RealClearPolitics Week of November 3, 2025 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, November 3

New Jersey, Virginia and the Democrats' Future

Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill

Mayors to Cities: Drop Dead

Joel Kotkin, City Journal

Polling Insights Into the NYC Electorate on Election Eve

Confronting John Brennan on Fake Dossier and Russia Hoax

Thomas Speciale, GMU

Democrats Need To Reopen the Government

Sen. John Fetterman, CNN

Illegal Immigrants Soak Up SNAP and WIC Benefits

Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner

Why Trump Has Lost Support Among Independents

Greg Orman, RealClearPolitics

Not Quite Yet, China

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Why the Right Are Often Better Internationalists

Janan Ganesh, Financial Times

Is Bessent Right About the Fed?

Willem Buiter, Project Syndicate

Roberts Must Rebuke Ethical Violations by Federal Judges

Mike Davis, The Federalist

Tuesday, November 4

New York Is About To Pick the Wrong Mayor

Nicole Russell, USA Today

Mamdani's Importance Won't Stop at Borders of NYC

Stanton & Egwuonwu, MSNBC

Report: Leftist Groups Perpetuate Homeless Crisis

M.D. Kittle, The Federalist

WH Unclear on Future of SNAP Benefits During Shutdown

Arthur Delaney, HuffPost

Chasing Voters in PA Now Prepares GOP for 2026

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Prop 50 Poised for Big Win in California

Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics

SCOTUS Should Uphold Trump's Tariffs

Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles

The Most Likely AI Apocalypse

Eric Levitz, Vox

The Microchip Era Is About To End

George Gilder, Wall Street Journal

Cut Transplant Ties With China

Jan Jekielek, Baltimore Sun

No A for Effort

David Bell, Substack

Wednesday, November 5

'My Brother, We Are in City Hall Now'

NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani

Jeffries Made a Mistake Linking Himself to Mamdani

Speaker Johnson, RCP Podcast

From Mission Impossible to Mister Mayor

Vanden Heuvel & Nichols, The Nation

Leftist Urban Areas Becoming a Great Threat to United States

Joel Kotkin, UnHerd

Why Democrats Won the 2025 Elections

Andrew Prokop, Vox

Johnson's Postmortem: '26--Not '25--Will Buoy GOP Hopes

Philip Wegmann, RCP

Dick Cheney's Complicated Legacy

Byron York, Washington Examiner

When Helicopter Parents Touch Down--at College

Russell Shaw, The Atlantic

Princeton President (Sort of) Supports Free Speech

Robert Maranto, RealClearBooks

Argentina Is on a Path to Economic Success

Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate

Huge Harm From Alarmism Preceded Gates' Climate Pivot

Miranda Devine, NY Post

2025 Results: VA Governor | VA AtyGen | NJ Governor | NYC Mayor | CA Prop 50

Thursday, November 6

Fighting the Government-Closing Democrat Filibuster

Byron York, DC Examiner

Why Democrats Won

Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly

I'm Worried, But I'm Not Leaving NYC

Kirsten Fleming, New York Post

A Bad Night for Republicans, With No Bright Spots

Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics

Jeffries Is Struggling Mightily To Fill Pelosi's Shoes

Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd

Disingenuous Demagogues Not What New Right Needs

Dan Mahoney, American Mind

The Electric Bill Election

David Dayen, American Prospect

After Crushing Prop 50 Defeat, GOP Turns to the Courts

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Ruling on Tariffs Comes Down to a Numbers Game

Jonathan Turley, FOX News

Milei's Win Is Echoing Across Latin America

Gustavo Medeiros, Barron's

The Bloodlands of Africa

Bernard-Henri Levy, Tablet Magazine

Friday, November 7

Democrats Might Miss Pelosi More Than They Expect

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Time for a Reckoning on the 2020 Election

Roger Kimball, The Spectator

Mayor to Mayor: Some Advice for Mamdani

Bill de Blasio, The Nation

One Election Win Dems Could Come To Regret

James Antle, Washington Examiner

Pressure for Deal Intensifies as Shutdown's Impact Grows

Hellmann, et al., Roll Call

Flight Cancellations Hit Major Airports

Aratani & Duncan, Washington Post

Dinner Talk in Chicago Is About Crime, Cronyism

Ken Griffin, American Business Forum

Trump Changed the Stakes in the Middle East

David Mamet, Wall Street Journal

Milei's Tightrope Act

Maria Murillo, Foreign Affairs

Karp: We Will Have Fewer Rights If U.S. Loses AI Race

Archie Earle, UnHerd

How Google's AI Fabricates Rampant Lies

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, New York Post

Sunday, November 9

2025's Message to the GOP: Get Back to Basics

Jeremy Carl, American Mind

Tuesday's Election Results Should Terrify Republicans

Robin Abcarian, LA Times

Take Mamdani Seriously and Literally

Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

Despite Voter Rebuke, Trump Doubles Down on Economy

Jonathan Allen, NBC News

Why the Downwardly Mobile Voted for Mamdani

John Carney, New York Post

Now It Can Be Told: Mamdani's Plans Are Wildly Expensive

John Sexton, Hot Air

Rural Voters Sound Off on Democratic Wins

Swapna Ramaswamy, USA Today

Shutdown Highlights Food-Stamp Fraud & Follies

James Bovard, New York Post

Spanberger, Sherrill Would Be Strong Faces for 2028

Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill

Tuesday's Big Winner: Gavin Newsom

James Antle, The American Conservative

Triggered Left Could Learn From Sydney Sweeney

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today