Week of September 8, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, September 8
Why Obama Delayed His Immigration Plan - Alexis Simendinger, RCPReid Rewrites the First Amendment - Theodore Olson, Wall Street Journal
The Threat to American Democracy - Sens. Udall & Sanders, Politico
Could New Strategy End Birth Control Wars? - Byron York, DC Examiner
Putin's Crimea Is a Big Anti-Gay Casino - Anna Nemtsova, The Daily Beast
Our Unrealist President - Elbridge Colby, National Review
Supply Issues Could Hamper U.S. Economy - Larry Summers, Wash Post
White House Ready for Clash Over Powers - Juan Williams, The Hill
"Obama Touch" Could Doom Dem Candidates - Hugh Hewitt, DC Examiner
Why Are Republicans Suddenly Leaning Left? - Bill Scher, RCP
Is Durbin in Danger? - Bruce Walker, American Thinker
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Seal Next Election - Joel Kotkin, Daily Beast
Crime, Bias and Statistics - Charles Blow, New York Times
Study: People Faster to Shoot White Suspects - Ronald Bailey, Reason
Obama's Lame Civil Rights Record - Michael Selmi, Politico
Are Home-Cooked Meals Tyrannical? - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
Jim Webb Could Mount a Challenge to Clinton - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
Election '14: IA Sen (Loras): Braley +4 | CO Gov (RasRpts): Beauprez +1
Tuesday, September 9
Obama's Assurances Come Back to Haunt Him - Peter Baker, NY TimesBlind to the World's Broken Windows - Richard Cohen, NY Daily News
Bombs, Boots & Bluster Won't Work - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
President Obama Hits a New Low for Leadership - Gary Langer, ABC News
Look For a Sizable GOP Wave in the Senate - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
5 Things to Watch on the Final Primary Day of 2014 - Scott Conroy, RCP
The Path of Least Resistance to Republican Majority - Nate Silver, 538
Obama's Untruth, Inc. - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online
How Obama Is Expanding Presidential Power - Andrew Prokop, Vox
Reliving Benghazi's 13 Hours - Ross Kaminsky, The American Spectator
The Twenty-Eight Pages - Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker
ISIS Is Getting Stronger And It's Targeting America - Ryan Crocker, WSJ
It Isn't the 1930s & Obama Isn't Chamberlain - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Why the US Should Fear Scottish Independence - Nile Gardiner, Telegraph
Multiculturalism Behind Rotherham Atrocity - Dennis Prager, Townhall
Roger Goodell Must Go - Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
The 1 Person Who Can Save the NFL: Condi Rice - Jonathan Capehart, WP
Generic Ballot: CNN: GOP +4 | ABC/WP: GOP +3 | RCP Avg: GOP +1.6
Wednesday, September 10
Stepping Warily Onto the Battlefield - David Ignatius, Washington PostObama's Strategy to Emphasize Coalition Effort - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Is Obama the Man to Confront ISIS? - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
The President's Achievements in the Mideast - Jeffrey Goldberg, Atlantic
Obama's Politicking Is Damaging His Presidency - Josh Kraushaar, NJ
American Horror Story - Frank Bruni, New York Times
The Obamacare Magical Mystery Tour - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Who Needs a Smoke-Filled Room? - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
Harry Reid's Peculiar Priorities - Mark Pfeifle, RealClearPolitics
GOP's Benghazi Meter Does Not Read Victory - James Carville, The Hill
The Obama Presidency and the Next President - Ed Rogers, Wash Post
Maybe Latinos Should Sit Out 2014 Elections - Carmen Velasquez, Politico
GOP Governors' Shortsighted Cave-In on Medicaid - Phil Klein, Examiner
Washington Isn't Insular Enough - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
The Fed's Too Cozy Relations With Banks - Haber & Levine, Wall St. Jrnl
Russia's Next Land Grab - Brenda Shaffer, New York Times
9/11 Speeches: What Text Analysis Tells Us - David Byler, RealClearPolitics
Obama Approval: FOX News 38% | NBC/WSJ 40% | RCP Average 41.4%
Thursday, September 11
Extending a Legacy of War - Peter Baker, New York TimesThe Humbling of a President - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
The Most Evil Group on the Planet - Graeme Wood, The New Republic
Obama's Coalition of the Willing & Unable - Jeff Shesol, The New Yorker
The Public Is Not Confused on Foreign Policy - Ben Domenech, Federalist
Kissinger Reminds Us Why Realism Matters - Walter Isaacson, Time
Midterm Electorate Is Anxious and Unsettled - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
Democrats' Embrace of Extremism - George Will, Washington Post
Republicans Scramble to Save Roberts in Kansas - Manu Raju, Politico
