Real Clear Politics Thursday

Dems Have Fallen Far Under Obama - George Condon, National Journal
Republicans' Post-Victory Conundrum - Charles Blow, New York Times
The First Steps Republicans Should Take - George Will, Washington Post
Did Dems Overplay War on Women? - Cannon & Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Obama: Midterms? What Midterms? - Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
Huge Loss for Obamacare and Its Allies - Jeff Anderson, Weekly Standard
A Plea for Sanity in a Republican Congress - Sally Kohn, CNN
The Polls Were Skewed... Towards Democrats - Noah Rothman, Hot Air
How Terrorism and Ebola Influenced Voters - David Paul Kuhn, RCP
Bigger Than 2010 - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
A Plan to Fix Congress - Sen. Mike Lee, The Federalist

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RCP Morning Edition

Why the Democrats Lost - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Finding Good News in the Election Results - Gail Collins, New York Times
Obama Isn't Listening to Voters He Claims to Hear - Ron Fournier, NJ
An Historic GOP House Majority - David Wasserman, Cook Political Report
Dems Forgot Their Winning 2012 Message - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
Barack Obama Is Now a Toxic Brand - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Big Post-Midterm Choices for Obama & the GOP - Charles Lipson, RCP
America's Broken Politics - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Now We Can Get Congress Going - Boehner & McConnell, Wall Street Journal
McConnell, Obama Size Up Relationship - Huey-Burns & Simendinger, RCP
The Good News for Dems in Colorado - Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker
What Women Really Want - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
GOP Inroads With Latinos Hint at a Path for 2016 - Julia Preston, NYT
4 Reasons Elizabeth Warren Should Run - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The Demographics That Sank the Dems - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Democrats Plot Their Comeback - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Seven Deadly Virtues - David DesRosiers, Washington Times

Editorials

Obama, Chastened But Uncompromising - Washington Times
Mr. Obama's Offer to Republicans - New York Times
A Growth and Reform Congress - Wall Street Journal
After Defeat, Obama Must Try Harder - The Guardian

Real Clear Politics Wednesday

Morning Update
A Republican Wave Sweeps the Midterms - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
For President Obama, a Harsh Referendum - Carol Lee, Wall Street Journal
Republicans Just Broke Dems' Blue Wall - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Voters' Verdict Explodes Democratic Myths - Byron York, DC Examiner
It's Time Obama Waged War for Real - Brian Beutler, The New Republic
The Evaporating Democratic Majority - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Senate Gains Give McConnell a Double Win - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Why the Blowout Is So Scary for Democrats - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Hard Part About to Begin for Republicans - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Key Governor Races Bolster Republicans' Huge Night - Scott Conroy, RCP
A Rejection of Liberal Dem Governance - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Republicans, Meet Science - Frank Bruni, New York Times
The Failure of the War on Women - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
A WH-Republican Governing Alliance? Unlikely - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
"Making the President Small" - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
Targeting Political Speech for the Next Election - Ronald Rotunda, WSJ
The Best and Worst Campaign Ads of 2014 - Frank Luntz, RealClearPolitics

Afternoon Update
Here's Why the Democrats Got Crushed - John Judis, The New Republic
A Referendum on the President - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
The White House Should Double Down - Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
A Stunning Tidal Wave of Change - John Podhoretz, New York Post
9 Takeaways From the 2014 Election - Ezra Klein, Vox
28 Senators Who Voted for Obamacare Are Gone - Philip Klein, Examiner
Why No One Can Beat Scott Walker - Betsy Woodruff, Slate
The Party of Climate Change Denial - Bill Press, The Hill
Climate Change? An Issue for Losers - Steven Hayward, Power Line
The World Is Fast - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Obama Was No Political Master, After All - Timothy Carney, DC Examiner

Real Clear Policy

The Pension Fight Will Widen - Tim Reid, Reuters
Mixed Results for Pension Reform - Scott Shackford, Reason
Social Security Benefits Are Stingy - Alicia H. Munnell, MarketWatch
Republican Governors Face Down Labor - Steven Malanga, City Journal
Why Voters Hate the Obama Economy - Jesse Solomon, CNN Money

