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Olbermann Suspended Indefinitely From MSNBC

Olbermann Suspended Indefinitely The New York Times reports: Keith Olbermann, the top anchor on MSNBC, was suspended on Friday after the channel discovered that he had made campaign contributions to three Democrats. The MSNBC president, Phil Griffin, issued a statement saying, “I …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

How Obamacare Gives Docs the Shaft

The Dems' health reform plan is doomed unless it can protect the doctors who actually deliver care from cost-cutting insurers or payout seeking lawyers. I am not involved in politics and I don’t follow the ups and downs of the political world, but I do know as a practicing physician that this …

Written by Marcie Keller on Friday November 5, 2010

Bartlett: What Obama Forgot To Do

Bartlett: What Obama Forgot Bruce Bartlett writes : While the poor state of the economy was undoubtedly the primary reason for big Democratic losses in Tuesday’s elections, it is also clear that those losses were a referendum on Barack Obama’s administration. I believe his …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Bachmann Flunks Fact Check

Bachmann Flunks Fact Check The St. Petersburg Times ' PolitiFact looks at Michele Bachmann's recent statements and judges their veracity. The current tally: 7 "false" and 5 "pants on fire" false. About a year ago, the New York Times published an article about our ratings on …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Braun: Rahm 'Cut and Run' on Obama

Braun: Rahm 'Cut and Run' on Obama The Chicago Sun-Times reports: Chicago mayoral hopeful Carol Moseley Braun went on the attack Thursday, slamming rival Rahm Emanuel for "abandoning" President Obama after "pushing policies that [led] to the biggest Democratic Party political …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Outspending Dems on Medicare is a Lose-Lose Game

Boehner's plan to repeal Obama's Medicare cuts is a no-win strategy. Trying to outspend the Dems could give tax hikers the upper hand or hurt the GOP at the polls. David Frum is right to say that John Boehner’s promise to hold a vote on overturning President Obama’s Medicare cuts shows that the …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Friday November 5, 2010

Bin Laden May Be Aiding Yemen Terror Plots

Bin Laden May Be Aiding Yemen Terror Plots The Wall Street Journal reports: Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders are believed to be providing strategic and philosophical guidance from Pakistan to Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, the group Washington …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Nate Silver Rates the Pollsters

Nate Silver Rates the Pollsters Nate Silver writes at FiveThirtyEight: Every election cycle has its winners and losers: not just the among the candidates, but also the pollsters. On Tuesday, polls conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports — which released more than 100 surveys …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Obama Open to Tax Cut Deal

Obama Open to Tax Cut Deal Reuters reports: A conciliatory White House said on Thursday it was willing to negotiate with Republicans on tax cut extensions, but Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell took a hard line against compromises with President Barack Obama in a new …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Obama Quits on Climate Change

Polls say the public supports strong environmental laws. So why won't Obama use his political capital to cut a climate deal with the GOP? President Theodore Roosevelt coined the phrase “Bully Pulpit” to describe the great opportunity provided by the presidency to rally the public to worthy causes. …

Written by David Jenkins on Friday November 5, 2010

Did the UN Spread Cholera in Haiti?

Did the UN Spread Cholera in Haiti? Yahoo! News reports : An outbreak of cholera has killed at least 442 people in Haiti over the last few weeks. Some public health experts are asking whether U.N. peacekeepers are responsible. Last week, hundreds of Haitians denounced the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Pelosi Works to Stay as Dem Leader

Pelosi Works to Stay as Dem Leader Politico reports : Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling fellow Democrats as she weighs whether to stay in leadership and run for minority leader after losing control of the House Tuesday night, according to two senior Democratic aides and one …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Obama Begins Trip to Asia

Obama Begins Trip to Asia The AP reports : WASHINGTON — Rebuked by voters, President Barack Obama is turning overseas, heading to Asia for 10 days of diplomacy, tourism and dealmaking that could boost the battered chief executive and highlight his political skills on the world …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Rossi Concedes in Washington State

Rossi Concedes in Washington State The AP reports : OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington U.S. Sen. Patty Murray seized a fourth term Thursday, surviving voters' backlash against Democrats nationally and weeks of relentless GOP campaign attacks on her voting and federal spending record. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Ron Paul Vows Federal Reserve Audit

Ron Paul Vows Federal Reserve Audit Reuters reports : WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Ron Paul on Thursday said he will push to examine the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions if he takes control of the congressional subcommittee that oversees the central …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

How Whitman Lost the Hispanic Vote

How Whitman Lost the Hispanic Vote Politico reports : SEIU, which spent millions carrying Jerry Brown among Hispanic voters, circulated a memo in the race's late days arguing that a combination of its campaign and Meg Whitman's nanny mess shifted the race dramatically out of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

1/3 of Gays Voted for the GOP

1/3 of Gays Voted for the GOP The Washington Post reports : If you want more data that gay men and lesbians are pretty much just like everyone else -- worried about the economy, freaked out about the direction of the country and perhaps ticked at the slow pace of change with …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Weigel: Being a "Crazy" Rep Pays Off

Weigel: Being a "Crazy" Rep Pays David Weigel writes : TPM has the first of what I expect to be many updates on the "crazy" Republican members of Congress elected in 2010. They spotlight the much-covered Allen West, the covered-as-a-kook Renee Ellmers, and the less-covered Vicky …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

O'Donnell Blames "GOP Cannibalism"

O'Donnell Blames "GOP Cannibalism" CNN reports : Republican Christine O'Donnell sounded a defiant tone the day after losing her Delaware Senate bid to Democrat Chris Coons, calling her loss a "symptom of Republican cannibalism." "In other areas, where the establishment Republica…

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010

Can Geithner Keep His Job?

Can Geithner Keep His Job? CNBC reports : We're starting a Tim Geithner death watch. That sounds a bit morbid. So let's be clear. We do not think President Barack Obama will murder Tim Geithner following the devastation of his party in the midterm elections. He'll just toss the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 5, 2010