January 16, 2020 Archives

Week of January 13, 2020 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, January 13

What Voters Want in 2020

Jon Favreau, Crooked Media

As Pelosi Flops, Media Hails Her as 'Master Strategist'

Miranda Devine, New York Post

How Trump Created a Crisis With Iran

Soleimani Death Fits Trump Desire for Orderly Withdrawal

Dan Hannan, DC Examiner

The Middle Eastern Problem Soleimani Figured Out

Hassan Hassan, Politico

Meghan and Harry Libel Britain With 'Racism' Smear

Piers Morgan, Daily Mail

What to Expect at the Last Democratic Debate Before Iowa

Emily Stewart, Vox

Booker's Rhetoric Soared, But His Campaign Sagged

Philip Wegmann, RCP

Red States See Less Unemployment, More Economic Growth

Kristin Tate, The Hill

The True Aim of the Gun Sanctuary Movement

Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg

Roger Scruton, a Man Who Seemed Bigger Than the Age

Douglas Murray, Spectator

Iowa (Monmouth): Biden 24, Sanders 18, Buttigieg 17, Warren 15, Klobuchar 8

Tuesday, January 14

Why Tonight's Debate Could Be a Doozy

David Siders, Politico

Trump's Achievements Are Real--Voters Will Remember

Conrad Black, Am. Greatness

Call Trump's Supporters What They Are: A Cult

Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times

PA Congressional Races Ready for 2020 Bellwether Role

Salena Zito, DC Examiner

The State of the Dem Race Before This Final Pre-Iowa Debate

Andrew Prokop, Vox

Trump Exposed Iran's Weakness, for All to See

Rudy Giuliani, RealClearPolitics

Trump's Iranian Precipice

Javier Solana, Project Syndicate

FISA Court's Breathtaking Appointment of David Kris

Sharyl Attkisson, Epoch Times

Why Dem Candidates Should Talk About Supreme Court

Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker

The Silly Smear of Bill Barr as an Agent of a 'Catholic Cult'

Sohrab Ahmari, NY Post

Data Underscore Brokaw's Assertion of Media Negativity

Kalev Leetaru, RCP

Dem Primary Polls: Nevada | North Carolina | Iowa | N.H. | California | National

Wednesday, January 15

CNN Has Been Consistently Biased Against Bernie Sanders

Jeet Heer, The Nation

Warren and Klobuchar Teach the Boys a Lesson

Frank Bruni, New York Times

What Impeachment? Dem Debate Sets Stage for Trump Victory

Frank Miele, RCP

Pelosi and Schumer's Strategy Is Damaging Republicans

Steve Israel, The Hill

27 Problems With Media's Latest Failed Attack on Barr

Mollie Hemingway, Federalist

The Case for Elizabeth Warren

Ezra Klein, Vox

Klobuchar's Debate Showing Could Boost Her Iowa Chances

How Obama Let Himself Be Fooled by Iran

Hans Ruhle, National Institute for Public Policy

The World Hears Trump's Tone-Deafness on Democracy

Samantha Vinograd, CNN

How Trump Has Brought Back the Reagan Coalition

Peter Wallison, RealClearPolitics

No, Women Don't Feel Guilt After Having an Abortion

Suzanne Moore, The Guardian

Why I'm Not Going Back to the Women's March

Libby Emmons, The Federalist

Latest Polls: Dems: Florida, Wisconsin | General: Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida

Thursday, January 16

The Cult of Pelosi Is a Deadly Thing for Dems' Future

Christopher Bedford, Federalist

Why Trump's Trial Makes Senate Republicans Squirm

Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg

Democrats' Latest Document Dump Is a Sign of Weakness

Paul Callan, CNN

Is Trump's Iran Strategy Working?

Mohamed El-Erian, Project Syndicate

The Uneasy Truce of Trump's Trade Deal With China

John Cassidy, The New Yorker

China Surrenders to Reality in the Trade Dispute

Andy Puzder, Wall Street Journal

Sanders-Warren Flap Makes a Debate Winner Out of Biden

James Oliphant, Reuters

CNN's Debate Performance Was Villainous and Shameful

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

No, the Conservative Woman's Future Is Not Bleak

Ellen Troxclair, RealClearPolitics

Republicans Build Barriers to Voting for People of Color

Abrams & Holder, USA Today

Trump's Outreach to Latinos Could Be Trouble for Dems

Christian Paz, The Atlantic

Friday, January 17

Senators, Abide by Your Oath to Do Impartial Justice

Michael Zeldin, CNN

If Senate Dems Were Impartial, They'd Toss Out the Case

Roger Kimball, Spectator

Trump's Evil Is Contagious

Timothy Egan, New York Times

A Tale of 2 Whistleblowers: One Protected, One Not

Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics

Did Trump Stumble Into a Foreign-Policy Triumph?

Tom McTague, The Atlantic

Collateral Damage From Killing Soleimani: Dems' Minds

Liz Harrington, DC Examiner

Biden Represents a Portal to the Past for U.S. Allies

Janan Ganesh, Financial Times

Biden Is Not Telling the Truth About His Iraq War Record

Sam Husseini, Salon

How Trump Can Win Wisconsin

Scott Walker, Washington Times

Martha McSally's Staggering Cynicism

Chris Cillizza, CNN

McSally's Reality Check for CNN's Partisan Clowns

David Marcus, The Federalist

Sunday, January 19

Desperate Democrats Badmouth Economy Even as It Booms

Liz Peek, The Hill

Trump's Working Class Supporters Less Secure Than Ever

Robert Reich, Guardian

Are Dems Ready for Trump's Impeachment Trial?

Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker

Two Deceptions at Heart of Democrats' Impeachment Brief

Byron York, DC Examiner

Sanders Stands Up for African Americans, Biden Let Us Down

Nina Turner, The State

2020 Democrats Want Country to Be More Like California

Tucker Carlson, FOX News

Hackers Are Coming for 2020 Election--& We're Not Ready

Andy Kroll, Rolling Stone

Global Warming Is a Non-Problem That Warrants No Action

David Simon, RCMarkets

Fighting the Fossil Fuel Economy in Appalachia

Michael Sainato, American Prospect

Energizing Diplomacy With China

Robert Blackwill, The Hill

Ethnic Studies 101: Playing the Victim

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal