Week of November 3, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, November 3
As Vote Looms, Dems' Challenges Grow - Chris Cillizza, Washington PostWhat Tuesday's Outcome Will Mean for Obama - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Even Silicon Valley Tilts Republican - Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal
Blacks, Obama and the Election - Charles Blow, New York Times
Race-Baiting and the Democrats' Future - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
What I Got Wrong About the Obama Economy - Noam Scheiber, TNR
Harry Reid on the Ropes - John Fund, National Review
House Races to Watch on Tuesday - Adam O'Neal, RealClearPolitics
How Brown Could Win NH's Nationalized Election - Lauren Fox, Natl Jrnl
NYT: 2014 Can't Be About Obamacare - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Standard
Republicans Bank on Fear in Election - Rachel Maddow, Washington Post
In Georgia, Nunn Fadeout Dashes Dem Hopes - Byron York, DC Examiner
Be Careful of Election Post-Mortems - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Cancel the Midterms - Schanzer & Sullivan, New York Times
Thanks, Tim Cook, But LGBTs Haven't Won Yet - Sylvia Hewlett, CNN
What It's Like to Face the LGBT Inquisition - Robert Lopez, The Federalist
How the Midterms Set the Table for 2016 - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Final Polls: Sen: NH,IA,CO,GA,AK,MN | Gov: FL,CT,GA,CO,MN,AK,NH
Tuesday, November 4
On Election Day, GOP Confident, Voters Sour - Weisman & Parker, NYTA Most Pivotal Election - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
The Tectonic Plates of 2014 - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Senate Control at Stake Today - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
Dems Make Mistake Running from Obama - Jonathan Capehart, Wash Post
Obama Will Leave the Dems in Shambles - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Where Did Obama Go Wrong? - Eilperin & Nakamura, Washington Post
What Will a GOP Senate Do for Economy? - Danny Vinik, New Republic
Voter Fraud and Voter I.D. - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Our Do-Nothing Politics - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Why Lena Dunham Shouldn't Be Allowed to Vote - Jonah Goldberg, LAT
What Governor Race Results May Tell Us - Adam O'Neal, RealClearPolitics
Governors Matter Most for the Republican Brand - John Dickerson, Slate
Brutal Setbacks in the Race for Space - Matt Gurney, National Post
Ferguson No-Fly Zone a Big No-No - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
The Courage of Brittany Maynard - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Divine Right of Presidents - Tim Cavanaugh, National Review Online
Election 2014: Senate Map, Polls | Govs Map, Polls | House Map, Polls
Wednesday, November 5
A Republican Wave Sweeps the Midterms - Molly Ball, The AtlanticFor President Obama, a Harsh Referendum - Carol Lee, Wall Street Journal
Republicans Just Broke Dems' Blue Wall - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Voters' Verdict Explodes Democratic Myths - Byron York, DC Examiner
It's Time Obama Waged War for Real - Brian Beutler, The New Republic
The Evaporating Democratic Majority - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Senate Gains Give McConnell a Double Win - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Why the Blowout Is So Scary for Democrats - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Hard Part About to Begin for Republicans - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Key Governor Races Bolster Republicans' Huge Night - Scott Conroy, RCP
A Rejection of Liberal Dem Governance - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Republicans, Meet Science - Frank Bruni, New York Times
The Failure of the War on Women - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
A WH-Republican Governing Alliance? Unlikely - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
"Making the President Small" - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
Targeting Political Speech for the Next Election - Ronald Rotunda, WSJ
The Best and Worst Campaign Ads of 2014 - Frank Luntz, RealClearPolitics
Thursday, November 6
Why the Democrats Lost - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street JournalFinding Good News in the Election Results - Gail Collins, New York Times
Obama Isn't Listening to Voters He Claims to Hear - Ron Fournier, NJ
An Historic GOP House Majority - David Wasserman, Cook Political Report
Dems Forgot Their Winning 2012 Message - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
Barack Obama Is Now a Toxic Brand - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Big Post-Midterm Choices for Obama & the GOP - Charles Lipson, RCP
