Week of June 9, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, June 9
In Two Capitals, Questions Over Taliban 5 Deal - Sanger & Rosenberg, NYTSeeking Sanity on Bergdahl - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Bergdahl Fiasco - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
Senate Forecast: Toss-Up or Tilt GOP? - Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
D Is for Democrat. Or Dodge. - John Sununu, Boston Globe
Top 10 Conclusions About the VA Crisis - Norm Ornstein, National Journal
Beware of Government-Run Health Care - James Antle, National Interest
Cowed Republican Leaders Run From Immigration - Juan Williams, Hill
Will President Obama Ever Be Popular Again? - Rhodes Cook, Politico
The White House's Relentless Incompetence - Ed Morrissey, Fiscal Times
Revenge of the Liberal Foreign Policy Wonks - Kevin Baron, Natl Journal
A Practical Plan for Recalibrating Conservatism - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Mississippi Voters Stagger Cochran & K Street - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
It's Time to Think Big on Gun Control - Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast
Schweitzer's Bizarre Strategy for Challenging Clinton - Bill Scher, RCP
How Liberalism Became Kryptonite for Superman - Dixon & Rivoche, WSJ
Who Wants to Shoot an Elephant? - Wells Tower, GQ Magazine
Senate 2014: Latest Polls | RCP: 46D, 8TU, 46R | NTU: 52 GOP, 48 Dems
Tuesday, June 10
Republicans' Gagging Hypocrisy - Dana Milbank, Washington PostWhen It Is Over for a President - Erick Erickson, RedState
The Bergdahl Swap Defense - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
White House's Bergdahl Mess - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
The Vulnerable Democratic Coalition - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Hillary Is Neutralizing Inevitability Curse - Eugene Robinson, Wash Post
What's Missing From Clinton's Iraq Apology - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Obama's Broken VA Promise - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
Dems See Winning Issue in Carbon Plan - Hulse & Shear, New York Times
Trampling Democracy Over Climate Change - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
On Climate Change, Obama Is Finally Leading - Will Oremus, Slate
Why Young People Can't Find Work - Andrew Puzder, Wall Street Journal
The Real Travesty of Va.'s Medicaid Fight - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
What Should Tax Reform Be About? - Ben Domenech, The Federalist
The Latest Tea Party Pinata - Joe Nocera, New York Times
Regulators Wreck Uber Innovation - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
What to Watch for in the South Carolina Primary - Scott Conroy, RCP
Latest Polls: Sen: MS GOP Runoff | Govs: FL, MD, CA | Health Care Law
Wednesday, June 11
Eric Cantor Out in Tea Party Shocker - Gerald Seib, Wall Street JournalBrat Teaches D.C. a Lesson in Humility - Laris & Portnoy, Washington Post
Why Eric Cantor Lost - Erick Erickson, FOX News
The Triumph of Rightwing Populism - John Judis, The New Republic
The Short Unhappy Life of Obamacare - Stephen Parente, Wall St. Journal
Obama Laments Lack of Passion for Gun Control - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
A Historic Victory for Kids in California - Campbell Brown, NY Daily News
Sawyer Destroys Clinton on Benghazi - Erik Wemple, Washington Post
Let the Republican Infighting Begin - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
DC Paying Too Much Attention to K St. & Wall St. - Dave Brat, FOX News
Will Democrats Pay a Price for Bergdahl Deal? - Julian Zelizer, CNN
Obama's Being Pretty Stupid for a Smart Guy - Noemie Emery, Examiner
Putin Brings China Into Mideast Strategy - Vitaly Naumkin, Al-Monitor
The Return of al-Qaeda - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Hillary Clinton's Sexism Opportunity - Major Garrett, National Journal
Clinton and the Heartbreak of Many Homes - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
The First Time I Met Hillary - Lanny Davis, Changing Lanes
Full Results: Maine | Nevada | North Dakota | South Carolina | Virginia
Thursday, June 12
While Obama Fiddles - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street JournalDon't Blame Obama for the Disaster in Iraq - Fred Kaplan, Slate
The Cantor Omen - Charles Blow, New York Times
Has the Anti-Incumbent Fire Arrived? - John Podhoretz, Commentary
A Party Further Radicalized - Norm Ornstein, New York Daily News
A Boost for Pro-Growth, Anti-Crony Policies - Michael Needham, USA Today
The Power Of Right-Wing Populism - Andrew Sullivan, The Dish
How Cantor Became a Tea Party Trophy - David Weigel, Slate
Chuck Hagel Hedges the Tough Questions - Byron York, Wash Examiner
