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Having trouble viewing this email? Friday, January 21, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports January 21, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Everything Starts With Repeal - Charles Krauthammer, National Review Suppose someone - say, the president of the United States - proposed the following: We are drowning in debt. More than $14 trillion right now. I hav... GOP's Health Repeal Effort Is Ailing - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post WASHINGTON -- This whole health care thing isn't quite working out the way Republicans planned. My guess is that they'll soon try to change ... Obama Ignoring Voters' Small Gov Message - Steven Malanga, City Journal In June 2009, the Department of Energy, responding to a mandate from President Obama, issued new regulations to phase out fluorescent tubes and the co... GOP Bloc Presses Leaders to Cut Even More - David Herzenshorn, NY Times House Republican leaders confronted pressure from conservatives on Thursday to take more aggressive steps to cut federal spending, with a large group ... The GOP's Serious Budget Headache - Bradford Plumer, The New Republic Now that Republicans in the House have beat back health care reform (or, at least, passed a repeal bill that's destined to wilt in the Senate), i... More Opinion and Analysis Bachmann Generates Buzz in Iowa - Scott Conroy DES MOINES, Iowa --As Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann makes the rounds in Iowa on Friday, Republican officials and grassroots activists here are larg... Arizona GOP to Vote on Earlier Presidential Primary - Erin McPike Just when presidential political operatives were beginning to rejoice over the February start of the 2012 GOP presidential primary contests, Arizona ... Aggression in the Midwest - Patrick McIlheran Here's what "aggressive" looks like in the upper Midwest. Wisconsin having switched governors, the signs at its border that bear the o... MORE ON REAL CLEAR U.S. Strikes the Right Balance With China - RealClearWorld As U.S. President Barack Obama's meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Washington serve to remind us, the issue of human rights continues to fi... China Should Call Washington's Obtuse Currency Bluff - RealClearMarkets With Chinese president Hu Jintao set to meet with President Obama today, readers can expect numerous media mentions of China's allegedly "underva... Marcus Allen Likes Packers, Steelers, Birdies - RealClearSports LA QUINTA, Calif. - Not a bad team, Marcus Allen and Eric Dickerson. Allen a Heisman Trophy winner, both Pro Football Hall of Famers. They could carry... LATEST VIDEO O'Reilly: Fissure Between President Obama And The Left Krauthammer: Premise Of Civil Discourse Is "Liberal Hypocrisy" NYT's Bob Herbert On A Connection Between Violence And Politics RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 49.8 44.2 +5.6 Congress 24.0 68.3 -44.3 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.