http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ en Copyright 2008 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:01:06 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:08:01 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 WASHINGTON President Obama was on the way to Alpha when a plea came for him to be, well, more alpha. LuAnn Lavine, a real estate agent from Geneseo, a rural town just up the road from Alpha, Ill., the last stop on the president’s Midwestern bus tour, told The Times’s Jeff Zeleny: “Everyone was so hopeful with him, but Washington grabbed him and here we are. I just want him to stay strong and don’t take the guff. We want a president who is a leader, and I want him to be a little bit stronger.” Hers was a gentler message...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/of_dystopias_and_alphas_261992.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/dowd-of-dystopias-and-alphas.htmlhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/dowd-of-dystopias-and-alphas.xml 100261992 AM Update Maureen Dowd, New York Times Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:47:30 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 Sunday 21 August 2011 | Blog Feed | All feedsSign in or registerBy Toby Harnden US politics Last updated: August 20th, 2011Comment on this Comment on this article Rick Perry campaign merchandise on sale in Waterloo, Iowa. Photo: Toby HarndenIn the past few days, Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's long-time consigliere and an erstwhile hate figure on the Left, has been welcomed back into polite society. Democrats who previously thought the only place Rove should be was in jail have been murmuring approvingly about his wisdom and moderation.At the same time,...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/desperate_to_stop_the_perry_posse_262001.htmlhttp://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100101641/american-way-getting-ugly-in-texas-%E2%80%93-karl-rove-and-the-democrats-desperate-to-stop-the-rick-perry-posse/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100101641/american-way-getting-ugly-in-texas-%E2%80%93-karl-rove-and-the-democrats-desperate-to-stop-the-rick-perry-posse/ 100262001 AM Update Toby Harnden, Sunday Telegraph Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:49:38 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 Turn autoplay offTurn autoplay onPlease activate cookies in order to turn autoplay offLike George Bush but without the charm, perhaps. One thing for sure: President Rick Perry would be armed "“ and dangerousTexas Governor Rick Perry does not try to resist parody. If anything, he embraces the tendency of journalists to portray him a political extremist and a boob. His refusal to respond, earlier this week, to a reporter's question about whether he was, at that moment, carrying a concealed weapon "“ "that's why it's called...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/perry_would_be_armed--amp_dangerous_261989.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/aug/18/rick-perry-presidency?CMP=twt_guhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/aug/18/rick-perry-presidency?CMP=twt_gu 100261989 AM Update Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:11:13 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 In the worst of the Democratic primary campaign in 2008, the angry end of the thing, when I had become a devoted Hillary Clinton supporter and was engaged in bitter arguments with people with whom I often agreed, I used to harbor a secret fear, the twin of my political hope: I worried that Hillary Clinton would win her party’s nomination. This possibility scared me because I knew, with a furious surety, that if she went on to win the presidency, I and the handful of other Clinton supporters in my privileged, mediacentric, Obama-drunk circle would be forced to spend the next...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/what_would_hillary_clinton_have_done_261993.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/what-would-hillary-clinton-have-done.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/what-would-hillary-clinton-have-done.html 100261993 AM Update Rebecca Traister, NYT Magazine Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:08:37 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/next_president_must_live_like_coolidge_not_obama_262004.htmlhttp://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/582156/201108191845/Next-President-Must-Live-Like-Coolidge-Not-Obama.htmhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/582156/201108191845/Next-President-Must-Live-Like-Coolidge-Not-Obama.htm 100262004 AM Update Mark Steyn, IBD Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:30:32 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 Hot Topics: Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.Charleston, S.C."˜Howdy': Texas governor Rick Perry launches his presidential campaign at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, S.C.NewscomWhen organizers were planning the third annual RedState Gathering, held earlier this month in Charleston, South Carolina, the event looked to be like the second annual RedState Gathering, which was much like the first. Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, would be a featured speaker, as he had been at the others, including last year in Austin, Texas. Perry was the...