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Gates: Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell

Gates: Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell CNN reports : Secretary of Defense Robert Gates also urged the Senate to act quickly, warning that the military doesn't want change imposed by "judicial fiat." Speaking at the Pentagon, he alluded to a recent string of court opinions calling the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Cuccinelli Shakes Up the Role of the Attorney General

Cuccinelli Shakes Up the Role of the Attorney General Suzy Khimm reports : Perhaps you remember Breastgate : Back in April, Virginia's newly elected Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli apparently decided that the state-issued lapel pins worn by his staff were a little too …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

How the DREAM Bill Encourages Amnesty Fraud

Immigration proponents are so convinced more immigration is good in itself that they fail to see how the proposed DREAM act could be abused. Welcome to Round 4 of a debate over the DREAM act between Will Wilkinson and myself. DREAM is an immigration measure that offers US citizenship to illegal …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday December 1, 2010

What Congress' Food Safety Bill Left Out

A new food safety overhaul which just passed the Senate will end up being the biggest bill to come out of the lame duck. But will it actually improve food safety? A new food safety bill, which just passed the Senate and is now headed for a House-Senate Congress, will probably end up being the …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Assange: Hillary "Should Resign"

Assange: Hillary "Should Resign" Time reports: Hillary Clinton, Julian Assange said, "should resign." Speaking over Skype from an undisclosed location on Tuesday, the WikiLeaks founder was replying to a question by TIME managing editor Richard Stengel over the diplomatic cable dump …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Avlon: Boehner, Obama Need a Cigarette Summit

Avlon: Boehner, Obama Need a Cigarette Summit John Avlon writes at CNN.com: On Tuesday afternoon, President Obama will meet with Republican Congressional leaders for the first time since the midterm election. The White House meeting had been dubbed the "Slurpee summit," but it's …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Throw the Book at Assange

After the latest round of damaging WikiLeaks revelations, one is left to wonder what motivation Assange had beyond the desire to see America suffer. In 1971, The New York Times began releasing information that showed that the federal government of the United States had been systematically …

Written by Cheves Ligon on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Obama, GOP Plan More Talks on Tax Cuts

Obama, GOP Plan More Tax Cut Talks Sam Stein at Huffington Post reports: President Obama and congressional leadership agreed on Tuesday that the best way to resolve differences on the soon-to-be-expired Bush tax cuts would be to hold additional meetings. In a classic Washington …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Senate Passes Food Safety Overhaul

Senate Passes Food Safety Overhaul Reuters reports: The Senate passed the largest overhaul of the U.S. food safety system in decades on Tuesday, a response to massive recalls such as last summer's recall of half a billion eggs in a salmonella outbreak. The Senate voted 73-25 to …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Steele & Cino Won't Show at RNC Chair Debate

F F has learned that Michael Steele and challenger Maria Cino will skip the conservative caucus' Wednesday debate for RNC Chair candidates. Frum Forum has learned that it is unlikely that incumbent RNC Chairman Michael Steele will be attending the RNC conservative caucus’ forum for prospectiv…

Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Why Toppling Steele is Harder Than It Looks

A new PPP poll has 47% of Republicans wanting RNC chair Michael Steele replaced. But beating him might not be as easy as his opponents think. An interesting poll out by Public Policy Polling this morning has 47% of Republicans preferring the replacement of Republican National Committee …

Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Why Romney and Huckabee Are Leading the Pack

Polls show a bloc of Republicans who like Romney and Huckabee, but dislike Palin and Gingrich. Andrew Sullivan is puzzled by new polls from PPP that suggest there is a bloc of Republicans who like Romney and Huckabee, but dislike Palin and Gingrich. Since Romney and Huckabee so dislike each …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Scarborough to GOP: 'Man Up' and Stop Palin

Scarborough to GOP: 'Man Up' and Stop Palin Writing in Politico , Joe Scarborough advises the GOP that it's time to finally confront Sarah Palin: Republicans have a problem. The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Senate Votes to Kill Earmark Ban

Senate Votes to Kill Earmark Ban USA Today reports: The Senate voted 39-56 today to kill a GOP-proposed ban on lawmaker-directed spending items known as earmarks, setting up a rocky path for the practice of slipping pet projects into spending bills next year. A long-time …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Bloomberg's School Chancellor Granted Waiver

Bloomberg's School Chancellor Granted Waiver The New York Times reports : Cathleen P. Black , the publishing executive picked by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to be the next schools chancellor, cleared a final hurdle on Monday as the state granted her the waiver she needs to …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Fox Needs More Elitists

Last night, Glenn Beck went on a rampage against the new food safety law up for a vote in the Senate, denouncing it as a George Soros attempt to control you. Glenn Beck last night went on a rampage against the new food safety law up for a vote in the Senate today, denouncing the bill as a George …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Feds Need to Crack Down on Herbal Supplements

Today's NYT piece by Gina Kolata on the uselessness of Vitamin D and calcium supplements highlights the need for these remedies to be better regulated. Today's New York Times piece by Gina Kolata on the uselessness of Vitamin D and calcium supplements makes timely again this piece I …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Obama & the GOP: Getting Off on the Wrong Foot

Obama meets today with the new GOP leadership. But after last year's failed bipartisan health summit, should anyone expect this meet to go any better? Today, the President will meet with the Republican and Democratic Congressional leadership. At this date, the meeting has the strong possibility of …

Written by Hank Adler on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Avlon: Don't Let Politics Derail Deficit Panel

Avlon: Don't Let Politics Derail Deficit Panel John Avlon writes in The Daily Beast: The president's deficit-reduction commission is scheduled to vote tomorrow on what might be the best shot our country has at a bipartisan plan to get the national debt under control. Establishment …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday November 30, 2010

Iran Feels the Heat

There may be a debate over who won in the latest round of WikiLeaks revelations, but it's clear who lost: Iran. But whoever won Wikileaks, it's clear who lost: Iran. Iran knows it too. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Iran has agreed to another round of nuclear talks …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 30, 2010