Obama's approval rating at 47 percent in a new Gallup poll. Palin's favorable rating at 46 percent in a new CNN poll. Gen. Petraeus says Obama thinks the Iraq surge worked. $246,436 per simulus job. Steven Hayward has more on Climategate; read his cover story in the latest issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD here. NPR: fragile minds that don't believe in global warming are really just in denial because they're so scared of global warming. Government-subsidized news network told employee to stop going on Fox News right when the government was waging a war on Fox News. ACORN tries to exonerate itself in a new report. Iraqis celebrate " Jesus Day." Harry Reid: those opposing Obamacare are like those who opposed freedom for slaves: