Week of January 21, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 21
Barack Obama's Quest for Greatness - Robert Samuelson, Washington PostPresident Obama's Big Deal First Term - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Four More Years Will Cost Us Dearly - Holly Robichaud, Boston Herald
Obama to Stress Founding Values - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Bob Rubin's 20 Year Reign in Washington - William Cohan, Bloomberg
Against Swedenization - William Voegeli, National Review
Will Our Leaders Face the Revolution? - Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair
GOP Puts Spotlight on Feckless Senate Dems - Michael Barone, Examiner
Obama Can & Must Claim Mandate to Govern - John Nichols, The Nation
Obama Inaugural Rewind: Rhetoric vs. Reality - Meredith Bragg, Reason
The Algeria Powder Keg - Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
For Obama, al-Qaeda Is the World's Problem Now - Janet Daley, Telegraph
The Liberation of Barack Obama - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
The "Besmallification" of the Presidency - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Piers Morgan's Desperate Attacks - Michael Moynihan, The Daily Beast
Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy - Tavis Smiley, CBS News
Are MLK's Christian Values Welcome Today? - Star Parker, Townhall
Tuesday, January 22
A Liberal Emboldened by Political Victory - David Remnick, New YorkerPresident Obama's Inaugural Intentions - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Preaching to the Choir - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
The Inaugural: Symbols Over Substance - Megan McArdle, The Daily Beast
President Obama the Organizer - David Corn, Mother Jones
Obama Is the Antithesis of Lincoln - Peter Wehner, Commentary
The Amazing Grace of It All - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Jack Lew: Bad News for the U.S. Economy - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
The Collective Turn - David Brooks, New York Times
Sleight of Hand at the Heart of Obama's 2nd Inaugural - John Judis, TNR
Mark Levin's Inaugural Day Message: Fight! - Ben Shapiro, Big Government
America's Deficits: More Than Fiscal - Lawrence Summers, Washington Post
Liberalism 5.0: The Future State - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
Rubio Finds Support on Right for Immigration Plan - Scott Conroy, RCP
Do Gun Control Laws Control Guns? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Biz Daily
The Message & Meaning: Is "Pro-Choice" Passe? - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
The Zombie Girls of Brooklyn - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Wednesday, January 23
The Obama Majority - Harold Meyerson, Washington PostObama's Warmed-Over Collectivism - Matt Welch, Reason
Can Obama's 2nd Term Unleash Power of His 1st? - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Resurgent Liberalism Must Pay Its Bills - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Four More Years, But It's the First That Counts - Jeff Zeleny, NY Times
A Middle Path to Reducing Gun Violence - Rep. Mike Thompson, WSJ
Obama Out of Step With Public on Guns - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
Memo to John Kerry: Break All the Rules - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Clinton Faces Capitol Hill Grilling Over Benghazi - Eli Lake, Daily Beast
2 Governors Seek Radical Tax Reform - Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets
Bobby Jindal to the Poor: Drop Dead - Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect
ObamaCare Sticker Shock Is Coming - Scott Gottlieb, Forbes
Winners and Losers of Israel's Election - Ben Birnbaum, The New Republic
What American Women Owe to Abortion Rights - Jill Filipovic, Guardian
The Pro-Life Movement Will Not Rest - Richard John Neuhaus, First Things
An Early Look at the 2016 Presidential Race - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
The Liberal Hour - Ross Douthat, New York Times
More on RCP: 2013 State of the State Addresses | Inauguration Photos
Thursday, January 24
For Obama's New Term, Start Here - Nicholas Kristof, New York TimesA Wealth of Words: The Key to Upward Mobility - E.D. Hirsch, City Journal
Hillary Clinton Storms Capitol Hill - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Secretary Hillary Clinton, You Failed - Sen. Ron Johnson, USA Today
Benghazi Hearing: Rollout for 2016 Contenders? - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Why Republicans Need the Cities - Aaron Renn, New Geography
Big Business & Big Gov't vs. Small Business - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
