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DNC Raises $16 Million in September

DNC Raises $16 Million in September The AP reports: WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee said Monday it raised more than $16 million in September, its best fundraising month in a congressional election cycle that has proved to be challenging for Democrats in every way but …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

McMahon Attacks Blumenthal Over Vietnam Service

McMahon Attacks Blumenthal Over Vietnam Service The New York Times reports: Just hours before the first formal debate in Connecticut’s United States Senate contest, the Republican candidate, Linda E. McMahon , released a new video showing her Democratic opponent, Richard …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Angle Blasts Republicans for "Losing Principles"

Angle: GOP "Lost its Principles" The Las Vegas Sun reports: Angle: “I’m not sure I can win” if Ashjian’s in, nat’l GOPers “have lost their principles, ” need to “leave me alone” That’s just some of what GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle said during a meeting Wednesday evening …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Paul and Conway Agree on Bush Tax Cuts

Paul and Conway Agree on Tax Cuts Talking Points Memo reports: No matter who Kentuckians elect to the Senate this fall, they're going to get an advocate for extending all the Bush tax cuts -- and not just those for the middle class. In their first (and likely only) nationally-tele…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Breitbart: O'Keefe's Stunt "Gross and Offensive"

Breitbart: O'Keefe "Gross and Offensive" Talking Points Memo reports: Though he didn't respond to TPM's request for comment this week, Breitbart put out a statement distancing himself from O'Keefe's latest stunt late Friday, stating that O'Keefe owed his supporters an explanatio…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Paul Supports McConnell for Leadership

Paul Supports McConnell for Leadership The LA Times reports: Reporting from Louisville, Ky. — Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul said Sunday that, if elected, he would support Mitch McConnell for Senate Republican leader, rejecting speculation that he would spurn his …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Angle Proposed Mandates on Health Insurance

Angle Supported Health Mandates The Las Vegas Sun reports: Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has for months campaigned proudly on a bill she claims to have sponsored as an assemblywoman that would have eliminated Nevada’s insurance coverage mandates. The requirements drive …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Polls Tighten Close to Midterms

Polls Tighten Close to Midterms The Christian Science Monitor reports: It’s just four weeks (and two days) until the midterm elections. But that’s a lifetime (or two) in politics, and it’s way too early for Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Minority Leader John Boehner to be staking claim …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Rahm Officially Launches Campaign For Mayor

Rahm Officially Launches Campaign For Mayor Politico reports: Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has chosen Scott Fairchild, the chief of staff for Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.), to manage his campaign for mayor of Chicago, POLITICO has learned. Fairchild agreed …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Liberals Condemn Fox's Donation to RGA

Liberals Condemn Fox's Donation to GOP Committee The New York Times reports: Rupert Murdoch ’s News Corporation is playing a larger and more directly partisan role in this year’s elections than it is known to have played in any previous American campaign. The news late …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Buck Leads in Colorado Senate Race

Buck Leads in Colorado Race The Washington Examiner reports: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Republican Ken Buck has solidified his lead in the Colorado Senate race, according to new polls, raising the prospects for the GOP to pick up a seat in one of the four Western states they …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

US May Issue Europe Travel Advisory

US to Issue Europe Travel Warning The BBC reports: The US government is to advise its citizens to be vigilant while travelling in Europe because of the threat of an al-Qaeda attack. Officials from both the UK and the US have confirmed that updated guidance will be issued because …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Ahmadinejad: US Leaders Should be "Buried"

Ahmadinejad: US Leaders Should be "Buried" The AP reports: Iran's president Sunday called for U.S. leaders to be "buried" in response to what he says are American threats of military attack against Tehran's nuclear program. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known for brash rhetoric in …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Unions & NAACP Rally for Jobs

Unions & NAACP Rally for Jobs CNN reports: A coalition of liberal and progressive groups, including unions and civil rights activists, rallied in Washington Saturday to press for good jobs, immigration and education reform and to make a show of strength one month out from midterm …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Dems Consider Gibbs for DNC Chairman

Dems Consider Gibbs for DNC Chair Politico reports: Democratic insiders are taking the temperature of some top party donors about the possibility of naming White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as chairman of the Democratic National Committee heading into President Barack …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Whitman Blames Brown for Housekeeper Story

Whitman Blames Brown for Housekeeper Story The Los Angeles Times reports: Gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown tangled Saturday over Whitman's employment of an illegal immigrant housekeeper, exchanging blistering jabs as they met for their second televised debate. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Rendell: Dems Were "Too Scared" to Hold Tax Vote

Rendell: Dems Were "Too Scared" to Hold Tax Vote The Hill reports: Democrats in Congress did not hold a vote on whether or not to extend the expiring Bush tax cuts because they were "too scared," Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said this weekend. The governor and former …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Brown Headed to NH for Fundraiser

Brown Heads to NH Fundraiser The Hill reports: Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) will travel to New Hampshire, an early presidential primary state, next Friday. Brown is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial nominee John Stephen in Atkinson, New Hampshire, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 3, 2010

Powell: 'I Didn't Misrepresent DADT to Clinton'

Clinton Tries to Blame "Don't Ask" Policy on Powell CBS News reports: Colin Powell has released a statement saying that he did not misrepresent how the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy would be put into effect to former President Clinton. Mr. Clinton said in an interview with …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 2, 2010

CIA Escalates Drone Attacks

CIA Escalates Drone Attacks The Wall Street Journal reports: The U.S. military is secretly diverting aerial drones and weaponry from the Afghan battlefront to significantly expand the CIA's campaign against militants in their Pakistani havens. The shift in strategic focus …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 2, 2010