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Obama Ready To Launch Reelection Campaign

Politico reports: President Barack Obama plans to announce his reelection campaign early next week in an electronic message to grassroots supporters, Democratic sources tell POLITICO. Obama launches with a recovering economy and a weak, fractured Republican field, but with chaos in the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Beck: Trump Making Me Uncomfortable

Politico reports: Fox News host Glenn Beck said Friday night that Donald Trump has been making him "a little uncomfortable recently" with some of the wilder claims he's made about President Barack Obama. Beck, who himself has made some wild claims about Obama, was speaking on "The …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Hundreds Massacred In Ivory Coast

The New York Times reports: DAKAR, Senegal — As rebels swept across Ivory Coast in a rapid advance last week to oust the nation’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo , hundreds of people were killed in a single town, the United Nations and aid groups said Saturday, in the worst episode of …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

NATO Airstrike Kills Rebels

The New York Times reports: BENGHAZI, Libya — A NATO airstrike killed 13 rebel fighters in the battle outside the pivotal oil port of Brega, the rebels said Saturday. The deaths underscored the challenge that the Western allies and the rebels face in relying on airstrikes to push back …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

How Journalists Got Mugged by Reality

Nick Cohen writes : The former US Ambassador to the United Nations Daniel Patrick Moynihan composed an aphorism as he watched dictatorships pile opprobrium on democracies: "The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Goldstone Backtracks from Goldstone Report

Jeffrey Goldberg writes : This is as shocking as it is unexpected: the South African Jewish judge Richard Goldstone, who excoriated Israel for allegedly committing premeditated crimes against civilians in Gaza -- contributing, more than any other individual, to the delegitimization and …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Libyan Govt Rejects Ceasefire Terms

BBC News reports: Libya's government has dismissed as "mad" the conditional ceasefire offer made by the rebel administration. Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi would never withdraw from the rebel-held cities they were besieging. He also condemned recent …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Highly Radioactive Water Leaking Into Ocean

The New York Times reports: TOKYO — Highly radioactive water is leaking directly into the sea from a damaged pit near a crippled reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, safety officials said Saturday. Japan ’s nuclear regulator said that workers discovered a crack about …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Plane Lands Safely After "Fuselage Rupture"

The New York Times reports: PHOENIX (AP) — One passenger said it was a "real quick blast, like a gun." Another called it "pandemonium." Still another described watching a flight attendant and another passenger pass out, their heads striking the seats in front of them as they lost …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Lowry: The Budget Dog That Didn't Bark

Rich Lowry writes in National Review : If you propose stiff budget cuts and don’t get called “heartless, ” does it really count? Republicans passed an unheard-of $61 billion in budget cuts a few weeks ago, and not only have lived to tell the tale, but have emerged without a scratch. They …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Tea Party Enraged At Scott Brown

Politico reports: Sen. Scott Brown has thrown his tea party supporters “under the bus” with his recent critiques of some Republican budget cut proposals, a movement leader said Friday. Brown, a Massachusetts Republican, on Thursday denounced GOP suggestions to cut social and cultural …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Brooks: "Squeeze And See" In Libya

David Brooks writes in the New York Times : Everybody has questions and anxieties about our policy in Libya. My own position is this: I oppose the policy the Obama administration has described in various public statements. I support the policy the administration is actually executing. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Lewis: Age of Arab Tyranny Is Ending

Bernard Lewis writes in the Wall Street Journal : 'What Went Wrong?" That was the explosive title of a December 2001 book by historian Bernard Lewis about the decline of the Muslim world. Already at the printer when 9/11 struck, the book rocketed the professor to widespread public attention, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

FDA Wants Calorie-Labeling Rules

The Washington Post reports: Chain restaurants, convenience stores, concession stands and vending machines would soon have to display calorie information for the food products they sell under rules proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration . “We do see this as an important …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

RNC Plans Primary Debate Fundraisers

Politico reports: The Republican National Committee is proposing to sponsor a series of monthly presidential primary debates beginning in August and running through February in which the RNC would determine the format and require each participating candidate to raise money for the party at the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 2, 2011

Afghan Mob Destroys UN HQ Over Koran Burning

The New York Times reports: MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Stirred up by a trio of angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran at a Florida church, thousands of protesters overran the compound of the United Nations in this northern Afghan city, killing at least 12 …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 1, 2011

Klein: BBA Would Make US Like California

Ezra Klein writes in the Washington Post : Bruce Bartlett takes a look at the Balanced Budget Amendment all 47 Republicans signed their names to and pronounces it “quite possibly the stupidest constitutional amendment I think I have ever seen. It looks like it was drafted by a couple of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 1, 2011

Citibank Debt Collectors Beat Man To Death

Yahoo! News reports: Never let it be said that American financial firms aren't doing their part to build global goodwill toward the United States. The Jakarta Post reports that local police say three debt collectors working on behalf of Citibank killed an Indonesian political figure …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 1, 2011

Bartlett: BBA "Mind-Boggling In Its Insanity"

Bruce Bartlett writes: Today, all 47 Senate Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. Full text available here . Presumably, this is the amendment that Republicans plan to demand as their price for increasing the federal debt limit. Of course, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 1, 2011

Bachmann Raises More Than Romney

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire reports : Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) raised $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2011, even more than Mitt Romney who raised $1.9 million over the same period, Fox News reports. "Bachmann's political action committee, MichelePAC, raised $1.7 million …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 1, 2011