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White House Denies Job Offer for Romanoff

The White House is responding to the latest round of speculation on whether Andrew Romanoff was offered a job to have him drop out of his Senate race: The White House acknowledged on Thursday that it approached Colorado Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff with talk of a job in order to clear the …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

UN Blames Israel First

On Wednesday, the UN Human Rights Council rushed to condemn Israel's response to the Gaza-bound flotilla and call for a fact-finding mission. But why bother with facts when the accused has already been proclaimed guilty? On 2 June, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a …

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Written by Arsen Ostrovsky on Thursday June 3, 2010

Rand Paul's Lead Shrinks

A new Rasmussen poll shows that while Rand Paul still has a lead in the Kentucky senatorial race, that it is a shrinking one: The numbers: Paul 49%, Conway 41%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4.5%. In a poll taken the day after the May 18 primary, which Paul won in a landslide, He had a …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

The Case for Drilling Close to Home

The Gulf oil spill makes it clear that the ecology and economy would have been far safer if oil drilling was done in shallower coastal waters or on land. But political expediency and a fear of offending environmentalists has prevented this. With no apparent solution to capping the massive oil …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday June 3, 2010

The GOP's Coming Diversity Breakthrough

The current crop of Republican minorities running in the 2010 midterm elections will force the public to reexamine many of their own ideas about the GOP and race. F. Scott Fitzgerald was famously quoted as saying, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in …

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Written by Corey Chambliss on Thursday June 3, 2010

Israel May Allow New Gaza-Bound Ship to Dock

Haaretz reports on a proposed diplomatic solution which would allow a new Gaza-bound ship to dock and unload its humanitarian aid. A diplomatic solution seems imminent to allow the humanitarian aid vessel the Rachel Corrie to dock without incident at the Ashdod Port. According to European …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Hamas Refuses Flotilla Aid

The Jerusalem Post reports that Hamas has refused to accept a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Israeli-intercepted Gaza-bound flotilla. Hamas officials on Wednesday refused to allow into the Gaza Strip 21 truckloads of humanitarian aid that had been offloaded from the Gaza-bound flotilla …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Time for Kirk to Come Clean on Military Record

By not setting the record straight on his misstatement of his military record -- immediately and with full disclosure -- Mark Kirk's campaign is allowing what should be a minor blunder balloon into a serious issue. Mark Kirk's campaign team needs to learn from the mistakes of the Obama administrat…

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Written by Jeb Golinkin on Thursday June 3, 2010

Why the Greek Crisis is Everyone's Problem

Greek debt, German banks and your 401(k) are all connected. And there's no way to rescue only the innocent. My latest column for The Week examines the problems Greece's financial crisis is creating for the rest of the world. Over the coming months and years, Greeks will pay more in taxes, …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday June 3, 2010

Iran Sanctions Delayed by Gaza Crises

Laura Rozen reports that the crises with the pro-Gaza flotilla has delayed a vote on sanctions on Iran at the UN: A vote on a new UN Iran sanctions resolution will likely be pushed back due to diplomatic fallout from the Israeli raid on the Gaza aid flotilla, among other reasons, sources …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Biden Predicts 1.4 Million New Jobs by Years End

Vice President Joe Biden has optimistic projections for job growth: Vice President Joseph Biden predicted Wednesday night that the United States will add between 700,000 and 1.4 million workers to the list of the employed by year's end -- and in the process mute the administration's critics. …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Palin Endorses Alaska Tea Party Candidate

Sarah Palin has endorsed another tea party challenger, this time in her home state of Alaska: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is fast becoming a headache for the national Republican campaign committees -- endorsing insurgent challengers over establishment candidates and, in the process, …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

How Tariffs Hurt the Poor

Martha C. White has an excellent report in the Washington Independent on how tariffs and other protectionist policies hurt the poor: The Commerce Department tweaked China recently when it slapped a 99 percent tariff on Chinese-made oil field pipes entering the U.S. The move was but the …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

The Owner of @BPGlobalPR Comes Forward

The man behind the darkly humorous twitter account "@BPGlobalPR" has explained his motives: I started @BPGlobalPR , because the oil spill had been going on for almost a month and all BP had to offer were bullshit PR statements.  No solutions, no urgency, no sincerity, no nothing.  That's …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

How the Gun Lobby Shot Down D.C.'s Congressional Vote

DC freelance reporter Byron Tau has an extensive story in the Washington City Paper on how the NRA subverted DC's attempts to get voting rights: When Ilir Zherka took over as executive director of DC Vote in 2002, one of his friends jokingly told him, “Either you’re really smart because you …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Orszag's Data Comes Under Scrutiny

The New York Times reports how the data that Peter Orszag used to make the case for healthcare reform is now coming under greater scrutiny: But while the research compiled in the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has been widely interpreted as showing the country’s best and worst care, the …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Andrew Romanoff: White House Offered Me A Job

Politico reports that a new Democrat has come forward, saying he was offered three jobs by the White House to drop out of his Senate race: Colorado U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff confirmed Wednesday that Jim Messina , President Barack Obama’s deputy chief of staff, had …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Biden Defends Israel

Vice President Joe Biden has provided a clear defense of Israel's actions: Vice President Joe Biden offered the White House's strongest defense yet of Israeli's actions off the coast of Gaza this week in an interview with Charlie Rose airing tonight on PBS.  "I think Israel has an …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday June 3, 2010

Bring on the Disaster Czar

President Obama can’t deal with the Gulf oil spill by himself. He should instead use existing laws to delegate power to someone with real political clout. If President Barack Obama wants to take charge of the BP oil spill, he should invoke the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Wednesday June 2, 2010