RealClearPolitics August 9, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Michigan, El-Sayed and a Reckoning for the Democrats

David Smith, The Guardian

Next Senator From SC Will Not Be Like Lindsey Graham

Byron York, DC Examiner

Trump Has a Gas Problem

Peters, Herndon & Zelizer, Vox

The Meaning of Haley Stevens' Defeat

Jesse Arm, City Journal

The Democratic Party Is Being Hijacked

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, The Free Press

Scott Presler Warns GOP Senators on SAVE America Act

Jasmyn Jordan, Breitbart

Trump's Birthright-Citizenship Obsession Lives On

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Justice Alito Locked and Loaded for Another Term

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

We Fed the Dragon--and Lost the Narrative

Chris Fenton, RealClearPolitics

How Colombia Re-Entered the U.S. Orbit

Henry Large, The National Interest

The Class Struggle in Your Wallet

Jeffrey Sklansky, American Prospect

Those Who Tell You 'AI Is Changing Everything' Are Lying

Cory Doctorow, The Nerve

Great and Unfortunate Fabrications

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

Jason Arday's Fairy Tale Is Over

Daniel Engber, The Atlantic

Education System Doesn't Care--Teacher Unions To Blame

Weber & Egorov, NY Post

The Joyless Return of 'Ted Lasso'

Liel Leibovitz, The Free Press

Latest Polls: Senate, Map | Gov, Map | Trump Job Approval | Generic Ballot

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

'Swing' and Amiss for Michigan Democrats

Michael Goodwin, New York Post

America's Third Red Scare

Pietro Shakarian, The Nation

GOP Blind to Canaries in Florida and Texas Coal Mines?

Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill

Democrats Have a Working-Class Voter Problem

Nicholas Jacobs, Salon

Betting Against Trump? The Record Is Not on Your Side

Jim Hanson, Am. Greatness

Iran War Turning Into Trump's Own Groundhog Day

Robert Tait, The Guardian

Avoiding the 'Guns of August' 2026

Francis Sempa, RealClearDefense

How Europe Conquered Hungary

Thomas Fazi, UnHerd

Burnham Confirms Fears of UK's Accelerating Decline

Conrad Black, Brussels Signal

Sometimes, Learning Begins With Being Bored

Jaclyn Decherd, RealClearEducation