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Khimm: Bachmann Has Edge on Palin

Suzy Khimm writes in Mother Jones : At first glance, you might think you were seeing double. Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are both hard-right Republican firebrands with a populist touch, a love of the spotlight, and devoted throngs of conservative followers. Though both have been …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday June 8, 2011

Auto Bailout: WH Sold Public a Lemon

The Washington Post reports: With some of the economic indicators looking a bit dicey, President Obama traveled to Ohio last week to tout what the administration considers a good-news story: the rescue of the domestic automobile industry. In fact, he also made it the subject of his …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Wednesday June 8, 2011

Senate Vote Looms On Swipe Fee Plan

The Wall Street Journal reports : The U.S. Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a revamped plan to delay cuts in the debit card processing fees financial firms charge merchants, a highly anticipated moment in the raging fight between retailers and bankers. In a sign that the new …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Bernanke: Cuts Could Slow Recovery

CNN/Money reports : The economy lost some momentum recently, Ben Bernanke acknowledged Tuesday, but the Federal Reserve chairman is still optimistic that the recovery will pick up again in the second half of the year. In a speech on Tuesday, Bernanke twice called the job market "far from …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Report: Syrian Blogger Abducted

The Guardian reports : "If we want to live in a free country," Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari wrote on her blog on 27 April, "we must begin by living as though we are already in a free country." And so the 35-year-old Syrian, an outspoken lesbian, feminist and anti-government protester, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Obama, Merkel Ignore Libya Differences

The National Journal reports : A world of differences plague the U.S.-German relationship, but the tone between President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel couldn’t have been warmer as the two leaders praised their personal friendship and tiptoed around national problems. The two …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Cantor: Weiner Should Pull Out

The Hill reports : House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has become the first GOP House leader to call on Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to resign. img src='http://ad.thehill.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=121&n=ada93f9b&ct0=INSERT_CLICKURL_HERE' border='0' alt='' /> …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Dems Back Weiner Ethics Probe

C NN reports : Democratic leaders took the initiative Monday to go after one of their own, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, hours after he admitted to lying about posting an explicit photo on his Twitter account and carrying on inappropriate relationships with women he'd met online. Two …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Rollins: Palin 'Not Serious'

Politico reports : Michelle Bachmann's new top consultant, Ed Rollins, began his tenure with scathing criticism of potential Bachmann rival Sarah Palin. "Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years," Rollins told Brian Kilmeade on his radio show, Kilmeade and Friends. "She …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Erekat: '67 Borders Basis for Talks

The Palestinian News Agency reports : Saeb Erekat, member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive Committee and chief negotiator, denied Tuesday Israeli reports that he had held talks in Washington with an Israeli official. Israeli media reported Monday that Erekat, who …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Debt Fight Spooks Wall Street

Stan Collender writes : Three things are wrong with the continuing insistence by the Republican Congressional leadership and a number of potential GOP presidential candidates that the financial markets will not react negatively if the existing federal debt ceiling is not increased by Aug. 2, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Bartlett: U.S. Taxes Are Low For OECD

Bruce Bartlett writes : When Americans see these data they are usually incredulous that Europeans submit to such seemingly oppressive tax levels. Conservatives, in particular, tend to view freedom as a fixed sum: the bigger government is as a share of G.D.P., the less freedom there is for …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Libya Claims Qadhafi HQ Hit

CNN reports: At least 25 loud explosions rocked Tripoli midday Tuesday as NATO airstrikes hit a military base and, according to Libyan State TV, leader Moammar Qadhafi's compound. Qadhafi's compound was under "intensive continuous bombardment," according to State TV, which reported …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Priebus Demands Weiner's Resignation

The Hill reports : Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus called on Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to resign on Tuesday. Priebus became the first major public figure to call on Weiner, who confessed on Monday to sending a series of lewd text messages to women in …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Iran Sends Subs to Red Sea

The Huffington Post reports : Iran has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment by the country's navy in distant waters, a semi-official news agency reported on Tuesday. The deployment reflects Iran's efforts to show off its naval power. Iran has long sought to …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Yemeni Rebels Seize Key City

CNN reports: Tribal fighters took control of a top Yemeni city on Tuesday, a setback for an embattled government whose injured president is confined to a hospital in Saudi Arabia. More than 400 tribal gunmen took over Taiz in southwest Yemen, eyewitnesses there said. The gunmen had …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Romney: Palin 'Didn't Ruin My Day'

CNN reports: For any other candidate, raining on a presidential announcement parade would be seen as sabotage. Not former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The 2012 presidential candidate told CNN’s Piers Morgan Monday that he wasn’t offended when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared in …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Poll Boost For Romney

ABC News reports: An announcement bump for Mitt Romney and a bus-tour boost for Sarah Palin put the pair atop the field for the Republican presidential nomination. But while their primary standings are similar, their broader prospects for election look vastly different. Romney appears …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

GOP Pushes For Two-Year Budget

"The Hill" reports: Republican leaders are considering asking the White House to back a significant reform of the federal budget process in exchange for raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The GOP wish list for hiking the debt ceiling will be long, and Republican sources contend that …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Accuser to Testify

The New York Times reports : The housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in his hotel suite has vowed to tell her story from the witness stand, a lawyer for the woman said on Monday. “She is going to come into this courthouse, get on that witness stand …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011