Week of June 2, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, June 2
Obama's New Climate Change War Opens - Laura Barron-Lopez, The HillCan Republicans Put Oregon in Play? - Philip Rucker, Washington Post
Photo Scandal Colors GOP Battle for Miss. Seat - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Dems' Assault on the First Amendment - Sen. Ted Cruz, Wall Street Journal
McConnell's Odds Worse Than You Think - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Senate's Irrelevant Plan to Throw Money at VA - Byron York, DC Examiner
Moneyballing Obama's Foreign Policy - Michael Horowitz, Politico
President Obama's Reckless Taliban Swap - John Bolton, New York Post
Obama Puts the Planet Before Midterm Politics - Bill Scher, RCP
The Settled Science of Polar Bears - John Hinderaker, Power Line
On Inequality Denial - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The New War Between the States: People Fleeing Taxes - John Fund, NRO
Clinton Can't Avoid Benghazi - Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
Can Indicted Michael Grimm Still Win Re-election? - Scott Conroy, RCP
The Most Important Day of Obama's 2nd Term - Matthew Yglesias, Vox
Does Matthew Yglesias Ever Tire of Being Wrong? - Sean Davis, Federalist
Disappearing Conservative Commencement Speakers - Harry Enten, 538
2014 Polls: CA Gov: Kashkari, Donnelly Fight for #2 | IA, MS GOP Senate
Tuesday, June 3
Controversy Surrounds Bergdahl Capture, Trade - James Meek, ABC NewsMore Questions Than Answers in WH's Bergdahl Story - Tom Bevan, RCP
The Bergdahl Deal Could Lead to Bigger Things - Fred Kaplan, Slate
Obama's Afghanistan War Revisionism - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
EPA Makes Right Move on Coal Plants - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Sacrifices on the Altar of Obama's Vanity - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
4 Key Questions on Primary Day in Iowa - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
A Dead Heat in Mudslinging Mississippi Race - Alexandra Jaffe, The Hill
Republicans' Veterans Health Care Trap - Brian Beutler, The New Republic
VA Scandal Exposes Greedy Socialism - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
Book Rollout Blows Mask Off Coy Clinton - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
The Theater Beyond the Clintons - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Democrats' Nightmare Scenario for 2016 - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Do Republicans Need Another Contract w/America? - Julian Zelizer, CNN
The Little Miracle Spurring Inequality - John Steele Gordon, Wall St. Jrnl
Is Bergdahl Deal First Step to Emptying Gitmo? - Josh Rogin, Daily Beast
FDR, Churchill, Stalin & the Winding Road to D-Day - Jon Meacham, Time
6/3 Primary Polls: MS Senate GOP | IA Senate GOP | CA Governor Open
Wednesday, June 4
6 Lost Lives Cloud Return of Bowe Bergdahl - Savage & Lehren, NY TimesWhy Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Backlash - Ralph Peters, NRO
Conservatives Have Some Explaining to Do - Brian Beutler, New Republic
President Obama's Dishonorable Deal - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Forget the Taliban 5 -- Free Gitmo's 78 - Cori Crider, The Guardian
Americans Are Starting to Doubt Obama Is a Good Boss - Chris Cillizza, WP
How Dem Senators Can Survive in a Bad Year - John Dickerson, Slate
Democrats Should Worry About Iowa - Alex Roarty, National Journal
Reclaiming James Madison - James Piereson, The New Criterion
Marriage Equality Is Unstoppable - Sally Kohn, CNN
The Gay Mafia Fascists Should Be Crushed - Andrew Klavan, PJ Media
China, Fess Up on Tiananmen - Elizabeth Economy, USA Today
WH in Damage Control Mode Over Bergdahl - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
The Bergdahl Story Is Right-Wing Crack - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
An Unfair Trade for an Undeserving Deserter - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
Women Can Be Misogynists, Too - Esther Cepeda, Washington Post
The Apology Game - Charles Kesler, Claremont Review of Books
Election Results: Ala., Calif, Iowa, Miss., Montana, N.J., New Mexico, S.D.
