Week of February 2, 2015 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, February 2
The Alarming Thing About Climate Alarmism - Bjorn Lomborg, WSJWhat the Keystone Debate Is Really About - Rebecca Leber, New Republic
The Emerging Republican Advantage - John Judis, National Journal
Will Republican Govs Stand Up to Obamacare? - James Antle, Daily Caller
What If Clinton Doesn't Run? - Cillizza & Blake, Washington Post
America's Anti-Israeli President - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Why Bibi-Gate Is Bunk - Aaron David Miller, Politico
Dems Fed Up with Obama's Foreign Policy - Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Washington's Federal Budget Deceit - Scott Rasmussen, Styrk
The Worst Call in Super Bowl History - Jerry Brewer, Seattle Times
Jeb Bush "Put Me Through Hell" - Michael Kruse, Politico
Is Clinton the HealthCare.gov of 2016? - Peter Suderman, Reason
Scott Walker Rejects Your Premise - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Does the President Need a College Degree? - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Myth That Muslims Are More Violent - Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Vox Should Try This Experiment in Gaza City - David Harsanyi, Federalist
When Bread Bags Weren't Funny - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Sunday Roundtables: Fox News Sunday | Face the Nation | This Week
Tuesday, February 3
Obamacare Will Add to Dems' 2016 Problems - Byron York, DC ExaminerPresident Holds High Ground in Budget Fight - Dana Milbank, Wash Post
What Democrats and the CBO Don't Get - Michael Solon, Wall St. Journal
The Long-Run Cop-Out - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Why Wages Aren't Rising - Stephen Moore, Washington Times
Don't Drill Along the East Coast - Martin O'Malley, New York Times
Stormy Weather and Politics - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Why ISIS Murdered Kenji Goto - George Packer, The New Yorker
For Islam, Free Speech Comes With a "But" - Roger Kimball, New Criterion
White House Reconsiders Arms for Ukraine - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
A U.S.-Russia Clash in Ukraine? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
God and the Republican Party - Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
About That Emerging Democratic Majority Thing - Noah Rothman, HotAir
Why Drudge Might Be More Powerful Now Than Ever - Chris Cillizza, WP
Scorsese Fights the Clinton Mafia - Matthew Continetti, DC Free Beacon
A Future Segregated by Science? - Charles Blow, New York Times
Why the Nationwide Ad Haters Are Wrong - Andrew Rotherham, Eduwonk
Quininipiac '16 (OH, FL, PA): Clinton Leads in Early Polls in Key States
Wednesday, February 4
The Scourge That Obama Dare Not Name - S.E. Cupp, New York Daily NewsDemocrats in Opposition - Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Emerging Democratic Majority -- RIP? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Republican Outbreak of Scientific Illiteracy - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Media's Deception With the Anti-Vaccine Story - Erick Erickson, RedState
Blame Hollywood for Anti-Vaxxers - Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast
Obamacare Case Poses Peril for Republicans - Haberkorn & Raju, Politico
Government Blinks Again on Obamacare - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Are Swing States Disappearing? - David Byler, RealClearPolitics
The Problem With Middle Class Populism - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
Putin's Shaky Hold on Power - David Satter, Wall Street Journal
Embrace a Clean-Energy Vision - Michael Brune, USA Today
The EPA Head's Unscientific Prediction - Rupert Darwall, National Review
Why I Became an Historian - Craig Shirley, RCP Changing Lanes
A Bad Mistake for U.S. and Israel - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
A Speech Netanyahu Must Give - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Obama on Currency Manipulation--in His Own Words - Scott Paul, RCP
Quinnipiac 2016: GOP & Dem Primaries -- Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Thursday, February 5
Defining Economic Failure Down - George Will, National Review'Envy' vs. 'Greed' - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Budget's Hidden College Loan Bombshell - Michael Grunwald, Politico
An Empire of Taxation - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Brian Williams Taints His Brand - Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
There's No Mistake: Brian Williams Is a Liar - Don Kaplan, NY Daily News
Israel Needs a Grown Up - Roger Cohen, New York Times
The Roots of Obama's Appeasement - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
