Real Clear Politics Friday
Obama & the 2012 Landscape - Will Marshall, Progressive Policy InstituteFlaws Won't Stop Romney's Streak - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Romney: The Last Republican? - Geoffrey Norman, The American Spectator
Jobs Report Makes It a "Super Friday" for WH - John Cassidy, New Yorker
1.2 Million Fall Out of Labor Force - Rick Santelli, CNBC
Why Wall St. Is Under Fire From the Right & Left - Michael Scherer, Time
Indiana Rejects Big Labor - Mark Mix, Investor's Business Daily
How a GOP Win Would Hurt Women - Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast
The Importance of American Hard Power - Robert Kagan, Washington Post
RCP Morning Edition
Obama's Electoral Map Grows Steeper - Ron Brownstein, National JournalCoulter, Romneycare, and The GOP Crackup - Timothy Noah, New Republic
Obama's Abominations Accelerate - Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator
Why Romney's Gaffes Will Cost Him - David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
The Case for Romney: He'll Owe Conservatives - Jonah Goldberg, NRO
Mitt Romney Isn't Concerned - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Reimagining Speaker Pelosi - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Problem That the Buffett Rule Won't Fix - Michael Kinsley, Bloomberg
The Great Zero-Interest-Rate Gamble - Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph
Is Israel Preparing to Attack Iran? - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Don't Buy the "Who Lost Iraq" Snake Oil from GOP - Matt Duss, Salon
Syria Offers Chance to Weaken Iran - Charles Krauthammer, Daily News
Voter Frustration Makes for Chaotic Primary - Ann Gerhart, Wash Post
Mitt Romney's Mormon Firewall - Burns & Haberman, Politico
The Gingrich Playbook - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Charles Murray's Book of Virtues - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearBooks
Sean Trende's The Lost Majority - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Editorials
A Betrayal by the Komen Foundation - New York TimesHolder Should Walk the Plank on 'Fast & Furious' - Washington Examiner
Disability Claims Swelling in Recession - USA Today
A Sign of Romney's Moral Defensiveness - Wall Street Journal
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Real Clear Politics Thursday
Morning UpdateA Dispirited Republican Electorate - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Where the Seesaw GOP Race Goes From Here - Douglas Schoen, FOX News
The White House vs. Religious Freedom - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
President Is Right in Fight With Catholics - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
"Poor" Quote by Romney Joins a List Critics Love - Ashley Parker, NYT
Romney Betrays a Troubling View of Society - Mark Steyn, National Review
Three Cheers for RomneyCare - Ann Coulter, AnnCoulter.com
Hope for Obama in Florida? A Sliver - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
A Failed "Fast and Furious" Whitewash - Michael Walsh, New York Post
Eric Holder to Testify on "Fast and Furious" - Terry Frieden, CNN
GOP Aid to at-Risk Incumbents Heartens Dems - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Is Romney's Master Plan Falling Into Place? - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Florida Win Was All About Romney's Money - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
High-Speed-Rail: Getting Nowhere, Very Fast - Thomas Sowell, IBD
Tortured Hero Finds Virtual Peace - Jay Kirk, GQ Magazine
How West Bank Progress Can Be Made - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
The Button that Made Facebook Billions - Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
Afternoon Update
The GOP Race & the Power of Ideas - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Romney Adds Fuel to "Out-of-Touch" Narrative - Major Garrett, Natl Jrnl
Can Gingrich Close the Gender Gap? - Patricia Murphy, The Daily Beast
Obamanomics vs. Reaganomics - Daniel Mitchell, Cato @ Liberty
Indiana Smites Unions - Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly
A Shameful Defense of RomneyCare - Philip Klein, Washington Examiner
How the GOP Is Resegregating the South - Ari Berman, The Nation
Just Fill the Darn Potholes, We'll Do the Rest - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
The GOP's "Entitlement Society" Myth - Robert Reich, Salon
What Does Obama Do All Day? - Mickey Kaus, The Daily Caller
Transcripts & Speeches
Obama's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast - Barack ObamaBernanke's Testimony on the Economy & Budget - Ben Bernanke
Guests: Darrell Issa, Bob McDonnell and Robert Gates - John King, USA
Analysts on the U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan - The NewsHour
Guests: Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Allyson Schwartz - Hardball
Best of the Blogs
Latest Unemployment Number is Phony - J. Pethokoukis, TEOn the Economy, Romney Dissolves Into Incoherence - Greg Sargent, PL
Gingrich Did Not Resign in Disgrace - Mark Souder, The Blog
Romney Has Defended Rights of Conscience - David French, The Corner
Mitt's Moderate Past Haunts Him Again - Alec MacGillis, TNR
Real Clear Markets |
The GOP Has Obama's Number: 8.5 Percent - Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times
Markets Rally on Jobs Report, But Is Worst Truly Over? - Jeff Cox, CNBC
Why Stocks Could End 2012 Up Over 40% - Michael Gayed, Minyanville
Will Gold's Rally Soon Come To An End? - Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch
Real Clear World |
Envisioning a Deal With Iran - Luers & Pickering, New York Times
Israel Won't Rest Until Hezbollah Annihilated - Con Coughlin, Telegraph
Regional 'Great Game' Produces Syrian Deadlock - Tony Karon, Time
Why a War in Europe Is Not Impossible - Ovidiu Nahoi, Eurozine
Real Clear Religion |
Is the Environment Taboo for Your Pastor? - Luiza Oleszczuk, Christian Post
Jewish Survival: Essential to Western Civilization - Daniel Johnson, JID
Ironically Establishing Atheist Places of Worship - John Gray, Guardian
The Once and Future Bishop King? - Elizabeth Flock, Washington Post
Real Clear Science |
Ant Supercolonies Defying Evolution? - Kristian Sjogren, ScienceNordic
U.S. Has Poor Science Education Standards - Anna Kuchment, SciAm
The Physics Behind the New Smart Bullet - Jason Mick, Daily Tech
How NASA Took a High-Def Photo of Earth - Tariq Malik, Space.com
Real Clear Energy |
Political Muscle Not Enough to Sell Oil Sands - John Ivison, National Post
A Glut of Cheap Oil is Vital For Our Future - Gail Tverberg, OilPrice.com
China's Sudan Dilemmas - Austin Bay, Washington Examiner
Sierra Club Took Millions From Nat Gas Industry - Bryan Walsh, Time
Real Clear Sports |
Super Bowl a Testament to Organization - Reed Albergotti, Wall St. Journal
Stop Saying Eli Can Eclipse Peyton - Gregg Doyel, CBS Sports
Hamilton's Sobriety Hardly Black and White - Craig Calcaterra, Hardball Talk
Bulls Should Save Core, Forget Howard - Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times
























