Overview for Middle Rail

Netanyahu to Visit Obama in July

After their first visit was canceled due to the flotilla crises, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rescheduled his meeting with President Obama for July 6: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will next meet with President Barack Obama in Washington on July 6 for talks …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 21, 2010

Kagan Might Face Filibuster

While on Fox News Sunday, Mitch McConnell hinted that Elena Kagan may face a filibuster from Senate Republicans: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Sunday left open the possibility of a Republican filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. “We haven’t started the …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 21, 2010

Violence Increases in Afghanistan

A new UN report discusses the increase in violence in Afghanistan: KABUL -- Security in Afghanistan has deteriorated markedly in recent months, with a spike in roadside bombs, complex attacks and assassinations, according to a U.N. report released Saturday. The report comes as the …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Obama to Meet Saudi King

Laura Rozen reports that President Obama will meet the ruler of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC, but the meeting has not been publicly confirmed: Saudi King Abdullah will come to Washington to meet with President Barack Obama later this month following the G20 meeting in Canada, two former …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Kagan's Emails Reveal Brusque Approach

Elena Kagan's email record from when she was in the Clinton White House has gotten some attention for the brusque attitude they reveal: Rummaging through four years of e-mails can offer a pretty good window into someone’s personality. In the case of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, emails …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Angle to Speak at Tea Party Convention

Sharron Angle will speak at the next Tea Party convention: On the heels of Sharron Angle's victory in Nevada's Republican primary race for Senate, the newly-minted GOP candidate will take to the spotlight in her home state once again when she speaks at the National Tea Party Unity Conventio…

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Companies Eye Afghan Mineral Wealth

News of Afghanistan's mineral wealth has attracted outside interest: WASHINGTON — Mining companies around the world are eager to exploit Afghanistan ’s newly discovered mineral wealth, but executives of Western firms caution that war, corruption and lack of roads and other infrastructure …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Times Square Bomber Indicted

Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad has been officially indicted: June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Faisal Shahzad, accused in the attempted May 1 car-bombing of New York’s Times Square, was indicted on 10 terrorism-related charges by a federal grand jury, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Mitch Daniels: Governing by the Numbers

Businessweek has a fascinating piece about what makes Mitch Daniels an effective Governor of Indiana: Indiana is one of 10 states that has seen its unemployment rate go down in the past year, from 10.5 percent in May 2009 to 9.8 percent in April 2010. It has a budget surplus and a triple-A …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

BP CEO Under Fire for Yacht Race

BP's CEO has drawn renewed outrage due to how is spending his time since he stopped dealing with the Gulf oil leak: BP officials on Saturday scrambled yet again to respond to another public relations challenge when their embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward , spent the day off the coast …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

New Poll Shows Arab and Muslim Dissatisfaction with Obama

Spencer Ackerman has identified a poll which shows the lack of satisfaction with Obama in the Muslim and Arab world: A year after President Obama’s speech in Cairo vowing to reset relations with the Muslim world, Muslims worldwide are telling pollsters about their disillusionment with …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

The Media's Misplace Sympathy for Islam

In her column for National Review , Mona Charen discusses the media's misplaced sympathy for Islam, and their tendency to ignore that crimes that are carried out in the religion's name: The Times story about women who cover their entire bodies, including their faces, spoke of the challenge…

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Will Folks Endorses "Lying" Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley has been endorsed by the blogger who first claimed to be having an affair with her. While he endorses her, he doesn't necessarily trust her: He’s still convinced she’s lying about their “inappropriate physical relationship,” but Will Folks is endorsing South Carolina state Rep. …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Bachmann Featured in first Anti-BP Ad

David Weigel has identified the first political advertisement with an explicitly anti-BP message, and Rep. Michelle Bachmann is featured in it: Click here to read more.

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Arizona Immigration Lawsuit Confirmed

A senior White House source has confirmed to CBS News, that the Justice Department will sue Arizona over their new immigration law: As Hotsheet reported yesterday , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a television interview in Ecuador this month that the Obama Justice Department …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Romney Invests in Haley

Politico reports that Mitt Romney is making a significant financial investment into Nikki Haley's campaign: Former Massachusetts GOP Gov. Mitt Romney has contributed $42,000 to Nikki Haley’s campaign for governor in South Carolina, POLITICO has learned. Political action committees are …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Angle Whitewashes Scientology Connections in Prison Program

In an interview with Human Events Sharron Angle goes out of her way to downplay the significance of L. Ron Hubbard's design of a "detox" program, and its connections to Scientology: The same Post story claimed that as a legislator, Angle had supported “a prison rehabilitation program …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 18, 2010

Angle Raises $100K Per Day

Hotline On Call reports that Sharron Angle is having a fairly strong start to her fund raising campaign: Ex-NV Assemb. Sharron Angle (R) is raising more than $100K a day online since winning the right to face Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid , according to data kept on her website. Since …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 18, 2010

Pelosi Delays Campaign Finance Bill Vote

Politico reports that Nancy Pelosi has delayed the vote on new campaign finance legislation due to opposition from several different congressional groups: Following a rebellion by two important factions of rank-and-file House Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has pulled a …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 18, 2010

Barton Retracts his apology to BP

Rep. Joe Barton has retracted his earlier "apology" that he gave to BP on behalf of the federal government: Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is apologizing for his apology. After infuriating Democrats and Republicans alike with his public apology to BP and suggesting that a $20 billion escrow fund …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 17, 2010