RealClearPolitics Week of August 5, 2024 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, August 5

How Trump Can Win - or Lose - the Election

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

It's Clear Harris Is in Trump's Head

Rex Huppke, USA Today

The Reinvention of Kamala Harris

Gerard Baker, Wall Street Journal

Harris Should Pick a Team, Not Just a Vice President

Dan Perry, Newsweek

Media Lets Kamala Do Another Basement Campaign

David Deavel, AMAC

Kamala's ABC Connection

Amber Duke, The Spectator

Fmr. Secret Service Chief Wanted To Destroy Cocaine Evidence

Susan Crabtree, RCP

GOP Plans To Win This Election--in Court, if Not at Ballot Box

David Daley, Salon

Wisconsin City Looks To Tap Leftist Lawfare Attorneys

M.D. Kittle, The Federalist

Term Limits Aren’t Enough. Expand the Supreme Court

Steven Lubet, The Hill

Chicago Crime and Democratic Values

Heather Mac Donald, Wall Street Journal

You Call That Compassion?

Freddie deBoer, Substack

RCP Avgs: National: Harris +0.2 | 5-Way: Harris +0.4 | Betting Odds: Trump 53%

Tuesday, August 6

Why Walz Was the Guy

Jim Newell, Slate

Has Harris Already Peaked?

James Antle, Washington Examiner

Will Harris Regret Picking Walz Over Shapiro?

Eric Levitz, Vox

We're Suing GARM and WFA Over Systemic Illegal Boycott of X

Linda Yaccarino, X

The One-Drop Rule, Transformed

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

Fed Will Not Let Markets Dictate a Rate Cut

Barry Eichengreen, Financial Times

Economic Resurgence Through Energy Dominance

Jason Isaac, RealClearEnergy

Pence-Led Group Offers Blueprint To Cut Spending

Brett Samuels, The Hill

Dems Attack the Independence of the Federal Judiciary

Steven Calabresi, Reason

Jackson Is Redefining What It Means To Be a Liberal Justice

Elie Mystal, The Nation

Ranked-Choice Voting by Subterfuge

England & Snead, The American Spectator

NPR/PBS/Marist: Harris 51, Trump 48 | Harris 48, Trump 45, Kennedy 5, Stein 1

Wednesday, August 7

Kamala Harris' Puzzling VP Pick

Sean Trende, RCP

Progressives Very Excited About 'Vibes Candidate' Tim Walz

Hunter Walker, TPM

Tim Walz, 'Folksy' Socialist

David Harsanyi, The Federalist

Harris & Walz Offer Antidote to Trump’s American Carnage

Stephen Collinson, CNN

Why Harris' Messaging on Trump 'Stealing Democracy' Is So Dumb

Harris Should Put Reparations on the Agenda

Nina Turner, Newsweek

Harris Is the Border Czar. She Failed at Her Job

Brandon Judd, RealClearPolitics

The Fastest Two Weeks in American Political History

Lucian Truscott, Salon

Media Helps 'Unburden' Harris From Her Lackluster Past

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

I'm Investigating Serious Allegations of Fraud by Act Blue

Virginia AG Jason Miyares

What Dems Can Learn From the Trauma of 1968

George Packer, The Atlantic

Line Up, White Boys!

Adam Ellwanger, The American Mind

Wisconsin (Marquette): Harris (D) 46, Trump (R) 45, Kennedy (I) 6, Stein (G) 1

Thursday, August 8

Vance Comes Into His Own as Trump Attack Dog

James Antle, Washington Examiner

I Was at the Harris-Walz Rally. My Ears Are Still Ringing

Jim Newell, Slate

Harris Camp Said Walz 'Chaired Veterans Affairs.' He Did Not

Philip Wegmann, RCP

Walz's 'Stolen Valor' Fiasco

Matt Vespa, Townhall

'Trump Is Weird' Will Only Get Harris So Far

Christian Paz, Vox

Who Gets To Decide What Is 'Misinformation'?

Patrice Johnson, RealClearPolitics

Can We Solve the Problems of Distressed Places?

Timothy Bartik, Substack

Drill, America, Drill

Mark Mills, City Journal

Boost Readiness, Cut Costs With Overhauled Parts

John Holmes, RealClearDefense

Unlike 1997, Labour Has Failed To Finish Off the Tories

Rupert Darwall, The Spectator

The New Yorker's Fact Crisis

David Mikics, Tablet Magazine

New Polls: National (CNBC, Rasmussen) | Georgia (AARP) | Montana (Emerson)

Friday, August 9

High Priests, Gonzo Journalism and Richard Nixon

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Let's See How Weird Democrats' New Leadership Is

Miranda Devine, New York Post

Walz Brings Democratic Ticket Back to the Party's Roots

Chris Lehmann, The Nation

Harris and Walz Don't Believe in Free Speech

Ashley Rindsberg, UnHerd

Which Party Will Appeal to American Workers?

Oren Cass, Financial Times

Walz's Big Threat to the GOP

Sohrab Ahmari, Compact Magazine

Democratic Party's Downfall Is Deeper Than Harris or Biden

Jeremy Etelson, The Hill

David Dayen, American Prospect

Breaking Up Google Will Be Transformational

Mark Weinstein, Newsweek

Memories From 50 Years Ago: Nixon Leaves Town

Lanny Davis, RealClearPolitics

Not Your Father's DNC

Leibovitz & Romirowsky, City Journal

Election 2024: Nat'l: Harris +0.5, 5-Way: Harris +0.8 | Battlegrounds: Trump +1.2

Sunday, August 11

Harris and Walz Take Upbeat Message on Tour

Lauren Gambino, The Guardian

Theater of the Absurd, Harris-Walz Edition

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

Harris vs. Trump: America's Mood-Swing Election

Zachary Basu, Axios

Irrational Exuberance Soars to New Levels

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Republicans Have No Idea What To Do About Walz

Alexander Nazaryan, MSNBC

Walz's Awful Views Seem To Match His Character

Guy Benson, Townhall

What Kamala Harris Owes to Joe Biden

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

The Tarnished Democrat Brand

Auguste Meyrat, The American Mind

Why UK PM Keir Starmer Needs To Address Immigration

Robert Worth, The Atlantic

Black Cloud of Medieval Censorship Threatens Britain

Brendan O’Neill, Spiked