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3 GOP Candidates Spend $243 Million

3 GOP Candidates Spend $243 Million Politico reports : A group of three Republican candidates have spent nearly a quarter-billion dollars on statewide campaigns this cycle, overshadowing even the heavyweight independent groups commonly considered the biggest financial players …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

GOP has 1/5 Chance of Taking Senate

GOP has 1/5 Chance of Taking Senate The New York Times reports : Our latest forecast shows little change in Republican chances of taking over the Senate after the Nov. 2 election. They now have a 19 percent chance of doing so, according to our forecast model; their chances had …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Bailout Recipients Make Political Donations

Bailout Recipients Make Political Donations The Washington Post reports : Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was a fierce critic of the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler last year, saying he could not "ask the American taxpayer to subsidize failure." …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Iraqi Court Orders Parliament to Work

Iraqi Court Orders Parliament to Work The New York Times reports : BAGHDAD — Iraq ’s highest court on Sunday ordered Parliament, elected in March and convened only once for 18 minutes, to resume its sessions, adding another wrinkle to a lengthy crisis that has tested the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Paul Agrees to Last Debate

Paul Agrees to Last Debate With Conway Politics Daily reports : After threatening to withdraw, Rand Paul now says he will attend the final debate in his tense Senate race against Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky. The Republican had said he considered backing out of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

GOP Donors Look To 2012 Field

GOP Donors Look To 2012 Field Politico reports : As the 2010 campaign draws to its raucous close, the Republican Party's biggest donors are slowly beginning to choose sides, with some still looking for a strong alternative to a populist conservative movement that makes them …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Judge Orders Miller to Release Personal Documents

Judge Orders Miller to Release Personal Docs Alaska Daily News reports : FAIRBANKS -- A judge ruled Saturday that the Fairbanks North Star Borough must release personnel records of U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller. In an unusual weekend hearing, retired Superior Court …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Rove: Dems are Hypocrites on Funding

Rove: Dems are Hypocrites on Funding Politico reports : Republican strategist Karl Rove charged on Sunday that President Barack Obama and other Democrats complaining about millions of dollars in undisclosed donations to GOP-friendly groups are guilty of hypocrisy. "The …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Florida Candidates Spar on Tax Cuts

Florida Candidates Spar on Tax Cuts Bloomberg Business Week reports : Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The three Florida candidates for the U.S. Senate, heading into the final week of the 2010 campaign, battled today over the merits of President Barack Obama’s economic agenda and …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Manchin Claims Opposition to Obamacare

Manchin Claims Opposition to Obamacare Sam Stein reports : West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin's sprint away from President Obama's agenda accelerated a bit on Sunday, when he announced that, had he been in Congress at the time, he would have voted against health care reform. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Why NPR Won't be Defunded

Why the GOP Won't Defund NPR Politico reports : The conservatives' new rallying cry — Defund NPR — is actually an old rallying cry, given new life by National Public Radio's firing of political commentator Juan Williams. But if history is any guide, the calls to strip NPR's …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

GOP Rep. to Banks: We're Watching Donations

GOP Rep. to Banks: We're Watching Donations Politico reports : When Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama stepped in front of 100 financial services lobbyists at the Capitol Hill Club last month, he asked for an equal chunk of their campaign cash — and made clear he was …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

McChrystal Breaks His Silence

McChrystal Breaks His Silence John Avlon reports : In his first public comments since being relieved of command in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal broke his silence on military and foreign-policy matters at The Daily Beast’s Innovators Summit in New Orleans today. In …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Wikileaks: 15,000 Unaccounted Iraqi Deaths

Wikileaks: 15,000 Unaccounted Iraqi Deaths The Telegraph reports : The Iraq war logs have disclosed the existence of detailed records of Iraqi fatalities kept by US military, despite American authorities previously insisting that no such data was gathered. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

UN Base in Afghanistan Attacked

UN Base in Afghanistan Attacked Reuters reports : HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four Taliban suicide bombers dressed as police and women attacked the main United Nations compound in western Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, but there were no casualties among U.N. staff. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Obama to Request Aid for Pakistan

Obama to Request Aid for Pakistan The Washington Post reports : The Obama administration will ask Congress to expand military aid to Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday, announcing a five-year, $2 billion package that would increase current financing …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Nobel Committee Explains its Pick

Nobel Committee Explains its Pick The New York Times reports : THE Chinese authorities’ condemnation of the Nobel committee’s selection of Liu Xiaobo, the jailed political activist, as the winner of the 2010 Peace Prize inadvertently illustrates why human rights are worth …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Maliki: Foes Will Use Wikileaks

Maliki: Foes Will Use Wikileaks The Washington Post reports : BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that his opponents are using leaked classified U.S. military reports to discredit his administration as he struggles to secure a second term in office. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 24, 2010

Wehner: Extremist Statements Hurt Tea Party

Wehner: Extremist Statements Hurt Tea Party Peter Wehner writes : Matt Drudge links to a story in which, according to the Dallas Morning News , Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden, a first-time candidate who is supported by the Tea Party Express and is challengi…

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

GOP Candidate: Violent Revolution "On Table"

GOP Candidate: Violent Revolution "On The Table" The Dallas Morning News reports : WASHINGTON – Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden stunned his party Thursday, saying he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010