Republicans Cave on the Debt Ceiling - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
House Republicans' New Target: Senate Dems - McPike & Huey-Burns, RCP
Shopping Around for a Better Life - John Stossel, FOX Business
Whole Foods' CEO Is Right: ObamaCare Like Fascism - Robert Romano, IBD
Obama's Inaugural: One for the History Books - Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair
President Make-Believe - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Why Democrats Should Fear Filibuster Reform - Sean Trende, RCP
The Anti-Government Era Is Over - Van Jones, CNN
Obama's War on Academic Standards - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Judd, Right May Confront McConnell in '14 - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Friday, January 25
President Obama Unbound - Charles Krauthammer, National ReviewObama as the Anti-Reagan - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
President Is Again Raising Expectations Too High - Ron Fournier, Natl Jrnl
Deficit Hawks Down - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Yes, We Are a Nation of Takers - Nicholas Eberstadt, Wall Street Journal
Lew's Time at Citigroup Raises Questions - Jia Lynn Yang, Washington Post
Three Incredibly Outrageous Evasions by Clinton - Nick Gillespie, Reason
GOP Mulls Strategy From Obama's Playbook - Jeff Zeleny, New York Times
Republicans Seek Leverage in Spending Fight - James Antle, Daily Caller
Some GOP Govs Can't Ignore Medicaid Math - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Make Climate Change a Priority - Jim Yong Kim, Washington Post
The Real Obama Climate Deal - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Will Computers Kill Gun Control? - Andrew Leonard, Salon
Combat Shift Ignores Gender Realities - Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, USA Today
Men at Arms, Stop Whining Like Girls - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Obama and the Tomorrow Majority - Timothy Egan, New York Times
Solving the Immigration Puzzle - Jeb Bush & Clint Bolick, Wall St. Journal
Saturday, January 26
Court Says Obama Exceeded Authority - Barnes & Mufson, Washington PostYes, Mr. Obama, the Constitution Applies to You - Lloyd Green, FOX News
President Obama and The Meaning of "The" - Emily Bazelon, Slate
Obama's Declaration of Collectivism - Larry Kudlow, National Review
How Obama Is Unraveling Reagan Republicanism - Robert Reich, Salon
Obama Agenda a Recipe for Conservative Revival - George Will, Wash Post
Busy Obama Pushes Big Agenda, Shakes Up Staff - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Why Americans Still Feel Poor - Nin-Hai Tseng, Fortune
World Is Right to Worry About US Debt - Kenneth Rogoff, Financial Times
The Motor City Roars Out of Washington's Shadow - Henry Payne, WSJ
40 Years After Roe, Thousands March for Life - Ashley Parker, NY Times
The Coming Collapse of the Abortion Lobby - Charmaine Yoest, FOX News
As Tough as Men on the New Front Line - Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker
Women in Combat? Let's Get Real - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail
An Uber Battle vs Government Regulation - Andy Kessler, Wall St. Journal
Al Gore Hates TV (Except al-Jazeera, Of Course) - Andy Meek, BuzzFeed
Hillary Lip-Synced More Than Beyonce - Mark Styen, OC Register
Sunday, January 27
Barack Obama Is Not Pleased - Franklin Foer & Chris Hughes, New RepublicObama Denies Reality in Divisive Speech - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
How Democrats Will Win the Budget Debate - Matthew Yglesias, Slate
Obama's War on Small Business - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
The GOP's Ideas Are Still the Problem - Jamelle Bouie, American Prospect
Illinois' Lessons for the Republican Party - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Harkin Retirement Could Boost GOP - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
How This Got to Be a Biden Moment - Mark Leibovich, New York Times
Republicans Look to Their Bench for 2016 - Karen Tumulty, Wash Post
Democracy Is on the Brink of a Sea Change - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Revolution Hits the Universities - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Everyone Should See "Zero Dark Thirty" - Michael Totten, City Journal
Hagel & the Revival of Eisenhower's Doctrine - David Ignatius, Wash Post
Sarah Palin and the End of an Era - Jill Lawrence, National Journal
Palin: "We Haven't Yet Begun to Fight" - Stephen Bannon, Big Government
My Plan to Fix the World's Biggest Problems - Bill Gates, Wall St. Journal
Apes, Pigs, and F-16s - Andrew McCarthy, National Review