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Chamber of Commerce Responds to Funding Allegations

Chamber of Commerce Hits Back at WH Politico reports: U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue on Monday responded to the recent attacks on his group by the Obama administration, saying flatly that the attempts to tie the Chamber to foreign interests “won’t work.” …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 12, 2010

Weigel: Why Outside Funding Matters

Weigel: Why Outside Funding Matters Dave Weigel writes: While I don't think that voters care who's funding various ads, those ads are really not given their due by the political press. For every Christine O'Donnell ad that plays in Delaware and is repeated on cable all day, hundreds …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 12, 2010

Netanyahu Offers Settlement Freeze

Netanyahu Offers Settlement Freeze The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — An offer on Monday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to freeze West Bank Jewish settlements in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state — instantly rejected by …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 12, 2010

Douthat: Be Sober on School Choice

Douthat: Be Sober on School Choice Ross Douthat writes: In this fall’s must-see documentary, “Waiting for ‘Superman, ’ ” Davis Guggenheim offers a critique of America’s public school bureaucracy that’s manipulative, simplistic and more than a little bit utopian. Not that …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 12, 2010

Mitt Shouldn't Run from Romneycare

Politico reports that some conservatives want Mitt Romney to apologize for the Massachusetts healthcare plan he implemented as governor. An article in Politico reports that some conservatives are suggesting that Mitt Romney apologize for the Massachusetts healthcare plan he implemented as …

Written by Corey Chambliss on Monday October 11, 2010

Oil Spill Panel Slams Obama’s Gulf Clean-Up

Staff reports released by President Obama’s oil spill commission have provided a clear picture of the administration's bumbling response to the spill. No one should be surprised at the disclosure of stumbling and bumbling that took place in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, as …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Monday October 11, 2010

Watch: Manchin Shoots Cap-And-Trade Bill

Watch: Manchin Shoots Cap And Trade Bill Politico reports: Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia is firing at his own party’s platform – literally. In a new ad released over the weekend , the governor who’s running for the Senate, shoulders a rifle and shoots a hole through …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Manchin Supports Repealing Obamacare

Manchin Supports Obamacare Repeal The Hill reports: West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D), who is in a tough fight for a Senate seat, said Monday he'd support repealing the healthcare reform law if it can't be fixed. Manchin, who's been falling behind in his race against Republica…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Paul: We're "Clinging" to our Guns and Religion

Paul: We're "Clinging" to our Guns and Religion The Huffington Post reports: Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul appeared at a three-day Kentucky machine gun shoot and show over the weekend to rally support among the state's gun owners. "I don't have to apologize for supporting …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

15 Questions with Peter Worthington

F F 's Peter Worthington answers County and Quinte Living magazine's Gravitas Quotient: fifteen questions measuring one’s reserves of inner wisdom. Frum Forum 's Peter Worthington answers County and Quinte Living magazine's Gravitas Quotient: fifteen questions measuring one’s reserves of …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday October 11, 2010

Paladino Unsure if Homosexuality is a Choice

Paladino Unsure if Homosexuality is a Choice Amanda Terkel reports: New York's Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino appeared on several morning talk shows on Monday to defend his remarks to Orthodox Jewish leaders over the weekend, in which he said that children …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Fed Reserve Nominee Wins Nobel Prize

Fed Reserve Nominee Wins Nobel Prize for Econ Politico reports: The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to three economists, including MIT's Peter Diamond, whom President Obama has nominated to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The Nobel committee awarded …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Voters to Obama: Be More Like Bush

The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll shows President Obama running just about even with George W. Bush in a hypothetical match-up. Much has been made over the latest CNN/Opinion Research poll, which suggests that in a hypothetical match-up, President Barack Obama would run just about even with …

Written by Zac Morgan on Monday October 11, 2010

West Slams GOP Pledge as "Boilerplate"

West Slams GOP Pledge as "Boilerplate" Politico reports: PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) will head to south Florida Monday to campaign for Allen West, a fiery conservative who’s in a tight race against Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.). But West, a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Angle: Don't Speak to the Media

Angle: Don't Speak to the Media The Huffington Post reports: Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle spoke candidly about her reluctance to grant face time to media outlets over the weekend, facing voters at a Las Vegas event that was -- ironically enough -- closed to the press. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Gordon Gekko: Role Model?

In "Wall Street" Oliver Stone tried to present Gordon Gekko as a symbol of all that was wrong with capitalism. But that's not how his audience viewed him. In his promotion of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , director Oliver Stone has been re-characterizing the original Wall Street as less a …

Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Monday October 11, 2010

What Race is Klingon?

Recently, I was accused of racism after a comment at my own blog compared Michelle Obama to a Klingon from Star Trek. For quite some time now, the trolls that infest the comments columns at Frum Forum have been making sport span style="font-weight: bold;"> accusing me of racism somebody else

Written by Sean Linnane on Monday October 11, 2010

Paladino: Homosexuality not an "Acceptable" Lifestyle

Paladino Condemns Homosexuality as not "Acceptable" The New York Times reports: The Republican candidate for governor, Carl P. Paladino , told a gathering in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Sunday that children should not be “brainwashed” into thinking that homosexuality was acceptabl…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Karzai Confirms Contact with Taliban

Karzai Confirms Taliban Contacts The BBC reports: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed that "unofficial contacts" with the Taliban have been taking place to end the insurgency. In a CNN interview, he said such contacts "have been going on for quite some time". The …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010

Israeli Cabinet Approves of Loyalty Oaths

Israeli Cabinet Approves of Loyalty Oaths The Jerusalem Post reports: The oath of allegiance proposal that passed in Sunday’s cabinet meeting will be just the first of many such bills to be advanced during the Knesset’s winter session, which begins on Monday, Israel Beiteinu …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 11, 2010