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Tea Party Group: GOProud Doesn't Speak for Us

Tea Party Group: GOProud Doesn't Speak for Us Ben Smith at Politico reports: A group of tea party activists are firing back at a gay conservative group, claiming that they don't speak for the movement. Last week, POLITICO reported on a letter that GOProud and several tea party …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Top Blair Aide: Bush Wasn't 'Hellbent on War'

Blair Aide: Bush Not 'Hellbent on War' In The Guardian , British journalist and former Blair aid Alastair Campbell reviews former President Bush's new memoir, Decision Points : This self-serving memoir confirms that George W Bush is a moronic war-monger who can't think straight, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

"Operation: Stop Palin" Gets Rolling

The behind-the-scenes story of 2011 will be the GOP establishment's increasingly frantic search for ways to stop the Palin for President campaign. Matt Labash's review of Sarah Palin's new television show is worth reading, and not only because everything by Matt Labash is worth reading. The …

Written by David Frum on Monday November 22, 2010

The GOP Can't Wish Away Climate Change

The GOP Can't Wish Away Climate Change Sherwood Boehlert writes : Watching the raft of newly elected GOP lawmakers converge on Washington, I couldn't help thinking about an issue I hope our party will better address. I call on my fellow Republicans to open their minds to rethinking …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

How Angle's Campaign was Doomed

How Angle's Campaign was Doomed Politico reports : It’s widely recognized that in the marquee 2010 Senate race, Majority Leader Harry Reid ran a nearly flawless, textbook campaign, an operation so extraordinary that it enabled him to defy an almost certain political death. It …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Mullen: End DADT in Lame Duck

Mullen: End DADT in Lame Duck The AP reports : WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he supports Congress using its lame-duck session to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Adm. Mike Mullen says he backs action before the new Congress in …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

TSA Hints Screening Policies Will Change

TSA Hints Screening Policies Will Change Politico reports : Heeding a sudden furor, John Pistole , administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, said in a Sunday afternoon statement to POLITICO that airport screening procedures “will be adapted as conditions …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Irish Bailout May Cost $70 Billion

Irish Bailout May Cost $70 Billion The New York Times reports : PARIS — The financial support program being discussed between Ireland and potential donors should amount to at least 50 billion euros, officials briefed on the talks said Friday. The ultimate size would depend on …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Obama Announces 2014 End to Afghan Combat

Obama Announces 2014 End to Afghan Combat ABC News reports : Wrapping up his 32-hour trip to Lisbon, President Obama said today that his goal is to end the current U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan by 2014 but said there will still be a training and support function for American …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

TSA Makes Woman Remove Prosthetic Breast

TSA Makes Woman Remove Prosthetic Breast CBS reports : (CBS) A flight attendant and cancer survivor said she was forced to remove and show her prosthetic breast to a TSA agent during a security pat-down. Cathy Bossi of Charlotte, who has been a flight attendant for the past 32 …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Romney Leans on State PACs to Finance Run

Romney Leans on State PACs to Finance Run The New York Times reports : The fact that Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is weighing a run for president in 2012, has an active political action committee in Alabama might seem puzzling. It is, after all, not a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Obama Seeks Truce With Chamber of Commerce

Obama Seeks Truce With Chamber of Commerce Politico reports : Moving to repair a deep rift with leading CEOs, President Barack Obama plans to speak at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event next month and the two sides are trying to work out details, White House and Chamber officials …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

US Seeks to Expand Drone Use in Pakistan

US Seeks to Expand Drone Use in Pakistan The Washington Post reports : ISLAMABAD - The United States has renewed pressure on Pakistan to expand the areas where CIA drones can operate inside the country, reflecting concern that the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan is being …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

FBI Finishing Massive Insider-Trading Probe

FBI Finishing Massive Insider-Trading Probe The Wall Street Journal reports : Federal authorities, capping a three-year investigation, are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants, investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders, and analysts …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 22, 2010

Don't Let Congress Handcuff The EPA

Congress' plans to strip the EPA's authority to limit greenhouse gases will only mean more political gridlock on climate change issues. The main selling point of Senator Jay Rockefeller’s legislation to impose a two-year timeout on EPA climate regulations is that Congress should decide how and …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Sunday November 21, 2010

Pope: Condoms Can Be Useful in Some Cases

Pope: Condoms Can Be Useful in Some Cases The BBC reports : Peter Seewald: On the occasion of your trip to Africa in March 2009, the Vatican's policy on Aids once again became the target of media criticism. Twenty-five percent of all Aids victims around the world today are …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 21, 2010

Barbara Bush to Palin: Stay in Alaska

Barbara Bush to Palin: Stay in Alaska Mediaite reports : Former First Lady Barbara Bush is certainly not known for mincing words, though this may be one of the more subtle hints she’s thrown down in a while. Speaking alongside her husband, President George H. W. Bush , to Larry …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 21, 2010

North Korea Unveils New Nuclear Reactor

North Korea Unveils New Nuclear Reactor The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — North Korea showed a visiting American nuclear scientist earlier this month a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium, confronting the Obama administration with the prospect …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 21, 2010

Court Orders Gawker to Pull Palin Excerpts

Court Orders Gawker to Pull Palin Excerpts The New York Times reports : When Sarah Palin found out that some Web sites had posted excerpts from advance copies of her new book, she took her lament to Twitter. “The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts of my book …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 21, 2010

Arizona Boycott Cost State $140 Million

Arizona Boycott Cost State $140 Million azcentral.com reports : A boycott of Arizona in the wake of a controversial immigration law has cost the state more than $140 million in lost meeting and convention business, a new report released Thursday shows. The economic impact …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 21, 2010