Week of November 25, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, November 25
Longer-Term Iran Deal Faces Major Challenges - Michael Gordon, NY TimesIn Iran, Obama Achieves 50% of His Goals - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
A Bad and Morally Indefensible Deal - Jack David, National Review
U.S.-Iran Deal Is First Step Toward Peace - Bob Dreyfuss, The Nation
Democrats at War: Bailing on Obama - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
"It's Not All Doom and Gloom" - Steve Benen, MSNBC
The Health Law Is a Threat to Liberalism - Franklin Foer, New Republic
California, Here We Come? - Paul Krugman, New York Times
This Is What Panic Looks Like - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Republicans Will Pay for Killing Immigration Bill - Juan Williams, Hill
Bailouts for Cities? - Steven Malanga, City Journal
Santorum Says He'd "Do It Differently" in 2016 - Scott Conroy, RCP
In Defense of a Loaded Word - Ta-Nehisi Coates, New York Times
No, Oprah, America Isn't Racist - Mark Joseph, USA Today
The Tea Party and the Constitution - Charles Kesler, Claremont Review
Nuclear Option Makes Republicans Do Their Job - Sally Kohn, CNN
Dana Perino on the Success of "The Five" - RCP Morning Commute
Sunday Roundtables: FOX News Sunday | This Week | Face the Nation
Tuesday, November 26
Obamacare: The Great Destroyer - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street JournalThe Health Care Law Is Unstoppable - Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg
Unprecedented Anxiety Over Jobs - Tankersley & Clement, Washington Post
Why Voters Are Finished Believing Obama - Byron York, DC Examiner
Can Obama Recover? He Did Already - Alex Seitz-Wald, National Journal
Dems Lose 2014 Edge After Obamacare Uproar - Paul Steinhauser, CNN
Will Obamacare Cost Democrats the Senate? - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Jrnl
Iran Deal Bears Obama's Personal Stamp - Matt Spetalnick, Reuters
The Goal of Obama's Foreign Policy - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
The President's Diplomatic Triumph - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Israel's Freakout, Explained - Yossi Klein Halevi, The New Republic
Broken Families Dragging Down Growth - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
The Knockout Game Goes Viral - Bill Frezza, Forbes
America's Latest Phony Panic - Jamelle Bouie, The Daily Beast
The Other 1963 Assassination - William Piereson, Weekly Standard
End the NSA Dragnet Now - Sens. Wyden, Udall & Heinrich, New York Times
Obama Wants You to Talk Turkey on Healthcare - Katrina Trinko, USAT
'14 Polls: Generic (CNN): GOP +2 | Sen: Iowa, Michigan, Colorado in Play
Wednesday, November 27
Is Obamacare Challenging Enough for WH? - Margaret Carlson, BloombergSome States Show Health Law Could Still Work - David Nather, Politico
Americans Have a Right to a Refund - Benjamin Carson, Washington Times
John Boehner: Obamacare's New Best Friend - Brian Beutler, Salon
The Health Law Is No Starship Enterprise - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Is Another Republican Wave Building? - Reid Wilson, Washington Post
Sebelius Wants a Second Chance - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
An Executive Without Energy - William Galston, Wall Street Journal
Iran Sanctions: Dancing With Tehran - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Thank You, Hobby Lobby - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Religious Liberty Is for People, Not Corporations - Elizabeth Wydra, CNN
Mark Warner Now Vulnerable in 2014? - Elizabeth Harrington, Free Beacon
Senate Killed the Filibuster to Save Itself - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Give Thanks for George Mason & the Bill of Rights - Charles Hurt, WT
White House Photos Smack of Propaganda - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Don't Believe Hype About "Knockout Game" - Davey D, Huffington Post
The Siren Call of a Race-Based Policy Discourse - Hunter Baker, Federalist
Latest Polls: '14 Sen: IL, IA, LA | '14 Gov: OH, IL, PA | '16 Pres: IA, OH, PA
Thursday, November 28
Stay Home, America - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalWhat Gratitude Requires This Thanksgiving - E.J. Dionne, Wash Post
Latest Delay Another Blow to Obamacare - Jonathan Easley, The Hill
Why the Health Law Will Be a Success - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Obamacare Is Dead. What Comes Next? - Robert Merry, Washington Times
Hard Charger at Obama's Side Has Hands Full - Peter Baker, NY Times
The Republican Party's Hunger Games - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
