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Having trouble viewing this email? Friday, December 17, 2010 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports December 17, 2010 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Situation in Afghanistan is Bleaker Than You Think - Fred Kaplan, Slate The Obama administration's long-awaited review of its Afghanistan war strategy - or at least the unclassified five-page summary of it released Th... Progress, with Caveats in Afghanistan - David Ignatius, Washington Post Visiting areas that until recently were Taliban strongholds, you can see the gains that President Obama described Thursday -- and also why they rema... Coercion Is Not Commerce - David Harsanyi, Denver Post Let's imagine -- for the sake of this discussion I'm having with myself -- that forcing people to purchase health insurance is desirable, et... Growing Financial Concentration a Major Problem - Henry Kaufman, FT The Dodd-Frank act aimed to reform US financial markets, but is now contributing to uncertainties over growth, while posing a serious long-term chal... Can the L-Word Be Saved? - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest Politically speaking, America may be the most confused country in the world.  Millions of people in this country are conservatives and even r... More Opinion and Analysis White House Press Briefing on Afghanistan - The White House James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 11:50 A.M EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. When I announced our new strategy for Afghanistan and Pa... Round and Round in Afghanistan - Eugene Robinson WASHINGTON -- The good news is that President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan is "on track." The bad news is that the track runs in a ... The Populist Wave - Daniel DiSalvo President Obama's agreement to extend the "Bush tax cuts for the wealthy" needs to be seen through the lens of contemporary populism. ... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Burying the Obama 'Anti-Business' Myth - RealClearMarkets WASHINGTON D.C. (TheStreet) -- It's official. We can finally stop calling President Obama the "anti-business" president. Yet it seems we are only all... The Real Losers of WikiLeaks - RealClearWorld The WikiLeaks stakes are arguably great: On one side are the advocates of freedom of information in democratic societies; on the other are those focus... Bjorn Lomborg's 'Cool It' is a Breath of Fresh Air - RealClearScience - Articles The global warming debate is dominated by two extremes.  Those on the Left insist climate change mandates a dubious cap-and-trade policy, while t... No Weeping for Feller, a Man of His Time - RealClearSports An era is almost closed. Stan Musial remains, thankfully, a link to our past. But Joe DiMaggio is gone. Ted Williams is gone. Now Bob Feller is gone. ... LATEST VIDEO Richard Wolffe: Dems Bashing Obama Actually Helps His Image Alter: Without START, US-Russian Relations Go In The "Crapper" Krauthammer: Omnibus Is All About Power To Democrats RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 44.7 48.2 -3.5 Congress 19.6 74.0 -54.4 ELECTION 2010 FINAL RESULTS Senate Final Results House Final Results Governor Final Results Unsubscribe from this newsletter.