RealClearPolitics March 9, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

We're Willing To Go as Far as We Need

Secretary Pete Hegseth, 60 Minutes

Why Escalation Favors Iran

Robert Pape, Foreign Affairs

War Reshaping the Middle East With Surprising Speed

Benny Morris, Quillette

The Public Deserves To Know Why Trump Attacked Iran

Sen. Chris Coons, MS Now

New Ayatollah Shows Regime Has Learnt Nothing

Jake Wallis Simons, The Telegraph

‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic

Our Goal in Iran Is Not the Same as Israel's

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack

Regime Change Is Never Painless

Matt Bai, Rolling Stone

Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us

Wallace, et al, Wall Street Journal

To Win in November, GOP Must Focus on Seniors

Michael McKenna, Washington Times

The War on Fraud Is Really a War on the Poor

Sara Sternberg Greene, The Hill

Paxton Makes Thune an Offer He Can't Refuse

David Catron, The American Spectator

Filibuster Actually Lessens Senate's Power

Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics

Betty Yee Not Dropping Out of CA Governor's Race

Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times

California Dreamin' Isn't What It Used To Be

Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics

Why Musk Is Right To Fight the EU's Empire of Censorship

Paul Coleman, Spiked

Our Declaration of Independence's Most Novel Phrase

Steven Hayward, California Post

ME Senate (Quantus): Platner (D) 49, Collins (R) 42 | Collins (R) 45, Mills (D) 43

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Appointing a New Leader Is the Least of Iran's Troubles

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian

Iran Regime's Longstanding Plot To Kill Trump Confirmed

Miranda Devine, NY Post

Problem(s) With Demanding Iran's Unconditional Surrender

Steve Benen, MS Now

Trump Won't Sign Other Laws Until Election Bill Is Passed

Niels Lesniewski, Roll Call

2/3 Back 'SAVE Act' To Require Voter ID, and It's Bipartisan

Terry Jones, TIPP Insights

1st Midterm Primaries Show Enthusiastic Dem Turnout

Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill

Jesse Jackson Jr. Slams Ex-Presidents Not Knowing Dad

Kaylee Holland, FOX News

Cancel Culture Comes to Palm Beach

Miller & du Quenoy, RealClearPolitics

The Hobby That AI Is Ruining for Its Fans

Alex Abad-Santos, Vox

For the Love of the Game, for the Love of Country

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Iran's Lionesses Stood Up to Tehran--U.S. and Australia Answer

Ed Tarnowski, RCP