An Obama Resurgence? - Brent Budowksy, The Hill
Seeding a Democratic Defeat in 2016 - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
The Perils of Being an Early Frontrunner - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Can Jeb Rebrand 'Bush'? - Ron Fournier, National Journal
Will GOP's Young Guns Win Over Millennials? - Paul Waldman, The Week
Only Fox News Willing to Confront Evil - Erick Erickson, Red State
The Moral of American Sniper - Gail Collins, New York Times
Jon Stewart Destroys Noted GOP Anti-Vaxxer - Jim Treacher, Daily Caller
The Rise of the Weak-Kneed Feminists - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
NH 2016 (WMUR): Clinton 58, Warren 14, Biden 8, Sanders 6,Cuomo 2
Friday, February 6
A Juvenile Republican Party - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostThe Telltale Obama Budget - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
ISIS Has Miscalculated - Paul Cruickshank, CNN
Why Is Obama Talking About the Crusades? - Jonah Goldberg, NRO
Brian Williams's Mistake - Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
Williams's Apology Is Terrible - Patrick Brennan, National Review
An NBC News-Wide Scandal - Erik Wemple, Washington Post
Court Must Defend Obamacare Subsidies - Rep. Steny Hoyer, USA Today
Jindal Health Care Crusade Could Shape 2016 - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
Chris Christie: Blind to the Future - Rachel Cohen, American Prospect
Reagan, Jeb Bush and History - Craig Shirley, RealClearPolitics
States That Will Pick the President: The Sunbelt - Ronald Brownstein, NJ
Williams, Clinton Should Swap War Stories - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Cut Brian Williams a Break on Iraq Claim - Ford Vox, CNN
Does the Barbarism Have a Logic? - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Israel Needs a Grown-Up - Roger Cohen, New York Times
President Obama's Secret Iran Strategy - Michael Doran, Mosaic
NH 2016 (WMUR): Bush 17, Walker 12, Christie 9, Paul 9, Huckabee 9
Saturday, February 7
The Return of Evil - Rich Lowry, New York PostDeny ISIS the Overreaction It Wants - Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
President Obama's Shaky History - Ralph Peters, National Review
What's the Big Idea, Christie? - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Republican Party's 2016 Edge - Sabato, Kondik & Skelley, Politico
Obamacare Replacement? Don't Believe It - Young & Cohn, Huffington Post
How Not to Bungle an Obamacare Opening - Gottlieb & Troy, WSJ
Why Are Media Personalities Defending Williams? - Sean Davis, Federalist
Brian Williams and the Fog of Memory - Alexandra Petri, Washington Post
Williams' Professional Fate Is Irrelevant - Russ Smith, Splice Today
The Ryanization of Rubio - Tim Alberta, National Journal
Might Hillary Clinton Stay Out? - Bruce Walker, American Thinker
A Game of Chicken - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Why the Left Casts a Blind Eye on Radical Islam - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Why Obama Invoked the Crusades - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Obama's Not a Christian in Any Meaningful Way - Erick Erickson, RedState
Our Amazingly Plastic Brains - Norman Doidge, Wall Street Journal
2016 Polls: GOP: National, Iowa, N.H. | Dems: National, Iowa, N.H.
Sunday, February 8
Anchors Aweigh - Maureen Dowd, New York TimesBrian Williams and the Mists of Memory - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register
Williams' Lie Not an Innocent Mistake - Kyle Smith, New York Post
The Right's Crusade Against Obama - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Barack Obama the Theologian - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Will a '16 Clinton Campaign Be Any Different? - Dan Balz, Washington Post
10 Biggest Prez Primary Busts in Recent History - Harry Enten, 538.com
The Brute-Force Left - Kevin Williamson, National Review Online
EU in Fear of 'Total War' With Putin - Ian Traynor, The Guardian
Obama's National Security Plan: Everything is Awesome - Neil Munro, DC
The Great American Dream, Still Deferred - Jeff Sommer, New York Times
For Most Of Us, There's No "Recovery" - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Government Debt on the Road to Ruin - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
DC Sees Loophole in Congress' Move to Halt Pot Law - J. Steinhauer, NYT
Year One of Colorado's Marijuana Law - Walters & Murray, RealClearPolitics
Public Life & Private Doubts of Al Sharpton - Eli Saslow, Washington Post
Reagan's Most Important Campaign - Craig Shirley, RCP Changing Lanes
NH (Bloomberg): Bush 16, Paul 13, Walker 12, Christie 10 | Clinton +41