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GOP Leadership Ignoring Bachmann

GOP Leadership Ignoring Bachmann Roll Call reports : House Republican leaders have a simple strategy for dealing with Rep. Michele Bachmann : Ignore her. “We treat her like all Members, ” a GOP leadership aide said. Paying the tea party firebrand any special attention …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Will Scalia Uphold the Mandate?

Will Scalia Uphold the Mandate? The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- Observers of the legal drama surrounding President Obama's health care reform legislation have reached two broad conclusions: that it will ultimately be ruled on by the Supreme Court, and that Justice …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Mark Kelly Will Fly Space Shuttle

Mark Kelly Will Fly Space Shuttle Politico reports : Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will fly the space shuttle Endeavour's final mission in April, according to a source familiar with the decision. Kelly and NASA are expected to make an announcement …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

JP Morgan Had Concerns About Madoff

JP Morgan Had Concerns About Madoff The New York Times reports : Senior executives at JPMorgan Chase expressed serious doubts about the legitimacy of Bernard L. Madoff ’s investment business more than 18 months before his Ponzi scheme collapsed but continued to do business …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Will Muslim Brotherhood Honor Treaty with Israel?

Muslim B'Hood Leader: Dissolve Peace Treaty Eli Lake at the Washington Times reports: A political leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Thursday called on any government that replaces Hosni Mubarak's regime to withdraw from the 32-year-old peace treaty with Israel. "After …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

A Test for the New Egypt

There's a lot of heady talk in the US about Egypt, but let's not forget: popular protests in the Mideast don't usually generate stable democratic regimes. The treaty with Israel contains more than just a promise not to go to war. It contains a series of very specific commitments about Israeli …

Written by David Frum on Thursday February 3, 2011

Is Mubarak Toast?

Mubarak's speech promising to step down in September has only intensified the protests in Egypt. No matter how one wants to interpret it, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is toast. It’s no longer a question of replacing him, it’s one of getting rid of him and his regime. What confirms that he …

Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday February 3, 2011

Ryan's Budget Cut Hopes Fall Short

The $30 billion in budget cuts that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is supporting seem awfully timid. The $30 billion in budget cuts that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has come out in support of are probably achievable but, in many ways, seem awfully timid. Although …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Thursday February 3, 2011

Why is U of Toronto Funding Angry Leftwing Speech?

Radical speakers Ward Churchill and Angela Davis were free to say what they wanted at a U of Toronto event this week. But why were they paid with student fees? I am a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. My school this week invited to speak on campus two American …

Written by Robert Boissonneault on Thursday February 3, 2011

Army Missed Signs of Ft. Hood Attack

Army Missed Signs of Ft. Hood Attack Washington Post reports: A Senate investigation into the Fort Hood shooting faults the Army and FBI for missing warning signs and failing to exchange information that could have prevented the massacre. The report concludes that systemic and …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Opposition: No Talks with Regime

Opposition: No Talks with Regime Wall Street Journal reports: Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the largest and most organized opposition group in the country, Thursday rejected an offer to hold talks with the government aimed at ending more than a week of protests against …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Mubarak's Son Won't Run in Elections

Mubarak's Son Not Running for Office CBS News reports: Egypt's vice president has said that President Hosni Mubarak's son will not seek to succeed his father in elections later this year, the latest concession to anti-government protesters, according to state television. It was …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Mubarak: 'If I Resign Today There Will be Chaos'

Mubarak: 'If I Resign Today There Will be Chaos' ABC News' Christiane Amanpour reports: I've just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I sat down for an exclusive 30-minute interview with President Hosni Mubarak. He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Larson Named New RNC Chief of Staff

This morning, the RNC named strategist Jeff Larson as new Chief of Staff. He now faces the tough task of filling positions while the RNC manages a cash crunch. The Republican National Committee officially announced this morning that Chairman Reince Priebus will be bringing in Republican strategist …

Written by Tim Mak on Thursday February 3, 2011

Obama's New Voice

Jay Carney's selection as press secretary signals a White House that's less insular and less willing to engage in the political mud fights which plague D.C. As one Democrat and Obama enthusiast who argued, in the wake of last November’s electoral “shellacking”, that the White House needed a …

Written by Les Francis on Thursday February 3, 2011

Who Really Killed the JFK Mini-Series?

The last of the Kennedy patriarchs - Sen. Ted Kennedy - may be dead, but the family's legendary power to get their way appears to extend beyond the grave. The last of the Kennedy patriarchs -- Senator Ted Kennedy -- may be dead, but the Kennedys' legendary power to get the family's way appears to …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday February 3, 2011

Does Anyone Really Trust the Muslim Brotherhood?

Having representation of Islamic parties in the Egyptian parliament is one thing. But seeing them hold executive power will be something very different. As readers have probably noted, I'm one of those less excited by - and more wary of - the protests in Egypt. I hold no brief for Hosni Mubarak, …

Written by David Frum on Thursday February 3, 2011

Virginia AG Asks SCOTUS to Rule on Health Bill

Virginia AG Asks SCOTUS to Rule on Health Bill The Hill reports: Virginia's top lawyer said the court should expedite a ruling to settle the confusion surrounding lawsuits against healthcare reform. Virginia’s attorney general on Thursday joined the growing chorus calling for …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

GOP Seeks $32B in 2011 Budget Cuts

GOP Seeks $32B in 2011 Budget Cuts The AP reports: House Republican leaders on Thursday said they would seek to cut $74 billion from President Obama’s 2011 budget request. The announcement sets a spending ceiling for the current fiscal year of $1.055 trillion. The decision …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

McCain: 'Thank God Rumsfeld Was Relieved of Duty'

McCain: 'Thank God Rumsfeld Was Relieved of Duty' ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: "'Thank God he was relieved of his duties." That’s what Sen. John McCain told me this morning when I asked him about a report that former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld wrote in his …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011