April 18, 2019 Archives

Week of April 15, 2019 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, April 15

Why Democrats Freaked Out When Barr Told the Truth

Ben Weingarten, The Federalist

Spying Claim a Lie, Everything Was Done by the Book

Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe

The Rules Have Been Changed to Try to Get Trump

Sen. Lindsey Graham, FOX News

For Trump, the Name of the Season Is Treason

Dana Milbank, Washington Post

Bill Barr, Dirty Cops, and the O.J. Simpson Trial

Charles Lipson, RealClearPolitics

Ilhan Omar's Deeply American Message

Peter Beinart, The Atlantic

Omar Is a Game-Changer for Dems--Not In a Good Way

James Pinkerton, Breitbart

The High Price of Working for Trump

Juan Williams, The Hill

This Tiny Election Showed Trump's Coalition Is Alive and Well

Salena Zito, NY Post

How Mayor Pete Buttigieg Started to Look Presidential

Adam Wren, Politico

Why the Assange Arrest Should Scare Reporters

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

Emerson: Sanders Takes Lead for Dem Nomination, Buttigieg on the Move

Tuesday, April 16

'It's a Bad Omen': Groping for Words as Notre Dame Burned

Claire Berlinski, City Jrnl

Neither the Cathedral Nor Paris Is as Timeless as It Can Seem

Henry Grabar, Slate

The Obama Admin's Shady Plan to Spy on Trump Team

Andrew McCarthy, NY Post

Here's How the House Can Finally Nail Trump

Brad Miller, The Daily Beast

Has the Longtime Swing State of Ohio Stopped Swinging?

Ben Peters, Roll Call

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Is Working

Steven Mnuchin, CNN

Buttigieg, Obama, and the Psychology of Liberalism

Ezra Klein, Vox

Sanders Showed How He Could Win Dem Nomination

Matthew Walther, The Week

Dear Democrats, Biden and Sanders Are Too Old for 2020

Jill Lawrence, USA Today

Worry What Others Think? Remember Two Words: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods and the Game of Life

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Dems 2020: Morning Consult: Biden +8, Emerson: Sanders +5 | General Election

Wednesday, April 17

Trump a Master at Pushing Democrats' Buttons

Michael Goodwin, New York Post

If Trump Country Soars, Will the President Glide to 2nd Term?

Thomas Edsall, NYT

Democrats Cannot Ignore the Working Class

Savannah Shoemake, RealClearPolitics

Bernie Sanders and the Science of Smears

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

Mayor Pete Picks a Fight With Pence - and the 1st Amendment

Steve Cortes, RCP

The Dangerous Bullying of Ilhan Omar

Masha Gessen, The New Yorker

The Dems' Coming Sister Souljah Moment

James Pinkerton, The American Conservative

Did Trump Obstruct Justice? That's a Tricky Question

Mahita Gajanan, Time

Time for Accountability for Russia Collusion Investigators

John Solomon, The Hill

Trump Admin Defies EU Threats, Allows Cuba-Related Claims

Susan Crabtree, RCP

A Cathedral for a Fragile Age

Roger Cohen, New York Times

Seattle's Revolt of the Elites

Christopher Rufo, City Journal

Thursday, April 18

'Game Over': Republicans Rejoice After Mueller Concludes

Zanona & Ferris, Politico

What Is Underneath Barr's Redactions?

Caroline Fredrickson, New York Times

Media Should Admit They Got Far Out Over Their Skis

John Solomon, The Hill

We Don't Need Mueller to Tell Us Trump Is a Criminal

Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Let the Grand Juries Begin for the Real Conspirators

Joe diGenova, FOX News

Why It's Hard to Rank the Dem Presidential Candidates

Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight

Why Trump Keeps Winning on Illegal Immigration Issue

Scott Rasmussen, Townhall

Republicans Can't Afford to Lose Immigrant Voters Like Me

Diego Cifuentes, NYT

A New Exodus for Jews--From the Democratic Party?

Bethany Mandel, New York Post

The Green New Deal Is What the Founding Fathers Wanted

Joseph Ellis, CNN

Green New Deal Has a Dirty Secret

Jim DeMint, The Hill

Friday, April 19

Mueller Report Is a Damning Portrayal of Trump's WH

Susan Glasser, The New Yorker

A Humiliating Moment for the Washington Press Corps

Tucker Carlson, FOX News

Mueller Made One Mistake: He Trusted Bill Barr

Michael Daly, The Daily Beast

Mueller's Done, But Democrats Are Sounding a Little Nixonian

Mark Penn, The Hill

Trump Is Not Fit for Office--It's Now Clearer Than Ever

Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg

Congress Must Act to End Crisis on Our Border

Vice President Mike Pence, FOX News

Don't Count on DHS to Resist Trump's Worst Impulses

Cordero & Graff, Politico

What's Really Going On in the Democratic Primary?

Jason Zengerle, New York Times

A Trump Landslide Is In the Making for 2020

David Goldman, PJ Media

Mueller Report Could Alienate Voters Republicans Need

Ronald Brownstein, Atlantic

Who Is Lawyering Up Now?

Hugh Hewitt, Washington Post