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Is Rahm "Too Jewish" to be Mayor?

Is Rahm "Too Jewish" to be Chicago Mayor? Rachel Shteir reports: It doesn’t matter how big a war chest Rahm Emanuel can accumulate, to whom he sends dead fish wrapped in newspaper, or how many folksy features the New York Times runs to give his campaign legs. “Rahmbo” will …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Editorial: O'Donnell Embarrasses Delaware

How O'Donnell Embarrasses Delaware Ron Williams writes: Has there ever been a time in Delaware political history that's been more embarrassing for the state? We all take without thinking twice the "Dela-where" jokes and the obscure, tiny state comments. Delaware, Ohio? It's …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Ryan Plans To Update Roadmap

Ryan Plans To Update Roadmap Robert Costa reports: “I spend a lot of my time looking at these baselines, ” Ryan says. “Most people don’t know this stuff. Most people in Congress don’t understand just how quickly our fiscal situation has deteriorated. And now the Left thinks that …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Woodward: Hillary for VP "On the Table"

Woodward: Hillary for VP "On the Table" Politico reports: Speculating that President Barack Obama will replace Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton on the 2012 ticket has been a private pastime among some Democrats the past few months, and it broke into the open Tuesday night when …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Latino Voters Less Enthusiastic for Midterms

Latino Voters Less Enthusiastic for Midterm Elections Politico reports: A new poll finds that Latinos — a key bloc in Democrats’ electoral coalition — are less enthusiastic than voters overall about the looming midterm elections. Nearly two-thirds of Latino registered voters, …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

York: Big Labor Couldn't Match Glenn Beck

York: Big Labor Couldn't Match Glenn Beck Byron York writes: The nation's biggest, richest and most powerful labor unions spent months organizing the "One Nation Working Together" rally at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday. With midterm elections approaching, they hoped to put on a …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Applebaum: Terror Warnings Must Be Specific

Applebaum: Terror Warnings Need to Be Specific Anne Applebaum writes: Speaking as an American who lives in Europe, I feel it is incumbent upon me to describe what people like me do when we hear warnings like this one issued on Sunday : We do nothing. We do nothing, first and …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

White House Installs Solar Panels

White House Installs Solar Panels The AP reports: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Solar power is coming to President Barack Obama's house. The most famous residence in America, which has already boosted its green credentials by planting a garden, plans to install solar panels atop the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Dems Halve GOP Lead on Generic Party Ballot

Dems Halve GOP Lead on Generic Party Ballot The Washington Post reports: Less than a month before the midterm elections , the political landscape remains strongly tilted toward Republicans, although Democrats have made modest improvements with voters since their late-summer low …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Cornyn: All GOP Senate Seats Safe

Cornyn: All GOP Senate Seats Safe The Wall Street Journal reports: The head of the Republicans’ Senate campaign said that no seat his party now controls is in danger in this year’s election, leaving the GOP to solely go on the offense in the last month of the campaign. “All of …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

50% of Tea Party Identifies With Religious Right

50% of Tea Party Identifies With Religious Right The Washington Post reports: A new poll shows that half of those who consider themselves part of the tea party movement also identify as part of the religious right, reflecting the complex - and sometimes contradictory - blend of …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Gerson: Obama Losing Religious Voters

Gerson: Obama Losing Religious Voters Michael Gerson writes: As a candidate, it was a measure of Barack Obama's political innovation and ambition that he set out to win religious voters, including evangelical Christians. As president, his failure in this effort is equally revealing. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Murkowski: Don't Air Ads for Joe Miller

Murkowski: Don't Air Ads for Miller The Huffington Post reports: JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign is warning Alaska broadcasters not to air ads by a national tea party group that the campaign says are "littered with lies and intentional mischaracterization…

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Brooks: Rahm Emanuel Has a Soft Side

Brooks: Rahm Has a Soft Side David Brooks writes: By now everyone has an image of Rahm Emanuel. He’s the profanity-spewing political street-fighter. He’s the guy who once sent a dead fish to a political opponent. This past week, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed him as an abrasive pit …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Paladino: Cuomo Belongs in Jail

Paladino: Cuomo Belongs in Jail Talking Points Memo reports: In an interview with Alan Colmes last night, New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino said that his Democratic opponent Attorney General Andrew Cuomo "should be in jail, because he allowed [Steve] …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Tea Party Opposes Anti-Puppy Mill Laws

Tea Party Opposes Anti-Puppy Mill Laws Talking Points Memo reports: Dog bites man or man bites dog? A conservative group in Missouri is picking up the backing of the Tea Party and Joe The Plumber in its quest to stop the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday October 6, 2010

Todd Palin Chews Out Joe Miller Over Email

Todd Chews Out Joe Miller in Email Politico reports: There’s a major rift developing between Sarah Palin’s husband and Alaska Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller, according to an e-mail conversation between the two parties obtained by an Alaska politics blogger. Politico could …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Howard Kurtz Joins the Daily Beast

Howard Kurtz Joins the Daily Beast The New York Times reports: Howard Kurtz, a three-decade veteran of The Washington Post who came to embody insider Washington media reporting with his weekly column and CNN television show, is leaving The Post for Tina Brown ’s news and …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Hoffman Drops Out of NY-23 Race

Hoffman Drops Out of NY-23 Race Maggie Haberman reports: A reader forwards this email from the NRCC about Doug Hoffman pulling out of the race in NY-23, which is hard to see as anything but a massive headache for Democratic Rep. Bill Owen and a major gain for Republican Matt …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Chris Christie Avoids Glenn Beck

Chris Christie Avoids Glenn Beck Nj.com reports: Des Moines, IOWA — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is pleased that people across the political spectrum are gravitating to him and his message of cutting government and reining in spending. But he's just not ready to meet with …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010