RealClearPolitics Week of August 1, 2022 Archives

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Monday, August 1

A Week That Could Transform Biden's Presidency

Stephen Collinson, CNN

This Dem Thinks Biden Must Resign - Before the Midterms

Andrew Stein, NYP

Republicans Will Stop at Nothing If They Win on Nov 8

Juan Williams, The Hill

Does GOP Get To Play by Radical Left's New Rules?

Victor Davis Hanson, AG

The Democrat Who Thinks He Can Win Back Missouri

Walter Shapiro, TNR

Recent Defeats Have Taught Dems Nothing

David Catron, The American Spectator

Why Dems Are Funding My Far-Right Opponent

Rep. Peter Meijer, Substack

3 Reasons GOPers Should Vote for Gibbs Over Meijer

Steve Cortes, Substack

Trump Witness Tampering Would Be Hard To Prove

Steven Lubet, NBC News

Don’t You Dare Compare J6 Hearings to Watergate

Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics

How the Ukraine War Put China on the Offensive

Lin & Blanchette, Foreign Affairs

The Zelenskys' Vogue Publicity Misfire

Grace Curley, The Spectator

Post-'Roe,' Transgender People Fear for Future

Choate & Gius, American Prospect

How Trans Activists Take Over Your Kids' Social Media

Clare Morell, Federalist

FOX News Snubs of Trump Are Intentional & Extend to the Top

Jeremy Peters, NYT

Media Pouts as GOP Treat Them Like the Trash They Are

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

The English Deliver a Roar for Women's Rights

Brendan O'Neill, Spiked

Aug 2 Polls: MI GOP Gov, AZ GOP Sen, AZ GOP Gov, MO GOP Sen, MO Dem Sen

Tuesday, August 2

Failing Schools Should Be a Top Issue in the Midterms

Teresa Mull, The Spectator

The Post-Inflation Economy That Could Be

Raghuram Rajan, Project Syndicate

PA vs. FL: On Election Reform, a Tale of Two States

Todd Carney, RealClearPolitics

New 3rd Party Won't Fix America's Political Problems

Andrew Gawthorpe, Guardian

What Soros Gets Wrong on Democrats and Crime

Rafael Mangual, City Journal

Pelosi's Asia Trip Exposes Taiwan Divides in Both Parties

Philip Wegmann, RCP

Why Won't DC Republicans Stop Military's Degradation?

Tucker Carlson, FOX News

Fight Back, Blue America!

Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic

2020 Was the Most Corrupt Election in American History

Sasha Stone, Substack

Fiscal Policy Should Return to Fundamentals

Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate

There Is No Private Equity Loophole

Steve Klinsky, RealClearPolitics

McConnell Isn't the Legislative Genius He Thinks He Is

Chris Jacobs, The Federalist

Lessons From Democrats' Reconciliation Victory

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

In Virginia, a Face of the New GOP Takes On Spanberger

Eleanor Vaughn, AMAC

Bill Russell Was a Revolutionary

Dave Zirin, The Nation

Cheney's Attack on Trump Undercut by Father's Actions in '92

John Solomon, JTN

Time Is Up for Attorneys General Association

O.H. Skinner, RealClearPolitics

Latest Polls: Sen: AZ GOP, MO GOP | Gov: MI GOP, AZ GOP | Generic | '24 Polls

Wednesday, August 3

Trump Has Good Night, Kansans Support Abortion Rights

Susan Crabtree, RCP

The Kansas Abortion Shocker

Russell Berman, The Atlantic

Pro-Lifers, Don't Despair Over Kansas Abortion Setback

Michael New, Federalist

This Is How the U.S. Will Stand With Taiwan

Sen. Bob Menendez, New York Times

Sleepwalking Into War With China

David Goldman, Compact Magazine

Could a Coal State Senator Help Save the Planet?

Jill Lawrence, USA Today

The Dems' Higher Tax, Bigger IRS, More Inflation Bill

Newt Gingrich, Newsweek

Whistleblowers and the Road to Tyranny

Chris Hedges, Salon

FBI Soldiers Revolt Against Elitist, Left-Wing HQ

Rowan Scarborough, Wash Times

Cure for Inflation May Be Worse Than Doing Nothing

Ryan Cooper, MSNBC

Democrats' Devastating Inflation Problem

James Antle, Washington Examiner

Dems Have a Path to Victory in 2022

Stanley Greenberg, The American Prospect

Armageddon Looms for the Dems in November

Michael Zey, American Thinker

AOC Is Dems' Best Shot Against Trump in 2024

Michael Starr Hopkins, The Hill

The Democrats' Incredibly Weak Bench

Lewis Andrews, The American Conservative

Profits Slump at CNN as Ratings Plummet

Benjamin Mullin, New York Times

CNN Can't Fix Its Reputation w/Same Partisan Hosts

Zachary Faria, DC Examiner

Battle for House: Generic (RCP Avg): GOP +0.3 | RCP Map: GOP +25 Avg Gain

Thursday, August 4

U.S., Europe Blighted by Weak and Flailing Leaders

Simon Jenkins, The Guardian

The Dam Breaks: Key Dems Run Away From Biden '24

Byron York, DC Examiner

Hey, Folks: We're Not in a Recession

Robert Shapiro, Washington Monthly

A Total Economic Assault on the American Middle Class

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Spiked

Democrats Have a Soros Prosecutor Problem

John Kass, JohnKassNews

Justice Kagan Has a Prescription for an Ailing SCOTUS

Jessica Levinson, MSNBC

How Tavistock Came Tumbling Down

Sue Evans, Substack

Is McConnell Blowing It?

