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RealClearPolitics Week of August 19, 2024 Archives

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Monday, August 19
Dems Begin 2024 Convention With Renewed Hope
Lauren Gambino, The Guardian
Dishonest Dems To Gaslight Voters About Harris
Nicole Russell, USA Today
5 Things To Watch at the 2024 Democratic Convention
Sahil Kapur, NBC News
Look at Chicago To See What Disasters Await Under Harris
John Tillman, FOX News
What Democrats Are Desperate To Avoid
Alexander Sammon, Slate
The Myriad Projections of the 2024 Campaign
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
One Final Humiliation for Joe Biden
James Pindell, Boston Globe
Invitation to the Fox Den: Baier & MacCallum Ready for Harris
Philip Wegmann, RCP
How Kamala Harris Sees the Economy
Michael Boskin, Wall Street Journal
In Defense of Bidenomics
Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect
Why Voters in Swing County in Michigan Are Sour on Economy
Jeanne Whalen, WSJ
Vance Is Repelling Women Voters
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian
Numbers Don't Lie: Women Thrived Under Trump
Rep. Elise Stefanik, RealClearPolitics
How the Vance–Walz Debate Could Affect the 2024 Race
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Tim Walz Let Minneapolis Burn. We Won't Forget
Rob O'Donnell, FOX News
The Dems Are Delighted. But a Coup Is Still a Coup
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
How Trump Can Close the Deal With Voters
Michael McKenna, Washington Times
TDIH - Aug 19: 2024: Harris +1.5 | 2020: Biden +7.4 | 2016: Clinton +6.0 | Odds
Tuesday, August 20
Biden Tells America 'I Gave My Best to You'
Stephen Collinson, CNN


GOP's Parting Gift to Biden: A 291-Page Impeachment Report
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Harris Wages War on U.S. Energy
Sen. JD Vance, Wall Street Journal
Democrats Are United and Focused--for a Change
Alexander Nazaryan, MSNBC
The Weirdness of Manufactured Joy
Sasha Stone, Substack
4 Things Harris Needs To Pull Off at the DNC
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Beyond Scandal
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Democrats' Old Guard Passed the Torch
Robillard & Marans, HuffPost
No, Biden and Harris' Border Crisis Is Not Over
Rep. Mark Green, RealClearPolitics
Harris Has Some Explaining To Do
Eric Levitz, Vox
The Beginning and End of Postmodern America
Joshua Mitchell, TomKlingenstein.com
Can Phone Bans Save America's Schools?
Kevin Dugan, New York Magazine
Anxiety and American Politics
Adorney, Johnson & Laughton, City Journal
The World Needs U.S.--and U.S. Needs the World
Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Affairs
X's Grok Is the Unwoke Solution to Google's Gemini
Kat Rosenfield, The Free Press
Harris and a Nod to History
Adeline Von Drehle, RealClearPolitics
Vance Flips the 'Fact Check' Script
McClain & Tomaino, Wall Street Journal
New Polls: Pennsylvania (InAdv): Trump +1 | N.H. (St. Anselm): Harris +7 | Map
Wednesday, August 21
‘Hope’ Leads to ‘Joy’: Obama Looks Past Biden to Harris
Philip Wegmann, RCP


Barack and Michelle Are Ready To Fight
David Graham, The Atlantic
Obamas Lecture America on Decency as the Dems Lie
David Harsanyi, NY Post
Can Democrats Solve the Latino Turnout Problem?
Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker
DOJ: AZ Shouldn't Require Proof of Citizenship To Vote
Shawn Fleetwood, Federalist
The DNC Is a Big, Smiling Mess
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic
There’s No Hiding Biden and Harris’ Incompetence
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
How Kamala Harris Is Winning Over Wall Street
Matt Egan & Krystal Hur, CNN
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate the U.S. Economy
QTR, Substack
The New Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic
As Harris Masks Her Radicalism, AOC Showed Dems' True Face
Isaac Schorr, NYP
It Took a Village: The Making of Progressive Tim Walz
Robert Kuttner, Am Prospect
Walz’s Uber-Liberal Record as Gov Opens Attack Lines for GOP
Annie Linskey, WSJ
'We Love Joe' at DNC Really Means 'We Love American Values'
LZ Granderson, LAT
Biden Sees a Very Fine ‘Point’ on ‘Both Sides’
Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street Journal
60 Yrs Ago, Courage Confronted Racism at the DNC
Margaret McMullan, The Bulwark
Frank Beaman on the Legacy of 1968 Chicago DNC
Charlie Stone, The Unknowns
Thursday, August 22
Harris' Time To Convince Voters That She Can Be President
Stephen Collinson, CNN


