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December 16, 2010
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Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics
What Election? Lame Duck Congress Gorges - Daniel Mitchell, NY Post
The weeks since Election Day have provided nauseating confirmation of Mark Twain's observation: "There is no distinctly native American crim...
Moderation No Longer Exists in the GOP - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- The "No Labels" group that held its inaugural meeting this week in the name of the political center fills me with passionate a...
The GOP Charge Up Capitol Hill - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
When Republicans take over the House of Representatives in January, they'll have a solid majority, 242 to 193. With enough imagination and fortit...
Obama Releases Afghanistan War Review - Ben Feller, Associated Press
President Barack Obama's expansion of the war in Afghanistan has eroded the power of the al-Qaida terrorists who attacked America in 2001 and the...
A Tet Offensive in Afghanistan? - George Will, Washington Post
Once when the French statesman Duc de Richelieu (1766-1822) was planning a military campaign, an officer placed a finger on a map, saying: "We ...
More Opinion and Analysis
Huckabee Flip-Flops on Cap-and-Trade - Erin McPike
In a blog post on his Web site on Wednesday afternoon, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee responded to a story on RealClearPolitics that pointed out ...
So You Thought Health Care Was Fixed ... - Froma Harrop
So you thought health care was fixed. Well, maybe not "fixed," but you assumed that the new law had put us on the path to solving one of Am...
In Defense of the Liberal Arts - Victor Davis Hanson
The liberal arts face a perfect storm. The economy is struggling with obscenely high unemployment and is mired in massive federal and state deficits....
MORE ON REAL CLEAR
Is Europe America's Albatross? - RealClearMarkets
WASHINGTON-Just as the American economy appears to be improving, with higher sales and production, it risks being dragged under by Europe. On Wednesda...
WikiLeaks, Gulf Arabs & Iran - RealClearWorld
Recent WikiLeaks revelations about the discrepancy between the public and private views on Iran voiced by Gulf Arab leaders have been widely covered b...
Stout Phillies Face an Old Age Hurdle - RealClearSports
Let’s not concede the pennant to Philadelphia just yet, shall we? The stunning Cliff Lee signing gives the Phillies one of the most imposing ro...
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Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread
President Obama 45.6 47.8 -2.2
Congress 19.6 74.0 -54.4
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