October 27, 2019 Archives

Week of October 21, 2019 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, October 21

Mike Pompeo on Syria, China and Playing the Long Game

Zev Chafets, Bloomberg

Trump's Fifth Avenue Theory Is Showing Some Cracks

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

Why Washington D.C. Compulsively Lies About Trump

Mark Hemingway, Federalist

Now Is Not the Time for Democrats to Panic About 2020

Joel Mathis, The Week

Does Warren Have a Plan to Walk Back Unpopular Positions?

Albert Hunt, The Hill

How Congress Can Fix High Drug Prices

Sens. Grassley & Cramer, Washington Examiner

The Freshman Dem Who's Making Conservatives Squirm

Kim Kelly, The New Republic

Red States Are the Economic Future

Kristin Tate, The Hill

Where Will Hollywood Find the Next Clint Eastwood?

Christian Toto, Hollywood in Toto

Elijah Cummings Understood the Meaning of Struggle

Peniel Joseph, CNN

Why Everything Is Getting Louder

Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic

Iowa (USAT/Suffolk): Biden 18, Warren 17, Buttigieg 13, Sanders 9, 4 Tied @ 3

Tuesday, October 22

D.C. Blob Rejects Change on Mideast Interventionism

Ben Domenech, The Federalist

Trump's Syria Withdrawal Is a Game of Russian Roulette

Samantha Vinograd, CNN

Mitt Romney Is the Leader the #Resistance Deserves

Matthew Walther, The Week

The Invention--and Reinvention--of Impeachment

Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

High Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency

Ilya Shapiro, NRO

How Abortion Debate Moved Away From 'Safe, Legal, and Rare'

Anna North, Vox

Why Democrats Face an Uphill Battle Against Trump

Sarah Flores, CNN

Demographic Shifts Point to Trouble for Republicans

Douglas Schoen, The Hill

Identity Politics Are a Dead End

Froma Harrop, Everett Herald

We Should Not Fear Talk. We Should Fear the End of Talks

Bret Baier, FOX News

As World Series Begins, Recalling WWII's Diamond Girls

Carl Cannon, RCP

Wednesday, October 23

Republicans Storm Hearing, Protest Closed-Door Deposition

Lillis & Klar, The Hill

The Daily Dump Has Thrown Trump Into a State of Defensiveness

Mike Allen, Axios

The Fake Media's Latest 'Bombshell'

John Nolte, Breitbart

Gabbard Is Flaming Out--Clinton Shouldn't Give Her Oxygen

Jill Filipovic, CNN

Is God Skipping the Democratic Primary?

Frank Bruni, New York Times

Forget Syria. What About the Failed State on Our Border?

Sumantra Maitra, Federalist

Trump's Former Generals Sound Unprecedented Warning

Jack Jacobs, NBC News

Is Trump Right About Middle-East Peace?

Gerard Araud, Project Syndicate

Giuliani's 'Shadow' Diplomacy: Par for the Course of U.S. History

Eric Felten, RCI

How to Trick Trump Into Telling the Truth

Jack Shafer, Politico

Trump Always Makes His Fiercest Critics Look Silly and Vain

Freddy Gray, Spectator

Trump Approval: YouGov 43 | CNN 42 | Quin 38 | Emerson 43 | RCP Avg 42.1

Thursday, October 24

'If We Don't Impeach This President, He Will Get Re-Elected'

Roger Kimball, Spectator

'High Crimes and Misdemeanors,' Explained

Ezra Klein, Vox

Quid Pro No--Big Flaws in Dems' Impeachment Narrative

Sharyl Attkisson, The Hill

John Bolton, Welcome to the Resistance?

Nahal Toosi, Politico

How Did the Establishment Get It So Wrong on Syria?

Lee Smith, The Federalist

Syria Pullout: The Day We Stopped Leading the World

Dubowitz & Adesnik, NBC News

Trump's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment in Syria: Will It Stick?

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Profit Is a Good Thing--Except to the Political Left

Rupert Darwall, The Hill

It Isn't the Deep State Threatening Trump, It's the State

Bergengruen/Abramson, Time

Durham Getting Closer to the Truth About Brennan?

George Neumayr, Am. Spectator

Can the Democrats Avoid a Brokered Convention?

Paul Sracic, CNN

Friday, October 25

Donald Trump's 'Lynching'

Jamelle Bouie, New York Times

All the Russia Collusion Clues Point Back to Brennan

Margot Cleveland, The Federalist

House Republicans' Stunt Was an Attempt to Distract

Zhou & Nilsen, Vox

Son's Work in Romania Raises New Questions for Biden

Strickler & Schapiro, NBC

Why the Dem Primary Seems Primed for a Dark Horse

Brian Rosenwald, The Week

No One Should Be Chemically 'Transitioning' Little Kids

Ramona Tausz, New York Post

A Bold Plan for Clean Cars

Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Times

Trump Prepares U.S. for Great-Power Competition

James Carafano, National Interest

Trump's Mideast Results a Boon to Putin

David Ignatius, Washington Post

Dem Establishment Is Losing Its Grip With 'Russia' Accusations

Jill Stein, Guardian

Missile Defense Needs Trump's Attention

Rebeccah Heinrichs, RealClearPolitics

Sunday, October 27

Baghdadi’s Death Punctuates the End of an Era

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic

Trump's Effective and Unimpeachable Foreign Policy

Grady Means, The Hill

Trump's Shameful Argument for Betraying the Kurds

William Saletan, Slate

It's Fantasy to Think Republicans Will Abandon Trump Now

Rich Lowry, NY Post

Yes, GOP Senators Can Be Convinced to Turn on Trump

Elie Mystal, The Nation

The Radicalization of the Democratic Party

Caroline Glick, Israel Hayom

We Are in a Fight for the Soul of Our Democracy

Elijah Cummings, Washington Post

Warren Misleads Americans on Costs of 'Medicare-for-All'

Sally Pipes, FOX

Are Our Brains Wired to Reject Medicare for All?

David Corn, Mother Jones

How Partisan Polarized Parity Came Into Being

Michael Barone, Encounter Books

The Case for Late Bloomers

Rich Karlgaard, Saturday Evening Post