Harris Has a Bidenomics Problem--and an Awful Solution
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
All Eyes on America's 'Blue Wall'
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
Democrats Unburdened by What They Have Done to Chicago
Matt Welch, Reason
Surrounded by Ivy Grads, Walz Attacks Vance Over Yale
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Veterans in House, Senate Condemn Walz's 'Stolen Valor'
Paul Bedard, DC Examiner
The Convention Nobody Gets To See
Luke Goldstein, American Prospect
The Humiliating End for 'Big Guy' Joe Biden
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Worm Turns: Congress Probes Surveillance of Gabbard
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
RFK Dropping Out?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
WY Freedom Caucus Has Huge Republican Primary
Leo Wolfson, Cowboy State Daily
The U.S. Tipping System Is Teetering
Brooke Masters, Financial Times
Vo-Tech Ed Is Taking Off, and It's Not Just Shop Class Anymore
Vince Bielski, RCI
Make America Beautiful Again
Justin Shubow, TomKlingenstein.com
Waving Goodbye to the Neoliberal Democratic Party
Robert Borosage, The Nation
Democrat 'Normalcy' Leads to Famine, Sickness and Civil War
Nicole Shanahan, X
Don't Forget the Victims of Persecution in Nigeria
Sean Nelson, RealClearPolitics
Friday, August 23
Kamala Harris Makes Her Case Against Trump
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics


This Is Kamala Harris' Democratic Party Now
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Harris Gave Us No Idea What She'd Do as President
Michael Goodwin, NY Post
The Dems' Challenge: How To Keep the Joy Going
David Graham, The Atlantic
Clock Is Ticking: GOP Must Make Case Against Harris
Thomas Sowell, Wall St Journal
Who Is Running the Country Right Now?
Jordan Schachtel, Substack
Kemp, Trump End Feud With Full Embrace, Upstaging Harris
John Solomon, JTN
Washington Primary Points Toward Another Nail Biter
Sean Trende, RCP
Trump's Made-Up 'Kamala Crime Wave'
Paul Krugman, New York Times
DNC Host City Chicago: Murder Capital of America
John Kass
75 Days to the Election
Bevan, Cannon, Wegmann, Walworth & Von Drehle, RCP on SiriusXM
Dems Are Finally Hitting Trump Where It Hurts
Robert Reich, The Guardian
Who Is 'Destroying Democracy in Darkness'?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Why It Matters That Harris Has 2 White Guys in Her Corner
Kali Holloway, MSNBC
Childless Cat Lady Vibes vs. A Man’s Man’s World
Charles Hurt, Washington Times
Walz Makes a Plea for a Different Kind of Patriotism
Paul Waldman, MSNBC
Are the Democrats a Communist Party?
Roger L. Simon, Substack
Electoral College: Top Battlegrounds: Trump +0.1 | Map: Trump 287, Harris 251
Saturday, August 24
Why I'm Backing Trump, and What Alarms Me About Democrats
Robert Kennedy Jr.
DNC Was a Party. Now for the Morning After
Grace Segers, The New Republic
No One Is Buying It
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
Harris' Big Night Puts Her at Least Even With Trump
Mark Penn, FOX News
After Chicago, Harris Is Exposed
Edward Luttwak, UnHerd
How RFK Jr. Could Swing Presidential Election
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Democratic Pollsters Have a Warning
Steven Shepard, Politico
Latest 2024 Polls, DNC Wrap-Up
Bevan & Cannon, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Talking About Addiction Is Worth the Conversation
Von & Trump, This Past Weekend
The New Gold Rush Reflects Deep Worries
John Gapper, Financial Times
I'm Worried About Lefty Law Schools Teaching Constitution
John Yoo, USA Today
The Success of Messaging at the DNC
Stanley Greenberg, American Prospect
Harris' VP Pick Is a Win for Republicans
Matthew Cookson, RealClearPolitics
The Crumbling Foundations of American Strength
Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs
The Meaning of Political Philosophy
Klingenstein & Ellmers, TomKlingenstein.com
Tragic Outcomes for Ukrainian Women, Children
Lauren Homer, FoRB Women's Alliance
Warren Buffett's Missed Opportunity
Riley & Piereson, City Journal
'24 Maps: Electoral College, NTU, Create Your Own | Senate, NTU, Create Own
Sunday, August 25
Harris Has Changed What This Election Is About
LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times
Disgraceful Media Promoting Harris Without Substance
Michael Goodwin, NY Post
Daffy Donald, Turning Pea Green With Envy
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Kamala Harris' High-Water Mark?
Steve Cortes, American Greatness
Why RFK Jr.'s Impact on Race Will Be Negligible
Jonathan Capehart, PBS NewsHour
RFK Jr. Endorsing Trump Wipes Out Any Bounce for Harris
Larry Kudlow, NY Sun
This Election Is a Referendum on Free Speech
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Kamala Harris and the New Politics of Joy
Erroll Louis, New York Magazine
Dems Engaging in Some Very Premature Football-Spiking
Freddie deBoer, Substack
Why Harris' DNC Nomination Reminds Me of Soviet Union
Rebekah Koffler, NY Post
Harris and Dems Sweep Crisis in Gaza Under the Rug
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Hamas Alone Is To Blame for the Deaths of the Hostages
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked
The Confidence Man in American Politics
Frank Garmon, RealClearHistory
Dems, Media Reinvent History in Congress and the Courts
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Sam Bankman-Fried, a Personal Verdict
Michael Lewis, Washington Post
Could Elon Musk Actually Be Arrested and X Canceled?
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
Note to Philip Bump
Matt Taibbi, Substack


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