Week of January 13, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 13
Obama Schooled on How to Handle a Crisis - Joseph Curl, Washington TimesChristie's Conservative Problem - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
What If Americans Rebel Against Mandate? - Byron York, DC Examiner
Can This Man Sell Obamacare? - Joshua DuBois, The Daily Beast
The Health Care Law's Nebraska Nemesis - John Miller, National Review
What Liberals Don't Get About Single-Payer - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Energy 2014: New Battles Loom in a Long War - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Enemies of the Poor - Paul Krugman, New York Times
How to Fight Income Inequality: Get Married - Ari Fleischer, WSJ
We Won--& Lost--the War on Poverty - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Why Is Religion Invisible to the Media? - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
Good Show, But This Bridge Goes Nowhere - Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker
Christie Is Still Republican Favorite in '16 - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Hillary Clinton's Hit List - Amie Parnes & Jonathan Allen, The Hill
Is Robert Gates an "Isolationist"? - Jack Hunter, The Daily Caller
Sharon a Warrior Who Sought Peace - Michael Oren, CNN
Russia's Riot Girls, All Grown Up - Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics
Panels: Meet the Press | Face the Nation | FOX News Sunday | This Week
Tuesday, January 14
Where Is the Democrats' Outrage? - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostObama's Policies Put American Dream at Risk - David Keene, Wash Times
Single-Payer Is Not Dead - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Obamacare's False Premises & Broken Promises - Peter Suderman, Reason
Revisiting Medicaid Enrollment Numbers - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
The Trouble With Chris Christie - George Packer, The New Yorker
The Christie Contrast With Obama - Thomas Sowell, National Review
Can Christie Reassert His Agenda? - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Christie's 2016 Hopes Deader Than Ever - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
Which Scandal Matters Most? - Cal Thomas, Washington Examiner
Gates Waited Too Long to Speak Out - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Docs: Obama Briefed on Benghazi 'Terror Attack' - James Rosen, FOX News
Hillary Clinton's Iowa Problem - Peter Hamby, CNN
Has Eric Holder Gone Rogue on Gay Marriage? - Emily Bazelon, Slate
Obama Flouts the Constitution - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
Dems Jam Bench to Protect Progressive Legacy - Herman Schwartz, Reuters
Sharon's Journey From Soldier to Statesman - Henry Kissinger, Wash Post
More on RCP: The 10 Most Important Lawmakers on Energy Issues
Wednesday, January 15
President's NC Visit Awkward for Dem Senator - Kathleen Hennessey, LATRepublicans' Obama Focus Could Backfire - Sherman & Bresnahan, Politico
Will IRS Bully People to Sign Up for Health Law? - Byron York, Examiner
The Death of Obamacare's Death Spiral - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Why the Health Law Is Still in the ICU - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
2014: Banner Year for Legalization of Pot? - Adam O'Neal, RealClearPolitics
How Democrats Kill Jobs - Richard Epstein, Defining Ideas
We Need the Full Truth From Chris Christie - Sally Kohn, CNN
Christie Bashing: Sport for Pundits, but Not Reporters - Mark Salter, RCP
Christie's N.J. Is What's Wrong With America - James Kuntsler, Politico
A Victory for an Unfettered Internet - Robert McDowell, Wall Street Journal
Politics Versus Education - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
It's Time to End "Broken Windows" Policing - Patricia Williams, The Nation
Poverty Bailouts - Peter Cove, RealClearPolitics
Ariel Sharon: The Man on the Wall - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Robert Gates' Unprincipled Duplicity - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
Lone Survivor: We Owe These Heroes a Debt - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Thursday, January 16
Obama's Off Message on Unemployed - Dana Milbank, Washington PostA President Tests His Limits - Ron Christie, The Daily Beast
Pro-Progressive Better Than Anti-Christie - Charles Blow, New York Times
Christie's an Amateur Compared to the Left - Daniel Henninger, WSJ
The Blame in Senate's Benghazi Report - Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
Will Hillary Clinton Survive Benghazi? - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Can Schweitzer Win in 2016 as the Anti-Obama? - Benjy Sarlin, MSNBC
GOP Establishment Losing Its Monopoly - Timothy Carney, DC Examiner
Obamacare Critics Getting Desperate - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
How Obamacare Will Hurt Doctors - Marc Siegel, New York Daily News
The Democrats' 2014 Dilemma - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Obama's Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying - Peter Baker, NY Times
Secrecy and Accountability in a Digital Age - Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Inst.
