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Watch Matthews on Beck: 'Looney Tunes'

Matthews on Beck: 'Looney Tunes' Huffington Post reports: Chris Matthews struck back at Glenn Beck on his Wednesday show, deriding his Fox News rival in two different segments and calling him "looney tunes" and the "#1 exploiter of fear." Last week, Beck exploded at Matthews …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Palin Turned Down CPAC Keynote Address

Palin Turned Down CPAC Keynote Address ABC News reports : After skipping the popular Conservative Political Action Conference for the past three years, Sarah Palin has once again turned down the invitation of CPAC officials to address the conference this year. CPAC …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Obama: 'Christian Faith' Sustains Me

Obama: 'Christian Faith' Sustains Me CNN reports: President Barack Obama gave an unusually personal speech about his religious faith on Thursday, saying that "it is the biblical injunction to serve the least of these that keeps me going and keeps me from being overwhelmed," in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

'Forcible Rape' Language Dropped

'Forcible Rape' Language Dropped TPM reports: After pressure from women's groups, Democratic politicians and Jon Stewart, the authors of the controversial abortion bill in the House will drop language that appeared to exempt some rape victims from seeking federal help to pay for …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Journalists Arrested in Egypt

Journalists Arrested in Egypt The New York Times reports: Many journalists covering the protests in Egypt were detained by the government and attacked on Thursday, and representatives of human rights groups were also a target. Egyptian security police raided the Hisham …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Egypt's PM Apologizes for Violence

Egypt's PM Sorry for Violence CNN reports: Egypt's new prime minister apologized repeatedly Thursday for the previous day's "catastrophe" in Cairo, blaming infiltrators and a "complete disappearance" of police for the human toll. Interior Minister Habib Adli, whose office oversees …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

De Soto: Egypt's Economic Apartheid

De Soto: Egypt's Economic Apartheid Hernando de Soto writes in the Wall Street Journal : The headline that appeared on Al Jazeera on Jan. 14, a week before Egyptians took to the streets, affirmed that "[t]he real terror eating away at the Arab world is socio-economic marginalizati…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Put High Speed Rail on the Fast Track

In a world of rising fuel costs and increasing global economic pressures, the GOP needs to rethink its' historic opposition to federal funding for passenger rail. A record 28.7 million people traveled on Amtrak passenger trains in Fiscal Year 2010. Despite this, Congressional Republicans have …

Written by Michael P. Stafford on Thursday February 3, 2011

Watch: Anderson Cooper Attacked in Egypt

Watch: Anderson Cooper Attacked CNN's Anderson Cooper and crew are attacked by protesters in Egypt: Click here for more.

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

GOP Promises More Repeal Efforts

GOP Promises More Repeal Efforts The Hill reports: Senate Republicans have vowed a sustained, unrelenting push to repeal President Obama’s healthcare reform law, despite falling short in their first effort Wednesday. Republicans say they are not content to wait idly until …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Egypt Hit By Second Day of Violence

Egypt Hit By Second Day of Violence The New York Time s reports: With the eyes of the Arab world on them, protesters seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak gathered anew at Tahrir Square on Thursday after a night of gunfire and a day of mayhem that left at least five dead …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Obama, McCain Have White House Sit-Down

Obama, McCain Have WH Sit-Down The Los Angeles Times reports: President Obama welcomed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to the Oval Office on Wednesday for a rare face-to-face meeting between the two former rivals, covering issues such as immigration reform and the situation in the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Giffords' Husband to Speak at Prayer Breakfast

Giffords' Husband to Speak at Prayer Breakfast The Hill reports: The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) will speak Thursday morning at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. Giffords’s office said Mark Kelly, a Navy captain and NASA astronaut, will …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 3, 2011

Beck: It Pays to Be Crazy

Some have suggested that since the crisis in Egypt began, Glenn Beck sounds crazier than usual. If true, a decline in his audience may explain the uptick in craziness. Many people have suggested that since the crisis in Egypt began Fox News’ Glenn Beck sounds crazier than usual . This is a …

Written by David Frum on Thursday February 3, 2011

Repeal Has Failed

Now that the repeal vote has failed in the Senate, it's time for the GOP to start repairing the health reform bill. I originally wrote this column after the repeal vote failed in the House. It seems even more appropriate now that repeal has failed in the Senate. * * * Next …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday February 2, 2011

Healthcare Repeal Vote Fails

Healthcare Repeal Vote Fails CBS News reports : The Democratic majority in the Senate late Wednesday voted down a GOP measure to repeal the health care law. The vote was 47-51, largely along party lines. Senate Republicans, who are strong> unified in their desire to repeal …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 2, 2011

Senate Approves Repeal of 1099 Provisions

Senate Approves Repeal of 1099 Provisions msnbc.com reports : In a bipartisan vote of 81-17, the Senate just voted to stripe the health care law of a controversial tax measure, the so-called 1099 provision. It's a reporting requirement tucked into the law that mandates …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 2, 2011

Florida Turns Down Health Reform Cash

Florida Turns Down Obama's Health Reform Cash Politico reports: No thanks. That’s what the state of Florida is saying to the Obama administration, declining a $1 million grant to implement the health law. The move follows this week’s federal court decision declaring the law …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 2, 2011

Bachmann Headed to South Carolina

Bachmann Headed to South Carolina CNN reports: Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, will travel to the early primary state of South Carolina later this week as she mulls a possible White House bid in 2012, CNN has learned. The outspoken conservative and Tea Party favorite will …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 2, 2011

McCain Rejects CBO Repeal Estimates

McCain Rejects CBO Repeal Estimates The Hill reports: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday rejected the CBO's cost estimate of healthcare repeal as "garbage in, garbage out." McCain said the Congressional Budget Office estimate that repealing the healthcare law would …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 2, 2011