Week of October 13, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, October 13
President Obama's Midterm Malaise - Jim Acosta, CNNNC Senate: The One That Got Away? - Michael Warren, Weekly Standard
What the Next 2 Awful Years Will Look Like - Leber, Shavin, & Teng, TNR
Why Doubt of Democrats Is on the Rise - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
An Obamacare October Surprise? - David Nather, Politico
How to Quarantine Against Ebola - Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times
President Obama's Big Ebola Error - James Carafano, The National Interest
Rand Paul Wants You to Be Very Afraid - Sally Kohn, The Daily Beast
Braced for Voter Fraud in Colorado - John Fund, National Review
The New Republic Falls Short of True Liberalism - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
How Republicans Lost the Culture War - Bill Scher, Politico
Mind Not the Gap - Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review
I Have Brain Cancer, But I'd Never Kill Myself - Maggie Karner, Federalist
How GWU Is Investing in Solar - Carl Cannon and Amit Ronen, RCP
We Need U.S. Ground Troops in Syria - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
Getting Involved in Syria Civil War Is Insane - Paul Mulshine, Star-Ledger
Leaning Forward, MSNBC Loses Ground - Bill Carter, New York Times
Shows: Fox News Sunday | This Week | Meet the Press | Face the Nation
Tuesday, October 14
Like Bush in '06, Obama Is a Drag on His Party - George Condon, Natl JrnlElection 2014: Why Voters Don't Care - Julian Zelizer, CNN
Can Joni Ernst Break Iowa's Senate Habit? - Byron York, DC Examiner
GOP Needs to Call Off the Voting Wars - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Officials Confer on Tighter Infection Controls - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Americans Short on Reasons to Trust - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
Happy Halloween From Republicans - Leo Gerard, Huffington Post
Panetta's "Disloyalty" Is How It Should Work - Rob Tracinski, Federalist
How to Close the Pay Gap - Catherine Rampell, Washington Post
The Mythical "Pay Equity" Crisis - Gerald Skoning, Wall Street Journal
Revenge of the Unforgiven - Paul Krugman, New York Times
My QE Mea Culpa Will Not Make Krugman Happy - Cliff Asness, RCM
Left Needs to Embrace Abortion as a Social Good - Hanna Rosin, Slate
Todd Akin Turns Left - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
A President Lacking Menace - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Take Out ISIS With a Large-Scale Raid - Gary Anderson, New York Post
Life Lessons From Larry David - Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker
2014: Senate Map - RCP Avgs: GOP +8 | Gov Map - RCP Avgs: Dems +3
Wednesday, October 15
Scarier Than Ebola - Frank Bruni, New York TimesObama Has an Ebola Czar. Where Is She? - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Midterm Trouble Looms for Obama, Democrats - Gary Langer, ABC News
A Life Raft for Hagan in N.C.? - Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
Behind the Global Growth Slowdown - Brian Wesbury, Wall Street Journal
Obama, Not Bush, Master of Unilateral War - Goldsmith & Waxman, TNR
Denver Post's Awful Endorsment in Colorado - Gary Hart, Huffington Post
The Audacity of Greg Orman - Byron York, Washington Examiner
Keystone Pipeline -- Will It Ever Be Built? - William Tucker, RCP
A Pump War? - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Democratic Party Hits a 30-Year Low - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Will Republicans Fumble at the Goal Line? - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
The Polarizing Politics of Solar - Amit Ronen, RealClearPolitics
5 Key Implications If Baghdad Falls to ISIS - Patrick Poole, PJ Media
No Shock and No Awe - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The Ferguson Effect: A Cop's-Eye View - Deputy Matt, New York Post
Accused College Rapists Have Rights, Too - Judith Shulevitz, New Republic
Thursday, October 16
President Obama's Ebola Problem - Justin Sink, The HillObama Steps Up Ebola Response - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
How Presidents Handle Pandemics - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Obama's Spectacular Incompetence Turns Deadly - Joe Curl, Wash Times
Why Is the Stock Market Sliding So Hard, So Fast? - Shawn Tully, Fortune
Falling Market a Death Knell for Dems? - James Piereson, RealClearPolitics
Republicans Aren't Guaranteed to Win - Sam Wang, The New Republic
The Republican Election Hand Gets Better - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
This Election Is Tied, & GOP May Try to Steal It - Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
