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Michigan GOP Candidate Wants Obama's Birth Certificate

MI GOP Candidate Wants Obama's Birth Certificate Politico reports on yet another Republican congressional candidate who has expressed a sense of doubt over Obama's birth certificate: The GOP nominee challenging freshman Rep. Gary Peters in Michigan would like to see President …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

Google Denies Undermining Net Neutrality

Google Denies Undermining Net Neutrality Google is pushing back against a New York Times story which argues that the company is trying to work against Net neutrality: Computerworld - Google today denied reports that it is in talks with Verizon for a deal that could undermine Net …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

Congress' Empty Budget-Cutting Promises

This week, Democrats rebuffed four party members who proposed modest spending cuts. Both parties though are guilty of avoiding the hard fiscal decisions ahead. Democrats have angrily rebuffed a group of four party members intent on proposing a reasonably modest budget rescission package to cut …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Thursday August 5, 2010

Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy Attacked for Signing J-Street Letter

Rep. Jo Kilroy Attacked for J-Street Letter The Emergency Committee for Israel has released a new attack ad on Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy. The ad attacks her for a letter that she signed which was written by J-Street:

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

Elena Kagan Confirmed 63-37

Elena Kagan Confirmed 63-37 Elena Kagan has been confirmed and will be the fourth female jurist to serve on the Supreme Court: Chalk up another legacy for President Obama, as the Senate confirms Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Kagan, who will be the fourth woman to serve on the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

McConnell Will Not Campaign for Angle

McConnell Will Not Campaign for Angle Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has stated that he will not go to Nevada to campaign with Sharron Angle: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) re-affirmed on Thursday that he will not be heading to Nevada this election cycle to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

The Tea Party's Growing Slavery Obsession

The controversial meme identifying taxation with slavery seems to be spreading amongst Tea Party followers. A scandalous new video has been circulating among conservative blogs . It shows Rep. Pete Stark announcing that there are no constitutional limits on what the federal government can do. …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday August 5, 2010

Recharging Iraq's Electricity Grid

Critics of the reconstruction effort point to Iraq's continuing electricity shortages. Can anything be done to solve the problem? On August 2, The New York Times ran an article by Steven Lee Meyers, titled " A Benchmark of Progress, Electrical Grid Fails Iraqis ". As a former member of the …

Written by Harold Bonacquist on Thursday August 5, 2010

The Senate: Sluggish in a Good Way

Every year in which “good ideas” failed to pass the Senate were years in which I was thankful for the rules of the U.S. Senate. Well, it has now become officially fashionable inside the nation’s capital to bash the United States Senate. Last year, the lament de jour was how partisan …

Written by Steve Bell on Thursday August 5, 2010

61% of New Yorkers Oppose Mosque

61% of New Yorkers Oppose Mosque Polling by the Siena Research Institute shows that while a majority of New Yorkers oppose the Cordoba House, that a majority are also willing to consider other arguments in favor the building: Loudonville, NY. By a margin of 61 to 26 percent, New …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

Grayson Uses Constituent Taxes to pay for DVDS

Grayson Uses Constituent Taxes to pay for DVDS Politico reports that Rep. Alan Grayson spent $73,000 of taxpayer money to send promotional DVDs of his work in congress to his constituents: Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson's decision to mail thousands of DVDs – which essentially serve as …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

Electoral Consequences of Same-Sex Marriage

Now that the ruling in the Proposition 8 case has been handed down, conservatives should take note that the same-sex marriage issue did NOT help the GOP in 2004. I make this point in my 2007 book, Comeback , but it's worth repeating now: The same-sex marriage issue did NOT help the GOP in 2004. …

Written by David Frum on Thursday August 5, 2010

How the Prop 8 Ruling Can Undermine Gay Rights

How Prop 8 Ruling Might Undermine Gay Rights Alexander C. Hart of The New Republic interviews constitutional law professor Gordon Silverstein for his take on the Proposition 8 ruling, and finds that the decision may actually hurt gay rights in the long term: Walker took the strongest …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

Is the Senate Broken?

George Packer's recent New Yorker essay argues that the Senate is horribly broken. But the real problem may not be Senate rules, but increased partisan animosity. George Packer has an interesting article up at the New Yorker about the (supposedly) broken Senate. Packer's article assumes that …

Written by Fred Bauer on Thursday August 5, 2010

Dems Running Against Bush, Again

2010 will be the third straight election cycle in which Democrats campaign against George W. Bush. Yet it’s Republicans who are said to be bereft of new ideas. Greg Sargent recently wrote on The Washington Post’s “Plum Line” blog: “Democrats have lately been banging away harder than ever at …

Written by Jay Gatsby on Thursday August 5, 2010

Applebaum: GOP Has Amnesia on Government Spending

Applebaum on the GOP Amnesia on Excessive Spending Anne Applebaum writes that Republicans needs to remember how much money was spent by the government during George W. Bush's Presidency: Historical amnesia is at once the most endearing and the most frustrating of American qualities. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

GOP Gov. Candidate Warns of UN Bike Plot

GOP Gov. Candidate Warns of UN Bicycle Plot A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado has "warned" that the UN wants to infiltrate America through the use of bicycles: Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

South Korea Holds Military Drills

South Korea Holds Military Drills Despite protests from North Korea, South Korea is holding a very large military exercise: South Korea has launched its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises, the military says, despite warnings of retaliation from the North. Some 4,500 personnel …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

41% of GOP: Obama is Foreign-Born

41% of GOP: Obama is Foreign-Born A new poll shows the reach of the "birther" movement within the GOP: On President Barack Obama’s birthday, a new CNN/Opinion Research released Wednesday shows 41 percent of Republicans believe Obama was “probably” or “definitely” born in another …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010

U.S. Claims 3/4 of Oil Cleared

U.S. Claims 3/4 of Oil Cleared A new report suggests that there has been a significant amount of progress in removing the oil from the BP oil leak: The Obama administration says in a report out Wednesday that a combination of Mother Nature and Uncle Sam has recovered or dispersed …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 5, 2010