Week of September 22, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, September 22
Women Hold Vital Votes in Senate Races - Albert Hunt, BloombergVoter Intensity Strongly Against Obamacare - Jeffrey Anderson, Wkly Std
Climate Change Is an "Everybody Issue" Now - Ricken Patel, CNN
The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus - John Fund, National Review
Blitzing the NFL With Moral Preening - Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal
The Fight of Their Lives: ISIS vs. the Kurds - Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Why Beheading? - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
ISIS War Rollout Resembles Launch of Obamacare - David Gergen, CNN
A Year of Three-Ways - Rachel Maddow, Washington Post
How WI Prosecutors Became Election Partisans - Richard Esenberg, WSJ
No, Zephyr, Dems Don't Need a Civil War - Bill Scher, RealClearPolitics
The U.S. Has a Femicide Problem - Rachel Lu, The Federalist
What Happens When We All Live to 100? - Gregg Easterbrook, The Atlantic
George Will's Losers - Nicholas Hahn, RealClearReligion
The Next (Nasty) Economic Surprise? - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Those Lazy Jobless - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obamacare Architect Finds Cure for Old Age - David Catron, Am. Spectator
Panels: This Week | FOX News Sunday | Meet the Press | Face the Nation
Tuesday, September 23
President Obama Isn't Finished Yet - James Mann, New York TimesWhat Obama Knows - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
The Mystifying Midterm Elections - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Lois Lerner's Sob Story - Ian Tuttle, National Review
ISIS and the Enemy's Will - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama and Islam: A Tale of Three Speeches - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
In Brownbackistan, Everything Is Awesome! - Thomas Frank, Salon
A Pro-Family, Pro-Growth Tax Reform - Sens. Lee & Rubio, Wall St. Journal
The Wisdom of the Crowd - Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker
A Four-Step Energy Strategy for Our Time - Mark Mills, RealClearEnergy
Public Pays for the Secret Service's Mistakes - Dana Milbank, Wash Post
Rand Paul's Smearing of John McCain - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
McCain's Ludicrous Case for Aiding the Rebels - David Harsanyi, Federalist
Saving Obamacare: Make It a Women's Issue - Brian Beutler, New Republic
Freedom and the Human Person - Lawler & Reinsch, National Affairs
Why Poor Students Struggle - Vicki Madden, New York Times
The End of Civil Rhetoric - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
Wednesday, September 24
Fight for Senate Control Down to Five States - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll CallWhy Colorado's Gutless Gov Is in Trouble - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Obama Still the Lesser Evil to Liberals - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
The Climate March to Nowhere - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Energy Policy: Regional Wild Card in the Midterms? - Carl Cannon, RCP
ISIS Crisis - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Unfree Speech Movement - Sol Stern, Wall Street Journal
At IRS, Targeting the Constitution - Nicholas Rosenkranz, Washington Post
A Health Care Success Story - Kocher & Mostashari, New York Times
Why You Are Likely to Lose Your Health Plan - John Goodman, Forbes
The Woman Who Could Beat Rahm Emanuel - Emily Cadei, Ozy
Climate Change Is Not Hysteria -- It's a Fact - Leonardo DiCaprio, Guardian
The Air Comes Out of the Climate Change Talks - Rupert Darwall, RCP
Justice Ginsburg: I'm Not Going Anywhere - Jessica Weisberg, Elle
Jon Stewart & The Daily Show's Dishonesty - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
The Recovery That Left Out Almost Everybody - William Galston, WSJ
U.S. Needs Allies of Convenience - Fukuyama & Eikenberry, Financial Times
Thursday, September 25
How a Nobel Peace Laureate Makes War - Dana Milbank, Washington PostReluctant Warriors Make Special Mistakes - Adam Garfinkle, Am Interest
The Issues Are Breaking Bad for Democrats - Karl Rove, Wall St. Journal
Parties Vie to Win Working Class White Men - Matt Cooper, Newsweek
What Polling Tells Us About Senate Battle - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Kay Hagan's Surprising Strength - Nate Cohn, The Upshot
Will Kansas Voters Gamble on Orman? - George Will, Washington Post
As Christie Gears Up, Rival '16 Strategists Lick Chops - Scott Conroy, RCP
Romney World Advisors Keeping the Dream Alive - Byron York, Examiner
