Week of October 21, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, October 21
White House Vows Obamacare Fixes - Amy Goldstein, Washington Post4 Things We Think We Know on Obamacare - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Lousy Medicaid Arguments - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Obamacare Fiasco Will Defund Itself - Roger L. Simon, PJ Media
The Tea Party Is the Problem - Jon Favreau, The Daily Beast
Marching With Mike Lee - Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review
Many Stuck Near Bottom in Obama's Economy - Joel Kotkin, OC Register
Governance Could Finally Return to D.C. - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Would Democrats Embrace JFK Now? - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Washington's Open Secret: Profitable PACs - Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes
Let's Drop the Notion of "Entitlement" - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Obamacare "Propaganda" on Our Favorite Shows? - Kyle Smith, NY Post
Racism Is Central to U.S. Conservatism - Gary Younge, The Guardian
D.C.'s Corrupt Bastards Club - Sarah Palin, Big Government
CA High Speed Rail Project Angers Locals - Juliet Williams, Associated Press
Pot Goes Legit in Colorado - Jacob Sullum, Reason Magazine
A Twisted History of Science & Religion - Berezow & Hannam, RCScience
Obama Job Approval: CNN 43% | Gallup 43% | RCP Average 43.7%
Tuesday, October 22
Doing Damage Control, Obama Defends Health Law - A. Simendinger, RCPWhy Obama's Spin May Just Make Things Worse - John Dickerson, Slate
Healthcare.gov Is Walking Dead - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Obamacare Is Much More Than a Web Site - Chris Jennings, USA Today
The Lesson? Central Govt Planning Doesn't Work - Michael Gerson, IBD
Now Is a Time for Growth - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The Upside of the GOP Shutdown Defeat - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Politicians' Extortion Racket - Peter Schweizer, New York Times
Boehner Has to Choose: The Tea Party or America - Maria Cardona, CNN
The Extremist in Washington Is Barack Obama - Dick Cheney, FOX News
Bad News for GOP: Dick Cheney Is Back - Michelle Cottle, The Daily Beast
Race-Hustling Results - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Some Cheer Christie's Gay Marriage Surrender - McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed
Meet the New Hillary Clinton - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
Hail to the Redskins! - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Barbie's Little Secret - Scott Farwell, Dallas Morning News
The Fear of Children & Fertile Women - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
Election 2013 (RCP Avgs): VA: McAuliffe (D) + 9.8 | NJ: Christie (R) +26.4
Wednesday, October 23
Get Ready to Wait to See Your Doctor - Bradley Allen, Wall Street JournalHow to Right the Ship of Obamacare - Ezekiel Emanuel, New York Times
Crisis of Confidence Endangers the Health Care Law - Kate Pickert, Time
Why Obamacare Is Embarrassing for Liberals - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
Liberal Hand-Wringing Aids the Unhinged Right - Joan Walsh, Salon
A War That Might Happen - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Shutdown Was a Debacle for Republicans - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
Democrats Are Stupid, Too - Clive Crook, Bloomberg
GOP Schism: Main Street vs. K Street/Wall St - Erick Erickson, RedState
Q&A: San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed on Pension Reform - Carl Cannon, RCP
Republican Govs Rise, as Washington GOP Sinks - Harry Enten, Guardian
Nancy Pelosi: "I'm Here on a Mission" - Palmer & Bresnahan, Politico
New California Laws Protect Illegal Immigrants - Lou Cannon, RCP
The Global Warming Industrial Complex - Wayne Brough, Wash Times
Bill de Blasio & the New Urban Populism - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
The Bad Fruits of Race Hustling - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Short on Beer Money? Look to Obamacare - Heather Wilhelm, RCP
Quinnipiac: Virginia Governor: McAuliffe +7 | NYC Mayor: de Blasio +44
Thursday, October 24
Obama's Credibility Is Melting - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street JournalDon't Give Up on Obamacare - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama Always a Victim, Never a Leader - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Obamacare Will Get Fixed, But GOP Won't - Charles Blow, New York Times
Why Obamacare Is Like Three Mile Island - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Trash-Talking the President - Todd Purdum, Politico
History of the Shutdown - Heather Higgins, National Review
U.S.-Saudi Crackup Hits Tipping Point - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama Gets Earful From Merkel on Spying - Sebastian Fischer, Der Spiegel
