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Home Repos Hit New High

Home Repos Hit New High in August The AP reports: Lenders took back more homes in August than in any month since the start of the U.S. mortgage crisis. The increase in home repossessions came even as the number of properties entering the foreclosure process slowed for the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Poverty Rate Jumps

Poverty Rate Jumps The New York Times reports: Forty-four million people in the United States, or one in seven residents, lived in poverty in 2009, an increase of 4 million from the year before, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday. The poverty rate climbed to 14.3 …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Obama: I Won't "Walk Away" from Immigration Reform

Obama Won't "Walk Away" From Immigration Fight Bloomberg reports: President Barack Obama said he won’t “walk away” from an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws in remarks tonight before an annual gathering of Hispanic members of Congress. “I know that many of you campaigned …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

GOP Gets It Right... In Alternate Universe

Try to imagine another reality: one where conservatives emphasize fiscal and personal responsibility, thoughtful rhetoric and sober policy analysis. This dispatch has just come in from an alternative universe: Following the recent GOP primary victories, the Responsibility Movement appears …

Written by Kenneth Silber on Thursday September 16, 2010

The Tea Party's Low Expectations

Tea partiers admirably call for fiscal responsibility, honesty and openness. Yet in Delaware they have backed a candidate who hasn't shown any of these traits Christine O’Donnell’s showing in the Delaware GOP Senate primary was a victory for the Tea Party movement, a defeat for Republican …

Written by Clifton Yin on Thursday September 16, 2010

Is Palin Now the 2012 Front-Runner?

Writing at Power Line, Paul Mirengoff makes the case that Sarah Palin is leading the pack in the GOP 2012 presidential race. Is this 1964 all over again? I haven't wanted to believe this ... but Paul Mirengoff is looking prophetic today. [I]f Sarah Palin seeks the presidential nomination, it …

Written by David Frum on Thursday September 16, 2010

Who's Afraid of the EPA? Not Voters

Republicans trying to handcuff the EPA are mistaken if they think painting the agency as a big government bogeyman will win them votes. The scuttlebutt on Capitol Hill is that Senate Republicans are planning to use a markup of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual spending bill to try …

Written by David Jenkins on Thursday September 16, 2010

Reid's Play for Women Voters Backfiring

Harry Reid's attack ads have driven up Sharron Angle's negatives amongst female voters. Yet, at the same time, Angle's share of women voters has risen. The new Rasmussen poll on the Nevada Senate race continues to show something approximating a tie between Majority Leader Harry Reid and …

Written by Brent R. Orrell on Thursday September 16, 2010

Oren: Why Israel Cares About Peace

Oren: Why Israel Cares About Peace Ambassador Michael Oren writes: Imagine that you're a parent who sends her children off to school in the morning worrying whether their bus will become a target of suicide bombers. Imagine that, instead of going off to college, your children become …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Teachers Union Spent $1 Million to Defeat Fenty

Teachers Union Spent $1 Million to Defeat Fenty Ben Smith reports: The American Federation of Teachers spent heavily to unseat Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and to put the breaks on his aggressive efforts to shake up the city's schools system. The national union spent …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

New York Politics Look Grim After Primary

New York Politics Look Grim After Primary City Journal reports: Amid tabloid cheering about the fall of State Senator Pedro Espada in Tuesday’s primaries, it’s easy to forget that New York’s fiscal crisis is still looming and that nothing in the primary results is likely to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Frum: Politicians Pay The Price for TARP

Frum: Politicians Pay The Price for TARP David Frum writes at Marketplace.com: David Frum: In the first days of the Obama Administration, early in 2009, an important decision had to be made. America's banks had racked up $1.5 trillion in losses during the financial crises -- more …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Silence From North Korea on Party Congress

Silence From North Korea on Party Congress Bloomberg reports: North Korea may have missed its own deadline to hold the regime’s biggest political gathering in 30 years, fueling speculation the health of leader Kim Jong Il is worsening as he prepares to transfer power to his son. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Rubio Leads by Double Digits

Rubio Leads by Double Digits Rasmussen Polling Reports: Republican Marco Rubio continues to hold a double-digit lead over independent candidate Charlie Crist in Florida’s contentious race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Warren to be Appointed as "Special Adviser"

Warren to be Appointed as "Special Adviser" Boston.com reports: WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to appoint Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to a Treasury Department advisory post that will allow her to help create the consumer protection bureau, a key component of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Whitman Spends $119 Million on Campaign

Whitman Spends $119 Million on Campaign Huffington Post reports: SAN FRANCISCO — Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor, has surpassed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the highest personal contribution in American campaign history. Whitman's campaign …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday September 16, 2010

Tea Party to GOP: Our Way or the Highway

Tea Party Republicans cannot deem mainstream Republicans the supreme enemy – and then demand that they salute the flag of party unity. My latest column for The Week examines the unequal relationship between mainstream Republicans and Tea Party Republicans: Christine O’Donnell had barely …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday September 15, 2010

Frum: Do Voters Realize What TARP Saved?

Frum: Do Voters Realize What TARP Saved? On NPR's Marketplace, David Frum wondered if voters care about how much worse things could have been without TARP? In the first days of the Obama Administration, early in 2009, an important decision had to be made. America's banks had racked …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday September 15, 2010

Tea Party Cannibals

The Tea Party has an appetite for RINOs, but not for the kind of compromises that bring a party together. Christine O’Donnell had barely finished making a meal of Rep. Mike Castle when she appeared on Good Morning America to deplore Republican “cannibalism.” Tuesday’s message: “Get out of our …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday September 15, 2010

DeMint: O'Donnell Victory Worth Losing Seat

DeMint: O'Donnell Victory Worth Losing Seat Politico reports: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) rejected criticisms Wednesday of the GOP nomination of conservative Christine O’Donnell in Delaware, suggesting he’d rather lose the race than see the moderate Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) became …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday September 15, 2010