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Reagan Library Hosting First 2012 Prez Debate

Reagan Library Hosting First 2012 Prez Debate Politico reports: Former first lady Nancy Reagan announced plans Thursday to invite the leading Republican contenders to the first debate of the presidential primary season, to be held at her late husband’s presidential library and …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Pakistan's Anti-Terror Police HQ Attacked

Pakistan: Anti- Terror Cops HQ Attacked BBC reports: An attack on anti-terrorist police headquarters in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, has left 20 dead and at least 100 injured. Police say they exchanged fire with militants trying to storm the Criminal Investigation Department …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Is Communism Ending in Cuba?

Is Communism Ending in Cuba? The Economist reports : SHORTLY after he took charge of Cuba from his ailing brother, Fidel, in 2006, Raúl Castro declared that his country’s moribund communist economy needed to change. But his failure to make anything more than marginal …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Murkowski Wins 98% of Write-In Votes

Murkowski Wins 98% of Write-Ins Anchorage Daily News reports: Almost 98 percent of write-in ballots opened Wednesday went to Lisa Murkowski on the first day of a count meant to decide Alaska's U.S. Senate race. The Division of Elections accepted few of the objections made by …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Axelrod Denies Bush Tax Cut Deal

Axelrod Denies Bush Tax Cut Deal National Journal reports: Senior White House adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President Obama has not caved to GOP demands on the extension of the Bush tax cuts, despite a report to the contrary. “We're willing to discuss how we …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Read: Bainbridge Apologizes to Bartlett

Read: Bainbridge Apologizes to Bartlett Stephen Bainbridge writes : Back when Bush 43 was President, I was a huge fan of Bruce Bartlett. I especially loved his book Impostor . But when Bartlett broke with the Republicans back in 2008, it seemed to me that he had gone "from being …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Milbank: My Bush Nostalgia

Milbank: My Bush Nostalgia Dana Milbank at The Washington Post writes: I miss George W. Bush. I don't miss him in the sense that I wish he were still president. If he were, we might be at war with Iran and North Korea by now, and perhaps Portugal. Neither do I miss the endless …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

The Deficit Panel's Balancing Act

Jonathan Chait complains that the preliminary deficit panel report is "tilted, overwhelmingly, toward Republican priorities." But is he right? Ross Douthat has a perceptive post here on the deficit reduction commission's opening bid. Replying to Jonathan Chait's complaint that the preliminary …

Written by David Frum on Thursday November 11, 2010

Can Romney's Front-Runner Status Last?

Polls show Mitt Romney is the favored GOP presidential candidate for 2012. But will his big poll lead translate into a smooth ride to the nomination? Thanks to the backing of moderate Republicans, Mitt Romney is still the front-runner for the GOP's 2012 presidential nomination. But, as my latest …

Written by David Frum on Thursday November 11, 2010

Kagan: GOP Should Support START Treaty

Kagan: GOP Should Support START Treaty Robert Kagan writes : Senate Republicans seem sorely tempted not to pass the New START agreement during the lame-duck session. Some simply won't vote for the treaty. Some think the newly elected members should have a say and that there's no …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Axelrod: WH Ready to Deal on Bush Tax Cuts

Axelrod: WH Ready to Deal on Tax Cuts Politico reports: The White House signaled Wednesday that President Barack Obama is ready to cut a deal on the Bush-era tax cuts – accepting a temporary extension of the cuts for the wealthiest Americans to win renewal of tax breaks for …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Remembrance Day Reading

Even as someone who has lived most of his life in the U.S., November 11 remains to me "Remembrance Day," not "Veterans Day." Even as someone who has lived most of his life in the United States, November 11 remains to me "Remembrance Day," not "Veterans Day." Yet remembrance proves surprisingly …

Written by David Frum on Thursday November 11, 2010

Talabani to Obama: Drop Dead

Talabani to Obama: Drop Dead Eli Lake at The Washington Times reports: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, one of America's closest allies in the country, has rebuffed the personal request of President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to relinquish his post as Iraqis form …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Honoring Those Who Served

On this day in 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns fell silent on the War to End All Wars. On this day in 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month . . . the guns fell silent on the War to End All Wars . . . …

Written by Sean Linnane on Thursday November 11, 2010

Will Snowe Become a Dem?

Will Snowe Become a Dem? National Journal reports : A SNOWE BALL’S CHANCE? We hear that Dems are making new overtures to Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine to switch teams. They've tried before, but Snowe's 2012 primary prospects make taking another run at her …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Obama Criticizes North Korean Regime

Obama Criticizes North Korean Regime Politico reports : SEOUL - In a Veterans Day speech delivered just miles from the demilitarized zone, President Obama sharply criticized North Korea for its pursuit of nuclear weapons and said Pyongyang still has the opportunity to fulfill its …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Iraq Deal May Keep Maliki in Power

Iraq Deal May Keep Maliki in Power The New York Times reports : BAGHDAD — Iraq ’s leaders reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday night to create a unity government embracing the country’s major ethnic and religious factions, ending an eight-month political impasse and …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Package Bomb Timed to Detonate over East Seaboard

Package Bomb Timed to Detonate over East Seaboard BBC reports : Tests on a failed parcel bomb sent on a US-bound cargo flight last month show it could have been designed to detonate over the eastern US, say UK police. The bomb was found in a printer cartridge on a plane in a UK …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

Bachmann Drops Leadership Bid

Bachmann Drops Leadership Bid Politico reports : Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann dropped out of the race for House Republican Conference chair on Wednesday night, ending a quixotic bid for leadership that many saw as the first real test of the tea party against the GOP establish…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010

FDA Unveils New Cigarette Warning Labels

FDA Unveils New Cigarette Warning Labels The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators on Wednesday unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packages, including one showing a toe tag on a corpse and another in which a mother blows smoke on her baby. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 11, 2010