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Is Pakistan a Victim of Donor Fatigue?

Americans and Canadians who rallied to support Haiti after the island was hit with an earthquake, have been slow to give to victims of Pakistan's floods. Expressions of (official) dismay sweep our part of the world over the  slowness, reticence, reluctance or whatever it is, of people …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Why I'm Running for Senate

This year, Republicans have a chance to correct the party's mistakes and push it back on the right track. And as a U.S. Senator, that's what I will do. I am running for the United States Senate in New Hampshire as a Republican. I do so with great pride because for me the word “Republican” is …

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Written by Bill Binnie on Tuesday September 7, 2010

O'Donnell Advocated for "Chaste" Lifestyle

O'Donnell Was an Advocate for "Chaste" Lifestyle Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party candidate in Delaware's GOP primary, wrote in favor of living a "chaste" lifestyle in 1998: Adolph Hitler once said that to engineer a society you must first engineer its language. Starting with the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Obama Less Popular in Chicago

Obama Less Popular in Chicago CBS2Chicago reports: Tonight CBS 2 spoke with people power shopping the Magnificent Mile, relaxing in Bucktown and stocking up at a South Side supermarket. "You have to consider where we were," Chicagoan T'oni Gray said, "He walked into an office …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Reid Gains Republican Support in Nevada

Reid Gains GOP Support in Nevada The Wall Street Journal reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is one of the country’s most unpopular Democrats. He is also widely disliked in his home state of Nevada. But as he revs up his expansive, a href="http://buyviagraonlinefree.net/" …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Polls Suggest Large Republican Gains

Polls Suggest Large GOP Gains Politico reports: With just two months to go before the November elections, pollsters and political scientists are predicting a blow-out loss for Democrats that could rival the Republican Revolution of 1994. In a new NBC/Wall Street Journal …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Rand Paul Leads By 15 Points

Rand Paul Leads By 15 Points A new Survey USA poll reports: In an election for the open United States Senator seat from Kentucky today, 09/02/10, Republican Rand Paul defeats Democrat Jack Conway, 55% to 40%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

A GOP Contract with America for 2010

Similar to 1994's Contract with America, the GOP needs to provide voters with a platform spelling out their plans to create jobs and fix health reform. My latest column for CNN.com argues that similar to 1994's Contract with America, Republicans need to present voters with a platform.  A manifesto …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday September 7, 2010

The Credit Collapse

Many economists are worried about a double dip recession. But as this scary chart from the St. Louis Fed shows, we might still be waiting to see the bottom of the first dip. You want to see a scary chart ? Take a look at this from the St. Louis Federal Reserve . A double …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Orszag: Extend Bush Tax Cuts

Orszag: Extend Bush Tax Cuts The Hill reports: In a break with the White House, Peter Orszag, the former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), recommended Tuesday that Congress extend the expiring Bush tax cuts for two years, then do away with them altogether. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

The Twitter Revolution in Action

This weekend, world-famous novelist Margaret Atwood, found herself in a fight that would be unimaginable in the days before social media. If you want to see the Twitter revolution in action, sign up for the Twitter feeds of Ezra Levant and Margaret Atwood and read back through the past 48 hours. …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday September 7, 2010

2010 Candidates Spending Record Amounts

Candidates Set to Break Campaign Spending Records The AP reports that 2010's candidates may break prior campaign spending records. Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry. This year's volatile election is bursting with money, …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Obama Proposes Business Tax Break

Obama Proposes Business Tax Break The Wall Street Journal reports: President Barack Obama, in one of his most dramatic gestures to business, will propose that companies be allowed to more quickly write off 100% of their new investment in plants and equipment through 2011. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Putin Considers 2012 Presidential Run

Putin May Run for Prez Again BBC News reports that Vladimir Putin is open to running for Russia's presidency in 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has not ruled out standing for president again at the 2012 elections. Mr Putin said he would share power with current …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Homeless People Recruited to Run on AZ Green Party Ticket

Homeless Are Recruited to Run on AZ Green Ticket The New York Times reports that an Arizona Republican candidate for state legislature has recruited homeless people to run as candidates on the Green Party ticket. Benjamin Pearcy, a candidate for statewide office in Arizona, …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Petraeus: Church Plan to Burn Koran Will "Endanger Troops"

Petraeus: Plan to Burn Koran Will "Endanger Troops" The Wall Street Journal reports that Gen. Petraeus has criticized plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a small Florida …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Nuke Inspectors: Sanctions Not Working on Iran

Nuke Inspectors: Sanctions Not Working on Iran The New York Times reports that despite UN Security Council sanctions, Iran is still not cooperating fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency: Three months after the United Nations Security Council enacted its harshest …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Victim in "Rape by Deception" Case Was Brutally Attacked

Victim of Rape by Deception Was Brutally Attacked New details are emerging about the recent "rape by deception" case in Israel.  The Mideast Youth blog discusses a report by Haaretz that the victim had been brutally raped and the prosecution's decision to charge the accused with "rape …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Jindal Holds Off on Endorsing Vitter

Jindal Holds Off on Endorsing Vitter CNN reports: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has finally answered a questioned asked of him for months: Will he endorse embattled Republican Sen. David Vitter's reelection bid? The answer is not for now. "Voters can make up their own minds," …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010

Miller Cited in Car Crash

Miller Cited in Three-Car Crash The AP reports: The Republican candidate who defeated U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's primary election has been cited for his role in a recent three-car collision in Fairbanks. Joe Miller was involved in the crash in his hometown three days …

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 7, 2010