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December 05, 2006 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

The Only Way Forward to Win in Iraq - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Roots of Iraq Debacle Lie With Neocons - Justin Logan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Bush's Strategy of Wishful Thinking - H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe
The Rumsfeld Memo (And Mine) - Cal Thomas, Sacramento Bee
Stop Discriminating by Race - Douglas Kmiec, USA Today
Liberaltarians: A Progressive Manifesto - Brink Lindsey, The New Republic
The Plaintiffs Lawyers Asbestos Scam - Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Economically Illiterate in Hollywood - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Bloomberg's American Dream - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Message From A Megachurch - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
President Ignores the Economy at His Peril - James Pinkerton, Newsday
Islam Gets Concessions; Infidels Get Conquered - Raymond Ibrahim, LAT
When Iraq Went Wrong - Tim Pritchard, New York Times
Gates as the Anti-Rumsfeld - D. Chollet and K. Inderfurth, Chicago Tribune
The Absurdity of Bush's Summit With al-Maliki - Joe Klein, Time
Drifting Toward Centrism and Impotence - John O'Sullivan, Chicago ST
In Latin America, the Challenge is Pragmatism - William Ratliff, LA Times

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

The Mullah Menace - Mortimer Zuckerman, US News & World Report
Solving the 'Stability' Problem - Patrick Buchanan, Creators
Cautionary Tale for Hillary's Everywhere - Arianna Huffington, Huff Post
The Political Mirage of Bill Frist Goes Poof - Andrew Ferguson, Bloomberg
Liberals & Libertarians Incompatible - Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly
South Park Libertarians - Jesse Walker and Nick Gillespie, Reason
No, the Cops Didn't Murder Sean Bell - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Partisan Politics Defeat Bolton Nomination - Jack Kelly, RCP
U.S. Force Needed To Stop Genocide in Darfur - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
Sorry in Advance, Jesse Jackson - Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times

Editorials

Bolton Calls It Quits - Chicago Tribune
Pfizer's Torcetrapib: Risk, Reward and Our Health - The Economist
Balancing the Races by Racial Edicts - Christian Science Monitor
Not All Venezuelans Share Chávez's Dream - Financial Times

Politics & Election News

Why the Early Field for 2008 is the Biggest Yet - Christian Science Monitor
Swelling 2008 Field Signals Expensive Race - USA Today
Why is Team Bush Suddenly Leaking? - Slate
Black Lawmakers Set to Take Crucial Posts Face Pressure - NY Times
Bolton Quits Fight for U.N. Nomination - Washington Times
Senate Will Be Tough on 2008 Hopefuls - Associated Press

RCP Resource Center

Special Report w/ Brit Hume: New Defense Secretary, Bolton's Departure
Hardball: Kerry: Iraq 'Greatest Disaster' of Our Time (Video)
O'Reilly Factor: Does NATO Have Stomach to Fight Terror? (Video)
NewsHour w/ Jim Lehrer: Fierce Fighting Threatens Afghanistan Mission