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Does Biden Really Think He's Running Again?

Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic

Don't Forget Media's Role in Creating the Biden Disaster

Seamus Brennan, AMAC

Critical Race Theory's Merchants of Doubt

Victor Ray, Time

Dems Are Losing the Argument Over CRT in Schools

Martin & Nadales, New York Post

How Crazy-Ass Tom Cruise and 'Top Gun' Saved America

Matt Taibbi, Substack

How Red Is Florida?

Todd Carney, RealClearFlorida

Biden Admin's Weaponization of the FTC

Richard Manning, Washington Times

Twitter Just Went Into Ludicrous Mode Against Musk

Kevin Dugan, NY Magazine

The Decline and Fall of Newspapers

Charles Lipson, RealClearPolitics

Friday, August 5

Sinema Signs on to Dems' Climate, Tax Bill

Hutzler, Turner & Pecorin, ABC News

One Democrat Senator Can Stop Middle-Class Tax Hike

Akash Chougule, RCP

Republicans Flail and Fail on Taxes

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Dems on Economy: Always Wrong, Never in Doubt

David Harsanyi, The Federalist

How Ginsburg Will Have the Last Laugh on Alito

John Harris, Politico

The Left's Egregious Attack on the Supreme Court

David Keene, Washington Times

DCCC Games Put Party Over Principle

Emily Cherniack, RealClearPolitics

As Liberal Institutions Rot, the GOP Grows Stronger

Daniel McCarthy, The Spectator

Hear Me Out: Trump Won't Run Again

Jeremy Stahl, Slate

There’s No Hidin’ Slidin’ Joe Biden Ahead of 2024

Miranda Devine, New York Post

Nine Years? Brittney Griner Is a Political Prisoner

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic

The FBI's Evasive Mr. Wray

Julie Kelly, American Greatness

Why Are Police Killing Unarmed Black People?

Brittany Cunningham, MSNBC

DeSantis Sacks Non-Prosecutor, Left Fumes

Larry Thornberry, American Spectator

Chris Cuomo's Comeback Tour Exposes Corporate Media

Nolan Higdon, Salon

Will Alex Jones Finally Lose the Info War?

Aja Romano, Vox

Beyonce Is a Poor Replacement for Aretha Franklin

Jason Whitlock, The Blaze

Saturday, August 6

The Inflation Reduction Act Will Make Inflation Worse

Wilbur Coleman, NBC News

As Momentum Shifts, Can Democrats Defy History?

Maria Cardona, The Hill

The Next Populist Moment

Declan Leary, The American Conservative

Can Dems Become the Workers' Party Again?

Sen. Sherrod Brown, American Prospect

Democrats Suddenly Realize Open Borders Are a Disaster

Andrew Arthur, NY Post

In Kansas, a Glimpse of Post-Dobbs Politics

Thad Kousser, Los Angeles Times

Kansas Is Not a Bellwether on Abortion

Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review

Fact-Checkers Misplace Blame When Biden Misspeaks

Chandler Lasch, RCP

Preventing Stolen Elections Is Harder Than It Looks

Russell Berman, The Atlantic

FBI's Wray Sets New Record for Lies, Dodges, Obfuscations

Jordan Boyd, Federalist

Progressives Bullish About Moving Party Further Left

Joan Greve, The Guardian

DeSantis Is Finding Grassroots Appeal and Fundraising Balance

Ed Rollins, RCP

Andrew Yang Won't Go Away: Is That Good?

Brian Karem, Salon

Fauci, 'Experts' Messing Up Monkeypox Just Like Covid, AIDS

Glenn Reynolds, NYP

Beware the Push for Woke Doctors

Greg Ganske, JohnKassNews

Alex Jones’ Legal Troubles Are Just Beginning

Jeremy Stahl, Slate

K-12 Civics Shouldn't Be a Partisan Battleground

Thomas Kelly, RealClearPolicy

Wisconsin GOP Gov (Emerson): Kleefisch 41, Michels 39 | More 2022 Polls

Sunday, August 7

America Awaits a Backlash of Good Sense

Conrad Black, New York Sun

The Rising Prices That Are Irking People Most

Emily Stewart, Vox

The Corruption of Medicine

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

A Crushing Defeat in November Would Help Democrats

Clive Crook, Bloomberg

Midterm Tsunami for GOP Is Possible But Not Inevitable

Newt Gingrich, FOX News

The Upside of Putin's Delusions

John Mueller, Foreign Affairs

With Biden Admin, U.S. Foreign Policy Is Again Unserious

Jacob Siegel, UnHerd

Cheney Makes It About Trump, Hageman Talks Wyoming

Byron York, DC Examiner

The Unpresidential Vulgarity of 'Let's Go Brandon'

Bill Lueders, The Bulwark

Dems Should Be Worried About Sen. Kelly in AZ

Monica Showalter, American Thinker

The Ads That Won the Kansas Abortion Vote

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

Why DeSantis Suspended Tampa's Failing Prosecutor

Charles Lipson, The Spectator

The Conservative Puzzle in Israel

Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics

Democrats Stepping on Their Own Message

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

The Day I Knew Journalism Had Died in America

Kenneth Timmerman, New York Post

The View From the Cold War Frontline Between China, Taiwan

Ed Moon, Guardian

China's Rise and Free Trade's Heavy Cost

Joel Kotkin, The American Mind