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Having trouble viewing this email? Thursday, February 3, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports February 3, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Sudden Split Recasts U.S. Foreign Policy - Cooper, Landler & Mazzetti, NYT After days of delicate public and private diplomacy, the United States openly broke with its most stalwart ally in the Arab world on Wednesday, as the... Egypt's Days of Decision - Conrad Black, National Review There are only three ways to deal with the sort of uprising that has occurred in the last week in Egypt: smash it, face it down more or less peacefull... How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East - Fareed Zakaria, Time When Frank Wisner, the seasoned U.S. diplomat and envoy of President Obama, met with Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday, Feb. 1, the scene must have been fami... A Movement for Self-Determination - Seumas Milne, The Guardian The fate of the Egyptian uprising is in the balance. There is a revolutionary situation in Egypt, but there has not yet been a revolution. In the wake... Ugly Truth About Middle East Populism - Michael Goodwin, New York Post Well, that was fast. Reflecting the growing prospect that events in Cairo will not have a happy ending, a top member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherh... More Opinion and Analysis Where Do the Health Care Challenges Go Next? - Sean Trende With Judge C. Roger Vinson's long-awaited decision on the constitutionality certain provisions of last years' health care law, attention wi... Joe Miller May Form a PAC as He Mulls Political Future - Scott Conroy He may have lost his campaign to unseat Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in November, but evidence is mounting to suggest that Alaskans have not seen t... Why History Will Give Reagan the Last Laugh - Anthony Dolan In office only two weeks Ronald Reagan had his 70th birthday party in the Roosevelt Room of the West Wing just across from the oval office. He walked... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Unrest Surprises the West - Why? - RealClearWorld Once again, European and American policymakers are surprised by a sweeping popular uprising. The outcomes and implications of what is currently happen... T. Boone Pickens Unwittingly Reveals the Absurdity of "Energy Independence" - RealClearMarkets This week's uprising in Egypt that occurred in concert with a minor spike in the price of oil unsurprisingly led to renewed commentary suggesting the ... Beating Punxsutawney Phil At His Game - RealClearSports If a groundhog can predict the weather, I can make a Super Bowl pick. Does anyone know how accurate that overgrown rodent is, anyway? I don’t c... LATEST VIDEO Charles Blow: It Is Difficult To Position Yourself Against Obama Now Larry O'Donnell: Why Isn't Sarah Palin Talking About Egypt? Krauthammer: Egypt Could Be Worse For Obama Than Iran Was For Carter RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 50.5 43.3 +7.2 Congress 24.4 69.0 -44.6 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.