February 23, 2020 Archives

Week of February 17, 2020 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, February 17

The Latest Attempt to Help Media, Democrats Hide Spygate

Joy Pullmann, Federalist

Un-American Barr Is Tearing Down the Justice Department

Donald Ayer, The Atlantic

Only an FBI Man Can Get Away With Lying to the FBI

Becket Adams, DC Examiner

How Sanders Became Democrats' Early Front-Runner

Krieg, Nobles & Grayer, CNN

What Obama's Saying in Private About Dem Primary

Gabriel DeBenedetti, NY Magazine

States Must Answer for Stubbornly High Electric Bills

Paul Steidler, RealClearEnergy

Planting Trees Won't Save the World

Ellis & Maslin, New York Times

Coronavirus Challenges Xi Jinping's Way of Ruling China

Rory Truex, The Atlantic

Source: Dem Senator Held Secret Meeting w/Iran's Zarif

Mollie Hemingway, Federalist

Toward a New Iran Nuclear Deal

Volker Perthes, Project Syndicate

Inside the Pentagon's Secret UFO Program

Tim McMillan, Popular Mechanics

Tuesday, February 18

McCabe and the Danger of a Double Standard for Justice

Kevin Brock, The Hill

Trump and Republicans Are Going to Cheat to Win in 2020

Sarada Peri, The Atlantic

Why Haven't Obama Officials Faced Consequences for Lying?

David Harsanyi, NRO

Does Sanders Have a Ceiling? Maybe. Can He Win Anyway? Yes

Nate Silver, 538

Can Bloomberg's Cash Buy the Democratic Nomination?

Jason Sattler, USA Today

Why Trump's Secured 2nd Term No Matter Who Dems Pick

Sharyl Attkisson, The Hill

Trump's 'Currency Manipulation' Con

Anne Krueger, Project Syndicate

Global Impact: China's 1989 vs. Hong Kong's 2019

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, YaleGlobal

Black History Month: Justice Thomas Shouldn't Be Ignored

Ken Blackwell, USAToday

Neal Simon's Roadmap Out of Our Partisan Morass

Morton Kondracke, RCP

Navy's Littoral Combat Ship: A Beautiful Disaster?

James Holmes, National Interest

NBC/WSJ: Sanders 27, Biden 15, Bloomberg 14, Warren 14, Buttigieg 13 | More

Wednesday, February 19

Among Ordinary Democrats, Sanders Is Strikingly Popular

Peter Beinart, The Atlantic

Panicked Democrat Establishment Turns to Bloomberg

Mollie Hemingway, Federalist

In TV Mentions, Bloomberg Surges to the Fore

Kalev Leetaru, RealClearPolitics

Calm Down, Dems. You Can Still Beat Trump in Nov

Robin Abcarian, Miami Herald

Democrats Still Haven't Come to Terms With 2016

David Harsanyi, National Review

Trump Disrespects Rule of Law With Attacks on Judges

Michael Conway, NBC

Partisan Bias in Letter Demanding Barr's Resignation

Margot Cleveland, Federalist

To Save Scouting, the Boy Scouts May Have to Go

Clay Risen, Salt Lake Tribune

Boys Will Be Girls & Feminists Will Be Furious

Richard Bernstein, RCI

Betty Friedan's Groundbreaking 'Mystique'

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Latest Dem Polls: S. Carolina: Biden +2 | California: Sanders +4 | Betting Odds

Thursday, February 20

With a Dem Field This Weak, Bloomberg Isn't Beaten

Dominic Green, The Spectator

Stopping Sanders Just Got a Lot Harder for Dem Establishment

Chris Cillizza, CNN

Where Has This Elizabeth Warren Been?

Sarah Jones, New York Magazine

Grenell at DNI: Loss for Deep State, Win for America First

Ben Weingarten, Federalist

Richard Grenell Is a Disastrous DNI Choice

David Andelman, CNN

China's Government Is Like Something Out of '1984'

Victor Davis Hanson, Natl Review

Sorry, New York Times, But America Began in 1776

Wilfed Reilly, Quillette

Identity Politics Isn't Hurting Liberalism. It's Saving It.

Zack Beauchamp, Vox

If They Want Paid Leave, Dems Should Compromise

Ericka Andersen, New York Post

Debate Exposes 3 Major Vulnerabilities for Bloomberg's Bid

Charles Lipson, RCP

Beware Bernie Sanders' Promised Voter Turnout

Ruy Teixeira, Washington Post

Friday, February 21

The Bloomberg Myth Explodes on Live TV

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

Bernie Sanders Is George McGovern

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

Does 'Truth' Still Matter for Obama Intel Officials?

Julie Kelly, American Greatness

Will Grenell Destroy the Intelligence Community?

Jonathan Stevenson, New York Times

K.T. McFarland: Intel Community Targeted Its Political Enemies

Debra Heine, TNStar

NY Times Goes All In on Flawed 1619 Project

Mark Hemingway, RealClearPolitics

The Audacity of Trump's Hatred

Thomas Edsall, New York Times

Trump's Black Support Will Rise at Least 50% in 2020

Sen. Tim Scott, FOX News

Would Dems Really Take Nomination From Top Vote Getter?

Sammon & Dayen, TAP

Dems Shouldn't Count Out Biden or Fear a Brokered Convention

Ed Rendell, The Hill

Third Parties Deserve Shot at Debate Stage

Ann Ravel, RealClearPolitics

Dems 2020: Nevada (Emerson): Sanders +13 | S. Carolina (Winthrop): Biden +5

Sunday, February 23

How Bernie Sanders Dominated in Nevada

Medina & Herndon, New York Times

Why Mainstream Democrats Shouldn't Fear Bernie Sanders

Matthew Yglesias, Vox

Stand Up to Bernie or Doom the Democratic Party

Cowan & Bennett, Third Way

Ruling Class, Not Russia, Is Attacking Our Democratic System

Tucker Carlson, FOX

Our Founders Didn’t Intend for Pardons to Work Like This

Jeffrey Crouch, The Atlantic

Roger Stone Deserves a New Trial, Not a Pardon

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

How the Good War Went Bad

Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs

The Democratic Establishment Is Broken

Edward-Isaac Dovere, The Atlantic

Mike Bloomberg, American Julianus

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

We Must Spend Heavily on Green New Deal, Medicare for All

Robert Reich, Guardian

I Didn't Vote for Trump in '16. I Hope He Wins in 2020

Nathanael Blake, The Federalist