Required Reading - January 30, 2009; 7:46 AM ET

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Steele Elected RNC Chair Washington Post: The Fix | Steele wins after six dramatic ballots. And winning the race might have been easier than the job itself will be.

Obama Says Economic ‘Disaster’ Requires Focus on Middle Class Bloomberg | Only a new task force can get us out of this mess.

Obama's Reagan Moment Is Now National Journal | Brownstein says Obama has singular chance to transform government now, just as Reagan did in his first term.

Cleaner and Faster New York Times | Brooks offers his stimulus prescription -- probably a week too late.

Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Has Been Removed From Office Chicago Tribune | It was only about seven weeks ago that he was first arrested. Seems like longer, doesn't it?

U.S. Eyes Two-Part Bailout for Banks Wall Street Journal | And neither part is likely to be popular with the public.

Democrats Set Sights on Republican Senators Who Oppose Stimulus Plan New York Times | House vote makes it that much more important for Obama to snag a few Republicans in the Senate.

Should Democrats Beware Republicans Bearing Gifts? FiveThirtyEight | The counterintuitive case for why Dems shouldn't want Gregg as Commerce secretary and 60 votes in the Senate.

McConnell Warns GOP That It Must Broaden Appeal or Die McClatchy | Senate leader paints grim picture of the challenges his party faces.

By Ben Pershing | January 30, 2009; 7:46 AM ET
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