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January 10, 2011
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A Meet-and-Greet Turned Nightmare - Rucker & Fisher, Washington Post
TUCSON - The invitation from Gabrielle Giffords arrived via Twitter on a bright Saturday morning in the southern Arizona desert: "My 1st Congr...
Americans Are United in Horror - Ross Douthat, New York Times
When John F. Kennedy visited Dallas in November of 1963, Texas was awash in right-wing anger - over perceived cold-war betrayals, over desegregation, ...
Let's Not Make This Something It Isn't - Steve Kornacki, Salon
I'll admit that my first thought on Saturday upon hearing that Gabrielle Giffords had been shot was that it was probably the work of a politicall...
The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel - Glenn Reynolds, WSJ
Shortly after November's electoral defeat for the Democrats, pollster Mark Penn appeared on Chris Matthews's TV show and remarked that what ...
Right Wing is Responsible for a Climate of Hate - Paul Krugman, NY Times
When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to ha...
More Opinion and Analysis
Deal-maker Daley: Obama's Emissary to Boehner? - Michael Barone
"He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy." That's what Barack Obama said as he announced...
Dems Will Turn Around Health Care Debate - E.J. Dionne
WASHINGTON -- Rule One of politics: When you have the advantage, don't allow your opponents to turn the tables. House Republicans violated this...
The Schools and "Competitiveness" - Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON -- Almost everyone who worries about America's "competitiveness" in the world bemoans the sorry state of U.S. K-12 educatio...
MORE ON REAL CLEAR
December Unemployment Reveals Darker Picture - RealClearMarkets
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the big news on Friday. The nation's unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, dropped from 9.8 perce...
Realism No Excuse for Kissinger's Remark - RealClearWorld
Well before the firestorm created by WikiLeaks' release last month of tens of thousands of State Department cables, the American public has periodical...
Wild-Card Weekend Is Wild, All Right - RealClearSports
OK, everyone who figured the Seahawks would outscore the combined efforts of the Eagles and the Packers, raise your hands. Did you also know that LaD...
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Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread
President Obama 46.3 48.0 -1.7
Congress 19.6 74.0 -54.4
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