Week of February 3, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, February 3
Betrayed by the President and Obamacare - Emilie Lamb, New York PostThe Right's Delusions of Failure - Paul Krugman, New York Times
How Obamacare Misreads America - Michael Barone, Wall Street Journal
Speaking Out, & Hurting the Republican Party - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
2014 Senate Races May Be a Referendum on Obama - Chris Cillizza, WP
A Beat-Up, Scared Republican Establishment - Victor Davis Hanson, PJM
Are Clouds Gathering for Christie? - Errol Louis, CNN
What Happened to the New York Times? - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
The End of American Exceptionalism - Peter Beinart, National Journal
Amnesty, but Not for D'Souza - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Benghazi a 2016 Proxy Battle - Juan Williams, The Hill
Farewell Henry Waxman, Maker of Bad Laws - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
The Abortion Rate Hits a 30-Year Low - Liebelson & Redden, Mother Jones
Myth-Making About Inequality - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Congrats to Pete Carroll, NFL's Greatest Failure - John Tamny, Forbes
The Day the Music Didn't Die - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Extraordinary Presence - David Edelstein, NYM
Sunday Videos: Obama SB Interview | Meet the Press | FTN | This Week
Tuesday, February 4
Right-Wing Obama Hysteria Is Thriving - Dana Milbank, Washington PostObamacare Will Reduce Americans' Incomes - Byron York, DC Examiner
Anti-Obamacare, Facts Be Damned - Bill Hammond, New York Daily News
The Incompetence and Denials Keep Coming - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Scenes From the Republican Civil War - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Republicans' Foolish Immigration Push - Thomas Sowell, National Review
A Reality Check on Keystone XL - Robert Redford, Huffington Post
Climate Alarmism Blows Hot and Cold - Larry Bell, Forbes
2014: The Year of John Kerry - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
Dem Class of 1974 Passes From the Scene - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Love, Death and Sochi - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Obama Has a Point on Skilled Trades - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
The Case for Socialized Law - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
D.C. Theory Colliding With Reality - Scott Rasmussen, Boston Herald
Philip Seymour Hoffman's Genius - Richard Brody, The New Yorker
No Redemption for the Wolf - Emily Esfahani Smith, The New Criterion
Ezra Klein's New Media Venture - Bevan & Cannon, RCP Morning Commute
More on RCP: The History of Presidential Executive Orders
Wednesday, February 5
CBO Sends Death Blow to the Health Law - John Podhoretz, New York PostWhy the CBO Obamacare Report Is Good News - Michael Hiltzik, LA Times
Live by the CBO, Die by the CBO - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
The Obamacare "Bailout" Is a Lie - Reps. Waxman, Levin & Miller, Politico
White House Suffers From Its Own Hubris - Noemie Emery, DC Examiner
Republicans' Real Immigration Danger - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
High School Maniacal in New Jersey - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Dems Overplaying Their Anti-Christie Hand - S.E. Cupp, NY Daily News
The Battle Lines of 2014 - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
You're Wrong, Mr. Obama, the IRS Is Corrupt - Jay Sekulow, FOX News
Just Say No to the Keystone Pipeline - Mark Bittman, New York Times
Will Warming Hype Lead to Scientific Dark Age? - Patrick Michaels, Forbes
Waxman's Departure Marks End of an Era - Norm Ornstein, Natl Journal
The Tyranny & Lethargy of NYT Editorial Page - Ken Kurson, NY Observer
Presidential Lawlessness? Hardly - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
WH's Executive Orders Are Unprecedented - Joel Pollak, Big Government
The Third Intifada Has Begun - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
2014 Polls: Senate: AK, KY, NH | Governor: FL, CO, MA | House: NH-1, 2
Thursday, February 6
Obamacare's Attack on the Work Ethic - Charles Cooke, National ReviewMust the Obamacare Debate Be Stupid? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Unemployment Is Freedom - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
Obamacare Bad-News Report Not So Bad - Froma Harrop, Seattle Times
The Numbers That Scare Senate Dems - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Days Ahead for Democrats Not So Dark - James Carville, The Hill
