From Bad to Worse in the Middle East?

Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is to say that Iran has become an even more important regional power, and Egypt, once stable if tenuously so, has been pitched into chaos. This is the most dire prospect of them all. The dream of a democratic Egypt is sure to produce a nightmare.Egypt's problems are immense. It has a population it cannot support, a standard of living that is stagnant, a self-image as leader of the (Sunni) Arab world that does not,...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/01/brotherhood_of_hate_108725.html

Carte Goodwin Jay Goyal Nikki Haley Jaime Herrera

From Bad to Worse in the Middle East?

Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is to say that Iran has become an even more important regional power, and Egypt, once stable if tenuously so, has been pitched into chaos. This is the most dire prospect of them all. The dream of a democratic Egypt is sure to produce a nightmare.Egypt's problems are immense. It has a population it cannot support, a standard of living that is stagnant, a self-image as leader of the (Sunni) Arab world that does not,...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/01/brotherhood_of_hate_108725.html

Julián Castro Nathan Daschle Jennifer O\'Malley Dillon Sean Duffy

Axelrod: Obama Staying True to His Values

Lynn Sweet, Politics Daily
Departing White House senior adviser David Axelrod said President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign will retain the support of the nation's youth, though "we need to communicate vigorously with them" to make the case.After two years at the White House, Axelrod returns to Chicago on Tuesday to spend some time recharging before focusing on Obama's bid for a second term.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/01/axelrod_obama_staying_true_to_his_values_249739.html

Meg Whitman Joe Wilson Jeb Bush James Dobson

Banking Insight Comes from Pitcher's Sore Arm

Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg
Can this economy go the distance? The U.S. expanded by 3.2 percent in the last quarter. Americans long for an economy that grows at 4 percent, quarter after quarter, strong enough to shrug off revolution in Egypt, central bank machinations in China and Steve Jobs's health. We want an economy as strong and resilient as a superstar athlete. For that to happen, more people have to be like Gil Meche, the Kansas City Royals pitcher who refused his 2011 salary of $12 million. He decided not to hold his employer to what he was owed under the terms of his contract. Meche wanted to keep pitching....

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/01/banking_insight_comes_from_pitcher039s_sore_arm_249790.html

Mike Johnston Adam Kinzinger Rachel Kleinfeld Mike Lee

'Times' Editor: The Impact Of Assange And WikiLeaks

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller explains why the paper decided to publish the classified dispatches and cables from WikiLeaks, the effect those documents had in Tunisia and Egypt, and why he came to regard WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as indifferent to the people whose lives were at risk.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/01/133277509/times-editor-the-impact-of-assange-and-wikileaks?ft=1&f=1057

Cedric Richmond Marco Rubio Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Stephanie Schriock