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/rick_perry_annotated_261983.htmlhttp://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/rick-perry-annotated_590440.html 100261983 AM Update Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:26:53 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 With Wisconsin's epic state senate recall battle now over, the results carry a clear message that ought to resonate all the way to Washington -- and especially the Obama White House. The essence of politics in America today, for Democrats at least, is to understand and communicate the political nature of the opposition.Having suffered a bad beating last November, the Wisconsin Democrats and their allies have succeeded in building a strong movement that fights back explicitly against the right-wing policies of Gov. Scott Walker's Republican Party.Last week, they won two out of six...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/19/what_obama_should_learn_from_wisconsin_111012.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/19/what_obama_should_learn_from_wisconsin_111012.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/19/what_obama_should_learn_from_wisconsin_111012.html 200262007 AM Update Joe Conason, New York Observer Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:39:32 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 Oh…if you didn't think this was an interesting story before, you can certainly see it now.Two weeks ago Politico reported that vice president Joe Biden said tea party Republicans "acted like terrorists" in the debt talks. Since then, the activist old media has been relatively silent on the story.This is a big "˜effing deal.This White House, that preached civility, has shown it can be brutal and viscous towards average citizens. President Obama has called Republicans his "enemies" and suggested his supporters take guns to a knife...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/biden039s_terrorist_quote_a_big_problem_for_wh_261981.htmlhttp://bigjournalism.com/rfutrell/2011/08/19/politico-stands-behind-its-biden-terrorist-story/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://bigjournalism.com/rfutrell/2011/08/19/politico-stands-behind-its-biden-terrorist-story/ 100261981 AM Update Ron Futrell, Big Journalism Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:27:04 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence analysts, like most American observers, have often referred to the process unfolding in the Middle East as the "Arab Spring," with its implicit message of democratic rebirth and freedom. But some senior analysts are said to have argued for a more neutral term, such as "Arab Transition" -- which conveys the essential truth that nobody can predict just where this upheaval is heading.The uncertain transition rumbled on last week in Syria: President Bashar al-Assad's hold on power appeared to weaken, with his military stretched to the...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/19/an_uncertain_arab_transition_111020.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/19/an_uncertain_arab_transition_111020.html 200261998 AM Update David Ignatius, Washington Post Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:42:30 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/america_can039t_afford_complacency_on_china_261987.htmlhttp://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2011/08/17/america-can%E2%80%99t-afford-complacency-on-china/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2011/08/17/america-can%E2%80%99t-afford-complacency-on-china/ 100261987 AM Update Ian Bremmer, Reuters Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:14:33 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 THERE’S been a lot of bad economic news lately, yet we may be overlooking the most disturbing development of all: our economic productivity has been weakening. This isn’t just a problem for the United States. Because America remains a leader in technology and innovation, it is also a matter of concern for the entire world. Productivity statistics are hardly exciting reading, but they are important. Our society is wealthy precisely because it can churn out products like automobiles, flush toilets and Google search algorithms at relatively low cost. Productivity...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/the_sad_statistic_that_trumps_the_others_261994.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/business/economy/weaker-productivity-is-a-worrying-sign.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaperhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/business/economy/weaker-productivity-is-a-worrying-sign.xml?_r=1&ref=todayspaper 100261994 AM Update Tyler Cowen, New York Times Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:10:46 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/19/economist_sachs_hits_obama_theres_never_been_a_plan.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/19/economist_sachs_hits_obama_theres_never_been_a_plan.