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Whitman Accepts Brown Apology

Whitman Accepts Brown Apology Politico reports: California GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman has accepted an apology from Jerry Brown one week after it was revealed a staffer suggested his campaign call her a “whore.” “Californians deserve better than the traditional …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Miners Will be Out of Hospital by Weekend

Miners Out of Hospital by Sunday CNN reports: More miners are expected to be discharged Friday from a regional hospital in Chile following their rescue after 69 days underground, and officials hope that all 33 will be home by Sunday. Three of the miners were discharged Thursday …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Military to Comply with Court DADT Order

Military to Comply with 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Order The Washington Post reports: The Pentagon announced Thursday that it will comply with a court order to stop enforcing its "don't ask, don't tell" policy barring gays from serving openly in the military, even as the Obama …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for Second Straight Year

Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for 2nd Straight Year ABC News reports: The Obama administration is set to report Friday that the federal budget deficit exceeded $1 trillion for the second straight year, providing critics of government spending with fresh ammunition ahead of the midterm …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

O'Donnell: 'I've Got Hannity in My Back Pocket'

O'Donnell: 'I've Got Sean Hannity in My Back Pocket' Howard Fineman at Huffington Post reports: Christine O'Donnell may not be a witch, but she knows how to use scare tactics to raise money, top Republican strategists and officials here tell me. They say the Delaware Republican …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

WH Spent $3M on October Ads Pushing Health Bill

WH Spent $3M on Ads in Oct Selling Health Bill Politico reports: The Obama administration has spent approximately $3 million on TV ads discussing the benefits of health care reform this month – three times what was spent by pro-reform candidates and groups but almost nothing …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Site Posts More Paladino Porn Emails

Site Posts More Paladino Porn The New York Daily News reports: An upstate website is hitting Carl Paladino right in his self-proclaimed religious values - by dumping a new batch of sexually explicit emails he forwarded. The emails, some dating back to 2008, were posted …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Dem Rep Only Has One Donor

Dem Rep Only Has One Donor Politico reports: With a potentially competitive race developing back home in Minnesota’s 8th District, Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar collected a contribution from just one resident of the district between June 22 and Sept. 30, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Judge Approves Lawsuit Against Obamacare

Judge Approves Lawsuit Against Obamacare The Wall Street Journal reports: This just in: According to a Reuters report, a federal judge in Pensacola, Fla., has ruled that 20 U.S. states can proceed with their lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Read: McKinnon's Centrist Manifesto

Read: McKinnon's Centrist Manifesto Mark McKinnon writes: These principles align with the long poles of the Republican tent. The keepers at the GOP gate need to open the flaps wide. (Democrats embrace their centrists like Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina; they don't call him a …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Obama: "Shovel Ready" Projects Don't Exist

Obama: "Shovel Ready" Projects Don't Exist The New York Times reports: While proud of his record, Obama has already begun thinking about what went wrong — and what he needs to do to change course for the next two years. He has spent what one aide called “a lot of time talking …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Powell Floated for Sec. Defense

Powell Floated for Sec. Defense Laura Rozen reports: With Jim Jones’ resignation last week as National Security Adviser and the elevation of his deputy Tom Donilon to succeed him, speculation is turning to who might succeed Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The Obama cabinet …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Romney Raises $1.7 Million

Romney Raises $1.7 Million Politico reports: Mitt Romney’s political operation raised $1.7 million from July through September, again pacing the field of prospective 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls. The former Massachusetts governor, who lost a bid for the 2008 Republica…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Independent Voters Deciding Election

Independent Voters Deciding Election The Wall Street Journal reports: In American politics, people tend to think of "radicals" as those on the ideological fringes of the left or right. But what happens when the radicals are smack in the middle of the political spectrum? That may …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Barbour Pushed to Run for RNC

Barbour Pushed to Run for RNC Politico reports: A handful of well-known Republicans plan to go to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour after Nov. 2 and urge him, for the good of his party, to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee rather than the party’s nominatio…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

80% of Tea Party will vote Republican

80% of Tea Party will vote GOP Bloomberg reports: Tea Party activists, once on the fringe of the Republican mainstream, are fueling the party’s momentum in the midterm elections, a Bloomberg National poll shows. Four of five Tea Party supporters who say they plan to vote in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Sestak Trails in PA Senate Race

Sestak Trails in PA Senate Race Rasmussen reports: Republican Pat Toomey now holds a 10-point lead over Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak, the widest gap between the candidates since early April in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Bartlett: A History of Political Gridlock

Bartlett Looks at Political Gridlock Bruce Bartlett writes : With the likely prospect that we will have divided government once again starting in January, I was curious about how often we have had unified government control or divided control throughout our history. I compiled the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

O'Donnell: GOP Abandoned Me

O'Donnell: GOP Abandoned Me Politico reports: Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell claims the national Republican Party has abandoned her. At a post debate party at an Irish pub, O’Donnell called out the National Republican Senatorial Committee for not helping her …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010

Barton Will Fight for Energy Chair

Barton Will Fight for Energy Chair Politico reports: Republicans don’t even have the House majority yet, but Rep. Joe Barton is already making a play for a chairmanship his leadership is highly unlikely to give him. In his quest to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee, the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 14, 2010