Middle East Continues to Haunt Hillary - Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
Why Does Ginsburg Want to Kill the Poor? - Kevin Williamson, Natl Review
President Obama's Exceptional UN Address - Josh Gerstein, Politico
Morally Equating ISIS to Ferguson a Mistake - Richard Grenell, FOX News
The Ebola Fiasco - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Obamacare's Architect Wants You to Die at 75 - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
To Curb Campus Sex Violence, Ban Fraternities - Jessica Valenti, Guardian
America's Dubious Threat Assessments - Heather Wilhelm,RealClearPolitics
Battle for Senate: Polls: AK, VA, AR | RCP Avgs: 51R, 48D, 1I | RCP Map
Friday, September 26
Holder's Reign Ends With a Whimper - Jonathan Turley, USA TodayWhy Holder Will Always Be a Black Icon - Joshua DuBois, The Daily Beast
A Legacy of Duplicity, Incompetence, Obliviousness - Nick Gillespie, Time
Republicans Need a Direction - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
A Troubling Trend for Dems in Colorado - Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
The Rubes' Revenge - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Tom Cotton: Energy Policy at Stake in Midterms - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Led by U.S., World Will Defeat ISIS - Sec of State John Kerry, Boston Globe
A Basket of Snakes - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Jihad by the Book - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Containment-Plus in Syria - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
Bookends of a Presidency - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Hillary Clinton & Our Supine Media - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
How to Keep Bill in a Box - Todd Purdum, Politico
The 3% Economy: Something Is Very Broken - Rana Foroohar, Time
Eric Holder's Business Legacy: Too Big to Jail? - Roger Parloff, Fortune
Secret Wall St. Tapes Are a Game Changer - Michael Lewis, Bloomberg
Obama Job Approval: Ipsos: 37% | YouGov: 42% | RCP Average: 41.3%
Saturday, September 27
IA's Ernst Makes Quick Work of War on Women - George Will, Wash PostIn the Homestretch, Obama Comes on Strong - Serge Schmemann, NYT
Obama's Imperial About-Face on War - Michael Cohen, Boston Globe
Why Nancy Pelosi Is Smiling - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Five Senate Races to Watch - Cillizza, Blake & Sullivan, Washington Post
Would Loss Crack Dems' Keystone Stonewall? - Byron York, DC Examiner
Paralysis Isn't Inevitable - Joe Nocera, New York Times
Bloomberg's Desire for Gun Control Is Backfiring - Frank Miniter, Forbes
Obama's "At Least I Tried" Legacy - Gary Younge, The Guardian
Democracy Requires a Patriotic Education - Donald Kagan, WSJ
Ten Things Parents Hate About Common Core - Joy Pullmann, Federalist
Eric Holder a Fighter Who Would Not Cower - Errol Louis, CNN
Will Holder Be Prosecuted for Abuses? - Matthew Vadum, Am. Thinker
Why Justice Ginsburg Should Retire - Erwin Chemerinsky, Politico
Nerd Throwdown: Neil Tyson vs. Peter Thiel - Jonathan Last, Weekly Std
Not Every Gender Gap Needs to Be Closed - Alice Robb, The New Republic
The Left's Campaign Against Philanthropic Privacy - Bill Zeiser, NRO
Battle for Senate: RCP Map: 47R, 44D, 9TU | RCP Avgs: GOP +7 Seats
Sunday, September 28
Governors Feel the Heat From Voters - Dan Balz, Washington PostGround Has Shifted Under Democrat Braley - Jennifer Jacobs, DMRegister
Eric Holder and the Lonely President - George Condon, National Journal
The Khorosan Group Does Not Exist - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Who Had It Easier, Reagan or Obama? - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Wanted in 2014: Grownups - Erick Erickson, RedState
Florida Goes Down the Drain - Gail Collins, New York Times
The Saddest Climate Fiasco Yet - Christopher Booker, Daily Telegraph
With ISIS Fight, Obama Regains Confidence - David Gergen, Boston Globe
Why the Latte Salute Matters - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Stranger Danger and Guns - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Nothing's the Matter with Kansas - Blake Hurst, Weekly Standard
Eric Holder: Advocate for the Poor - Angela Davis, The New Republic
Neil Tyson: Just Trust Me, OK? - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
Bill and Hillary's Boulevard of Dreams - Carl Cannon, OC Register
James Traficant, 1941-2014 - Matt Labash, Weekly Standard
Air France 447 and The Human Factor - William Langewiesche, Vanity Fair
Polls: IA (DMR): Ernst +6, NC (CNN): Hagan +3, LA (CNN): Cassidy +3