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Having trouble viewing this email? Monday, January 17, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports January 17, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Shadow of the Sixties - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post We are, it's said, now living through the most wrenching period since the end of World War II. Unemployment has exceeded 9 percent for 20 month... The Coming Muni Meltdown - Charles Gasparino, New York Post The municipal-bond market is in crisis, with prices fall ing and investors running for cover -- and for good reason.Munis -- bonds sold by states, cit... Congress Returns to the New Normal - Rick Klein, ABC News It's time for Congress to get back to its new normal -- where everything has changed, except that it hasn't really. Lawmakers this week retu... Tick, Tock: Cost of ObamaCare a Timebomb - Timothy Carney, Examiner In fighting against Obamacare repeal this week, Democrats portray their health care law as a money saver, claiming Republicans would add to the defi... Yes, Congress Can Make Health Care Cuts Stick - Jonathan Cohn, TNR With the House Republicans planning a Wednesday vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act, I'm going to go back through some of their arguments... More Opinion and Analysis Priebus Wins RNC Chairmanship - Erin McPike OXON HILL, Md. -- Wisconsin Republican Party chair Reince Priebus ascended to the Republican National Committee chairmanship after seven rounds of vo... Health Care and the New Civility - E.J. Dionne WASHINGTON -- President Obama's call for "a more civil and honest public discourse" will get its first test much sooner than we expect... A Sigh of Relief When Mad and Evil People Are Foiled - Michael Barone In his superb speech in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday evening, Barack Obama did great service to the nation. He put to rest the libel that political inciv... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Dawn of New Concert of Powers - RealClearWorld Following the Napoleonic Wars, the European powers gathered at the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) and agreed on an informal but substantive collective c... The UN Cultivates a Heritage of Poverty - RealClearMarkets Poverty stricken third world countries may be interesting places to visit but few of us would choose to live there. Imagine, however, if that's where ... Nadal Has Tougher Route Than Federer to Finals - RealClearSports Happiness is the longing for repetition." Milan Kundera As the Australian Open commences on Monday, the broken record that is the greatest happening... LATEST VIDEO Sens. Schumer, Coburn To Sit Together At State Of The Union Aaron Sorkin: "Elite Is Not A Bad Word, It's An Aspirational One" Gov. Christie: I'm Not Toning Down My "Straight Talk" RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 48.6 45.6 +3.0 Congress 21.0 71.3 -50.3 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.