Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2709 opinion Opinion - RealClearPolitics.com en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2709 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091105/cm_rcp/gop_gets_up_off_gurney_but_is_far_from_recovery realclearpolitics/20091105/gop_gets_up_off_gurney_but_is_far_from_recovery RealClearPolitics.com opinion Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - It's been a long time since Republicans savored the day after. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091104/cm_rcp/virginia_loss_showcases_democratic_troubles realclearpolitics/20091104/virginia_loss_showcases_democratic_troubles RealClearPolitics.com opinion Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - RICHMOND, Va.-- Democrats in Virginia had been bracing for a losing hand on election night, and voters dealt them just that. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091102/cm_rcp/off_year_races_a_mixed_bag_of_tea_leaves realclearpolitics/20091102/off_year_races_a_mixed_bag_of_tea_leaves RealClearPolitics.com opinion Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - Ronald Reagan's 1980 landslide was a year old. By November 1981, eyes were on the off-year elections. Reagan and George H.W. Bush campaigned heavily for the GOP candidates. Republicans scratched out the narrowest of victories in New Jersey. But Democrats won the Virginia governorship for the first time in more than a decade. The New York Times headline on November 5, 1981: "A Warning for the GOP." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091027/cm_rcp/lessons_for_the_white_house_from_the_doctor_fix_debacle realclearpolitics/20091027/lessons_for_the_white_house_from_the_doctor_fix_debacle RealClearPolitics.com opinion Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - The day after White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's Clintonesque plan to triangulate and divide Republicans and doctors failed a major newspaper published this headline: "Democrats Lose Big Test Vote on Health Legislation." The title was so fair and balanced many media obsessed White House advisers could have attributed it to Fox News. Yet, it was the New York Times that captured in a well-written, fair and subtle story the depth of the challenge the White House faces in its push to enact major health care reform legislation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091027/cm_rcp/hillary2016 realclearpolitics/20091027/hillary2016 RealClearPolitics.com opinion Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - Hillary Clinton did not need another man stealing her thunder. Last week, John Kerry earned headlines for convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to a run-off election. The Senate's top man on foreign affairs looked more like the secretary of state. And naturally, political observers wondered where was the secretary of state? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091026/cm_rcp/president_obama_and_american_exceptionalism realclearpolitics/20091026/president_obama_and_american_exceptionalism RealClearPolitics.com opinion Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - Several pundits have observed that the rhetoric of candidate Barack Obama has differed considerably from the conduct of President Obama's administration. A major part of Obama's campaign appeal, especially to young voters and Independents who helped propel him to victory, was the promise of ushering in a new politics, an escape from partisan rancor in favor of pragmatic problem-solving. But just nine months into his tenure, the old, bare-knuckle politics seems to have been replaced with the Chicago brass-knuckle variety. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realclearpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20091025/cm_rcp/harry_reid039s_train_wreck realclearpolitics/20091025/harry_reid039s_train_wreck RealClearPolitics.com opinion Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive," wrote Sir Walter Scott in his 1808 poem, "Marmion."