Week of December 31, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, December 31
Obama's Tax Hikes Won't Be Nearly Big Enough - John Judis, New Republic"We Darn Well Better Cut Spending" - Pete DuPont, Wall Street Journal
Let's Give Up on the Constitution - Louis Michael Seidman, New York Times
Why Government Is Often Self-Defeating - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Deal or Not, Budget Debacle Will Linger Into 2013 - Rick Klein, ABC News
Globalization in Retreat - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
2013 Likely Another Ho-Hum Year for Economy - Kevin Hall, McClatchy
America Slouching Towards Europe - Samuel Gregg, New York Post
Media CEOs Try to Engineer Turnaround in 2013 - David Carr, NY Times
Misplaced Fear & Loathing Over Income Inequality - Nick Gillespie, Reason
Lessons for Both Parties From the 2012 Elections - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Five Worst Things Obama Did in 2012 - Tim Stanley, The Telegraph
Billionaires Should Buy, Liquidate Gunmaker - William Cohan, Bloomberg
Syria's Descent into Hell - McCain, Lieberman & Graham, Washington Post
West Must 'Change Approach to Failing States' - Gerhard Spörl, Der Spiegel
Al-Qaida Carves Out Its Own Country in Mali - Rukmini Callimachi, AP
In Search of Our Better Angels - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tuesday, January 1
Senate OKs Deal Raising Taxes on Affluent - Jonathan Weisman, NY TimesTax Increase Is Biggest In Decades - Zachary Goldfarb, Washington Post
Obama Gets Higher Taxes on Rich, But at What Cost? - David Lauter, LAT
What's Happening in Washington Is a Joke - John Crudele, New York Post
One Positive of Deal: No Spending Cuts at All - Paul Krugman, NY Times
Big Battles Pushed to the Springtime - Nancy Cook, National Journal
Obama's Incredible Arrogance - Charles Krauthammer, FOX News
Republicans Adrift - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
New Year Means Tax Hikes to Pay for Health Law - Tony Pugh, McClatchy
Employers Must Offer Family Care, Affordable or Not - Robert Pear, NYT
Pols Lied About True Purpose of Euro Behemoth - Christopher Booker, DM
Ending India's Rape Culture - Naomi Wolf, Globe & Mail
The Depardieu Revolution - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Rupert Murdoch's Make-or-Break Venture - Michael Wolff, The Guardian
Long Walk, Short Piers - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Why 2013 Is Going to Be Awful - Alex Pareene, Salon
Happy New Year? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Wednesday, January 2
Obama Riding High, Wins Cliff Showdown - Howard Kurtz, The Daily BeastNothing Is Certain Except More Debt and Taxes - David Malpass, WSJ
A Reasonable Compromise, But New Fights Await - Ryan Lizza, New Yorker
Failure of Presidential Leadership - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Obama Wins Big, Gets His Tax Hikes - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Businesses Begin Bracing for ObamaCare - Anthony Mason, CBS News
Hillary Angst - Tina Brown, The Daily Beast
Benghazi and the Return of the Credibility Gap - Mona Charen, NRO
5 Disturbing Trends to Watch in 2013 - Paul Brandus, The Week
A New Agenda - Erick Erickson, RedState
The Man Who Said "Nay" - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Biden May Be Most Influential VP Ever - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
For Obama, the Economy Never Comes First - Byron York, DC Examiner
Obama Took Republicans to the Cleaners - Ed Schultz, MSNBC
Congress Doesn't Mend Its Old Ways - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
Americans Weary, Wary Heading Into 2013 - Susan Page, USA Today
An F for Effort on Holding Down Tuition - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Thursday, January 3
Our Decadent Democracy - George Will, Washington PostNew Taxes, No Cuts. Obama Won the "Cliff" Showdown - John Judis, TNR
The President Who Wants It All - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Obama Relying on Campaign-Style Approach - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Ryan and Rubio Blaze Different Trails - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
What Next, Mr. President? - David Harsanyi, Human Events
The Real Test for Obama - Steve Kornacki, Salon
How Corporate Tax Credits Got Into the Cliff Deal - Tim Carney, Examiner
House Republican Clown Car Crashes, Again - Joe Conason, Truthdig
Washington Trades Away America's Future - Carlson & Patel, Daily Caller