Thursday, June 5
When the President Goes Rogue - George Will, Boston HeraldRepublicans Fire Up the Scandal Machine - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Outraged Soldiers Break Silence on Bergdahl Case - Byron York, Examiner
White House Surprised by Bergdahl Backlash - Justin Sink, The Hill
The Left's View of the Military: Suck It Up & Salute - James Taranto, WSJ
The Mississippi Paradox - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
2014 Senate Landscape Tilts in GOP's Favor - Susan Davis, USA Today
The Failed Presidency of Barack Obama - Ben Domenech, The Federalist
Is It Too Late for Obama to Rescue His Legacy? - Paul Brandus, The Week
The Chaos In Washington Is Embarrassing - Bill O'Reilly, FOX News
Misogyny & the Co-opting of the Isla Vista Tragedy - Meghan Daum, LAT
Our Culture Behind Wis. Girls' Stabbing Case - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Pop Culture Not to Blame for 'Slenderman' Stabbing - Tom Bevan, RCP
Tips for Maureen Dowd on Getting Stoned - CJ Ciaramella, The Federalist
Report: NASA Can't Get Humans to Mars - Joel Achenbach, Washington Post
The Case Against Robot Cars - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
The Message of D-Day - Eric Liu, The Atlantic
Latest Polls: FOX: Obama Approval 40% | Quinnipiac: Pennsylvania '16
Friday, June 6
Obama Defends Swap, But Questions Linger - Alexis Simendinger, RCPHow the White House's Story Fell Apart - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Obama Was Right to Rescue Bergdahl - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
When Political Hacks Take Over Foreign Policy - Kim Strassel, Wall St. Jrnl
Bergdahl Debacle Hangs Over D-Day Anniversary - Mike Lupica, NYDN
The Climate Domino - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Liberals Double Down on Climate Doom - Fred Singer, American Thinker
Tea Party Dead-Enders - Timothy Egan, New York Times
The Obama Post-Presidency Has Begun - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
Christie Pick in N.H. Primary Is Pro-Choice - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Amid Questions on Health, Clinton Seeks to Set Pace - Amy Chozick, NYT
Obama Is Sabotaging Dem Senate Hopes - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
GOP Will Regret Overreaching on Bergdahl - Brian Beutler, New Republic
What If Obama Disobeys the Law Again? - Byron York, DC Examiner
70 Years Later, a Story of Survival Endures - Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe
5 Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster - Michael Peck, National Interest
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc - President Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984
Election 2014: Generic Vote: (FOX): GOP +4 | RCP: Senate State of Play
Saturday, June 7
President Obama's Bergdahl Blunder - A.B. Stoddard, The HillAn Ugly Decision, But the Right Call - Aaron David Miller, CNN
Obama's Very Real Military Problem - Diane Dimond, Albuquerque Journal
GOP: If Obama Does It, It's Probably Illegal - Adam Serwer, MSNBC
The 8 Stupidest Arguments Being Made - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
The Politics of Being Green - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Reclaiming Reagan's Economic Voice - Larry Kudlow, National Review
For Drudge, Rove and Putin, It's Silly Season Again - Donna Brazile, CNN
Colleges Become Victims of Progressivism - George Will, Washington Post
Obama's Thankfully 'Dictatorial' Approach to Climate - Lucia Graves, NJ
Welcome to Obama's War on Weather - James Carafano, National Interest
Rahm Emanuel: D.C. Hero, Chicago Goat - Maggie Haberman, Politico
Is Michelle Obama Running for the Senate? - Keith Koffler, Reuters
Parents, Stop Blaming Common Core - Austen Kassinger, Washington Post
The Real Lessons of D-Day - Barry Strauss, FOX News
Is Softball Sexist? - Emma Span, New York Times
The Need to Save Sportswriting - Bill McMorris, The American Spectator
Senate 2014: GA: Kingston Leads Perdue, Nunn | Iowa: Ernst +6, +1 | Map
Sunday, June 8
The Incredible Shrinking President - Walter Russell Mead, NY Daily NewsBergdahl and President Obama's Gitmo Predicament - Max Fisher, Vox
Political Fear Delaying Plans to Empty Gitmo - Pitts & Tienabeso,ABC News
Obama's Presidency Feels Like a Fire Sale - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Clinton Book Sets Foundation for 2016 Run - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Dems in Trouble if Hillary Doesn't Run - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Why Not Rick Snyder in 2016? - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Saving Sgt. Bergdahl - Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register
When Bergdahl Left, Some Stayed, Served & Died - John Kass, Chicago Trib
Marijuana Rules - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
New Liberal Power Elite Won't Tolerate Dissent - Joel Kotkin, Daily Beast
Vladimir Putin's Fifth Column in the West - Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail
At the "End of History" Still Stands Democracy - Francis Fukuyama, WSJ
How Gates Pulled Off Common Core Revolution - Lyndsey Layton, WaPo
Jumping the Shark on Common Core - Joy Pullmann, The Federalist
Alito Key Vote in Cases Challenging Obama's Power - Savage & Phelps, LAT
Miss Pennsylvania's Courageous Mother - Kevin Williamson, Natl Review
Latest Polls: Senate: GA, IA, SC | Govs: MD, SD, GA | Obama Approval