Real Clear Markets

Perhaps It's Time to Lock in Some Gains... - Matt Krantz, USA Today
Maybe This Central Bank Will Bail Out Gold - Patti Domm, CNBC
These Are the Biggest Surprises in Retirement - Mark Miller, TIME
This 1 Chart Explains Why Dems Lost Big on Tuesday - Bloomberg
What Democrats Got Wrong about Inequality - Ryan Cooper, The Week

Real Clear World

Obama's Bad Foreign Policy Will Drag On - James Carafano, TNI
Europe Dominates Prosperity Rankings - Ami Sedghi, Guardian
France's Growing Jihadist Problem - Julia Heyer, Der Spiegel
The Bear Turns: Russia's Pivot to Asia - Roger Cohen, NY Times
Jerusalem in Unholy Grip of Religious Fervor - David Horovitz, ToI

Real Clear Defense

U.S. Pilots Fear China's New Stealth Fighter - Dave Majumdar, USNI News
Is This China's Overseas Basing Strategy? - Brendan Thomas-Noone, TNI
Islamic State: From Prisoners to Rulers - Craig Whiteside, War on the Rocks
Why Can't the Pentagon Kill ISIS Leaders? - Kate Brannen, Foreign Policy
The Crucible of Naval Enlightenment - Claude Berube, Naval History

Real Clear Science

Common Genius of Lincoln and Einstein - Andrew O'Hehir, Nautilus
Universe of Stars May Exist Outside Galaxies - Ross Pomeroy, RCSci
Bats Make Calls to Jam Rivals' Sonar - Carrie Arnold, NatGeo
Europe Dominates Prosperity Rankings - Ami Sedghi, Guardian
Colorado, Oregon Reject GMO Labels - Luke Runyon, NPR

Real Clear Technology

New Star Wars Has a Title - Chris Burns, SlashGear
Could Apple and Google Turn into Blackberry? - Jemima Kiss, Guardian
Ford Helping to Monitor How Cops Drive - Alexander George, Wired
Colorado Towns Vote to Improve Broadband - Nancy Scola, Washington Post
The Tech Trying to Replace Passwords - Molly Wood, New York Times

Real Clear Energy

When It Comes to Energy, More IS More - K. Williamson, NRO
The Rare Earth Processing Revolution Has Begun - J. Lifton, Investor Intel
Thorium Extraction Takes Step Forward - Resource Investing News
The Future of Plutonium & Nuclear Energy - Shirley Li, The Atlantic
GOP Eager To Move On Keystone, Taxes - Donna Cassata, Associated Press

Real Clear History

JFK-Nixon and Top 10 Closest Presidential Elections - TopTenz
Most Transformative U.S. President? Try Lincoln - Bucky Fox, IBD
Jefferson Davis: One and Only Rebel President - Encyclopedia Virginia
The Forgotten Battle of Passchendaele - Andrew Chung, Toronto Star
Battle That Decided China's Fate - Joshua Gilbert, Armchair General

Real Clear Religion

The Next Billy Graham - Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition
Religion in the Voting Booths - Mark Silk, Religion News Service
Why Evangelicals Oppose Amnesty - Kelly Kullberg, Acton Institute
The Key to Understanding Pope Francis - Katie van Schaijik, NCR
Judaism and Capitalism - Rabbi Menachem Feldman, Chabad

Real Clear Education

For-Profits Sue Again over Gainful Employment - Kelly Field, Chronicle
GOP Wave to Sap Obama's Clout on Education - Alyson Klein, EdWeek
School Choice Top Priority for GOP in House, Senate - L. Camera, PK12
Education Unions Regroup in Wake of GOP’s Wins - Caroline Porter, WSJ
GOP Wins, Banks Urge Investors to Buy For-Profit Stocks - A. Pyke, TP

Real Clear Sports

Yankees' Best Bet Is to Dump A-Rod - Mike Lupica, New York Daily News
How to Best Get Jets GM Fired - George Willis, New York Post
NFL Should Reinstate Peterson Now - Deron Snyder, Washington Times
Why England No Longer Dominates UCL - Raphael Honigstein, ESPN FC
Lakers Woeful, But Kobe's Legacy Secure - Staff Report, Hang Time Blog

Real Clear Books

A Force for Intellectual Good - James Srodes, Washington Times
Spirituality Without Religion - Stephen Cave, Financial Times
The Americanization of Everywhere - Nick Fraser, The Observer
To Be a Grunt - Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
A Forgotten Evil - Martin Rubin, Washington Times