Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck Top Newsweek’s 50 Most Powerful Political Figures

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - Newsweek releases it’s list of the 50 most powerful, and highest-earning, political figures of 2010 in a special magazine issue this week. The magazine complied the list along with an intelligence and research firm, which includes politicians, ex-politicians, media personalities, and political consultants “who hawk their personal brands in the public marketplace—and influence American political discourse in the process.”

Who made the cut? Rush Limbaugh tops the list, with Glenn Beck coming in second ahead of Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity. Jon Stewart rounds out the top five.

You can read the full article, as well as Newsweek’s profile of each figure, here.