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February 2010

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2010 12 Comments

What Obama needs to pass his health care restructuring bill is a good political crisis. One in which he can stand there and proclaim, as he did with the stimulus bill, that we are on the edge of a catastrophe.And since the only way such...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2010 8 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:This post originally was going to be a reaction to a post at Jack & Jill Politics regarding Amy Bishop, titled Sometimes White Privilege Just Comes Along and SMACKS...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2010 21 Comments

I have to hand it to team Obama. They do not give up on Obama's goal of remaking the health care system into the image that Obama wants.Even if Obama doesn't get everything he wants, if either of the current House or Senate versions passes,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2010 8 Comments

Not surprisingly, Scott Brown is a target for Think Progress, which regularly distorts what conservatives say as part of the Democrats' strategy to paint all opponents as extremist and crazy. TP ran the following headline yesterday related to the attack by Joe Stack who crashed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2010 1 Comment

Someone at the Israeli Embassy in Britain has a wicked sense of humor.The Embassy sent the following tweet, which has caused the anti-Israel paper, The Guardian, to go somewhat crazy.The tweet seemingly refers to the hit on a Hamas leader in Dubai, carried out allegedly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2010 9 Comments

"Progressive" bloggers met yesterday at the White House with the "chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden" (who knew there was such a thing? why do we have such a thing?) who told them what Oba-messages to put on their Obamalogs:The basic thrust of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2010 2 Comments

And I mean literally[*]:Durham police arrested Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, late Wednesday after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2010 6 Comments

The Dubai police have released what purport to be tapes of an 11-person strong hit team which killed top Hamas arms coordinator and killer of two Israeli soldiers, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The working assumption is that this was an Israeli operation.The tapes coordinate closed circuit shots...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2010 9 Comments

Barack Obama is claiming credit for "saving" the economy from a full-blown depression based on passage of the stimulus plan.As with most Obama claims of success, Obama simply is exhibiting his prowess at using strawman arguments.Obama compares where the economy is now, versus where the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2010 25 Comments

There is no actual link between Alabama-Hunstville shooter Amy Bishop and the Tea Party movement.By all accounts, Bishop was extremely liberal and a huge Obama fan (to the point of being described by someone who knew her as being obsessed with Obama).But in keeping with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2010 2 Comments

This could turn me into a betting man, via Politico:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2010 6 Comments

At least a writer at New York Magazine thinks it was. The incident, in which Mitt Romney and his wife were confronted (and had a punch thrown at them) on an airplane, took place after Romney asked a passenger in front of him to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2010 0 Comments

Hotline OnCall has retracted its prior report that d'Ippolito has the signatures needed: IN Dem Misses The Deadline---------------------------------------------It looks like the left-wing of the Democratic Party will get the candidate it wants as party nominee to replace Evan Bayh. According to Hotline OnCall, Tamyra d'Ippolito...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2010 0 Comments

A top Hamas official linked to the arms trade with Iran was assassinated in Dubai. Everyone assumes it was the Israelis.Dubai officials announced that they had identified the group of assailants, and even published photos, names, and nationalities, based on the passports.Uh, not so fast....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2010 9 Comments

The Democratic base has convinced itself that the problem is that Obama has not succeeded in passing health care legislation and other items on his agenda. The possibility that their agenda is being rejected by voters never enters their minds.Here's a pretty good analysis of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 18 Comments

Good news. The NY Times is reporting that the second in command of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Baradar, has been captured in Pakistan.The capture was undertaken by the Pakistanis with help from the CIA:Details of the raid remain murky, but officials said that it had...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 6 Comments

Yes, honey, there were.What happened?That's a good question.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Dems' Strategy of CrazySheldon Whitehouse Becomes Alan GraysonDems Stuck With Blog Hero Grayson Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 8 Comments

The latest in the "how do they think this stuff up" series, Matthew Yglesias on the new definition of immorality, namely, doing something which hurts the Democratic Party (emphasis mine):Obviously, Evan Bayh’s never been my favorite Senator. And the more one learns about both the manner...

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