Why Has Economic Recovery in U.S. Sputtered? - Zachary Goldfarb, WP
Phrase That Lost Romney the Election - Higgins & Cortes, RealClearPolitics
Is Rand Paul the Future of the Republican Party? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
A Gay Son and His Dad Give Thanks - Paul Begala, CNN
A Return to Trench Warfare Politics - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Saturday, November 24
Can Obama Dodge the Second-Term Trap? - George Condon, National JrnlKnowns and Economic Unknowns - Irwin Stelzer, The Weekly Standard
How Democrats Can Keep Winning - Rahm Emanuel, Washington Post
Unions vs. Democratic Mayors - Tim Cavanaugh, Reason
Prosperity, Not Austerity - David Moberg, In These Times
Federal Debt Is Fraying the Political Fabric - Arnold Kling, The American
Fix Entitlements, Voters Say - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Lincoln, Liberty and Two Americas - Charles Blow, New York Times
Four More Years of Europeanization - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street Journal
Why GOP's Latino Outreach Plan Won't Work - Irin Carmon, Salon
Hispanics Favor Dems But Didn't Decide Election - Byron York, Examiner
Clashes Erupt After Morsi Seizes New Power - Fahim & Kirkpatrick, NYT
Another Step Toward an Islamist Egypt - Barry Rubin, PJ Media
The Odd Case Against Susan Rice - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
A Promotion for Misleading the Nation? - Rich Lowry, National Review
The Agent Who Leaped Onto JFK's Car - Paul Brandus, The Week
Family, Friends, Health and Freedom - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 25
None Dare Call It Default - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street JournalMore Chips for Tax Reform - Steven Rattner, New York Times
What About Clinton-Era Spending Rates? - Michael Medved, Daily Beast
ObamaCare Is on the Table - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
Susan Rice Has Already Won - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Jill Kelley for Secretary of State - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
A Test for Egypt's New Government - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Syrian Linchpin - Condoleezza Rice, Washington Post
Kill the Dept. of Homeland Security - Bragg & Gillespie, Reason.tv
The Treasury May Get a Woman's Touch - Dan Froomkin, Huffington Post
Republicans, Turn Against the Plutocrats - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Digesting the Lessons of Twinkies - George Will, Washington Post
What Obama Can Learn From RGIII - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Note to Bill Kristol: Problem Is Spending, Not Taxes - Steve Gunn, NY Post
The Collapse of Black Wealth - Monica Potts, American Prospect
Petraeus, the Comeback General? - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Finally, an Honest Abe - Harold Holzer, New York Post