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Poll: Romney, Obama in Dead Heat

The Hill reports: President Obama would face a statistical tie against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) if the 2012 election were held today, a new poll found Wednesday. A Marist/McClatchy News Poll released this morning suggested that the race between Obama and Romney, a …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

WH Asked S&P Not to Lower Outlook

Washington Post reports : The Obama administration privately urged Standard & Poor’s in recent weeks not to lower its outlook on the United States — a suggestion the ratings agency ignored Monday, two people familiar with the matter said. Treasury Department officials had been …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Palin: Too Early for Prez Bid Talk

CNN reports : Sarah Palin has taken few steps to indicate she is seriously interested in a presidential run, but the former Alaska governor says it's still premature to give the matter much thought. "I think it is too early to declare a candidacy," Palin told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "I …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Bachmann: Let's 'Move on' From Birtherism

Politico reports : Michele Bachmann moved Wednesday toward saying the book on questions some voters have about President Barack Obama's birth certificate is closed, and that a copy of his certification of live birth should "settle" the issue. Bachmann made the comments on ABC News' …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Brewer: White House Snubbed Me

Politico reports : Fresh off her veto of her state’s “birther” bill , Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says that the White House gave her a “snub” by leaving her off the guest list for a meeting about immigration reform. “I wish I would have been invited,” the Republican said Tuesday night on …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Feds' New Terror Alert System

CNN reports : The federal government on Wednesday implements a new terror alert system that will replace the color-coded terror alerts put in place after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "The National Terrorism Advisory System, which was developed in close collaboration with …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Obama on Spill: 'Job Isn't Done'

The Hill reports : President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill Wednesday by vowing a continued commitment to Gulf of Mexico recovery and restoration, lauding “significant” progress while proclaiming that “the job isn’t done.” His statement comes one year after …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Obama Heads to Facebook HQ

The Wall Street Journal reports : President Barack Obama will travel to Facebook Inc.'s Silicon Valley headquarters Wednesday to hold a "town hall" meeting on the economy with users of the social-networking site. But Facebook is still trying to find a path to Washington, where the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Rushdie: Free Ai Weiwei

Writing in The New York Times , Salman Rushdie calls on China to free dissident artist Ai Weiwei: Art can be dangerous. Very often artistic fame has proved dangerous to artists themselves. Mr. Ai’s work is not polemical — it tends towards the mysterious. But his immense prominence as an …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Poll: Most Oppose Entitlement Cuts

The Washington Post reports: Despite growing concerns about the country’s long-term fiscal problems and an intensifying debate in Washington about how to deal with them, Americans strongly oppose some of the major remedies under consideration, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Palin: Don't Pick On The Donald

Politico reports: Even though Donald Trump has wholeheartedly embraced the wall-to-wall media coverage that’s come with his promotion of the widely discredited “birther” issue, Sarah Palin argued Tuesday that the press is treating him “unfairly” by focusing mostly on his doubts about …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Japan Considers No-Entry Zone

The Wall Street Journal reports: TOKYO—Japan's government is considering prohibiting people from entering an evacuation area within a 20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. "With people entering [the area], we are having to consider establishing a no-entry zone," …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

New Airline Rules Ease Flyer Pain

The Washington Post reports: DALLAS — Federal officials are expanding a tarmac-delay rule to prohibit airlines from holding passengers on stranded international flights for longer than four hours. The change stems from a late-December debacle in which several planes loaded with internation…

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Slim Majority Still Think Nuclear Power Safe

The Washington Post reports: A slim majority of Americans see nuclear power plants as a safe energy source, but nearly two-thirds reject the idea of building new reactors in the United States at this time, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The 53 percent who approve of …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Poll: Half of Iowa GOP Are Birthers

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s birther crusade could be a boon in Iowa, and “Romneycare” could dog the former Massachusetts governor in the first-in-the-nation caucus, a new poll shows. A whopping 48 percent of Iowa Republicans said they don’t believe that Obama was born in the United …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday April 20, 2011

FLOTUS' Flight Had to Abort Landing

The Washington Post reports : A White House plane carrying Michelle Obama came dangerously close to a 200-ton military cargo jet and had to abort its landing at Joint Base Andrews on Monday as the result of an air traffic controller’s mistake, according to federal officials familiar with …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 19, 2011

Kyl, Cantor To Attend Debt Talks

Politico reports : Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to name his deputy, Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), to the budget talks led by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner has named House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Obama had urged each caucus to …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 19, 2011

Watch Club for Growth Prez: Lugar Should Retire

ABC News reports : The Club for Growth is well-known for taking on establishment Republicans who they feel don’t live up to the Club’s “pro-growth” ideals such as “limited government, low taxes and economic freedom.” In 2010, for example, the Club for Growth ran ads attacking Sen. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 19, 2011

Fidel Out of Cuba's Government

The Washington Post reports: HAVANA — Cuba’s Communist Party stuck Tuesday with a slate of silver-haired icons of the revolution to spearhead a last-ditch effort to save the island’s sputtering economy — surprising those who took to heart declarations by Raul and Fidel Castro that it was time …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 19, 2011

Manning Headed to Leavenworth

The Washington Post reports: WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the Army private suspected of giving classified data to WikiLeaks is being moved to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas in the wake of international criticism about his treatment during his detention at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 19, 2011