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Daschle to Obama: Reach Out to GOP

Daschle to Obama: Reach Out to GOP Politico reports : As Washington begins another period of divided government, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle urged President Obama to reach out to Capitol Hill by holding more regular meetings with congressional leaders of both …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Obama Plans Reception for Freshman Reps

Obama to Host Reception for New House Reps Politico reports : President Barack Obama will host a White House reception for newly elected members of Congress the night before he heads to Capitol Hill to give his State of the Union address. The proximity of the reception to …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Reagan's Sons Square Off

Reagan's Sons Square Off Politico reports : Ronald Reagan’s conservative son called his liberal half-brother “an embarrassment” Saturday for speculating in a new memoir that their father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease while president. “Ron, my brother was an embarrassme…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Group Aims to Draft Pence for President

Group Aims to Draft Pence for President Politico reports : A group of conservatives led by former Kansas Rep. Jim Ryun plan to start an independent expenditure campaign aimed at getting Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) to run for president. “America’s President Committee” will begin …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Tucson Shooting Victim Arrested at Tea Party Forum

Tucson Shooting Victim Arrested at Tea Party Forum The Washington Post reports : Arizona shooting victim James Eric Fuller was arrested Saturday and taken for a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly photographing a local tea party leader at a forum organized by ABC and yelling: …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Swiss Banker Gives Offshore Data to Wikileaks

Swiss Banker Gives Offshore Data to Wikileaks The New York Times reports : A former Swiss bank executive said on Monday that he had given the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, details of more than 2,000 prominent individuals and companies that he contends engaged in tax …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Giffords' Husband: I'd Meet Loughner's Parents

Giffords' Husband: I'd Meet With Loughner's Parents ABC News reports : Wanting to be with GIffords' every moment, Kelly has barely left her side, sleeping at the hospital and holding a constant vigil of family and friends. Kelly did attend Wednesday's memorial service with …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Baby Doc Returns to Haiti

Baby Doc Returns to Haiti The New York Times reports : Haiti’s political crisis took a stunning turn on Sunday when Jean-Claude Duvalier, the dictator known as Baby Doc who was overthrown in 1986, arrived unexpectedly in the capital from exile in France. Haitian television …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Docs Upgrade Giffords' Condition

Docs Upgrade Giffords' Condition The Washington Post reports : Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was upgraded from critical to serious condition Sunday after doctors determined that there were no complications from having her ventilator removed a day earlier. In a statement released …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Schumer: Close Gun Sale Loopholes

Schumer: Close Gun Sale Loopholes Politico reports : Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday he was going to ask the Pentagon to inform law enforcement agencies when candidates for military service are rejected for "excessive drug use." Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Loughner Trial May Move to San Diego

Loughner Trial May Move to San Diego The Washington Post reports : Federal authorities are planning to move the trial of the alleged gunman in the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson to San Diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in Arizona, federal law enforcement sources said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Pawlenty: Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling

Pawlenty: Don't Raise Debt Ceiling The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty urged congressional Republicans on Sunday to not vote to raise the debt ceiling when the matter is considered in the spring. But in a sign of how knotted the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Senate Tea Party Caucus Plans First Meeting

Senate Tea Party Caucus Plans First Meeting Roll Call reports : Sen. Rand Paul on Friday announced the launch of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, making good on an idea he floated during last year's campaign. GOP Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Mike Lee (Utah) will join the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

GOP Governors Take on Teacher Tenure

GOP Govs Take on Teacher Tenure ConservativeHome USA reports : This week, in pursuit of improvements to state education systems, three Republican governors announced their aims to eradicate teacher tenure. In "State of the State" addresses in New Jersey and Idaho , and at …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Frum: Paranoid Narratives are the Real Problem

Frum: Paranoid Narratives are the Real Problem Footage courtesy of Media Matters for America:

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Rhetoric Doesn't Kill but Does Cause Harm

Rhetoric Doesn't Kill but Does Cause Harm Karen Hughes writes : U.S. support for Israel, along with the suffering of the Palestinian people, they told me, had spawned the resentment and anger that resulted in the attacks on our country. No, I always answered, you cannot blame …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Jeb Bush: the GOP Must Reach Hispanics

Jeb Bush: the GOP Must Reach Hispanics The Wall Street Journal reports : If Republicans were to run a classified ad for their 2012 presidential candidate, it might read something like this: GOP seeks popular former two-term governor of a large state for executive …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Giuliani Calls for Better Mental Health Treatment

Giuliani Calls for Better Mental Health Treatment Politico reports : Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) by a gunman many view as deranged should prompt more muscular efforts to force individuals with mental …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Coburn "Disgusted" With the Media

Coburn "Disgusted" With the Media Politico reports : Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Sunday accused the media of creating a "false premise" in raising the issue of whether incendiary political rhetoric is at fault for the Jan. 8 shooting in Arizona, calling the question a "false …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Applebaum: After Tucson, Obama Matters Again

Applebaum: After Tucson, Obama Matters Again Writing in The Daily Telegraph , Anne Applebaum looks at the effect of the Tucson massacre on Obama's presidency: “Bad things happen,” [Obama] told mourners at a memorial service in Tucson, “and we must guard against simple explanation…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011