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Having trouble viewing this email? Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports February 9, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Conservative Gathering Will Test GOP Hopefuls - Jeff Zeleny, NY Times Prospective Republican presidential contenders face an important test this week as they begin navigating the complex crosscurrents between the fiscal ... Cronyism Isn't Capitalism - David Harsanyi, Denver Post This week, a pro-business Barack Obama implored the rent-seeking CEOs of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to look into their sinister hearts: "Ask yo... American Ills Not Caused by Unions - James Hoffa, Detroit News The 19th-century robber baron Jay Gould once said, "I can hire half the working class to shoot the other half." Gould's vision of class... An Early Look at Obama's Re-elect Chances - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics Coverage of the 2012 elections has recently gone into overdrive, with attention focused largely on two issues: President Obama's standing in the ... Cameron's Multicultural Wake-Up Call - Douglas Murray, Wall St. Journal 'Multiculturalism has failed," said British Prime Minister David Cameron last weekend in Munich. If anybody thought they had read those word... More Opinion and Analysis Gay Conservative Group Brushes Off Controversy at CPAC - Scott Conroy This year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., will feature speeches by no less than 10 potential Republican presiden... Students for Mitt Plans CPAC Debut - Erin McPike Call it the first scuffle between the camps of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who are likely to go head-to-hea... The Political Lessons of Reagan - David Paul Kuhn Ronald Reagan studied audiences. He sometimes wore one contact lens to read his speech and used the other eye to see which lines won the crowd. "... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Learning the Wrong Lessons From Egypt - RealClearWorld Husni Mubarak's Egypt was never Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It is an important distinction, and it tells us a great deal about how other Arab rulers will r... Rhode Island: A Fiscal Mess Few Care About - RealClearMarkets Tucked in between Massachusetts and Connecticut and overshadowed in Northeastern political discussions by states like New Jersey and New York, Rhode I... 'Great One' Loses It Over Golf - RealClearSports PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Welcome to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where there isn't any ice on the streets or fairways; any fan who has a ticket wi... LATEST VIDEO Krauthammer On O'Reilly Interview: Obama A "Very Skilled Politician" O'Reilly: Why Americans Are Turning Against ObamaCare Sanders: GOP Has The "Nerve" To Complain About Deficit After W anting Tax Cuts RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 50.0 43.7 +6.3 Congress 24.4 69.0 -44.6 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.