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Having trouble viewing this email? Thursday, February 10, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports February 10, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Government Spending: The Budget Battle Begins - A.B. Stoddard, The Hill After nearly two years of vowing to slash government spending, all eyes are on Republicans as their first cuts come to the House floor. There, defea... Obama Trying to Recapture 2008 - E.J. Dionne, The New Republic WASHINGTON -- Is President Obama a friend of business or a critic of business? The answer: Yes. A close reading of Obama's speech this week to th... Dems Can't Filibuster ObamaCare Repeal - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin likes to taunt his Republican colleagues, arguing that ObamaCare can't be repealed because 60 votes are required... How the Health Law Empowers States - Kathleen Sebelius, Washington Post As governor of Kansas, I saw up close the urgent need for health-care reform. I heard it when factory owners told me their biggest concern was not m... Obama Should Be Nervous About 2012 - Nile Gardiner, Daily Telegraph They point out that President Obama has seen his political fortunes rise in the first weeks of 2011, with his overall approval rating now scraping 5... More Opinion and Analysis Lieberman, Harman and Vanishing Democratic Moderates - Michael Barone Political pundits of a certain stripe have been lamenting the disappearance of Republican moderates for years. It's time now to lament the disap... The Blubber Hits the Road Projects - Froma Harrop The blubbering has hit the road projects, as the congressional ban on earmarks becomes reality. Tea partiers and other foes of "Big Government&q... Jerry Brown: A Modern-Day Sisyphus - Victor Davis Hanson California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state'... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Labor Unions, and the Problem With "More" - RealClearMarkets It is interesting to watch so-called "Progressives" tout 19th century solutions for 21st century problems. One such initiative is "high speed rail", u... Could al-Qaeda Hijack Egypt's Revolution? - RealClearWorld It is the nature of revolutions to be entirely unpredictable. Most fail, and even those that succeed often follow paths that no one foresaw- - not the... Lockout Is Owners' Real Super Bowl - RealClearSports You don’t become a billionaire by settling for a pretty good deal. As the NFL labor talks wend their way through the next few months – or... LATEST VIDEO Robinson On Egypt: US Message Has Become "Muddy" Larry O'Donnell To Rep. Steve King: Do You Have A Christian "Card"? Krauthammer: Obama Admin's Usage Of Terrorism Shows "Realism" RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 49.8 44.5 +5.3 Congress 24.4 69.0 -44.6 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.