Is Eric Holder Trying to Protect the IRS? - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Naive to Say Islam Is Like Other Religions - Bill Maher, Charlie Rose Show
Congress Takes Up Steps on ISIS - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
The Grand Strategy Obama Needs - Vali Nasr, New York Times
The JV President - Scott Johnson, Power Line
War on Women Is Winning - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
Wendy Davis & the Over-Sharing Age - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Paul's Feud With a Powerful Ky. Republican - Shane Goldmacher, Natl Jrnl
Friday, September 12
Islamists Are Not Our Friends - Dennis Ross, New York TimesThe Genocide of Mideastern Christians - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
The Advantage of the Reluctant Warrior - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama's ISIS Strategy Isn't Reality Based - Angelo Codevilla, The Federalist
Immigration Punt Is Good Politics - Joshua Green, Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Obama to Latinos: I'm Not That Into You - Mike Gonzalez, DC Examiner
President Losing Confidence of His Coalition - Karen Tumulty, Wash Post
GOP's Underhanded Birth Control Push - Lisa Wirthman, Denver Post
Democrats in Desperation - John Fund, National Review
Obama's Strategy: Kill ISIS Before They Kill Us - Miller & Brodsky, CNN
The President's Uncertain Trumpet - Charles Krauthammer, NY Daily News
R.I. Could Transform Debate on Progressivism - Matt Miller, Wash Post
What's Not the Matter With Kansas - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal
How Scalia's Beliefs Changed the Supreme Court - Justin Driver, TNR
Harry Reid's Silent Coup - Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
Condoleezza Rice Should Replace Goodell - Juan Williams, FOX News
What We're Afraid to Say About Ebola - Michael Osterholm, NY Times
Polls: Sen: IA, CO, GA - Map | Govs: CO, FL, GA - Map | House: NY19, 21
Saturday, September 13
Candidates Playing Possum - Gail Collins, New York TimesThe Fall of the Arkansas Democrats - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
What a GOP Senate's First 100 Days Will Look Like - Danny Vinik, TNR
Big Govt Out of Place in Modern Society - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
U.S. Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels - Hubbard, Schmitt & Mazzetti, NY Times
Obama Muddles His Own Plan for War - Tim Carney, Washington Examiner
Syrian Rebels to Use Weapons to Fight Assad - Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast
Obama Must Maintain His Strong Resolve - Colbert King, Washington Post
Democrats and GOP Should Support Obama's Plan - Larry Kudlow, CNBC
Missed Chance on Immigration - Joe Klein, Time
Cruz Is No Hero for Insulting Christians - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
A New Form of Labor Activism - William Finnegan, The New Yorker
Mob Rule Economics - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Insular Rail Industry Impedes Innovative Outsiders - Robert Ahern, RCP
NFL Stands by Its Leader - Joe Nocera, New York Times
The Jerry Jones Conundrum - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes
Peril and Promise of Rand Paul on Display in N.H. - Scott Conroy, RCP
Governor Polls: GA: Deal 44, Carter 40 | IL: Quinn 48, Rauner 37 | Map
Sunday, September 14
President Obama's World of Wishes - Robert Fulford, National PostObama's Calm Approach Keeps U.S. Safer - Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe
The USS Obama Is Sinking - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
ISIS Loses If It Becomes a War Within Islam - Tom Friedman, NY Times
What Obama Could Have Said in His ISIS Speech - Carl M. Cannon, OCR
Ahead of Midterms, Dems Court Women - Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
Dems' Coalition Showing Signs of Strain - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
6 Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Back in Iowa - Kasie Hunt, MSNBC
Ted Cruz's Self-Aggrandizement - Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Week
Dems Push to Criminalize Dissent - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Elizabeth Warren the Message Machine - MJ Lee, Politico
A Message to Rally the GOP - Rep. Adam Kinzinger, RCP Changing Lanes
Building Legacy, Obama Reshapes Appellate Bench - Jeremy Peters, NYT
Scotland's Epic Vote on Independence - George Will, Washington Post
Ineptitude of Britain's Politicians - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
Adrian Peterson Case Revives Debate on "Whuppin" - DeNeen Brown, WP
Throw the NFL Bums Out - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
2014 Polls: Sen: DE, GA, IA, CO | Govs: NM, GA, IL, CO | House: Generic