RealClearPolitics Week of May 13, 2024 Archives

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Monday, May 13

Dems Have a Joe Biden Problem

Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine

Biden Tests Potency of Soak-the-Rich Appeal to Voters

Seth McLaughlin, Wash Times

We Can't Let Trump Run America Like His Business

Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark

House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order

Ben Weingarten, RCP

Why the Jury May Be Surprised by Michael Cohen

Norm Eisen, CNN

Trump's Sleazy Accusers

Byron York, Washington Examiner

America Never Recovered From Shocks of 2020

Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer

Could Campus Protests Put NJ and NY in Play?

Philip Wegmann, RCP on SiriusXM

Migrants, Real and Imagined, Grip Wisconsin Voters

Chris McGreal, The Observer

Nonprofits Are Making Billions off the Border Crisis

Madeleine Rowley, The Free Press

Tipping Point States (NYT/Siena): WI: Trump +1 | AZ: Trump +6 | GA: Trump +9

Tuesday, May 14

Trump in Trouble But Biden Campaign Is Dead in the Water

Byron York, DC Examiner

Your Friends Aren't a Representative Sample of Public Opinion

Nate Silver, Substack

Riot Tactics Redux

Christopher Rufo, City Journal

Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

Trump Doesn't Need a DEI Running Mate

Frank Cannon, TomKlingenstein.com

Nellie Bowles Knows Why So Many Progressives Lost It

Bari Weiss, The Free Press

It's Conservatives That Should Be Protesting

Oren Cass, Financial Times

Distinguishing Climate Science From Climate Activism

Ulf Buntgen, Nature

Protecting Social Security Will Pave the Way to the White House

Henry Bonilla, RCP

Preventing Bailouts Is Simple, But It Isn't Easy

Cochrane & Seru, Wall Street Journal

What Will We Be Remembered For?

Joe Lonsdale, Substack

Wednesday, May 15

It’s On (for Now): Biden and Trump Agree to 2 Debates

Shepard et al., Politico

Biden's Incompetence Outstrips Voters' Fear of Trump

Mark Hemingway, Federalist

We're in a Pivotal Moment in American History

Sen. Bernie Sanders, The Guardian

Dems Really Hate Americans. Here's the Proof

Joseph Curl, Washington Times

The Eight Dynamics That Will Shape the Election

David Graham, The Atlantic

Was Trump's NJ Rally a 4D Chess Move?

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Think Corporate Greed Is Leading Cause of Inflation? Think Again

Bidenflation Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink

Alfredo Ortiz, The Hill

The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate

Why Biden Can't Be Trusted To Take on Anti-Semitism

Heather Mac Donald, Spiked

Today's Protests Tamer than Campus Unrest of the 1960s

Robert Cohen, L.A. Times

The Myth of Student Protest

James Robbins, The American Spectator

Thursday, May 16

'The Elites Are Hoarding the American Dream'

O'Neill & Ungar-Sargon, Spiked

What Young Voters Actually Care About

Christian Paz, Vox

Biden Goes From the Basement to Denial

Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

What Biden's Debate Gambit Reveals

Nate Silver, Substack

Cohen Tape Undercuts Prosecutors' Main Story to Jurors

Solomon & Richards, JTN

Noem Shows How Not To Audition for Vice President

Michael Arceneaux, HuffPost

'Good Leftist' Nellie Bowles Leaves the #Resistance

Kirsten Fleming, New York Post

Is Common Sense Realism Making a Comeback?

Jeff Minick, Chronicles

Hey, Nebraska--Don't Mess With the Electoral College

Jasper Hendricks, The Hill

DoD's Consulting Bloat Suffers From Rot

Cale Brown, RealClearDefense

Increased Longevity Will Bring Profound Social Change

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

TDIH - May 16, 2024: Trump +1.1/+2.7 | 2020: Biden +4.7 | 2016: Clinton +5.7

Friday, May 17

Voters Won't Be Denied the Facts About Biden This Time

Kimberly Strassel, WSJ

Why Biden's Eager To Debate

Julian Zelizer, CNN

Biden, His Campaign and the Press Retreat Into a Bubble

Walter Samuel, AMAC

How the New York Times Went Woke

Nellie Bowles, Substack

What James Carville Should Know About the Election

Douglas MacKinnon, FOX News

Dems Must Counter Trump Courthouse Campaign

Symone Sanders-Townsend, MSNBC

Court May Have To Resolve Biden's Executive Privilege Claim

Steven Richards, JTN

Why Housing Should Be Regulated as a Public Utility

Michael Weinstein, RCP

The End of Southern Anti-Union Politics

Alex Hogan, Compact Magazine

Why a Late RFK Jr. Polling Boom Is Unlikely

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Ignore Maine: Abandon the National Popular Vote Compact

Jacob Posik, RCP

Latest '24 Polls: Trump vs. Biden | 5-Way | Senate | Top Battlegrounds | Map

Sunday, May 19

President Biden’s Voldemortian Theory of Privilege

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

What Biden and Trump Believe That Isn't True

David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

How Michael Cohen Became a Hero of the #Resistance

Jenny Holland, Spiked

Removing Debate Audience Takes Away a Crutch for Trump

Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC

Sorry, Biden's Inflation Numbers Totally Suck

Kevin Williamson, New York Post

'Never Trump?' 'Never Biden' Voters Might Loom Larger

Aaron Blake, Washington Post

U.S. Must Say 'No’ To Suspending Weapons to Israel

David Ben-Basat, Jerusalem Post

Hamas Is Not Innocent of Sexual Violence

Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times

Safetyism Fueled the Gaza Campus Protests

Frank Furedi, Spiked

Marking 70 Years of White Flight From School Integration

Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine

Can School Choice Revolution Change U.S. Education?

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today