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Having trouble viewing this email? Monday, February 28, 2011 Inside RCP Polls Videos Issues Comments Links World Markets Sports February 28, 2011 You can always find the latest political news at RealClearPolitics.com. Top 5 Stories on RealClearPolitics End the Privileged Class - Mark McKinnon, The Daily Beast The manufactured Madison, Wis., mob is not the movement the White House was hoping for. Both may find themselves at the wrong end of the populist pitc... Unions Are Worth Fighting For - Ezra Klein, Newsweek Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's effort two weeks ago to end collective bargaining for public employees in his state was the worst thing to happen... Why Middle America Is Rejecting Big Gov't - Michael Barone, DC Examiner It's a question that puzzles most liberals and bothers some conservatives. Why are so many modest-income white voters rejecting the Obama Democ... Hezbollah Is Watching, and Waiting - David Ignatius, Washington Post To visit Hezbollah officials, you turn left off the airport road, just past a billboard that shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad coyly wavin... Un-American Revolutions - Niall Ferguson, Newsweek Americans love a revolution. Their own great nation having been founded by a revolutionary declaration and forged by a revolutionary war, they insti... More Opinion and Analysis Big Labor's Last Stand - David Paul Kuhn The term "big labor" is becoming a vestige of a bygone era. Union ranks have not been this thin for 75 years, when the Wagner Act catalyzed... Decision Day Looms for Gingrich - Scott Conroy Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is preparing to announce in a matter of days whether he will form an exploratory committee for a presidential camp... O'Malley: Dem Governors Focused on Economy - Erin McPike RealClearPolitics caught up with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at the 2011 National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington. RC... MORE ON REAL CLEAR Squashing Small Business Without Really Trying - RealClearMarkets I was recently invited down to Washington DC to represent the venture capital industry at a Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy gripe ses... An Iranian Shadow on Arab Spring - RealClearWorld Events in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and the rest of the Arab Middle East are not politically and ideologically disconnected from Iran. From Tripoli to Te... Snider a Symbol of a New York Age - RealClearSports Edwin "Duke" Snider, who died Sunday at 84, was a California boy who became one of the enduring symbols of New York's dominance in 1950s baseball. He... LATEST VIDEO Obama: Not Good When The "Rights" Of Public Employees Are Infringed Upon Obama: "If The Wealthiest Am ong Us Keep Or Get More Tax Breaks, We're Not Doing The Right Thing" Wisconsin Democrat On The Run: "I'm Willing To Stand For Recall" RCP POLL AVERAGES Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread President Obama 49.7 44.3 +5.4 Congress 27.5 64.5 -37.0 Unsubscribe from this newsletter.