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Having trouble viewing this email? Monday, January 31, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports January 31, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Watching Egypt With a Wary Eye - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen The surprising success of demonstrations in Tunisia -- a despised president fled the country, but leaving his despised government largely intact -- ha... Change in Egypt Is Good - Anne Applebaum, Slate As fate would have it, I am in Davos, at the World Economic Forum, and not in Cairo. All around me is gloom. The markets are down. Oil is up. A thor... A Note of Warning & Encouragement - Abbas Milani, The New Republic After days of unrest, after declaring martial law in some of the country's main cities, the authoritarian leader gave a much anticipated televi... Fear the Muslim Brotherhood - Andrew McCarthy, National Review At the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel has posted an essay called "Don't fear Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood," the classic, conventional-w... Can Obama Make Sense of Government? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post WASHINGTON -- A cynic might be justified in seeing a call for a sweeping reorganization of the federal government as the last refuge of a politician... More Opinion and Analysis Steel Deal Reveals Pawlenty's Priorities on Security, Jobs - Erin McPike If former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty decides, as expected, to run for president in 2012, he likely will talk about a unique national security qualif... Politics by the Numbers: Good Omens for the GOP in 2012 - Michael Barone Numbers can tell a story. Looking back on Barack Obama's second State of the Union message, and looking forward to the congressional session and... Faceoff Over the Debt - Jack Kelly Sometime this spring President Barack Obama and the Republican majority in the House of Representatives will play a game of chicken which could plung... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Egypt - Rage or Revolution? - RealClearWorld Inspired by events in Tunisia, tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on January 25 in major cities from Alexandria to Cairo, the largest ... The Corporatist Culture of Corruption - RealClearMarkets Transparency International, a non-governmental anti-corruption organization in Berlin, classifies Russia as one of the most corrupt nations in the wor... All-Stars, Yes; All-Star Games, No - RealClearSports Sometimes the sports gods combine with the calendar for an act of blessed mercy. Sunday, for example. The two most pointless contests in North Americ... LATEST VIDEO Sen. Schumer: GOP "Playing With Fire" If They Try To Shut Down Gov't Sen. McCain: We Have To Prevent A "Tiananmen Square In Cairo" Sen. McConnell: Obama Not Allowed To Spend As Much As He Would Like RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 50.7 42.8 +7.9 Congress 24.4 69.0 -44.6 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.