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Thune Defends TARP

Thune Defends TARP The Hill reports: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a potential presidential candidate, this weekend defended his vote for the 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which Tea Party activists vehemetly oppose. Thune, who is also a member of the GOP leadership, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Firefighters Allow Home to Burn to Ground

Firefighters Allow Home to Burn WPSD Local 6 reports: OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight. A local neighborhood is furious after firefighters …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Gallup Poll Shows Advantage to Republicans

Gallup Poll Shows Advantage to Republicans Gallup reports: PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's generic ballot for Congress among registered voters currently shows Republicans with 46% of the vote and Democrats with 43%, similar to the 46% to 46% tie reported a week ago. However, in Gallup's …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Military Calls for Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Military Calls for Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels The New York Times reports: With insurgents increasingly attacking the American fuel supply convoys that lumber across the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan , the military is pushing aggressively to develop, test and deploy …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Blumenthal and McMahon Debate

Blumenthal and McMahon Debate Talking Points Memo reports: The candidates in the open-seat Connecticut Senate race, Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Republican former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, met tonight for a very lively debate, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 5, 2010

Birmingham's Big Architecture

Maybe one way to explain what David Cameron might mean by the "big society" is to walk around the city of Birmingham. Click here for all of David Frum’s blogposts from the 2010 Conservative Party conference. Maybe one way to explain what David Cameron might mean by the "big society" …

Written by David Frum on Monday October 4, 2010

Did the GOP Pledge Just Bail Out the Dems?

Democrats were on the defensive about their record. Now, thanks to the GOP Pledge to America, they have a new target to attack in the run-up to the midterms. A famous phrase politicians and their advisors ought to remember, goes something like this: "When your enemy is tying his own noose, leave …

Written by Steve Bell on Monday October 4, 2010

O'Keefe Blames CNN

O'Keefe Blames CNN James O'Keefe writes: Now that I’ve had a chance to watch CNN’s “Right on the Edge” documentary, I’m happy to comment. I apologize for not saying anything sooner, but don’t want to comment until I have all the facts at my disposal. As you can imagine …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

O'Donnell: China Trying to Take Over America

O'Donnell: China Plots American Take-Over The AP reports: Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware said in a 2006 debate that China was plotting to take over America and claimed to have classified information about the country that she couldn't divulge. O'Donnell…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Whitman and Brown Pull out of Gov Debate

Whitman and Brown Pull out of Debate Politico reports: Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown have both decided to pull out of Tuesday’s planned debate in the California governor’s race — and neither will say why. The two gubernatorial hopefuls were scheduled …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Former Lawmakers Scold Congress with Letter

Former Lawmakers Scold Congress Politico reports: Some former members of Congress have this to say to this season’s crop of congressional candidates: “We have met the enemy. And it is us.” In an unprecedented letter to all congressional candidates in both parties, more …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Cameron's Big Society

"Big society" was a campaign slogan of David Cameron's, and now that he's prime minister, people naturally wonder: What does it mean? Click here for all of David Frum's blogposts from the 2010 Conservative Party conference. "Big society" was a campaign slogan of David Cameron's, …

Written by David Frum on Monday October 4, 2010

Rick Sanchez's Real Offense

Rick Sanchez may have deserved to be fired, but not because anything he said was anti-Semitic, but rather because it was anti-American. Rick Sanchez may have deserved to be fired -- but not because anything he said was anti-Semitic, because nothing he said was. No, Sanchez deserved, perhaps, …

Written by John Guardiano on Monday October 4, 2010

Bad Unemployment Data Expected

Bad Unemployment Data Expected Talking Points Memo reports: Democrats are crossing their fingers and hoping to narrow both the enthusiasm gap and the spread in the generic ballot in the weeks before the midterm elections. But they're about to contend, once again, with a sobering …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Obama's Not Leading Us Down the Road to Serfdom

Conservative fears that America has moved decisively to the left are overdone. In fact, America's economy is much freer than it was 50 years ago. My latest column for CNN.com argues that conservative fears that America has moved decisively to the left are overdone. In fact, America's economy is …

Written by David Frum on Monday October 4, 2010

Trump Denies Polling New Hampshire Republicans

Trump Denies Polling Republicans Politico reports: Donald Trump on Monday denied that he sponsored a poll of New Hampshire Republicans testing his name as a potential presidential candidate. “I never heard of this poll but I'm anxious to find out what it says,” Trump said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Tennessee Mosque Opponents: Islam not a Real Religion

Tennessee Mosque Opponents: Islam not a Real Religion APP.com reports: MURFREESBORO. TENN. — My God is better than your God. That's the dispute at the heart of recent hearings in a lawsuit aimed at derailing the new Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. What started as a zoning …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

The United Germany No One Saw Coming

Twenty years after the reunification of Germany, it’s easy to forget that most of the so-called experts believed it would never happen. When the Berlin Wall came down, experts such as Alfred Grosser -- a French teacher of German history -- believed that German reunification was a fantasy that …

Written by Jean Granville on Monday October 4, 2010

GOP Candidate Turns Down Romney's Endorsement

GOP Candidate Turns Down Romney The State Column reports: It seems a Mitt Romney endorsement is not what is used to be. At least that is the case in Alabama. On Friday, Alabama Republican governor candidate Robert Bentley turned down and endorsement from the former president…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010

Japan Joins US In Europe Travel Alert

Japan Joins US In Europe Travel Alert The Christian Science Monitor reports: Japan on Monday issued a travel alert for visitors to Europe, reflecting widening concerns over terror strikes in Europe by militants trained in Pakistan, some of them possibly European citizens. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday October 4, 2010