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Pawlenty: Obama Should Say 'I'm Sorry'

Pawlenty on SOTU: Obama Should Say 'I'm Sorry' Politico reports: Tim Pawlenty, former Minnesota governor and likely Republican presidential candidate, says he would like to hear President Barack Obama say in his State of the Union address: “I realize that I overreached. ... …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

GOP Downplays Bachmann's SOTU Response

GOP Downplays Bachmann's SOTU Response The Huffington Post reports: GOP leadership reacted coolly Monday to news of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's secondary Tea Party-sponsored State of the Union rebuttal, stating matter-of-factly that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is the Republican who …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Obama Thinks Rahm Eligible to Run

Obama Thinks Rahm Eligible to Run The Hill reports: President Obama believes his former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is eligible to run for mayor of Chicago, a senior White House adviser said Tuesday. Valerie Jarrett, a senior administration official who, like Obama, is …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Cantor: No Bailout for States

Cantor: No Bailout for States The Hill reports: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) issued a new threat against a federal bailout for ailing state governments Monday as GOP leaders girded for a confrontation with President Obama over spending. Heading into Tuesday’s State …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Empty Seat to Honor Giffords at SOTU

Empty Seat to Honor Giffords The Hill reports: The Arizona delegation will sit together Tuesday night during President Obama's State of the Union address, leaving one seat empty to honor Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), according to several House aides familiar with the still-evo…

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Army Can't Link Manning to Assange

Army Can't Link Manning to Assange NBC News reports: U.S. military officials tell NBC News that investigators have been unable to make any direct connection between a jailed army private suspected with leaking secret documents and Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Panel: Prosecute Wall Street

Panel: Prosecute Wall Street Huffington Post reports: The bipartisan panel appointed by Congress to investigate the financial crisis has concluded that several financial industry figures appear to have broken the law and has referred multiple cases to state or federal authorities …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Obama: No Social Security Cuts

Obama: No Social Security Cuts The Washington Post reports: More than two months after his deficit commission first laid out a plan for reining in the national debt, President Obama has yet to embrace any of its controversial provisions - and he is unlikely to break that silence …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

GOP to Push for DC Gay Marriage Ban

GOP to Push for DC Gay Marriage Ban The Hill reports: House conservatives say they will pursue legislation that would ban gay marriage in the nation’s capital. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC), told The Hill that he will …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 25, 2011

Erekat: Israel Wants Two-State Solution More Than We Do

Erekat: Israel Wants Two-State Solution More Than Palestinians Do Just Journalism reports : Much of The Guardian’s reporting today on the Palestine papers emphasises the quote from Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, claiming that he had made an unprecedented offer to Israel of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Scalia Speaks to Tea Party Caucus

Scalia Speaks to Tea Party Caucus The AP reports : Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says members of Congress need to get themselves a copy of the Federalist Papers — and make sure they read it. According to attendees, Scalia adopted a professorial, occasionally playful …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Medvedev Promises to Punish Bombers

Medvedev Promises to Punish Bombers BBC News reports : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to track down and punish those behind an apparent suicide bomb attack at Moscow's Domodedovo airport killed 35 people and injured more than 100. Two Britons were among those …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Olbermann to Fans: 'More to Come'

Olbermann to Fans: 'More to Come' Huffington Post reports : Keith Olbermann broke a two-day Twitter silence on Monday, greeting his followers and promising them "more to come." Olbermann had tinkered with the background on his Twitter page during the period immediately …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Jesse Ventura Sues TSA Over Pat-Downs

Jesse Ventura Sues TSA Over Pat-Downs The AP reports : Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Climate Adviser Browner Leaves WH

Climate Adviser Browner Leaves WH Reuters reports : White House climate change adviser Carol Browner will step down in coming weeks, Obama administration sources said on Monday. Browner's departure is the latest in a number of staff changes at the While House after President …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Gibbs: Birthers Aren't Rational

Gibbs: Birthers Aren't Rational Politico reports : Here’s what you need to know from Monday’s White House briefing with press secretary Robert Gibbs: -- Gibbs hinted that President Obama will talk about gun rights in his State of the Union address. “I don’t doubt that, as a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

America's 15 Million Missing Jobs

America's 15 Million Missing Jobs National Journal reports : America’s jobs crisis began a decade ago. Long before the housing bubble burst and Wall Street melted down, something in our national job-creation machine went horribly wrong. The years between the brief 2001 …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Allen: Macaca Was 'Made Up Word'

Allen: Macaca Was 'Made Up Word' Eric Lach at Talking Points Memo writes: In an interview with a Virginia political news outlet today, Former Sen. George Allen (R-VA), who has officially launched a campaign for the Senate seat he lost in 2006, kicked the hornets' nest that may have …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

Loughner Pleads Not Guilty

Loughner Pleads Not Guilty The New York Times reports : Jared L. Loughner, who was tackled to the ground by bystanders after opening fire outside a Tucson supermarket on Jan. 8, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he attempted to murder Representative Gabrielle Giffords …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

SOTU: Joe Wilson to Sit with Dems

SOTU: Joe Wilson to Sit with Dems CNN reports : A Republican congressman who unexpectedly participated in President Obama's health care speech in 2009 by heckling the chief executive says he will be flanked by two Democrats on Tuesday night to show his willingness to work with …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011