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Having trouble viewing this email? Thursday, February 24, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports February 24, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics Pols Scam Taxpayers & Public Workers - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune Public employees have been cramming the Wisconsin state Capitol to protest the governor's plan to cut their take-home pay and gut their collect... In Cash We Trust, But Unions We Bust - Gene Lyons, Salon Recent events in Washington and Wisconsin have me thinking that maybe we should just go ahead and change the national motto to something more truly re... Dems Don't Understand the New Populism - Timothy Carney, DC Examiner The Obama campaign and other liberals are looking to tap into the populist current of today's politics and turn the Wisconsin union fight into ... Tea Partiers' Anti-Government Endgame - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian When Tea Party candidates were elected in a raft of seats across the United States in the midterm elections last November, we wondered what the fallo... End 'Last In, First Out' Teacher Layoffs - Michelle Rhee, CNN State leaders across the country are confronting some of the toughest decisions they have ever had to make in order to balance their budgets amid a ... More Opinion and Analysis Reaganesque Humor May Be Lost Art for 2012 Republicans - Scott Conroy In March of 1984, then President Ronald Reagan wowed the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in part, by sprinkling some of... Sherrod Brown May Prove Tough Target in 2012 - Erin McPike Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a self-described progressive, has had a target on his back since the day he ousted two-term Republican Sen. Mike ... Poll Shows Wide Open 2012 GOP Race - Scott Conroy A Gallup poll conducted nationally and released on Wednesday showed a statistical three-way tie for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and p... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Optimism For Fiscal Reform Fading - RealClearMarkets There was a lot of hoopla last week about the stock market having doubled since the financial crisis low, but if the rally is to continue, it is criti... Raul Castro's Three-Year Report Card - RealClearWorld Thursday will mark three years since Raul Castro’s election by the deputies of the Popular Power National Assembly as Cuba’s President o... Will Match Play Ever Catch Fire? - RealClearSports Why is this week different from all other weeks? The answer, on the PGA Tour at least, is that this is the week for the Accenture Match Play Champion... LATEST VIDEO Rep. Ellison: "Workers Rights Are Human Rights" Jeffrey Sachs: Budget Deficits Due To Rich Who Want To "Cut Benefits" O'Reilly: Is It Possible To Cover Union Controversy Fairly? RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 48.8 45.0 +3.8 Congress 27.5 64.5 -37.0 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.