RealClearPolitics August 4, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Michigan Is Fight for the Democrats' Future

Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post

Is 'Communist' No Longer a Slur?

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

GOP Screams 'Communism' To Distract From Its Failure

Sara Pequeno, USA Today

DSA 'Comrades' Meet in Chicago

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

You Simply Cannot Give Power to Lunatics

Scott McKay, The American Spectator

Trump's Economic 'Golden Age' Collides With Reality

Paul Waldman, MS Now

The GOP's GDP Majority

J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics

Bessent Leaning on Fed To Help Prop Up Japan’s Currency

Nick Timiraos, WSJ

The Details of Mamdani's Govt-Run Grocery Store Are Ridiculous

Nick Kokonas, X

The Solution to the Dems' John Fetterman Problem

Perry Bacon, The New Republic

Winning in Iran: Better Targets, Fewer Weapons

John Teichert, RealClearPolitics

The Way Out of Trump's Iran Trap? We'll Find Out in 2029

Gerard Baker, WSJ

Pete Buttigieg's Case Against ‘Return to Normal’

Jonathan Martin, Politico

Five Lessons From the Fauci Fiasco

Stephen Moore, Washington Times

Dems' Missed Chance on Trump's Immigration Cruelty

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Biden Confessed to Everything--Hur Gave Him a Pass

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

Surely Liberals Can Agree That Plagiarism Is Bad

Sam Kahn, Substack

Michigan Senate Polls: Dem Primary | General Election | RCP Senate Map | Odds

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Med Schools Are Over Their Politics Fever

Sally Satel, Wall Street Journal

Progressives Set To Sweep Dem Primaries in MI and WI

Kevin Robillard, HuffPost

San Fran and LA: Two Cities Headed in Opposite Directions

Alex Bastian, The Hill

The Hidden Cost of Mamdani's Plan for Groceries

Eric Levitz, Vox

Fauci Drank His Own Kool-Aid, Florida Did Not Follow

Gov. Ron DeSantis, FOX News

GOP Should Temper Expectations on Jack Smith Hearing

Steve Benen, MS Now

Courage Answered When Evil Came to an Idaho In-N-Out

Nicole Russell, USA Today

The Quiet Redesign of the Bachelor's Degree

Bruno Manno, Washington Monthly

Fewer Young Americans Own Homes Than We Thought

Jon Hovance, Chronicles

I Helped Bring in Bank Stress Tests. Time To Drop Them

Sheila Bair, Financial Times

How To Lose $35 Billion

Joe Nocera, The Free Press

Texas (TSU): Talarico (D) 47, Paxton (R) 45 | Gov: Abbott (R) 49, Hinojosa (D) 43