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RealClearPolitics Week of December 18, 2023 Archives

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Monday, December 18
The Alarming Calm of the Biden Campaign
Gabriel DeBenedetti, New York Magazine
Biden Increasingly Frustrated By Dismal Poll Numbers
Tyler Pager, Washington Post
Can Trump Win? Not If Dems Manipulate Mail-In Vote Tally
David Catron, Am Spec
Michigan Democrats Woo the Felon Vote
Hayden Ludwig, The American Conservative
Gen Z Fighting Back Against the Gerontocracy
Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone
Yes, Talking Heads, We ARE Paying Attention
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
A Third-Party Candidate Can't Win in 2024
Jim Messina, Politico
We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
CNN's Revealing Exchange With Vivek Ramaswamy
Glenn Greenwald, System Update
Biden's Alarming Harassment of Elon Musk
Liz Peek, The Hill
A Holiday Party Was Held. Racial Outrage Ensued
Danny McDonald, Boston Globe
Insufferable Entitlement of Wu's 'People of Color' Xmas Party
Adam Coleman, NYP
Yes, Colleges Have Lost Their Way. But Don't Blame 'Wokeness'
LZ Granderson, LAT
Claudine Gay and My Scholarship
Carol Swain, Wall Street Journal
A Palestinian Revival
Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs
Where Do You Think Israel Is Going? Spoiler Alert: Nowhere
Bill Maher, Real Time
Injecting Some Joy Into Our Chicken Little Politics
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
CBS News: IA: Trump 58, DeSantis 22, Haley 13 | NH: Trump 44, Haley 29, More
Tuesday, December 19
The Economic Year Ahead Will Not Be Binary
Rana Foroohar, Financial Times


Claudine Gay's DEI Empire
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Is This a Turning Point for Universities?
Hart & Pinker, New York Magazine
Zucked Up: Private Election Funding's New Form
Elaine Mallon, The Spectator
Why Iowa Is Haley's Last Stand
Douglas Schoen, The Hill
Democrats Have an Array of Mediocrities To Choose From
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
The Times at Ebb Tide
Joe Klein, Substack
How NewsGuard, GDI Help Elevate Left-Wing News
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
Why Wizards' and Capitals' Exodus From D.C. Is Insulting
Ken Makin, MSNBC
'Red Flag': SCOTUS Poised To Overturn Key J6 Felony Count?
Julie Kelly, Substack
Biden's Decision To Skip NH Is Political Malpractice
John Nichols, The Nation
Biden's Poll Numbers Tank: 3 Reasons He's Losing Support
Carolyn Phippen, RCP
So It's Come to This: We Might Have To Worry About the Deficit
Emily Stewart, Vox
Biden's Foreign-Policy Doom Loop
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
New Low: Only 6% Approve of GOP Leader McConnell
Tristan Justice, The Federalist
How Public Schools Teach Antisemitism
Francesca Block, The Free Press
The Word of the Year Is CONTEXT
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
NYT/Siena: Biden Approval 39% | Biden 47, Trump 45 -- RCP Avg: Trump +3.0
Wednesday, December 20
CO State Supreme Court DQ's Trump From 2024 Primary Ballot
Patrick Marley, WP


Democrats Are Afraid To Let Voters Decide 2024 Election
Charles Hurt, FOX News
Supreme Court Takes Center Stage in Trump Legal Battles
Lawrence Hurley, NBC
Biden Has Lost the Battle for the Soul of the Nation
Fred Bauer, The Telegraph
There Is No Precedent for How Bad Biden's Polls Are Right Now
David Faris, Slate
Texas Just Passed a Racist Immigration Law
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, TNR
Why Joe Biden Is Breaking the Border on Purpose
Andrew Arthur, New York Post
House GOP Can't Govern, So They Try To Impeach Biden
Jackie Calmes, LA Times
James Comer Has Evidence and Public Support
Scott Jennings, USA Today
COP28's Success Was More Than Words
Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg
The Right Way to De-Weaponize the FBI
Mike Howell, RealClearPolitics
Why Is Antisemitism On the Rise Among Gen Z?
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Stop Whining About 'Kids Today.' Listen To Them
Lara Schwartz, Washington Monthly
The Global Empire of Palestine
Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine
Why Harvard Can’t Fire Claudine Gay
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
The Hypocrisy Underlying Campus-Speech Controversy
Evelyn Douek, The Atlantic
Harvard's Board Takes Us for Fools
Peter Wood, RealClearPolitics
IA GOP (Emerson): Trump 50, Haley 17, DeSantis 15, Ramaswamy 8, Christie 4
Thursday, December 21
The Optimist's Case for Biden Falters
William Galston, Wall Street Journal


