Week of February 25, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, February 25
Budget Fight Signals Shift in GOP Focus - Weisman & Parker, NY TimesBlame Republicans for the Spending Cut Crisis - Paul Begala, Daily Beast
On Cuts, Washington Throws a Childish Tantrum - Alex Castellanos, CNN
Silent Cal Makes a Comeback - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
After Sandy Hook, a Miracle on Guns - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Is Embracing ObamaCare Honorable or Dishonorable? - Mark Levin
Don't Feel Sorry for Karl Rove - Michelle Cottle, The Daily Beast
Republicans & the "Footloose" Fix - Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
A Costly, Unjust Perk for Financiers - Lynn Forester de Rothschild, NY Times
The Presidential Balancing Act - John Dickerson, CBS News
Our Nixonian Press - Mark Judge, RealClearBooks
How Big Is the National Debt, Really? - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
3 Governors: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly - Ben Domenech, The Transom
$9 an Hour Is Not Enough - Sen. Tom Harkin, USA Today
The Meaning of Our American Creed - Brian Vanyo, RealClearHistory
Blessed Are Les Miserables - Michael Hannon, Public Discourse
The Science of Junk Food Addiction - Michael Moss, NY Times Magazine
Panels: This Week | MTP | FOX News Sunday | FTN | State of the Union
Tuesday, February 26
America's Red State Growth Corridors - Joel Kotkin, Wall Street JournalGOP Digs Own Grave With Sequester - Hillary Rosen, Washington Post
The Fairy Tale on Spending Cuts - Michael Tanner, Cato Institute
Rick Scott Runs Up the White Flag - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
Jack Lew & The Art of the Score - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Lew Got Unusual Bonus for Exiting NYU - Danny Hakim, New York Times
Republican Reality Check Begins - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Obama Unlikely to Put House in Play in 2014 - Stu Rothenberg, Roll Call
Raising Questions Over Role of a First Lady - Krissah Thompson, Wash Post
What Comes Next for Michelle Obama? - Cannon & Bevan, RealClearPolitics
China Has Its Own Debt Bomb - Ruchir Sharma, Wall Street Journal
Why the Euro Debt Crisis Never Really Ended - Michael Schuman, Time
Va.'s Republican Gubernatorial Woes - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
The Washington Post's Phony Conservative - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh TR
The New Mommy Wars - Joanne Bamberger, USA Today
Shepherds and Sheep - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Why Pistorius Will Cut a Deal - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
More on RCP: Nine Major Events in the History of Cyberconflict
Wednesday, February 27
Republicans Must Bridge the Income Gap - Sheila Bair, New York TimesCelebrity President Faces Real Tests - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post
Obama and the Sequester Scare - Phil Gramm, Wall Street Journal
Top Republican Doubts Damage to Pentagon From Cuts - Dana Bash, CNN
I Have No Idea What Republicans Are Doing - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
Pols Scare Monger, as DC Real Estate Booms - David Freddoso, DC Examiner
Do Dems Really Have Young Voters Locked Up? - Harry Enten, Guardian
Ben Resuscitates QE, Downplays Risk and Cost - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
Growth, Reform and Freedom - Thomas Donohue, Manhattan Institute
Get Off of Your Cloud - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Working From Home: Marissa Mayer Is Wrong - Derek Thompson, Atlantic
Wal-Mart's Sales Problem--& America's - Rich Karlgaard, Wall St. Journal
Romney's CPAC Return Draws Interest, Questions - Scott Conroy, RCP
Republican Self-Pity Over Big, Bad Obama - Michael Kinsley, New Republic
Deliberately Causing Travel Chaos Will Backfire on WH - Jon Tobin, Com.
