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Top Obama Economic Adviser to Resign

The Huffington Post reports : The White House says Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Barack Obama, will resign his post as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers this summer to return to teaching at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Hey Weiner: Sexting Isn't Sexy

Men view sexting differently than women do. Weiner’s belief that woman would want to see an image of his erection isn’t just misguided, it’s almost predatory. Two of the lessons constantly drilled into the female psyches of my generation are, ‘ Nothing is private on the internet, especially …

Written by Tessa Berenson on Monday June 6, 2011

Weiner Sorry for Sexting

CNN reports : Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York apologized Monday for falsely claiming that his Twitter account had been hacked, after a lewd photo showed up over Memorial Day weekend. He admitted to having engaging in "several inappropriate relationships" with women he met online, but …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Breitbart Hijacks Weiner Presser

Politico reports : Andrew Breitbart took over the press conference in New York that was supposed to feature Rep. Anthony Weiner Monday, declaring that everything he’s posted on his conservative Web site BigGovernment.com has proven to be true. Weiner was supposed to come to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Syria: 120 Troops Killed in Ambush

The AP reports : Armed men attacked Syrian security forces in a tense northern city on Monday, Syrian officials said, and 120 policemen and security forces were killed in a region where the army has carried out days of deadly assaults on protesters calling for the end of President Bashar …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

GOP Reps Set Debt Demands

The Hill reports : More than a hundred House conservatives have signed a letter to GOP leaders setting stringent conditions that should be met if they are to support a national debt-limit increase. Conservative members of the House Republican Study Committee are growing suspicious …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Bachmann Hires Ed Rollins

The Hill reports : Veteran Republican strategist Ed Rollins said Monday that he's exclusively helping Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) with forming her campaign for president. Rollins, who served as national campaign director for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) in 2008, said that …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Poll: Voters Say Palin Least Qualified

Politico reports : Voters see Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential hopeful most qualified to take the Oval Office, according to a new survey. In a Rasmussen survey out Monday, 49 percent of likely voters said the former Massachusetts governor was qualified to be president, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Is GOP's Default Talk Slowing Recovery?

In the D.C. Examiner Michael Barone accuses Obama of harming business confidence and weakening the recovery. If that's right, what about the GOP's default threat? Michael Barone is one of the smartest and most even-tempered observers in Washington. In today's D.C. Examiner he offers his …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 6, 2011

Does Pawlenty Have a Jobs Plan?

On Tuesday, Tim Pawlenty will unveil his economic policy. So far, he's focused on tackling the debt, but will his speech also have serious policies to spur job growth? On Tuesday, Tim Pawlenty will deliver his big economic policy speech in Chicago, promising a "specific plan for boosting the …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Monday June 6, 2011

Weiner Reportedly Sent 'Sexts' to Other Woman

Radar Online reports : Weinergate is getting bigger and bigger. Another woman has come forward to strong> RadarOnline.com

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Second Woman Surfaces in Weinergate

The New York Times reports : Representative Anthony D. Weiner , a Queens Democrat already under fire because of an online episode involving a young female college student who followed him on Twitter, may be facing even more trouble. The conservative Web site Big Government reported …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Colleges' Push New Sex Assault Guidelines

The Chronicle reports : American courts take exacting precautions to avoid convicting an innocent person of a crime. It was therefore startling to read the April 4, 2011, directive on sexual violence sent by the U.S. Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, Russlynn …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Edwards Nixed Prison Term Deal

The Raleigh News & Observer today reports : The investigation had gone on for two years. Prosecutors presented evidence and called witnesses before a grand jury in Raleigh, in the Eastern District of North Carolina. In January, the case moved from Raleigh to Washington, D.C., to the …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 6, 2011

Diamond Withdraws Fed Bid

The Huffington Post reports : Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly opposed by Republicans. "It is time for me to withdraw, as I plan to inform the White House," Diamond, an …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

GOP Fringe Plays Into Obama's Strategy

The weak economy gives the GOP a good chance to win in 2012. Unfortunately, the party's fringe is distracting voters from Obama's dismal economic record. The weak economy gives the GOP a good chance to win in 2012. Unfortunately, as I discuss in my latest column for CNN.com, the GOP's fringe is …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 6, 2011

GOP Senate Pick-Up No Sure Thing

Republicans cannot and should not take a Senate takeover for granted. With Democrats defending at least eight seats Republicans could conceivably win, the GOP has the best opportunity of the decade to change the composition of the United States Senate. Although it would take a much better …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday June 6, 2011

Republicans Go Wobbly on Libya

The GOP is right to worry that Obama hasn't explained our aims in Libya. But backing Kucinich's Libya bill was the wrong way to express these concerns. Donald Rumsfeld famously said that a nation goes to war with the army it has, and not necessarily the army it wishes it had. Rumsfeld caught a …

Written by John Guardiano on Monday June 6, 2011

5 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Attack

Reuters reports : Five U.S. service members were killed in a rocket attack in Iraq on Monday in the worst single toll for American troops in the country in at least two years, the U.S. military and Iraqi security officials said. The attack showed Iraq's still precarious security …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Santorum: "We're In It To Win"

ABC News reports : And with that another Republican challenger jumped into the 2012 race this morning on "GMA." "We're ready to announce that we are going to be in this race and we're in it to win," Rick Santorum told me. Santorum, a former two-term Senator from Pennsylvania, will …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011