Wellstone's Revenge: Dems Retake Minnesota - Andy Kroll, Mother Jones
Conservatism, Not Liberalism, on the Rise - Emmett Tyrrell, Am Spectator
Why Would Anyone Run for Congress Today? - Huey-Burns & Conroy, RCP
Is It Wrong to Root for Obamacare to Fail? - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Jon Stewart Isn't Obama's Biggest Problem - Alex Pareene, Salon
The Luckiest Generation - Kevin Williamson, National Review
The Decline of Wikipedia - Tom Simonite, MIT Technology Review
Mistreated War Hero Wants Job Back - Kevin Horrigan, Boston Herald
Arkansas Poll: Cotton-R 37, Pryor-D 36 | Hutchinson-R 35, Ross-D 31
Friday, October 25
Why the Government Never Gets Tech Right - Johnson & Reed, NY TimesPatience, Obamacare Will Work - Sally Kohn, CNN
Democrats Run for Obamacare Cover - Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Obama Can't Delay Mandate Without Congress - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
This Is Not President Obama's "Iraq War" - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Obamacare Is a Political Disaster for Democrats - Peggy Noonan, WSJ
Republicans' Embarassing Obamacare Overreach - Brian Beutler, Salon
Durbin Baits a Hook and Swallows It Whole - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
The Buck Stops With Obama - Norm Ornstein, National Journal
Addicted to the Apocalypse - Paul Krugman, New York Times
How "Debt Ceilings" Increase Debt - Becker & Lazear, Hoover Institution
Charles Krauthammer: Critic in Chief - Timothy Carney, DC Examiner
The Key Is Getting Youngsters to Sign Up - Paul Waldman, Am. Prospect
Obamacare Meant to Fail in 5-10 Yrs, Not Instantly - Rob Tracinski, RCM
Redskins Is a Racist Slur - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
What Isn't Racist? According to Liberals, Nothing - Ben Shapiro, Townhall
A South China Sea of Trouble - Jeff Himmelman, New York Times Magazine
Election Polls: VA Gov (ODU): McAuliffe +7 | AR Sen (Ark Poll): Cotton +1
Saturday, October 26
Obamacare Fantasy Can't Handle Reality - Virginia Postrel, BloombergRoll Out the Health Care - Gail Collins, New York Times
U.S. Healthcare Is Not Manageable by Federal Gov't - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Republicans' Obamacare Sabotage - Jonathan Bernstein, Salon
"Cover Oregon" Doesn't Have Me Covered - David Kline, Wall Street Journal
Obamacare Problems Deeper Than Web Site - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Health Law Casts Cloud Over 2014 Democrats - Carl Cameron, FOX News
Republicans Fight Obamacare at Their Peril - Jules Witcover, Chicago Trib
A Long-Needed Constitutional Amendment - Sen. Rand Paul, Wash Times
How Ken Cuccinelli Blew It - Leahy & Goldman, Washington Post
Valerie Jarrett: Whispered About, Never Challenged - John Fund, NRO
"Cost-Effective" College Plan Could Chill Innovation - Ottino & Mills, RCP
Kirsten Gillibrand on the Way to Liberal Stardom - Ben Terris, Natl Jrnl
Virginia's Blood-Spattered Abortion Clinics - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Being Gay in America - Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post
Krauthammer vs. Stewart on the Daily Show - Joel Pollak, Big Government
The China Americans Don't See - David Feith, Wall Street Journal
Video Highlights: Maher vs. Liberal Panel on Islam | McLaughlin Group
Sunday, October 27
Obamacare Giving Middle Class Sticker Shock - Chad Terhune, LA TimesDon't Blame Dems, We Wanted Single Payer - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
Lies the Dems Tell Themselves - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
The True Test of Obamacare - Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker
Obamacare Heading Into a Death Spiral - Jack Kelly, Pitt Post-Gazette
Vulernable Dems Jittery Over Obamacare - Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Mayor's Race a Referendum on Last 20 Years - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
W. Virginia: A Blue State's Road to Red - Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
Ted Cruz: The Making of a Tea Party Hero - McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed
Dems Divided Over Public Pension Reform - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register
Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Middle East - Mark Landler, NYT
Going Nowhere With Libya - David Ignatius, Washington Post
New Book Offers a Guide to Israel's Soul - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
A Day in the Life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Neil Buckley, FT Magazine
The Kremlin's Propaganda & Russia's Regression - L. Aron, The American
Jeff Bezos Is Like King Midas - In Reverse - Will Oremus, Slate
Are Smartphones Turning Us Into Bad Samaritans? - Christie Rosen, WSJ
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