RealClearPolitics October 12, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

GOP Scrambles To Stop Steep Midterm Losses

Cancryn, et al., CNN

The Blue Wave Looks Real Until You Look a Little Closer

Howard Kurtz, FOX News

Dems Offering a Scant Agenda. Do They Need More?

Karen Tumulty, Washington Post

Abdul El-Sayed's Unanswered Questions

Audrey Fahlberg, The Free Press

Why El-Sayed Is Struggling w/Black Voters in Michigan

Charles Blow, The Guardian

With 'Sick' Dems Like Talarico, How Are They Ahead?

Miranda Devine, NY Post

How the GOP Weaponized Trans Issues Against Democrats

Kevin Rector, LA Times

Maine Democrats Worry Susan Collins Is 'Teflon'

Grace Panetta, Salon

Will Diesel Diplomacy Decide the Midterms?

David Rundell, UnHerd

Trump's Diesel Deal Is a Catastrophic Miscalculation

Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

Vance Is Trying To Connect With Voters. Is It Working?

Akayla Gardner, MS Now

What I Saw and Heard in Vance Country

Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative

Kimberly Guilfoyle's Grifting Scandal Keeps Getting Worse

Inae Oh, Mother Jones

Elon and the Vampires

Sasha Stone, Substack

Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble

William McRaven, The Atlantic

World Wars Don't Start All at Once

Francis Sempa, RealClearDefense

Why We'll Keep Arguing Over the Meaning of Columbus Day

Jason Schlosberg, LAT

Latest Polls: Sen: MN, NC, ME, SC, MI, AK, TX | Gov: NM, ME, IA, MN, OH, TX, FL

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

The Great Feminization at Cornell

Helen Andrews, The Free Press

Rubio's Troubling Ideas About Western Values

Ted Widmer, The Guardian

UK Citizens Should Not Be Arrested for Offending Muslims

Dominic Green, WSJ

Amid Protests, Pessimism About France's Future

Gillen Martin, Washington Monthly

No More Games: Hasan Execution Makes a Statement

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Livestreaming Nidal Hasan Execution Is Barbaric

Michael Tomasky, The New Republic

Sex, Drugs and the Cornell Case

Zane & Varney, RealClearInvestigations Podcast

Social Justice Warriors Are Wrong About Columbus

Jill & Robert Malone, Substack

Are Tech Industry's Apocalyptic Warnings a Marketing Ploy?

Eric Levitz, Vox

Desperate Hunt for Computing Power Is Upending Silicon Valley

Clark, et al., WSJ

The $64 Million Harrisburg Question

Ryan Zickgraf, RealClearPennsylvania

Senate: 46D,46R,8TU: Dem +3, Odds | House: 226D,189R,20TU: Dem +21, Odds