The Dems' Most Effective Midterm Message - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Journal
Is Dems' Kick-the-Can Strategy Backfiring? - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
A Year of Living on the Brink - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
October's Wild Ride Isn't Over Yet - Mohamed El-Erian, Bloomberg
Inflated Fears of Ebola and Terrorism - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
America's Dangerous Ebola Advice - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Is Jeff Bezos Really the Bad Guy? - Alex Beam, Boston Globe
Will the FCC Try to Tackle the Redskins? - George Will, Washington Post
Generic Vote: FOXNews: GOP+3 | ABC/WP: GOP+7 | NBC/WSJ: GOP+1
Friday, October 17
Who Do They Think We Are? - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalWhy an Ebola Travel Ban Wouldn't Work - Caygle & Wolfe, Politico
Getting Serious About Ebola - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Let Obama and Frieden Do Their Jobs - Joe Conason, National Memo
The Macaca Democrats - Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
When the Rick Hits the Fan in Florida - Paul Begala, CNN
Hispanics Souring on Obama Dems - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Could the South Save the Democrats? - Joy-Ann Reid, Miami Herald
What to Expect From Senate Polls in Final Days - Sean Trende, Crystal Ball
Obama Could Federalize Ebola Control Effort - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Why a Quarantine Makes Sense - Steven Beutler, The New Republic
Ebola & the Failure of the Administrative State - John Davidson, Federalist
What Markets Will - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Eerie Silence About Fed Policy - Amity Shlaes, National Review
Fueling Decentralization: Solar Power & the Tea Party - Amit Ronen, RCP
From "One Tough Nerd" to Embattled Governor - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
We Don't Know What the White House Is Hiding - Ed Rogers, Wash Post
2014: Senate Map, NTU Map | Gov Map, NTU Map | House Map, Generic
Saturday, October 18
Failures of Competence - Joe Nocera, New York TimesRon Klain, the Stimulus and Ebola - Byron York, Washington Examiner
Klain Is a Great Choice for Ebola Czar - Ezra Klein, Vox
The Ebola Breaking Point - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Late Shifts in the Polls Probably Won't Help Dems - John Sides, Wash Post
Democrats Put Prayers in Ground Game - Cameron Joseph, The Hill
Udall's Overheated Rhetoric in Colorado - George Will, Washington Post
Kentucky Showcases the Worst of Politics - Michael Cohen, Boston Globe
What If Republicans Win? - James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Where the Tea Party Rules - Janet Reitman, Rolling Stone
Lower Oil Prices Are Unambiguously Good - Larry Kudlow, IBD
Our Downward Spiral Since Citizens United - Norm Ornstein, Natl Journal
Obamacare's Unknowable Price Tag - Keisling & Gillespie, Reason
The Nasty Politicization of Ebola - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
How the Feds Block Ebola Cures - Robert Goldberg, New York Post
Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims - Marlow Stern, Daily Beast
Start Helping the Helpers - Arthur Brooks, New York Times
Governor Polls: IL: Rauner +1 | PA: Wolf +7 | MA: Baker, Coakley Tied
Sunday, October 19
The Virus of Cynicism - Frank Bruni, New York TimesWhat Liberals Can't Admit About Ebola Politics - Charles Cooke, NRO
Travel Bans for Ebola Won't Work - Abby Haglage, The Daily Beast
The Travel Ban and the New Czar - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Obamacare Cancellations, Again - Tim Phillips, USA Today
Will Larry Pressler Be the Dems' Hero? - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Kay Hagan's October Surprise - Joel Gehrke, National Review
What Would George Washington Do? - Carl Cannon, Orange Cty Register
Ebola Czar Should Be a General Not a Pol - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
NYT Blatantly Spins for the White House - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Stop With the "Ebola Is Obama's Katrina" Stuff - Dylan Scott, TPM
Ebola, Ideology and Common Sense - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Trib-Review
Billionaires Become Their Own Political Parties - Jim Rutenberg, NYT Mag
Houston's Scandalous Intimidation Tactics - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Republicans Pave Way to All-White Future - Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg
White Liberals and the Grievance Industry - Bill O'Reilly, FOX News
China's Dangerous Game - Howard French, The Atlantic
Senate '14: Map: 45 GOP, 10 Toss Up, 45 Dem | RCP Avgs: GOP +8 Seats