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RealClearPolitics Week of March 9, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 9
Appointing a New Leader Is the Least of Iran's Troubles
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Iran Regime's Longstanding Plot To Kill Trump Confirmed
Miranda Devine, NY Post
Problem(s) With Demanding Iran's Unconditional Surrender
Steve Benen, MS Now
Trump Won't Sign Other Laws Until Election Bill Is Passed
Niels Lesniewski, Roll Call
2/3 Back 'SAVE Act' To Require Voter ID, and It's Bipartisan
Terry Jones, TIPP Insights
1st Midterm Primaries Show Enthusiastic Dem Turnout
Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill
Jesse Jackson Jr. Slams Ex-Presidents Not Knowing Dad
Kaylee Holland, FOX News
Cancel Culture Comes to Palm Beach
Miller & du Quenoy, RealClearPolitics
The Hobby That AI Is Ruining for Its Fans
Alex Abad-Santos, Vox
For the Love of the Game, for the Love of Country
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Iran's Lionesses Stood Up to Tehran--U.S. and Australia Answer
Ed Tarnowski, RCP
Tuesday, March 10
Trump Says It's Going To End 'Soon' But Also Issues Threats
Scott Wong, NBC News


My Great-Uncle Was Prime Minister of Iran. Can We Ever Go Back?
Nick Mafi, WSJ
A Brief History of America's Involvement in Iran
Naomi Bethune, American Prospect
Puzzling Iran Coverage From the American News Media
Mark Penn, X
Our Weaponized Deep State Faces Zero Accountability
Hans Mahncke, The Federalist
Trump's Pledge To Stop Signing Bills Has Dems Cheering
Jack Fitzpatrick, MS Now
Emanuel on Persuading Dems To 'Get Back to the Basics'
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
The Fake Moderate Narrative Kills Again
Brian Lonergan, Chronicles
Jesse Jackson Jr. Summons His Dad's 'Prophetic Voice'
John Nichols, The Nation
America's Exiled Speech Dissident, Dimitri Simes
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Germany's AfD Keeps Surging Ahead
Heather Mac Donald, American Greatness
'28 Dems (DM): Harris 23, Newsom 19, Buttigieg 10, AOC 7, Shapiro 5, Kelly 5
Wednesday, March 11
Signs U.S. and Israel Have Different Ideas on Wrapping Up in Iran
Peled, et al., WSJ


Can Trump Call a Halt and Claim Victory?
England & Hauslohner, Financial Times
Let Iran Rebuild Itself
Auguste Meyrat, American Greatness
The Clock Is Ticking for Iran's New Leader
Aaron MacLean, X
Thune Looking Inept, Incalcitrant on SAVE America Act
David Marcus, FOX News
WH Wants To Rebrand Mass-Deportation Push
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Wokeness Was a Bad Name. Race Communism More Accurate
Helen Andrews, X
Higher Ed: Surprising Bipartisan Reforms Bloom
Jon Marcus, Washington Monthly
When Good People Step Up
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Trying To Fix NYT's Iran Coverage, One Email at a Time
Kopp & Sachs, Racket News
The Strategic Significance of Eliminating Khamenei
Gil Murciano, Jerusalem Post
Thursday, March 12
Khamenei Cemented the U.S.-Israel Alliance
Katz & Troy, Wall Street Journal


What Is the Endgame in Iran?
Colin Kahl, Foreign Affairs
How Is the SAVE America Act Not a Law Already?
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Will Cornyn's Filibuster Pivot Save Him?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Clearing Up Confusion on Birthright Citizenship
Ilan Wurman, The American Mind
Democrats in Congress Are in a YIMBY Battle Royale
Bobic & Delaney, HuffPost
A Persistent Patient's Story
Richard Porter, RealClearHealth
New York Should Stop Hiding Stats on Unsafe Schools
Neetu Arnold, New York Post
Next Cuban Revolution Could Be Peaceful
Roberta Lajous, Project Syndicate
Pro-U.S. Orientation Coming Back to Latin America
Steve Cortes, RealClearWorld
Why Americans Are Obsessed With Alysa Liu
Jeanne Tsai, San Francisco Chronicle
Generic Ballot: NPR/PBS: Dems +9 | Mrn Consult: Dems +4 | RCP Avg: Dem +4.7
Friday, March 13
Strategic Ambiguity and the Search for an Iran Endgame
Poast & Banihashemi, Time


U.S. Can't Walk Away Before the Job Is Finished
Kyle Moran, RealClearPolitics
Another Regime-Change War?
Pavlos Papadopoulos, The American Mind
Netanyahu Facing Test as Iran Regime Change Hopes Fade
Lucy Williamson, BBC
Pennsylvanians Back Reform, Not Abolition, on ICE
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Spanberger: Bait-and-Switch Democrat
Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner
Senate Harmoniously Passes Expansive Housing Bill
Robert Kuttner, Am. Prospect
Trump DOJ Takes On Corrupt DC Bar Association
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
SAVE Act Gets Headlines, But Problem Is Closed Primaries
Thomas & Ciminelli, RCP
Lewis Lehrman, R.I.P.
Richard Brookhiser, National Review
Brave ROTC Students Stop Deadly Shooting at Old Dominion
Faris Tanyos, CBS News
Sunday, March 15
Post-Boomer GOP Is Coming. 2028 Will Define It
Peter Giunta, The Hill
Iran War Jolts Vance & Rubio’s Jockeying for 2028
Susan Ferrechio, Washington Times
Why Minnesota Matters More Than Iran for America’s Future
Thomas Friedman, NYT
Spanberger a Leftist Wolf Dressed as a Centrist Sheep
Hugo Gurdon, DC Examiner
Opposing Trump Isn’t a Global Strategy
Rahm Emanuel, Wall Street Journal
Can Fetterman Save the Democratic Party From Itself?
David Marcus, FOX News
Trump Wages War on Iran His Own Way
David Smith, The Guardian
‘Baghdad Bob’ Had Nothing on CNN
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
DOJ Was Right on Live Nation. Blue State AGs Should Follow
Kevin Walling, RCP
Federal Power Grabs on Elections Are Not About Fraud
LZ Granderson, LA Times
No, Mayor Mamdani, First Lady of NYC Is Not a Private Role
Karol Markowicz, NYP


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