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/19/economist_sachs_hits_obama_theres_never_been_a_plan.html 700261982 AM Update Jeffrey Sachs, MSNBC Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:32:21 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/obama_close_to_a_quotkiller_rabbitquot_moment_261996.htmlhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0819-20110819,0,6139674,full.columnhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0819-20110819,0,6139674,full.column 100261996 AM Update John Kass, Chicago Tribune Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:31:35 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/romney_dark_prince_of_oligarchy_262008.htmlhttp://www.thenation.com/blog/162877/mitt-romney-dark-prince-oligarchy-battles-demons-democracyhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.thenation.com/blog/162877/mitt-romney-dark-prince-oligarchy-battles-demons-democracy 100262008 AM Update John Nichols, The Nation Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:08:51 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/chevy_volt_flagship_of_govt-industrial_complex_261943.htmlhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmichaels/2011/08/19/chevy-volt-flagship-model-of-the-government-industrial-complex/ 100261943 AM Update Patrick Michaels, Forbes Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:04:11 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 Pam Belluck is a science reporter for The New York Times. THIS month brought news that could alter the landscape of American pregnancy. Tests using DNA to determine a fetus’s sex were shown to be remarkably accurate, able to tell with 95 percent certainty as early as seven weeks into pregnancy, if a woman is carrying a boy or girl. The tests, which detect the fetus’s DNA in a mother’s blood or urine, are available in drugstores and online, and reports about their accuracy are likely to increase their popularity. But the tests also raise...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/if_you_really_really_wanted_a_girl_261991.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/sunday-review/if-you-really-really-wanted-a-girl.html?ref=todayspaperhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/sunday-review/if-you-really-really-wanted-a-girl.xml?ref=todayspaper 100261991 AM Update Pam Belluck, New York Times Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:13:31 -0500 08/21/2011/00/00/00 Late August and early September bring recent high school graduates, bright and eager, to campuses around the country. Carefully planned orientation sessions will impress upon freshmen the paramount importance of sensitivity, of avoiding offensive words and ideas, and"”notwithstanding that in recent years approximately 55% of matriculating freshmen nationally have been female"”the urgency of maintaining a campus atmosphere friendly to women.But parents who might expect this orientation to include an introduction to the moral and political purposes of...]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/college_rape_cases_amp_the_presumption_of_male_guilt_261951.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576516232905230642.htmlhttp://mobile2.wsj.com/device/article.php?mid=1&CALL_URL=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576516232905230642.html 100261951 AM Update Peter Berkowitz, WSJ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/lawsuit_reform_could_be_big_in_2012_262000.html http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2011/08/lawsuit-reform-could-be-big-2012 http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2011/08/lawsuit-reform-could-be-big-2012 100262000 Editorials Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:50:25 -0500 Washington Examiner http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/government_infusion_needed_to_boost_economy_262009.html http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/21/obama-congress-should-use-balanced-approach-help-c/ http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/21/obama-congress-should-use-balanced-approach-help-c/ 100262009 Editorials Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:58:52 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/the_wheels_are_off_the_obama_bus_262005.html http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_752446.html http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_752446.html 100262005 Editorials Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:20:03 -0500 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/21/latest_hurdle_for_school_choice_262006.html http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_18712036 http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_18712036 100262006 Editorials Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:59:10 -0500 Denver Post http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/27/obama_targets_72_billion_business_tax_break_258265.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-27/obama-targets-72-billion-business-tax-break-republicans-balk.html 100258265 Politics and Election News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:34:01 -0500 Bloomberg http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/27/2012_candidates_shun_capitol_hill_support_258262.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57809.html http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57809.html 100258262 Politics and Election News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:29:50 -0500 Politico http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/27/california_donors_expected_to_raise_100m_for_2012_candidates_258264.html http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-money-20110626,0,7906939.story http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-money-20110626,0,7906939.story 100258264 Politics and Election News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:33:03 -0500 LAT http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/27/spending_bill_provision_would_limit_oil_reserve_releases_258263.html http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/168497-upton-hints-at-restricting-future-oil-releases-through-spending-bill http://mobile.thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/168497-upton-hints-at-restricting-future-oil-releases-through-spending-bill 100258263 Politics and Election News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:31:14 -0500 The Hill