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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

Librarians Defend Teen Gore

An enormous Twitterstorm has arisen over a WSJ reviewer's expose of the increasingly gruesome and sensationalistic books being targeted at teenagers. An enormous Twitterstorm has arisen over a Wall Street Journal reviewer's expose of the increasingly gruesome and sensationalistic books being …

Written by Tessa Berenson on Tuesday June 7, 2011

GOP's 2012 Choice: Romney... Or Obama

Normally, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are polar opposites. Today though the two figures have something in common: a new poll shows both on political life support. On the political spectrum, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are polar opposites. Normally, that is. Today, the two figures have …

Written by Jeb Golinkin 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

Peru's New Prez: Closet Chavez Fan?

Ollanta Humala says his commitment is to economic growth and social inclusion. Is it possible he changed his ideology and became the pragmatic leader Peru needs? On Sunday, June 5, Peruvians had a difficult election to make. On the runoff for the presidential elections they had to choose between …

Written by Daniela Chacón Arias on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Pawlenty's Tax Cuts Won't Boost Jobs

Tim Pawlenty wants his economic policy to generate jobs, but lower taxes on upper-income earners might not do the trick. During the Q&A session of Pawlenty's economic policy speech Tuesday in Chicago, he was asked a simple question: why do we need even more tax cuts? The questioner noted that …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green 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

Weiner's Digital Flashing

Who finds fulfillment, sexual or otherwise, from a three-year series of sexually explicit electronic-only relationships that never lead to physical intimacy? A quick thought about Rep. Anthony Weiner: if his account is true, it seems pretty obvious that he is an exhibitionist who gets off on …

Written by Eli Lehrer 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

Obama Woos Angela Merkel

President Obama has by honoring Angela Merkel’s path and achievement tried to remind Germany to punch according to its heavyweight class. It is hard to judge whether Barack Obama is an avid Spider-Man fan or not, but with his latest humble reception of Angela Merkel, Obama indirectly underlined …

Written by Robin Tim Weis 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