Week of February 11, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, February 11
High-Stakes for Obama as Sequester Cuts Loom - Eleanor Clift, Daily BeastSequester Offers Republicans Shot at Redemption - Judd Gregg, The Hill
The Growth Agenda We Need - Lawrence Summers, Washington Post
Women Shouldn't Fall for Obama's Fantasies - Carrie Lukas, USA Today
The Small Presidency: Let's Give It a Another Try - Amity Shlaes, NRO
Obama's State of the Union: Aggressive - Glenn Thrush, Politico
Dems Should Welcome Rove's Latest Project - Nate Cohn, The New Republic
Wheels Coming Off ObamaCare - Betsy McCaughey, New York Post
A Hollow Case for Too Big to Fail Banks - Simon Johnson, New York Times
Putin Playing the Long Game Stockpiling Gold - Rose & Tanas, Bloomberg
Americans Were Under Attack. Then: Nothing. - Kristol & Wehner, WSJ
The Ignorance Caucus - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The New Republic: The Magazine of White People - Ace of Spades, Twitchy
What Chris Christie Could Learn From Taft - Dan Amira, NY Magazine
Paterno Was a Coward & His Family Doesn't Get It - Cole Muzio, Breitbart
Obama Keeps Newspaper Reporters at Arm's Length - Paul Farhi, WaPost
Roger Ailes: "The President Likes to Divide" - Eliza Gray, The New Republic
Tuesday, February 12
Obama to 'Throw Down the Gauntlet' - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPoliticsMr. President, Think Big for State of the Union - Julian Zelizer, CNN
The Obama Legacy Doesn't Look Promising - Frank Donatelli, FOX News
Obama Should Invoke Carter & Reagan - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
Rubio Previews His SOTU Response - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Rand Paul and the Tea Party's Future - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Bob Menendez, Congressional Prostitute - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Why the Sequester Will Happen - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
The Republicans Abdicate on Policy - Jonathan Bernstein, Washington Post
Barack Obama & Nancy Pelosi: Spending Denialists - Matt Welch, Reason
Killing of Young Blacks Is a Pandemic - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
A Pope of Surprises - John Allen, National Catholic Reporter
A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Paul Krugman's Unscientific Hypocrisy - Alex Berezow, RealClearScience
Americans Simply Don't Like Electric Cars - Charles Lane, Washington Post
The Jackal: How a Master Terrorist Met His Death - Erol Araf, Natl Post
Dear Howie: Why Conservatives Hate the Media - Erick Erickson, Red State
More on RCP: Five Memorable SOTU Moments | Photos | Videos | Polls
Wednesday, February 13
From Obama, a Proudly Liberal Message - Ted Widmer, New York TimesDeja Vu: The President Has Nothing New to Say - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Despite Big Gulp, Rubio's Response No Flop - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The Rap on Marco Rubio - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
President's Growth Record Is the Worst in 60 Years - Jeffrey Anderson, IBD
Obama Gives Little Ground to Republicans - William Galston, Brookings
Same Old, Same Old From Obama - Kirsten Powers, USA Today
Why Can't This Economy Really Get Going? - Michael Sivy, Time
Dr. Carson a Good Remedy for What Ails U.S. - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
"They Deserve a Vote" - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Who Failed Chicago? - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Four Worrisome Issues for 2014 Democrats - James Hohmann, Politico
Obama Is the First Cyber War President - Neal Ungerleider, Fast Company
The Pope's Bombshell Decision - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Why Pope Will Be Remembered for Generations - Timothy Stanley, CNN
The SNL Donkey Show, With McCain & Hagel - James Fallows, The Atlantic
A Real State of the Union - John Stossel, FOX Business
State of the Union: President's Speech | Sen. Rubio | Sen. Paul | Photos
Thursday, February 14
Obama: The Audacity of Freedom - E.J. Dionne, Washington PostLet Me Be Clear, It's All About Him - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
A "Do-Something" Plan for a "Have-Nothing" Gov't - Matt Welch, CNN
Obama Sets a Lose-Lose Trap for Republicans - Jacob Weisberg, Slate
Tragic Death of U.S.'s Most Lethal Sniper - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
Can GOP Be Saved From Obsolescence? - Robert Draper, NY Times Magazine