America's Broken Politics - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Now We Can Get Congress Going - Boehner & McConnell, Wall Street Journal
McConnell, Obama Size Up Relationship - Huey-Burns & Simendinger, RCP
The Good News for Dems in Colorado - Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker
What Women Really Want - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
GOP Inroads With Latinos Hint at a Path for 2016 - Julia Preston, NYT
4 Reasons Elizabeth Warren Should Run - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The Demographics That Sank the Dems - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Democrats Plot Their Comeback - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Seven Deadly Virtues - David DesRosiers, Washington Times
Friday, November 7
A Message Sent to a Grudging President - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalWelcome to the Great Liberal Hangover of 2014 - Jeb Lund, The Guardian
Let the Payback Begin - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Examining the Polls & the Election Results - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
A Wave--But No Tsunami - Charlie Cook, National Journal
A Very Bad Omen for Dems' Future - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
In Defeat, President Obama Claims a Mandate - Byron York, DC Examiner
Triumph of the Wrong - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Republicans Win. Earth Will Survive - Alex Berezow, RealClearScience
Seize the Day, Control the Agenda - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Immigration Will Be Obama's Wedge - Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg
How to Resist Obama & Appeal to Hispanics - Mike Gonzalez, DC Examiner
Democrats Can't Keep Playing Not to Lose - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
What Bruce Rauner Can Teach His Fellow Republicans - Tom Bevan, RCP
The Big Sleep - Timothy Egan, New York Times
Are Republicans Ready for Obama's AG Fight? - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
8 Things I Learned (or Relearned) in 2014 - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Obama Job Approval: Reuters: 37% | YouGov: 40% | Gallup: 41%
Saturday, November 8
Shellacking, the Sequel - Ronald Brownstein, National JournalHow Scott Walker Keeps Winning - Joseph Rago, Wall Street Journal
An Unpresidential Election - Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
The Exhaustion of the Obama Democrats - Rich Lowry, National Review
Republicans Heart Pipeline - Gail Collins, New York Times
A Return to Normal in Congress - John Sununu, Boston Globe
GOP Shouldn't Let Victory Go to Their Heads - Clarence Page, Chicago Trib
2014's War on Women a Disaster for Dems - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
The Supreme Court Is Now a Death Panel - Brian Beutler, The New Republic
Obamacare Courts Death Yet Again - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Fire Valerie Jarrett - Carol Felsenthal, Politico
Hillary Clinton's Time Is Now - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
For 2016, Hillary Had the Worst Night - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Perry's N.H. Trip to Kick Off 2016 Campaign Season - Scott Conroy, RCP
Big Money Wins Again in a Romp - Joe Nocera, New York Times
High Court Can End Fraudulent Payouts in BP Case - Boyden Gray, IBD
Winston Churchill Still Stands Alone - Boris Johnson, Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 9
Obama Years Have Hollowed Out the Democratic Party - Dan Balz, WaPoTime to Rethink Hillary Clinton 2016 - George Will, National Review
Hillary Is the Democrats' Only Hope - James Warren, New York Daily News
Obama, Udall & What 2014 Was Really About - Carl Cannon, OC Register
Wisconsin Becomes 2016's Ohio - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Why Can't America Make Up Its Mind? - Paul Waldman, CNN
Harry Reid's Legacy of Wreckage - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
Can Obama's Presidency Be Saved? - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
The Poverty of Obama's Pragmatism - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Early Forecast: More Gridlock - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Julia Lost - Kevin Williamson, National Review
How Republicans Hijacked the Midterms - Thomas Frank, Salon
Playing Racial Games - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
The Huge New Threat to Obamacare(Explained in 2 Min) - Ezra Klein,Vox
The NYT Is Now a Haven for the Uninformed - John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Obama Is NOT Mopey! You Got That? - Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns - P.J. O'Rourke, The Daily Beast
2014 Election Results: Senate Races | Governor Races | House Races