Sr UK Defense Official Slams Obama as 'Clueless' - Nico Hines, Daily Beast
The Stealth War on Abortion - Janet Reitman, Rolling Stone
Doubts Over Common Core - George Will, Washington Post
40 Years in the Energy Desert - T. Boone Pickens, RealClearPolitics
2016 GOP Nomination: NBC/Marist: Christie +4 | NH (PPP): Christie +12
Friday, January 17
Unwinding Obamacare - James Capretta & Yuval Levin, Weekly StandardHate Obama, Love Obamacare - Steven Brill, Time
In Year Six, Does Obama Finally Own Economy? - Byron York, Examiner
America Is Becoming More Liberal - Steve Rosenthal, Washington Post
Democrats' Midterm Blues - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
GOP's Risky Rebuff to Long-Term Unemployed - Michael Hirsh, Natl Jrnl
Gillespie Is the Right Kind of Candidate for Va. - Ben Domenech, Federalist
Chris Christie: A Bully's Bully - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
Bridgegate-Obsessed Media Needs to Move On - Ruben Navarrette, CNN
A Milder Christie? Don't Expect It to Last - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Obama Is Disrespecting the Constitution - James Antle, National Interest
A Scandalous Lack of Obama Scandals - Paul Waldman, American Prospect
How in Good Conscience? - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Lessons of Benghazi - Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
Mrs. Clinton, the Truth Makes a Difference - Michael Ingmire, FOX News
Big Oil, Big Profits, Big Tax Breaks - Daniel Weiss, RealClearPolitics
Govt Pensions: Who Goes Broke 1st? - Francis Menton, ManhattanContrarian
Election 2016: Democrats - National, N.H. | Republicans - National, N.H.
Saturday, January 18
It's Business as Usual for the NSA - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostHow Snowden's Win Hampers Intel Gathering - Ben Domenech, Federalist
Obama Accepts Logic of Staying Terrorized - Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
Tom Coburn Leaves a Lonely Place Lonelier - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Obama Can't Help Dems Keep Senate - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Christie Shows Why We Need Local News - Rachel Maddow, Washington Post
Investigate the Bogus IRS "Investigation" - Jay Sekulow, FOX News
Win Some (Like the Gipper) - Jason Grumet, RealClearPolitics
Health Insurers Think Obamacare Is Going to Be Fine - Sarah Kliff, WP
Just the Flacks: Wonkblog Sells Out - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Pope Francis's Political Genius - Candida Moss, Politico
The New Intolerance - Cristina Odone, The New Statesman
Global Warming: See Something, Say Something - Michael Mann, NYT
Hillary Clinton? Really? - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
The Establishment Freaks Out Over Christie - McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed
Can Detroit's Art Museum Be Saved? - Jed Perl, The New Republic
Business Wants Growth, Growth, Growth - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Videos: McLaughlin Group | Obama Wkly Address | Benghazi Cover Up
Sunday, January 19
President Obama Mulls His Legacy - David Remnick, The New YorkerAt Last, Conservative Reform - Ross Douthat, New York Times
The GOP's Uphill Path to 270 in 2016 - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Liberalism a Bubble About to Burst - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Does the Tea Party Still Have Muscle? - Charles Madigan, Chicago Tribune
Allegiance to Party Wanes - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Mayor Says Christie Held Sandy Funds Hostage - Steve Kornacki, MSNBC
The Scandal Is MSNBC - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Christie, Clinton & the 'Enemies List' Question - Carl Cannon, OC Register
IRS Abuse Shows WH Can't Be Trusted w/NSA - John Hinderaker, Powerline
Derailing the GOP Jihad on Benghazi - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Why Mandatory Minimums Should Change - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
Obama's Homework Assignment - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Govt Shouldn't Force People Into Unions - George Will, Washington Post
Peeling Away the Plastic From Mittens - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Judging Roger Ailes w/No Sense of History - David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun
The Big Problems Facing the Sochi Olympics - Frances Weaver, The Week