RealClearPolitics July 12, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Platner Is Proof Dems Will Overlook Anything for Power

Michael Goodwin, NY Post

Maine Dems Seek Platner-Like Change Agent - Minus Baggage

Kevin Frey, MS Now

The Trust-Fund Wunderkinds Who Enabled Platner's Rise

Andrew Stiles, Free Beacon

Dems Should Unite With Socialists for Election Victories

A. Scott Bolden, The Hill

Dem Socialists Are So F*cking Stupid I Don't Know What To Say

James Carville

There's No Such Thing as 'Democratic' Socialism

Roger Simon, Substack

Michigan Is Next Big Test for the Democratic Party

Jason Zengerle, The New Yorker

Candace Owens Crashes and Burns

Sasha Stone, Substack

The Vile Evil Attacking Erika Kirk Must Be Condemned

Billy Hallowell, Wash Times

Does Kamala Harris Really Have a Shot in 2028?

Astead Herndon, Vox

VP Vance on Faith, Fatherhood and Forgiveness

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Democracy Depends on People Who Show Up

Travis N. Taylor, RealClearPolitics

Democrats Believe All Women - Unless They’re Inconvenient

Frank Salvato, TAS

Trump Knows His Freedom Fuel Is Socialism, Right?

Sara Pequeno, USA Today

The Case for Cheerful Conservatism

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

How Trump and DOGE Broke the IRS

Anne Kim, Washington Monthly

How the West(ern) Was Lost

J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Lindsey Graham's Passing Is Shocking & Saddening

Meghan McCain, Washington Post

What's In a Name? Alaska's Confounding Senate Race

Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times

Pelosi's Democrats Against Democracy

Tim Carney, Washington Examiner

Trump Trying To Start New Red Scare

Michael Steele, MS Now

Bashing Communism Is an American Tradition

Tevi Troy, Wall Street Journal

Is Iran Overestimating Its Position?

Joshua Keating, Vox

Five Pillars of Trump's Foreign Policy

Francis Sempa, RealClearWorld

Will Washington State Choose Stagnation Over Growth?

Howard Schultz, WSJ

Dems Need To Rethink Their Image of a 'Man of the People'

Judith Levine, Guardian

Only One Choice for Dems After Platner Gamble Blows Up

Doug Schoen, FOX News

The Immortal Appeal of 'The Odyssey'

Daniel Mendelsohn, The Free Press