Is Mexico the Comeback Kid? - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Treachery at the Top in Afghanistan - Ralph Peters, New York Post
More on RCP: 7 Sequester Outcomes | Major Events in Cyberconflict
Thursday, February 28
A Republican Message for Wall Street - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalThe GOP's Cynical Slog Strategy - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Obama Has Lost All Credibility on Sequester - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
Ending the Permanent Crisis - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Media Powerful Ally in Fight Against Cuts - Richard Benedetto, USA Today
WH Warned Me "You Will Regret Doing This" - Bob Woodward, CNN
Woodward at War - Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, Politico
Bob Woodward Is Embarrassing Himself - Alex Pareene, Salon
Disarray Won't Help Obama Legacy - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Republican "Makeover" Not Going So Well - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Obama's Dangerous Defense Experiment - Rep. Buck McKeon, LA Times
The Sky Won't Fall in States Tomorrow - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
The Fed's Not So Golden Rule - George Will, Washington Post
SCOTUS Poised to Declare Racism Over - Adam Serwer, Mother Jones
Liberal Racists Warn of Chaos - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Rahm on the Ropes - Rick Perlstein, The Nation
Bullying Is Bad, Govt Fixes Are Worse - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Friday, March 1
Breaking Down the Budget Mess - Steven Rattner, New York TimesHoping for Armageddon Is Not Leading - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
It's Time to Get Smart on Entitlements - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
Sequester Is a Pittance, Just the First Step - Sen. Rand Paul, IBD
The Nuanced Politics of Sequestration - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Bob Woodward, Demonstrable Liar - Andrew Sullivan, The Dish
Obama Is the Closest Thing to Nixon in 40 Years - Pat Caddell, FOX News
Conservatives' Ownership-Society Problem - Mike Konczal, Bloomberg
How the Corrupt Rich Get Richer With Cronyism - Daniel Mitchell, Cato
The Jobs Picture Is Far Worse Than It Looks - Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News
Keeping the NRA on Defense - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The Democratic Majority Is Doomed - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street Journal
Christie's Next Act: Trailblazer or Regional Flop? - Scott Conroy, RCP
Ben Bernanke Goes Hippie - Paul Krugman, New York Times
California Chokes Off Its Middle Class - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
Europe's Reality Check - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Andrew: One Year Later - Larry Solov, Breitbart
Video Highlights: Woodward | Waters | Levin | Carney | Maddow | More
Saturday, March 2
Obama's Government-by-Fake-Disaster Movie - Mark Steyn, Natl ReviewThis Entire Mess Is the GOP's Fault - Charles Blow, New York Times
President Obama's Lost Leverage - Dennis & Newhauser, Roll Call
Why the 'Threat' on Woodward Matters - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Bob Woodward Throws an Interception - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
All the President's Unaccountable Men - Linda Chavez, New York Post
The World Didn't End, But Sequester Is Still Scary - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
How Obama Overplayed His Hand - Joe Scarborough, New York Times
The Threat to Republicans - Charlie Cook, National Journal
To Create Growth, Unleash the Invisible Foot - Reihan Salam, Reuters
California Is Not Too Big to Fail - Grubbs & Steel, Weekly Standard
Hannity-Ellison Spat Shows Our Broken Discourse - Howard Kurtz, CNN
The Lonely Lives of WH Reporters - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
America's Nastiest Political Blood Feud - Garry Wills, NY Review of Books
Feminine Mystique at 50 - Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics
Stuck in the Past on Voting Rights - George Will, Washington Post
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking - Eric Lichtblau, New York Times
Sunday, March 3
Woodrow Wilson to Obama: March Forth! - Scott Berg, New York TimesFever Breaks--and It's Not the Republicans' - Byron York, DC Examiner
Is the Dollar as Good as Gold? - Gillian Tett, Financial Times
The Fed's Secret Deal with Bank of America - Gretchen Morgenson, NYT
What Rubio Should Have Told Wall Street - James Pethokoukis, AEI Ideas
Sequestration, Tea Party Conspiracy? - Robert Reich, Salon
Beat the Press: It's Not Just Woodward - Maureen Callahan, New York Post
Marissa Mayer Is Insulting Our Intelligence - Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe
The Ratzinger Legacy - Ross Douthat, New York Times
California Is Becoming a Feudal Society - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
The Strange Power of Les Mis, the Book - Paul Berman, The New Republic
Why the Oscars Were So Bad - Robert Tracinski, RealClearPolitics
Arab Spring & the Scary Hidden Stressor - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
The Fantasy Vocabulary of "Arab Spring" Devotees - Andy McCarthy, NRO
Obama's Double-Talk on Campaign Finance - David Rohde, The Atlantic
What's Next for Ben Carson? - Mark Davis, Townhall
This Story Stinks: The "Comments" Effect - Brossard & Scheufele, NY Times