February 9, 2020 Archives

Week of February 3, 2020 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, February 3

Four Scenarios for Tonight's Iowa Caucuses

Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics

The Head vs. the Heart in Iowa

Amy Walter, Cook Political Report

Why Dems Failed to Overthrow the 2016 Election

Bennett & Kennedy, FOX News

Trump Will Be Acquitted. American Politics Will Be Convicted.

Ezra Klein, Vox

Trump's Brilliant Alice Johnson Super Bowl Ad

Brad Polumbo, Washington Examiner

The Most and Least Impressive Super Bowl Commercials

Justin Peters, Slate

Why There Are No Great Ads in the Democratic Primary

Bill Scher, RealClearPolitics

The Myth of Pete Buttigieg, 'Moderate'

Christopher Bedford, The Federalist

Dems Should Learn From Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

Barnes & Zelizer, CNN

We Need Smith--Now More Than Ever

Greg Orman, RealClearPolitics

How China's Xi Destroyed Religion and Made Himself God

Steven Mosher, NY Post

Election 2020: Iowa Democratic Caucuses -- Live Results

Tuesday, February 4

Let's Not Pretend We Don't Know How Iowa Voted

Timothy Carney, DC Examiner

A Big Win for the Sanders Campaign

Ryan Cooper, The Week

It's 'Groundhog Day' for the Democrats

Howard Fineman, RealClearPolitics

Post-Iowa Analysis: Buttigieg Did Well, Biden Bombed

Harold Meyerson, AmProspect

#TomPerezResign: DNC Under Fire for Iowa Disaster

Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams

SOTU Message Will Stand in Contrast to Dems' Failed Efforts

Cora Mandy, RCP

The Checks and Balances That Trump Has Swept Away

Kim Wehle, The Atlantic

Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49%

Jeffrey Jones, Gallup

Inside Social Media's War Against Pro-Life Information

Peter Hasson, The Federalist

The Education Reform Movement Has Failed America

Diane Ravitch, Time

Thursday's Prayer Breakfast--a 'Divine Appointment'?

Myra Adams, RealClearPolitics

Iowa Results (62%): Sanders Leads Buttigieg Narrowly, Warren 3rd, Biden 4th

Wednesday, February 5

Iowa Muddle Isn't Over, Even Now That First Results Are In

Ronald Brownstein, CNN

How Iowa Slipped Away From Joe Biden

Ken Thomas, Wall Street Journal

Despite Chaos & Dirty Tricks, Sanders Can Still Prevail

Bhaskar Sunkara, Guardian

Key Takeaways From Trump's Epic SOTU Address

Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist

President's Job Is to Be the Adult in the Room

Howard Fineman, RealClearPolitics

Pelosi Does Her Best to Reelect Trump

Roger L. Simon, Epoch Times

Out of the Impeachment, Into the Fallout

Todd Ruger, Roll Call

How America Was Hoaxed by 'Russia Collusion'

Thomas Farnan, The National Pulse

What Bloomberg's Money Can Buy

Lance Trover, RealClearPolitics

Buttigieg's Iowa Success a Template for Victory in November

William Saletan, Slate

Rush Limbaugh Is Irreplaceable

John Nolte, Breitbart

Business Roundtable's Harmful New Standard

Schultz, Boskin, Cogan & Taylor, RCM

Impeachment Trial: President Trump Found Not Guilty | McConnell | Schumer

Thursday, February 6

Acquittal Is Not Exoneration

John Avlon, CNN

Trump Broke Pelosi. Or Maybe She Just Broke Herself.

Kyle Smith, National Review

Pelosi and Schiff Win, Republican Senators Will Take the Fall

Matthew Yglesias, Vox

Impeachment May Have Hurt Biden, Not Republicans

Peter Beinart, The Atlantic

Forget Moving On--Senate Must Probe Schiff, Ciaramella

Betsy McCaughey, NY Post

Senate Republicans Acquitted Trump Out of Fear

Sen. Sherrod Brown, New York Times

The Clouds Are Darkening for the Democratic Party

Niall Stanage, The Hill

WP's Fact-Check: Trump Uses 'Correct Numbers, But...'

David Harsanyi, Natl Review

Trump Didn't Make This Economic Upswing

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic

The Coronavirus Could Derail Xi Jinping's 'Chinese Century'

Charlie Campbell, Time

China Brought NATO Closer Together

Ringsmose & Rynning, War on the Rocks

New Hampshire (Monmouth): Sanders 24, Buttigieg 20, Biden 17, Warren 13

Friday, February 7

So, Now What for Democrats?

Amy Walter, Cook Political Report

The Political Genius Behind Trump's SOTU Theatrics

Karin McQuillan, Am. Greatness

Trump Hasn't Learned His Lesson After Being Impeached

David Axelrod, CNN

Support for Abortion Pushed Me Out of Democratic Party

Charles Camosy, NY Post

Buttigieg Is a Serious Young Man. In NH, it May Be Enough.

Howard Fineman, RCP

'I Don't Like What I See': Carville Unloads on Dem 2020 Field

Sean Illing, Vox

Coverage of Romney's Vote Is a Case Study in Media Bias

Tristan Justice, Federalist

Romney's Stand Reaffirmed the Wisdom of Impeaching Trump

David French, Time

McCarthy Takes a Step Closer to Being Speaker in 2021

Newt Gingrich, FOX News

Fixing Inequality Is My Priority

Michael Bloomberg New York Times

Bloomberg Plagiarized Parts of at Least 8 of His Plans

Akela Lacy, The Intercept

Sunday, February 9

Today’s Dems: An Incompetent Lobby for Doomed Elites

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

In NH, Sanders Battles Buttigieg, Billionaires, and Big Money

John Nichols, Nation

Is the Dem Establishment Gravitating to Bloomberg?

David Drucker, DC Examiner

The Voters Joe Biden Thought He’d Win

Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic

A Week of Trump Wins and Democratic Debacles

Scott Walker, Washington Times

Purges Show Trump Learned Nothing From Impeachment

Robert Schlesinger, NBC

Democrats Got Massacred by Trump Impeachment Trial

Michael Goodwin, NY Post

Unlike Trump, Vindman's Conduct Was Unimpeachable

John Kirby, CNN

Have Dems' Get-Trump Scams Irreparably Damaged US?

Margot Cleveland, Federalist

Trump's Trade War is Reducing American Incomes

Igor Derysh, Salon

Red States Gaining an Economic & Demographic Edge

Kotkin & Cox, City Journal