RealClearPolitics Week of November 9, 2026 Archives

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Monday, November 9

Trump: Deportation Policy Might Have Been 'Too Tough'

Ross Douthat, 60 Minutes

How America Can Reclaim Our 'Better Angels' After Trump

Joe Biden, The Atlantic

Voters Rejected Trump, They Didn't Reject Conservatism

Nicole Russell, USA Today

In the Deep South, the Red Wall & History Collapses

Colin Woodard, Wash Monthly

Dems Won the Turnout Battle, Not a Lasting Mandate

Michael McKenna, Wash Times

Don't Fear Rise of the DSA. There Aren't Enough of Them - Yet

Robin Abcarian, LAT

How Republicans Can Recover After 2026 Midterm Defeat

Barry Casselman, AMAC

2026 Was Bad for the GOP. 2028 Is Going To Be Even Worse

Alex Shephard, TNR

Drubbing Complicates Vance's Calculation on 2028

Wegmann & Andrews, WSJ

5 Midterm Winners Dems Should Build 2028 Around

Will Marshall, USA Today

Trump's Battle w/Bureaucracy - & the Voters Who Stopped Him

Frank Filingeri, RCP

AI's Railroad to Corruption

Ethan Zuckerman, Prospect Magazine

Anti-AI Populism Is the Future of American Politics

Garrison Lovely, The Guardian

Israel Can Achieve a Unity Government

Benny Gantz, Wall Street Journal

Is It Too Late To Save France?

Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute

China Is Real Loser From the Jensen Huang Affair

Matthew Lynn, Spectator World

The Childlike Innocence of the American Protester

Ronald W. Dworkin, Law & Liberty