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Romney's Best Political Month in Years

POLITICO reports : Everyone just might have underestimated Mitt Romney. Serious competitors for the Republican presidential nomination have dropped out of the running. Romney has flexed his financial muscle with a $10 million-plus one-day fundraising haul . Most of all, his narrow, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011

Summers: The Economy is Sick

The Huffington Post reports : Safely removed from the Obama White House, where he was a prime architect of economic policy, Larry Summers now tells us what most regular people have known for too long: The economy is ailing and in grave need of help. In a sobering and clarifying opinion …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011

Obama: "I Would Resign" In Weiner's Situation

MSNBC reports: In an exclusive interview with Today’s Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday’s show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner right now, he would resign in the wake of the scandal in which Weiner admitted to sending explicit photos of …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Why is Hugh Hewitt Mad at Ben Smith?

Why is Romney-supporter Hugh Hewitt annoyed with Ben Smith's favorable Romney coverage? Wow -- radio talker Hugh Hewitt is certainly annoyed with Politico 's Ben Smith. He has now devoted two full columns to excoriating Smith for engaging in "pure Obama prattle," an "aggressive partisan," …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 13, 2011

Islamists and Liberals Form Coalition in Egypt

The Washington Post reports: Egypt’s most organized and powerful Islamist movement on Monday announced it intends to join forces with one of the nation’s oldest liberal parties, presenting a formidable coalition for upcoming parliamentary elections. The alliance would unite the Muslim …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

FF's Livechat of GOP Debate

Many of the third-tier GOP candidates lack real seriousness. It will be in the interests of the debate’s moderators to stop the sideshows from dominating the night. FrumForum will be hosting a livechat tonight while we watch CNN’s GOP debate in New Hampshire. This debate will feature three …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Monday June 13, 2011

Congress: Expect Less In Ag Subsidies

The Washington Post reports : HILL CITY, Kan. — This is what Washington’s new austerity has brought. A freshman Republican congressman, himself a fifth-generation corn farmer and his family a longtime beneficiary of government agricultural subsidies, drove through the endless fields …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011

Clinton To Africa: Dump Qaddafi

CNN reports: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged countries in Africa on Monday to kick out diplomats representing the government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Clinton made the remarks at a meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She urged countries to …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

WH: Weinergate A "Distraction"

CNN reports: President Barack Obama believes U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner was wrong to send a lewd picture of himself over Twitter and then lie about it, and the continuing scandal surrounding the New York Democrat is a distraction from important national business, White House spokesman Jay …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

CEOs Give White House Jobs Advice

The Los Angeles Times reports : General Electric Chief Executive Jeff Immelt and 25 other business, labor and academic leaders on Monday will present President Obama with five "fast-action steps" to create 1 million jobs through such moves as increased worker training in advanced manufacturing …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011

Are Obama's Billions Backfiring?

Sustained productivity growth comes only as a result of capital investment that meets market needs. Simply throwing money at building roads, bridges, manufacturing plants or whatever doesn’t do the trick. The question worth asking now is pretty simple: will America’s current capital investment …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday June 13, 2011

Cain: Pizza Delivery Is War

The Daily Caller reports : MANCHESTER, N.H. — Is running a pizza chain similar to being commander in chief of the armed forces? Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza running for president, said he’s suited to make hard foreign policy decisions because he made tough calls …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011

Nuke Crisis Marked By Mistrust

The New York Times reports: On the evening of March 12, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s oldest reactor had suffered a hydrogen explosion and risked a complete meltdown. Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked aides to weigh the risks of injecting seawater into the reactor to cool it down. …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Report: States Deep In Debt Too

POLITICO reports : It’s not just the federal government - the states are broke, too. The 50 state governments owe more than $1 trillion in unfunded pension contributions and health care obligations to retired public employees, according to an Associated Press survey of state-level …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011

Poll: Politicians Unethical, Getting Worse

The Hill reports: More than two-thirds of voters think the ethical standards of politicians have declined over the past generation, and almost as many say Capitol Hill lawmakers are downright unscrupulous, according to the results of a new poll commissioned by The Hill. A striking 68 …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Alleged Israeli Spy A U.S. Citizen

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports: lan Grapel, the alleged Mossad agent arrested on Sunday in Egypt, is an American citizen who served in the IDF Paratrooper’s Brigade during the Second Lebanon War and interned last summer at the Israeli Supreme Court. Grapel, originally from New York, …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

U.S. Must Not Defeat Itself In Afghanistan

The cost of winning the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is quite modest and quite manageable. The cost of losing, by contrast, could prove catastrophic for the United States. Say this for Congressional Democrats: When it comes to national defense and foreign policy, they are at least …

Written by John Guardiano on Monday June 13, 2011

Chavez Recovering After Surgery

Agence France Press reports: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering satisfactorily Sunday after undergoing surgery in Cuba and was expected to return home "in the coming days," officials from the presidential entourage said. But Information Minister Andres Izarra, who made the …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Pyongyang May Have Nuke Warhead

Reuter reports: North Korea has probably succeeded in miniaturizing a nuclear device, South Korea's defense minister said on Monday, an advance that would in theory allow the hermit state to place an atomic warhead on a rocket. Regional powers have for years tried -- with a mix of aid …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

FBI Widens Agents' Investigative Power

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14, 000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011