Outside of Beltway GOP Has Never Been Stronger - Al Cardenas, USAToday
A Filibuster for Chuck Hagel? - James Fallows, The Atlantic
Dangerous Partnership Between Big Business & Gov't - Tom Borelli, RCM
The State of the 4-Year-Olds - Gail Collins, New York Times
Obama's Gangster Gov't Operates Above Law - Michael Barone, Examiner
Republicans Plagued by Good News - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Creating Jobs of Yesterday, Tomorrow! - David Harsanyi, Human Events
Is North Dakota's Boom Already Over? - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
What's Gotten Into the Water at CNN? - Ed Driscoll, PJ Media
The Real Trouble with Jonah Lehrer - Isaac Chotiner, The New Republic
Calvin Coolidge, Commander in Brief - George Will, Washington Post
Friday, February 15
Entitlements Are Not Sustainable - Canada, Druckenmiller & Warsh, WSJObama Winning Argument Over Govt - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Dems In Denial About Runaway Spending - Sen. John Thune, Politico
Rubio's Zombie Small-Government Ideas - Paul Krugman, New York Times
This Defense Hawk Is For Sequester - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Obama's Visit a Headache for Emanuel - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Rahm Toying With 2016 Run, Sources Say - Lloyd Grove, Daily Beast
The Death of the Swing District - Charlie Cook, National Journal
Gerrymandering Not to Blame for GOP House - Nate Cohn, TNR
In California, 'Moderate Dem' an Oxymoron - Steven Greenhut, Bloomberg
Cruz Goes Too Far With Smear of Hagel - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Jewish Democrats Must End The Hagel Farce - Jon Tobin, Commentary
Senate Republicans Beclown Themselves - Dan Larison, Amer. Conservative
Obama's Secrecy Orwellian, Tyrannical - Glenn Greenwald, Guardian
A Defense of Obama's Drone War - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
Understanding Christopher Dorner - Matthew Cunningham-Cook, Salon
Dorner Was a Horror Show, Not a Hero - Joe O'Connor, National Post
Saturday, February 16
President Obama's LBJ Moment - David Rohde, The AtlanticA No-Growth State of the Union - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Obama Lets GOP March to Its Own Oblivion - Robert Schlesinger, U.S. News
Magical Fairyland Budgeting - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
Obama Agenda Aims at Millennials - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Will Young Adults Face Health Care "Rate Shock"? - N.C. Aizenman, WP
States Fall for Medicaid Trap - Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald
We Owe Our Kids Universal Preschool - Jonah Edelman, USA Today
Obama's Preschool Proposal Is a Fantasy - Carrie Lukas, Forbes
Congress Must Act on Climate Change - Sen. Bernie Sanders, The Guardian
Obama Caught Between Friends in Keystone Fight - Byron York, Examiner
Cory Booker Gets His Way - Steve Kornacki, Salon
Obama's Syrian Policies Must Finally Match His Words - Mark Salter, RCP
Don't Mythologize Christopher Dorner - Charles Blow, New York Times
A Faith Unshaken But Unsettled - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
The Best Choice for Pope? A Nun - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Why the Left Is Torching Downton Abbey - Jerry Bowyer, Forbes
Sunday, February 17
Obama's Wedge Agenda Won't Create Jobs - Nolan Finley, Detroit NewsHow to Unparalyze Us - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Age of Bernanke - Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register
The NY Fed Bails Out Another Big Bank - Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
Puerile Faith in Presidential Magic - George Will, Washington Post
Obama Sees the Limits of Government - Zachary Karabell, Reuters
ObamaCare in Critical Condition - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Health Benefits Are Cutting Your Pay - David Goldhill, New York Times
The Dems' War to Win Women Voters - Beth Reinhard, National Journal
Many Obstacles for House Dems - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Building the Rubio Brand - Alex Leary & Adam Smith, Tampa Bay Times
We're in for a Coolidge Revival - Jacob Heilbrunn, New York Times
Sequester: What Would Romney Do? - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Rebutting Obama's Global Warming Claims - Mark Morano, Climate Depot
Can Obama & Bloomberg Unarm the NRA? - Robert Shrum, The Daily Beast
The Art & Politics of "Zero Dark Thirty" - Matthew Kaminski, Wall St Jrnl
Why I Stopped Celebrating Black History Month - Bill Maxwell, TB Times