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Having trouble viewing this email? Monday, January 24, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports January 24, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics SOTU Near, GOP Draws Line on Spending - Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NY Times Congressional Republicans, seeking to recapture the debate over the country's economic recovery in advance of President Obama's State of the... Obama's Plan: Legislate, Hold, Build - E.J. Dionne, The New Republic WASHINGTON -- President Obama faces a choice in this week's State of the Union message: Does he spend the next two years consolidating the gains ... We're Headed Off a Deficit Cliff - Sen. Jeff Sessions, Washington Post As record levels of federal spending bring us ever closer to a tipping point, the Obama administration blissfully continues business as usual. We ha... Address Previews 2012 Race - Jonathan Weisman, Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama will call for a "responsible" effort to shrink the deficit but won't offer detailed plans on spending and taxes... Obama Has New Script, Looks for Happy Ending - John Heilemann, NY Mag David Axelrod awoke at three in the morning and checked his BlackBerry. It was January 12, a few hours before Barack Obama would fly to Arizona for ... More Opinion and Analysis Obama Looks to Continue Momentum in Address - Scott Conroy President Obama will attempt in Tuesday night's State of the Union address to build on the political capital he began to generate with a string ... Republicans Raise Prospect of Johnson Senate Bid in N.J. - Erin McPike New York Jets owner Woody Johnson has been preoccupied with the NFL for the last several months while his team has been making a strong run at the Su... Islam and the Intolerance Problem - Cathy Young While the attempted murder of an American Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, has prompted an outpouring of grief and soul-searching, the fatal shooti... MORE ON REAL CLEAR The U.S. Rests On a Foundation of Violence - RealClearMarkets Much ink has been spilled debating the proposition that "vitriolic rhetoric" can spur a madman to violence. Politicians were quick to distance themsel... Perfect Half Puts Steelers in Super Bowl - RealClearSports Same old Steelers. A pounding defense, a power running game and a strong-armed quarterback who can't be brought down. The same elements that brought ... Sarkozy's Kinder, Gentler Colonialism - RealClearWorld Shortly after winning the 2007 French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy visited West Africa. His trip was meant, in part, to address the vexing q... LATEST VIDEO Zurawik And Shuster Argue Over Olbermann And FOX News Cynthia Tucker: "Average Americans Are Still Blaming I mmigrants" For Our Problems Colin Powell: "I'm Not Committed To Barack Obama" In 2012 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.