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December 9, 2010
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Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics
Lame Duck Congress Faces Reality on Taxes - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Reality strikes. Barack Obama spurned the advice of columnists Paul Krugman and Katrina vanden Heuvel and agreed with Republicans to extend the curr...
Can Obama Win Battles With the GOP? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- What does President Obama think of those who fought and bled to pass his bills in Congress (in some cases losing in this year's ele...
Obama and the Democratic Revolt - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
For agreeing to a temporary extension of all the Bush tax cuts, President Obama is now facing a full-fledged revolt within his party. The responses fr...
Why Democrats Are Deserting Obama - Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Barack Obama, you might say, is a very good man who is just not turning out to be a very effective president. And he makes a serious misjudgment if he...
Tax Deal Doesn't Make Sense for Obama - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
I've followed Barack Obama's Presidency pretty closely for the past two years. I will say that, while I might not always agree with his dec...
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Lugar Eyes Next Week for New START Debate - Scott Conroy
A spokesman for Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) on Wednesday signaled optimism that that the Senate will move quickly to take up debate on ratification o...
Obama Takes Center Stage - David Broder
WASHINGTON -- It took a month for Barack Obama to make clear what he has learned from the midterm election "shellacking," but the time has ...
The Dangers of Monetary Nationalism - Benn Steil
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds were awarded the 2010 Hayek Prize for their book "Money, Markets and Sovereignty." The fo...
MORE ON REAL CLEAR
Cheers To Obama On Taxes - RealClearMarkets
WASHINGTON--President Obama is to be congratulated on his efforts to stave off the 2011 tax hikes. The deal would preserve current tax rates on incom...
Beijing's Behavior Increases Risk of War in Korea - RealClearWorld
BRUSSELS - Beijing's leadership role in the Six Party Talks on North Korea once embodied U.S. hopes that China would become a responsible stakeholder ...
Where to, Cliff Lee? Go West - RealClearSports
So here’s the situation, Cliff. Take a deep breath. The Yankees have offered you six years in the neighborhood of $140 million. Texas wants yo...
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RCP POLL AVERAGES
Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread
President Obama 45.3 48.8 -3.5
Congress 21.3 73.0 -51.7
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