High Stakes in Florida Special Election - George Will, Washington Post
Can Hollywood B-Listers Shine in DC? - Michelle Cottle, Daily Beast
It's Now or Never for Martin O'Malley - Russ Smith, Splice Today
Reclaiming the Term 'Liberal' - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
The GOP's Challenge: Innovate or Die - Chuck DeFeo, RealClearPolitics
Waxman: Liberalism's Legislative Genius - Harold Meyerson, Wash Post
Watchdogging Obama's Regulatory State - Ron Arnold, DC Examiner
Resist the Siren's Call of "Originalism" - Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg
Public Pension Debacle on Its Way - Mark Bucher, Investor's Biz Daily
Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Saved 10 Lives - Aaron Sorkin, Time
Ezra Klein on Battling Trolls - Bevan & Cannon, RCP Morning Commute
Friday, February 7
Health, Work, Lies - Paul Krugman, New York TimesPresident Obama's Work Trap - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Obamacare Doesn't Kill Jobs - Aaron Carroll, CNN
Health-Care Myths We Live By - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Waxman & the End of the Power of One - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
John Boehner's Immigration Nihilism - Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
The Wages of Immigration - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Republicans' Fact-Free Zones - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Number of Obamacare Sign-Ups Greatly Inflated - Byron York, Examiner
A Brutal Translation of the "Disincentive to Work" - Ron Fournier, NJ
Reading Is Hard. Calling People Racist Easy - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
The Truth About Valerie Jarrett - Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Magazine
Clinton's Question: Not If, But How - Matt Bai, Yahoo News
Call for Testing Pause Thickens Common Core Plot - Emmeline Zhao, RealClearPolitics
Obama's Disservice to Diplomacy - Henri Barkey, Washington Post
Putin's Fraught Games - David Remnick, The New Yorker
Ezra Klein on JournoList - Bevan & Cannon, RCP Morning Commute
Saturday, February 8
The Economist Who Exposed Obamacare - Joseph Rago, Wall St. JournalObamacare: It's a Net Gain for the Economy - Jonathan Gruber, LA Times
The President's Magic Words and Numbers - George Will, Washington Post
A Pen, a Phone and a Meme - Charles Blow, New York Times
GOP Should Use Power of the Purse - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
John Boehner on Fantasy Island - Gail Collins, New York Times
Obama Needs to Rethink His Approach - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
No, Liberals Don't Control the Democratic Party - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
The Spirit of Conservative Reform - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Kentucky's Anti-Mitch McConnell - Sam Youngman, The Daily Beast
The State Tax Grab - Steven Malanga, City Journal
Tobacco Ban Just the Start. Next: Soda - Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
Pussy Riot Tells All - Joe Nocera, New York Times
In Praise of Sochi Schadenfreude - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
Who Was JFK? - Frank Rich, New York Review of Books
Why Bitcoin Must Die. Long Live Bitcoin 2.0. - Bill Frezza, Forbes
No, I Didn't Molest Dylan - Woody Allen, New York Times
Latest Polls: Senate: KY, CO, AR | Govs: AR, AZ, FL, CO | Election 2016
Sunday, February 9
CBO Figures Just Don't Work for Dems - Carl M. Cannon, OC RegisterThey Quit Their Jobs Thanks to Obamacare - Sandhya Somashekhar, WaPo
Leaving Work Behind - Ross Douthat, New York Times
The GOP's 'Immoral' Conservatism - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
This Anemic Recovery - Conrad Black, National Post
Ignore the Unemployment Rate - Zachary Karabell, Wall Street Journal
Fresh Start for Hillary Clinton & Liberals? - Ken Thomas, Associated Press
PA House Race Previews 2016 for Dems - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
Is Mitch McConnell the New Underdog? - Alexandra Jaffe, The Hill
What's the Case for Wendy Davis Again? - Charles Cooke, National Review
The Myth of 'Traditional Marriage' - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
How Single Motherhood Hurts Kids - Kay Hymowitz, New York Times
What Jerry Seinfeld Doesn't Get About Diversity - LZ Granderson, CNN
Obama Is the George Wallace of Free Speech - John Hinderaker, Powerline
The NYT Owes Its Readers an Apology - John Judis, The New Republic
10 Undeniable Facts About Woody Allen - Maureen Orth, Vanity Fair
Amy Chua's Dangerous Ideas - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail