RealClearPolitics October 20, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

The Deep Midterms

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Dems Riding a Wave? Numbers Should Terrify GOP

Schoen & Cooperman, FOX News

Do Democrats Have Inflated Expectations for the Midterms?

Zachary Wolf, CNN

GOP Could Hold Senate 52-48 by Outperforming Polls Again

Bret Baier, Special Rpt

Midterm Deja Vu Should Make Republicans Very Worried

Hayes Brown, MS Now

El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood Problem

Byron York, Washington Examiner

We Must Tax Billionaires. California Can Lead the Way

Rep. Ro Khanna, The Guardian

'Minnewisowa' Is Upset

Barry Casselman, AMAC

France Stares Down the Abyss

Douglas Murray, The Free Press

Paris Is Burning. Is Washington Next?

Scott McKay, The American Spectator

The Limits of American Power

William McRaven, Foreign Affairs

Why Putin's Proposed Peace Summit Won't End Well

Fred Kaplan, Slate

Is Europe Doomed?

Luke Nicastro, The American Conservative

Sen. Slotkin's 'Deterrence Message'

Cannon, Lumetta & Walworth, RCPolitics on SiriusXM

Barack Obama’s Disrespect for the Law

James Freeman, Wall Street Journal

The Slippery Mind of Elizabeth Holmes

Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Only Congress Can Defend Our Right to Private Conversation

Bob Goodlatte, RCP

TDIH - Oct 20th 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 38.8 | Obama 41.4 | Bush 38.2

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Where Will the Blue Wave Crest?

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

Are French Riots an American October Surprise?

Roger Simon, Substack

Trump Wants To Make Zelensky His Midterm Scapegoat

Hayes Brown, MS Now

BofA Went Harder on Conservatives Than Drug Cartels

Helen Raleigh, The Federalist

Talarico Is Preaching a Gospel of Pluralism

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

Could Massive Minnesota Fraud Lift Tafoya vs. Flanagan?

Hugh Hewitt, FOX News

Musk's Midterm Meddling Reeks of Desperation

Troy Farah, Salon

Sen. Slotkin Should Apologize, Set the Record Straight

Michael Bicksel, X

France Has a Phrase for This, and It's Not Good

Mujtaba Rahman, New York Times

They Left America for Europe. Now They Regret It

Sarah Manavis, Wired

The Smithsonian's Dwindling Attendance

Jeffrey Anderson, City Journal

Ohio Senate: Marist: Brown (D) +4 | Rasmussen: Husted (R) +2 | RCP Map, Odds