Week of January 6, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 6
I'm Suing Over Obamacare Exemptions for Congress - Ron Johnson, WSJCheer Up About Obamacare, Michael Moore - Noam Scheiber, New Republic
The Health Care Law's Next Test - Paul Starr, American Prospect
Conservatism for the People - Henry Olsen, National Affairs
Can You Reset a Presidency? - Jeff Shesol, The New Yorker
Irony Alert: Global Warmists Get Stuck in Ice - Joseph Curl, Wash Times
Who Wins in the Republican Civil War? - Donna Brazile, CNN
Both Parties Are Out of Sync With America - Mark Tapscott, DC Examiner
Did Boehner Win the Shutdown in the End? - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
A Hidden Consensus for Social Justice - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Racism! Squirrel! - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Hillary Clinton's Shadow Campaign - Maggie Haberman, Politico
Strategies for Sustainable Growth - Lawrence Summers, Washington Post
The Housing Bubble Is Back - Peter Wallison, New York Times
Rolling Stone's Sad "5 Economic Reforms" - Nick Gillespie, Reason
An Honest Look at De Blasio's Promise - Stanley Crouch, NY Daily News
De Blasio Should Stick to Cleaning the Streets - Jim Epstein, Daily Beast
Sunday Show Panels: This Week | FOX News Sunday | Meet the Press
Tuesday, January 7
New Year, Familiar Battles Ahead for Obama - Alexis Simendinger, RCPDemocrats' Big Populist Opportunity - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
The "Trickle-Down" Lie - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Republicans Really Could Win It All This Year - Larry Sabato, Politico
How Yellen's Agenda Could Transform D.C. - Michael Hirsh, National Jrnl
Do Dems Really Want to "Fix" Obamacare? - Byron York, DC Examiner
Losing Your Hospital May Not Be a Bad Thing - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
4M Medicaid Enrollees Under Obamacare? Doubtful. - Sean Trende, RCP
What Pope Francis Can Teach the GOP - Sally Kohn, The Daily Beast
The Hispanic Vote Is Up for Grabs - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Seattle Swears In a Socialist - John Nichols, The Nation
Looking Back at Bloombergism - Tevi Troy, City Journal
Koch Affiliated Group Pushes Welfare Drug Tests - Rachel Maddow,MSNBC
Maddow's Entire Segment Was One Big Lie - John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Defining the NSA's Role - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Escaping the Public School System - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
The 10 Biggest Winners of 2013 - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Wednesday, January 8
The Quiet Fury: Memoirs of a Secretary at War - Robert Gates, WSJWhite House Rejects Criticisms in Gates' Memoir - Kristina Wong, The Hill
Freezing Temps Don't Disprove Climate Change - Matt Daily, Politico
Boldly Going Where No Greens Have Gone Before - Luke & Mukuno, WSJ
Republicans on Repeat Over Obamacare - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Why the Health Care Law Won't Last - Noemie Emery, DC Examiner
The Top 10 Political Risks To Think About In 2014 - Ian Bremmer, Reuters
Do You Want Peter King in Your Bathtub? - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Headlines From the Arab World Get Worse - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
A Conservative Vision of Government - Gerson & Wehner, National Affairs
Republicans Are Losing on Unemployment Benefits - Joan Walsh, Salon
The Contradictions of Liberal Populism - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Are Dems Serious About Closing the Income Gap? - Josh Kraushaar, NJ
The HuffPo-ization of the Right - Reid Cherlin, Politico
How to Put Pressure on Higher Education - Piereson & Riley, USA Today
Florida State: The Champions of Racist Mascots - Dave Zirin, The Nation
Pot Puts Liberals in a Tough Spot - S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News
Thursday, January 9
The Era of Gesture Liberalism - George Will, Washington PostProgress in the War on Poverty - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
The Big White Ghetto - Kevin Williamson, National Review
The Health Care Law Is Working - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Obama Administration in Full Meltdown - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Bridge Over Troubled Politics - Gail Collins, New York Times
Rumors of Christie's Demise Greatly Exaggerated - D. Graham, Atlantic
