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York: GOP Wants to Fight Over Berwick

York: GOP Wants to Fight Over Berwick Writing in the Washington Examiner , Byron York discusses the GOP plan to fight the Donald Berwick appointment: On July 19, the White House sent to the Senate the nomination of Donald Berwick to be the top administrator of Medicare and Medicaid. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 23, 2010

Coleman Considering Running for RNC Chairman

Coleman Considers Run for RNC Chair Politico reports that Norm Coleman is considering running for the RNC chairmanship: Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman is considering a run for chairmanship of the RNC, POLITICO has learned, and has begun talking to associates about taking …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 23, 2010

Paul Ryan: GOP Listening to Pollsters

Ryan: GOP Only Listening to Pollsters In an interview with the Daily Caller , Paul Ryan expresses concerns that the GOP is paying attention to pollsters and not his budget plans: Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is feeling a bit lonely. Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 23, 2010

Gingrich: No Mosque in New York due to Lack of Saudi Religious Freedom

Newt: No Mosque at Ground Zero due to "Double Standards" On his website, Newt Gingrich has argued that New York City should not allowed a mosque to be built near Ground Zero, because Saudi Arabia currently does not allow religious freedom: There should be no mosque near Ground Zero …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 23, 2010

Kaus Campaign Still in Debt

Kaus Campaign still $5K in debt Blogger and former Senate candidate Mickey Kaus has announced that his campaign still has debt that it needs help paying off: Just got the report from my treasurer, and the campaign still has a small (approx. $5, 000) debt. Should have lightened …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 23, 2010

Rangel Facing House Ethics Trial

Rangel Faces House Ethics Trial The Washington Post reports that the House ethics committee has concluded that Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York violated numerous House ethics rules. The House ethics committee is preparing to conduct what to amounts to a trial for former House …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 22, 2010

Why Moderates are Ditching the Right

There isn't a movement in the U.S. committed to building a moderate conservatism. The impulse among the dissatisfied on the right is to simply walk away. I've been reading the ongoing debate about where libertarians belong with some interest. Folks like Brink Lindsey are arguing that the …

Written by Dennis Sanders on Thursday July 22, 2010

House Restores Jobless Benefits

House Restores Jobless Benefits The AP reports that the House approved legislation to restore jobless benefits for those Americans out of work for more than six months. Congress has approved legislation to restore unemployment benefits to people who have been out of work for six …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 22, 2010

Dems Drop Climate Change Bill

Dems Drop Climate Change Bill Politico reports that Democrats have decided to abandon efforts to pass a climate change bill before the November midterms. Senate Democrats pulled the plug on climate legislation Thursday, pushing the issue off into an uncertain future ahead of …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 22, 2010

Obama Expresses Regret to Sherrod

Obama Expresses "Regret" Over Firing to Sherrod ABC News reports that President Obama called Shirley Sherrod to express "regret" at her firing. President Obama spoke to Shirley Sherrod, the USDA official who was ousted after a race flap, and expressed his "regret" over the events of …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 22, 2010

George the Third?

Another George Bush may be gearing up to run for office. Don't look now, but another George Bush is gearing up to run for office. George P. Bush, son of Jeb, is the cofounder of a new PAC and is serving in Iraq, all at once. Bush has co-founded an organization, Hispanic Republicans of Texas (HRT), …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Thursday July 22, 2010

Enter FrumForum's Summer Contest

Onlt 24 hours left to submit entries to our Frum Forum summer contest ! 24 hours left to submit entries to our Frum Forum summer contest !

Written by David Frum on Thursday July 22, 2010

Falling for the Left's Racial Politics

Breitbart may be right that the Left loosely slings charges of "racism" at their opponents, but that is no excuse to play the same game. I occasionally write for Andrew Breitbart’s website, and agree with him that the media blasting him for inaccuracy (and the Tea Party for racism) while …

Written by Mytheos Holt on Thursday July 22, 2010

Fighting the New Anti-Semitism

The constant singling out of Israel on the world stage is a marker of a growing new anti-semitism. On 21 July, I was privileged to hear Irwin Cotler deliver the Gandel Oration for the B’nai B’rith Anti Defamation Commission in Sydney, Australia. His topic – Contemporary Anti-Semitism and How …

Written by Arsen Ostrovsky on Thursday July 22, 2010

Radosh: Breitbart Owes an Apology

Radosh: Breitbart Owes An Apology Ronald Radosh called for Andrew Breitbart to apologize for his role in the firing of USDA official Shirley Sherrod. Breitbart is partially correct. The NAACP has shown its irrelevance many times, trying to act as if the U.S. is still in the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 22, 2010

Watch: Sherrod Wants to Talk to Obama

Watch: Sherrod Wants to Talk with President Obama On ABC's Good Morning America , former USDA official Shirley Sherrod said that she wanted to hear directly from President Obama regarding her controversial firing.

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 22, 2010

Watch Frum: Breitbart Fans Racial Division

Wednesday, David Frum appeared on MSNBC's Countdown to discuss Andrew Breitbart's role in Shirley Sherrod's firing. Wednesday, David Frum appeared on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and spoke about Andrew Breitbart's role in Shirley Sherrod's firing and the failure of the conservative …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday July 22, 2010

Rally Organized for Woman Arrested at Western Wall

A rally will be held today in Washington in solidarity with Anat Hoffman, who was recently arrested by Israeli police for carrying a Torah at the Western Wall. A rally will be held today at noon in Washington in solidarity with the recently arrested Anat Hoffman. Hoffman is the chair of the “Women …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday July 22, 2010

Cameron: No Lockerbie Bomber Inquiry

Cameron: No Lockerbie Bomber Release Inquiry Bloomberg reports that U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is resisting calls for an inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber. British Prime Minister David Cameron is resisting calls for a full inquiry into the release of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday July 21, 2010

RNC: Hidden Debt Allegations "Misleading"

The RNC hit back today at allegations that they failed to report $7 million in debt and attempted to mislead donors. The Washington Times broke a story this morning alleging that the Republican National Committee failed to report more than $7 million in debt : The Republican National …

Written by Tim Mak on Wednesday July 21, 2010