A Crucial Showdown Over Religious Liberty - Seth Mandel, Commentary
New Front in an Old Culture War - Linda Greenhouse, New York Times
The Coastal Royalty & America's Great Divide - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Even the Pope Waits for Putin - Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Iran: The Hard Part Is Just Beginning - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Media Says "Knockout Game" Is No Big Deal - Larry Elder, Townhall
Zimmerman and the Need for Gun Control - Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg
Pardon These Turkeys - George Will, Washington Post
A Thanksgiving Conversation About Empathy - Nicholas Kristof, NY Times
Dirty Secret of Black Friday "Discounts" - Suzanne Kapner, Wall St. Journal
Friday, November 29
Medicaid Growth May Aggravate Doctor Shortage - Abby Goodnough, NYTThe Bad-Faith Presidency - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Media Needs to Do More to Help Obamacare - Paul Waldman, Am Prospect
Black Friday vs. Obamacare's Black Saturday - Daniel Flynn, Am Spectator
'Blue Slip' Rule Leaves Opening to Block Judges - Charlie Savage, NY Times
An Outbreak of Lawlessness - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
In N. Carolina, Hard-Right Shift Hits a Roadblock - Zachary Roth, MSNBC
The Obama Admin's War on Piano Teachers - Kimberley Strassel, WSJ
End Presidential Term Limits - Jonathan Zimmerman, Washington Post
How Chris Christie Could Win Iowa - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Obama's Pampered, Unchallenged Mind - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
The Mystery of McDonough - Ben Smith, BuzzFeed
When Liberals Meet Mullahs - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard
Why Obama Has Room to Maneuver on Iran - Ronald Brownstein, Natl Jrnl
Roberts Gets Another Whack at Obamacare - William McGurn, NY Post
11 Economic Lessons for Black Friday - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Why Is Obama Trying to Politicize the Holidays? - Byron York, Examiner
2016 (CNN): Christie 24, Paul 15, Ryan 11, Cruz 11, Rubio 10 | Clinton+52
Saturday, November 30
Dems Preparing for More Bad News on Health Law - John Dickerson, SlateObamacare: A Question of Morality - Colbert King, Washington Post
In the Trenches With the Obamacare Army - Eliana Johnson, Wall St. Jrnl
The GOP's Health Care Failure Campaign - Timothy Egan, New York Times
Contraception Fight Won't Help Obamacare - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Obama Is on a Diplomatic Roll - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Surrender in Geneva - Mark Steyn, National Review
How Not to Beat Mitch McConnell - Sam Youngman, The Daily Beast
A Socialist Wins in Seattle - John Nichols, The Nation
Scott Walker, Wisconsin's Action Governor - George Will, Washington Post
A Pope's Pointed Message - Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
Rent Control Kicks the Poor Out of San Fran - Steven Greenhut, Reason
GOP Turns Its Back on the Hungry - Paul Begala, CNN
Yet Another Green Propaganda Myth - James Delingpole, Daily Telegraph
Save America: Restore the Draft - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Can the GOP Return to Its Realist Roots? - Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Rob Ford and the Two Torontos - Naheed Mustafa, The Atlantic
Sunday, December 1
The Baby Boomer Bust - P.J. O'Rourke, Wall Street JournalTime to Raise the National Minimum Wage - Steve Coll, The New Yorker
Obama's Corporatist Contraceptive Mandate - Timothy Carney, Examiner
After Lost Year, Can Obama Turn It Around? - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Revolt Against the Urban Gentry - Joel Kotkin, The Daily Beast
3 Reasons Not to Count Obama Out - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Sack Sebelius - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Other Arab Awakening - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Is There an Obama Doctrine? - David Corbin & Matt Parks, The Federalist
Dance of the Republican Governors - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Eye on '16, Clinton Rebuilds Bonds w/Blacks - Chozick & Martin, NY Times
There's Time to Stop Bullet Train Debacle - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
Is Puerto Rico the Next Detroit? - Michael Fletcher, Washington Post
Steinem Represents the Worst of Modern Feminism - Cathy Young, RCP
Only Suckers Play the Knockout Game - James Causey, Milwaukee JS
The Steady Hand of Gerald Ford - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
JFK: A Liberal Hero or a Conservative One? - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register