Good Riddance to Rottenest Congress in History - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Boehner Likely to Remain Speaker - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
Lieberman Made History, But Retires Alone - David Lightman, McClatchy
A Guide to the Senate's Freshman Class - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Can GOP Rediscover Successful Foreign Policy Tradition? - M. Fisher, WP
Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong - Ronald Bailey, Reason
The Future According to Larry Page - Miguel Helft, Fortune
Friday, January 4
Battles of the Budget - Paul Krugman, New York TimesA Uniquely Polarizing President - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Our Clown-Around Congress - Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
Return of the Real Obama - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
John Boehner Hangs On to His Job - Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast
Mindless Slaps at the Speaker - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Why the Next President Will Probably Be Black Too - Ben Smith, BuzzFeed
Tim Scott, "Tokenism" and "Diversity" - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Republicans Need to End the Brinkmanship - Sen. Barbara Boxer, Huff Post
GOP Bets on Stronger Hand in Spending Fight - Byron York, DC Examiner
Lessons From the Fiscal Cliff - Robert Shrum, The Daily Beast
The Many Victims of Obama's Economy - Frank Donatelli, Politico
Republican Party Is the Problem - Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect
Israelis Await New Gov't Amid Old Security Perils - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
What if Hugo Chavez Dies? - Tim Padgett, Time
Al Gore Went to Bat for Al Jazeera, and Himself - Brian Stelter, NY Times
Hollywood Starlets Are Hypocrites for Gun Control - Chris Selley, Natl Post
Saturday, January 5
On To the Next Crisis - Rich Lowry, New York PostObama Digs In As Debt Ceiling Fight Looms - Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times
Without Course Correction, America Is Doomed - Mark Steyn, Natl Review
Obama Can Win Debt Ceiling Fight - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Will the Press Ever Be Tough on Obama? - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Secrets & Lies of the Wall Street Bailout - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
The Positive Side of America's New Malaise - Conrad Black, National Post
Tax Code May Be Most Progressive Since 1979 - Annie Lowery, NY Times
Why the Unemployment Rate Remains So High - Peter Morici, FOX News
Obama Plans to Overwhelm NRA With Rapid Victory - Benjy Sarlin, TPM
Meet the Bosses of the Teachers Union - Jason Hart, Red State
Liberals Nip Obama As He Battles GOP - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
A Populism Worthy of the Name - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Why Current GOP Chaos Helps Them in 2016 - Peter Beinart, Daily Beast
Dear GOP: Learn Spanish - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Lance Armstrong Contemplates Coming Clean - Juliet Macur, NY Times
Lou Holtz Explains Why Notre Dame Is Back on Top - Stephen Moore, WSJ
Sunday, January 6
The Surreal World: Capitol Hill - Maureen Dowd, New York TimesAn Exercise in Fiscal Evasion - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Debt Limit Can Save Us From Ourselves - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
The Debt Ceiling Is the GOP's Problem - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
An Unhealthy Dose of ObamaCare Taxes - J.D. Tuccille, Reason
The Worst Job in Congress - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
WH Weighs Broad Gun-Control Agenda - Philip Rucker, Washington Post
Obama's Hollywood Cronyism - Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
It's Time for Climate Leadership - Robert Redford, Huffington Post
The Hypocrisy of Al Gore - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
President Obama's Great Society - Joan Walsh, Salon
California's Politics of Farce - Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register
Surprise, Surprise: The Banks Win - Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times
Getting Dirty Getting bin Laden - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
If Chavez Succumbs, Dangerous Limbo for Venezuela - Mac Margolis, DB
Looking for a Jump-Start in China - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Luck of the Irish - George Will, Washington Post