Hillary Not So Inevitable in 2016 - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Obama's Targets Disaffected Indies - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
House Retirements Slightly Favor GOP - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Danger of 2014 GOP Strength Is 2016 Delusion - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Jrnl
Grim Sequel to Iraq's War - Peter Baker, New York Times
Iran's Fingerprints in Fallujah - David Ignatius, Washington Post
President Obama's Insincere War - Rich Lowry, Politico
Chicago Fights Gun Rights, and Loses - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Northern California's Grumpy Secessionists - Peter Laufer, LA Times
Bret Baier: 5 Yrs at Special Report - Bevan & Stone, RCP Morning Commute
Friday, January 10
Chris Christie's Crisis of Confidence - Ron Fournier, National JournalHow Christie Ended Up in This Jam - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Why This Scandal Isn't Going Away - Paul Begala, CNN
A Lesson About Gov't in Bridge Scandal - David French, National Review
The War Over Poverty - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Democrats' Feckless Attacks on Inequality - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
How Millennials Have Reshaped Politics - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
Obamacare Drags Dems Down - Michael Warren, The Weekly Standard
Another Obamacare Lesson from Massachusetts - Jonathan Cohn, TNR
Obamacare Questions the WH Won't Answer - Peter Suderman, Reason
Chris Christie's Inevitable Implosion - Michael Cohen, The Guardian
Obama's Legacy of Economic Failure - Wayne Brough, RealClearMarkets
What President Obama Should Do Now - Matt Miller, Washington Post
Silicon Valley Could Destabilize Democratic Party - Joel Kotkin, Forbes
Can the GOP Get Out of Its Slump? - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
How to Fight Academic Bigotry - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Bret Baier's Pants - Tom Bevan & Charlie Stone, RCP Morning Commute
Saturday, January 11
The War Over the Afghan War - Robert Gates, Wall Street JournalImagining President Christie - Gail Collins, New York Times
The Obama and Christie Scandals - Andrew Stiles, National Review
No, Really: It's Over for Christie in 2016 - Joan Walsh, Salon
Obamacare and the Assault on Individual Liberty - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Polar Vortex Doesn't Disprove Global Warming - Phil Plait, Slate
Global Warming's Glorious Ship of Fools - Mark Steyn, The Spectator
Can Ed Gillespie Beat Mark Warner? - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Republicans' Tarnished Golden Boys - Alexander Burns, Politico
"Outsiders" and Political Rebellion - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Why Christie Scandal Won't Fade Anytime Soon - Andrew McCarthy, NRO
It's Cool to Be a Liberal Again - Abby Borovitz, MSNBC
An Expert on "the Fundamental Problem w/Obamacare" - Ezra Klein, WP
Compassionate Conservatism Is Not an Agenda - Ben Domenech, Federalist
How Lobbyists Still Fly Through Loopholes - Shane Goldmacher, Natl Jrnl
Sex Is Not Our Problem - Charles Blow, New York Times
Reagan's Farewell Address at 25 - Steven Hayward, The American
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Sunday, January 12
Chris Christie Saga Still Unraveling - Maureen Dowd, New York TimesWhy the Media Attack Christie, Protect Obama - John Podhoretz, NY Post
Unanswered Bridgegate Questions - Maggie Haberman, Politico
Obamacare Drags Dems Down - Even in Oregon - Michael Warren, Wkly Std
Obama Again Focuses on the Unemployed - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
The Vicious Circle of Income Inequality - Robert Frank, New York Times
To Obama & Dems, "Work" Is a 4-Letter Word - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
President Obama's Problem to Fix - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama's Grand Plan for Middle East Fails - Matthew Lee, Associated Press
America Has Forgotten How to Finish Wars - Andrew Bacevich, LA Times
Gates Memoir Confirms Obama's Incompetence - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
Robert Gates' Failure of Duty - Sarah Chayes, Los Angeles Times
Dennis Rodman's Sorry State of Affairs - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register
A Defining Moment For the Court - George Will, Washington Post
Ariel Sharon Never Changed - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Sharon: A Great Man Who Defied Stereotypes - Judith Miller, FOX News
The Battle That Shaped Sharon - Mitch Ginsburg, Times of Israel