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Having trouble viewing this email? Thursday, February 17, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports February 17, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics There's No Turning Back in the Middle East - Fareed Zakaria, Time The year of the revolutions began in January, in a small country of little importance. Then the protests spread to the region's largest and most ... Democracy and the Mob - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen You cannot argue with a mob -- the choice is between feigned obedience and defiance -- and the Egyptian army chose to dispense with Hosni Mubarak la... A Plainly Unserious Budget - James Capretta, National Review Online It's not unusual for a budget submission from a president to be declared "dead on arrival," especially by members of the opposition pa... Deficit Hawks and the Games They Play - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post WASHINGTON -- For 30 years, conservative ideologues have played moderate deficit hawks for suckers. You'd think this might endow those middle-of-... GOP Should Welcome a Battle Over Spending - Karl Rove, Wall St. Journal President Obama's 2012 budget is not a serious governing document. It's a political one, designed to boost his re-election chances. By repe... More Opinion and Analysis Christie To GOP: "It's Put Up Or Shut Up Time" - Scott Conroy New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie rolled into Washington on Wednesday and delivered a blunt warning to members of his own party who were elec... Israel: Redistricting Impacts Recruiting Timeline - Erin McPike Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Steve Israel of New York downplayed the importance of redistricting to his party's efforts to ... Galileo and the Scientific Pose of the Left - Robert Tracinski If you ever visit Florence-and you really ought to see the birthplace of the Renaissance-there is a fascinating little museum, next to the more famou... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Fiscal Sanity Requires Courage - RealClearMarkets WASHINGTON--New Jersey Governor Chris Christie came to Washington on Wednesday and called on political leaders to get serious about cutting spending. ... What's Next for Egypt? - RealClearWorld As the Egyptian military council asserts control and begins to sketch plans for transition to civilian democracy, what comparisons can we make with si... Put Simply: Religion Matters - RealClearReligion - Articles (Note: The following was excerpted from Blair's keynote speech at Monterrey Tecnológico University in Mexico on Tuesday. The full text of the s... LATEST VIDEO Boehner: "Read My Lips: We Are Going To Cut Spending" Boehner To Obama: Join The "Adult Conversation On Entitlements" Dem Leader In House Praises GOP's Fair Floor Debate Rules RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 49.1 44.7 +4.4 Congress 25.8 67.0 -41.2 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.