Why Win Votes When You Can Engage in Lawfare?
Sohrab Ahmari, Am. Conservative
14th Amendment Is the Constitutional Remedy for Trump
John Nichols, The Nation
Colorado's Shameful Decision
Peter Meijer, The Free Press
Texas Lt. Gov. Wants Biden Kicked Off State Ballot
Mallory Wilson, Washington Times
Central Banks Wrong To Abandon Key Guardrails
Raghuram Rajan, Financial Times
A New 'Test of the News'
John Hamilton, RealClearPolitics
Why Leftist Universities Target Jews
Tevi Troy, City Journal
Trump Has Truly Earned Comparisons to Hitler
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Trump Criticizing Illegal Immigration Is Not Like Hitler
Sen. J.D. Vance
Where Have All the Democrats Gone? A Roundup
John Halpin, Substack
Prosecutorial Reforms for Political Trials
K.S. Bruce, RealClearPolitics
It Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
What My AI Boyfriend Taught Me About Love
Zoe Strimpel, The Free Press
The Looming Lenin Comeback
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Talks Can't End the Russia-Ukraine War
Fedyk & Deryugina, Los Angeles Times
Will Your Sons and Daughters Fight in Central Europe?
Shea Bradley-Farrell, RCP
Iowa GOP (FBN): Trump 52, DeSantis 18, Haley 16, Ramaswamy 7, Christie 3
Friday, December 22
The Most Important ‘What-Ifs’ of 2024
Myra Adams, The Hill


Haley's Only Shot at Winning the GOP Nomination
Joe Concha, The Messenger
DeSantis’ Super-PAC Is Imploding, Much Like His Campaign
Ed Kilgore, NY Mag
Dems' Lawfare vs. Trump: This Won't End Well
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
SCOTUS May Become the Decisive Player in 2024 Election
Harris & Gerstein, Politico
Rocky Mountain High: Why Trump Should Love Colorado Ruling
Tim Donner, RCP
It's Looking Bad for Biden as Impeachment Probe Heats Up
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Congress Tries To Thread the Border Needle
Jamie Dupree, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Biden Bungles Chaos at the Border
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
It’s Not Too Late To Defeat Putin—But We Must Act Now
Jason Smart, The Hill
Zelensky and the Military-Industrial Complex
Kellogg & McDonald, Washington Times
How Do We Give Middle East Peace Better PR?
William Keiser, Los Angeles Times
Those Who Hate Israel Also Hate America
Meckler & Fay, Washington Times
America Is Averting Its Eyes From Something Very Wrong
Pamela Paul, NY Times
Harvard Crimson Rejected My Letter Critical of Claudine Gay
Alan Dershowitz, NYP
GOP Weaponizing Antisemitism To Take Down DEI
Fabiola Cineas, Vox
The Racism of the Intellectuals
Cory Franklin, Spiked
Saturday, December 23
Trump Up, Americans Down, Possibly Big Trouble for Biden
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
What If Never-Trump Fantasies Finally Came True?
Samuel Moyn, Compact Magazine
The Colorado Court's Ruling Is Sharp as Hell
Elie Mystal, The Nation
Legal Cases vs. Trump Are Validating His Narrative
Douglas Schoen, The Messenger
Urban Crime Wave
Jeffrey Anderson, City Journal
Elite Universities Face a Political Crisis They Can't Control
Stephen Collinson, CNN
How Claudine Gay Learned To Play the Game at Harvard
Wesley Yang, X/Twitter
The Fear Factor and Winning the Independent Voter
Adam Brandon, RealClearPolitics
Why Don't Democrats Want To Win?
Julius Krein, Substack
What Haley Gets Wrong About 'Chaos' Following Trump
Mark Hemingway, Federalist
Biden Foreign Policy Had a Rough '23, & '24 Looks Rougher
Hal Brands, Bloomberg
The Rise and Fall of U.S. Steel
John Gordon, The Spectator
We Dined Out Less This Year--But It Wasn't Just About the Price
Whizy Kim, Vox
Musk's 'Thermonuclear Lawsuit' Is a Game-Changer
Shane Harris, AMAC
Celebrity Memoirs: Who's Naughty and Who's Nice?
Paula Froelich, The Free Press
How Shakespeare Helped Shape Christmas as We Know It
Daniel McCarthy, NY Post
The 'Risky' Business of Showing All Sides
David DesRosiers, RealClearFoundation
Sunday, December 24
A Message of Hope for America This Christmas
Ben Solis, AMAC
Religious Freedom Not a 2nd-Class Human Right
Brownback & Swett, RealClearPolitics
The Supreme Court's Big Trump Test Is Here
Mazie & Vladeck, New York Times
'Flight 93 Election' Anti-Trumpers Imperil the Rule of Law
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
What Biden's Rough '23 Means--and Doesn't Mean--for '24
Mark Murray, NBC News
An Ex-Democrat's Case for Trump
Sasha Stone, Substack
Haley as First Female President? Unlikely, Not Impossible
Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian
DeSantis Should Drop Out and Endorse Trump
David Marcus, Human Events
It's Too Late for Biden To Withdraw
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
All Eyes on Special Election To Fill George Santos’ Seat
Lawrence Levy, CNN
Dems Celebrate Holidays With Separate-But-Equal Policies
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Harvard's Claudine Gay Should Resign
Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Harvard's Slavish Adherence to Progressive Agenda
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
No Easy Way Out in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Miller & Kurtzer, Foreign Affairs
The Year Israelophobia Took Over
Jake Simons, Spiked
The Church, Living in Christmas Past
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Stories That Defined 2023
Joe Concha, The Messsenger
The 'Risky' Business of Showing All Sides
David DesRosiers, RealClearFoundation
RCP Averages: GOP: Trump +52 | Dems: Biden +61 | Trump 46.8, Biden 44.5


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