A Fight Against the End of the Planet - Dean Baker, The Guardian
Dreaming the Impossible Green Dream - Robert Bryce, Wall Street Journal
Cantor's Loss Was Like an Earthquake - Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Why Polling Fails - Frank Luntz, New York Times
Clinton's Money Trouble - Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times
Hillary Is a True Liberal - Lanny Davis, Changing Lanes
Why Ronan Farrow's Show Is Such a Huge Bust - Brian Steinberg, Salon
Feminists and Their Daddy Issues - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Bloomberg: Obama Job Approval: 43% | Health Care Law: Against 53-39
Friday, June 13
The GOP Is Overdosing on Tea - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostWhat Dave Brat Taught Conservatives - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Jrnl
Grave Dangers Are Ahead in Iraq - Daniel Benjamin, Boston Globe
Welcome to the Jihadi Spring - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Who Lost Iraq? - Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
In the Middle East, the End of the Beginning - Michael Walsh, PJ Media
Eric Cantor and the Death of a Movement - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Our "Dead Broke" Leaders - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Did Crossover Democrats Doom Cantor? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Replacing Cantor With McCarthy Is Absurd - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
Hillary Clinton's Infectious Laugh - Lanny Davis, Changing Lanes
Three Challenges for Hillary Clinton - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
The Power of Crowds - Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Eliminating Tenure Won't Improve Education - Catherine Rampell, WP
There Is No War on Teachers - Eric Hanushek, USA Today
Bracing Lessons of Eric Cantor's Loss - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Revenge, American-Style - Charles Krauthammer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Latest Polls: Sen: MN, LA, GA/AK GOP, VA | RCP Avgs: GOP +7 Pick Ups
Saturday, June 14
Maliki and Iraq's Disaster - David Ignatius, Washington PostHow Does a Paralyzed President Move the Needle? - James Oliphant, NJ
Harry Reid Fights Back to Save the Senate - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
The Crony Capital - Jim DeMint & Mike Needham, Weekly Standard
Let a Special Prosecutor Find Lerner's IRS Emails - Ron Fournier, Natl Jrnl
Cantor Loss a Wake-Up Call for Dems - Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post
Risk & Opportunity in Labrador's Challenge - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
Hillary Clinton's Gay Marriage Problem - Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Escaping the Student-Debt Trap - Kate Bachelder, Wall Street Journal
McCain: "We Had the Conflict Won" in Iraq - Jonathan Topaz, Politico
Beltway Neocons Indulging in Revisionist History - Andy McCarthy, NRO
Chris Christie's Pension Crisis - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Clinton Was a Mediocre Secretary of State - Isaac Chotiner, New Republic
Answering the WSJ's Kimberley Strassel - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Sexism Persists, Even Among the Enlightened - Nicholas Kristof, NY Times
Type Bigotry Into Google, See What You Get - Betsy Rothstein, Daily Caller
Masters of Love - Emily Esfahani Smith, The Atlantic
Latest Polls: Sen: MN, LA, AK & GA GOP | Govs: MA, MN, HI Dem | 2016
Sunday, June 15
5 Principles for a Disintegrating Iraq - Thomas Friedman, New York TimesObama's Legacy of War and Chaos - Charles Moore, The Telegraph
White House Pinched By Crises Abroad - Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Emerging Populism Bursting DC's Bubble - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
GOP Struggles With Internal Divisions - Tumulty & Balz, Washington Post
Cantor Loss Gives GOP Chance to be People's Party - Tim Carney,Examiner
Lois Lerner's Lost Emails: Questions for the IRS - Sharyl Attkisson
When Will Hillary Let It Go? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Hillary's Book Tour From Hell - Ben Wolfgang, Washington Times
Question for Hillary Not 'If' but 'When & How' - Carl Cannon, OC Register
Tim Cook, Making Apple His Own - Richtel & Chen, New York Times
Dear Senators: A Response Regarding Sexual Assault - George Will
My Search for the Taliban 5 - Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast
Michael Spann's Daughter Shocked by Release - Hollie McKay, FOX News
Good Dads Never Really Die - Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic
How Losing My Daughter Changed My Faith - Kyle Cupp, The Daily Beast
What Being a Father Taught Me About God - Matt Lewis, The Week
Latest Polls: Obama Approval | Senate | House | Govs | Health Care Law