July 2011

So tell me precisely what the Manhattan DA did wrong?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 24 Comments

The New York Times and New York Magazine have the long knives out for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. But tell me, what precisely is it the DA's office did wrong in the Strauss-Kahn case? There was a quick indictment and serious terms to home confinement based upon...

Waiting

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 21 Comments

About those lackluster Republican presidential candidate fundraising numbers. I think I'm fairly typical. I'm sitting on my wallet because the field is not complete, or if it is complete, we don't yet know it. And yes, there's a lack of excitement in the current field. The most solid...

You are “The Other” to them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 19 Comments

Spotted in Franklin, TN, by reader Linda, who writes: "[A]s a native Nashvillian, I am offended by the message." ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Would this rewrite of Michigan Prop. 2 be constitutional?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 16 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Friday holding that Michigan Proposal 2, which banned the use of racial and other preferences in a variety of contexts,...

Prediction – Manhattan DA going to come out of Strauss-Kahn case looking pretty good

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 20 Comments

I suggested yesterday that readers take the statements by the lawyer for the alleged victim about injuries to the alleged victim, etc., with a grain of salt. I had confidence that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office would not be proceeding as it is unless the DA's...

Still Temperamentally Unfit for Office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 18 Comments

I still can't put aside Obama's press conference earlier this week. Obama was seething with mockery and disdain for almost everyone other than himself, with Republicans in Congress a focus. To say that the press conference was not presidential is an understatement. Mark Halperin was right,...

Good News Story of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 7 Comments

There is a really interesting article by Sean Trende at Real Clear Politics regarding congressional redistricting. The common mainstream wisdom has been that redistricting really is not helping Republians that much, and that Democrats even may gain a seat or two nationwide. But Trend details how...

Prepare for the Lombardi Rule to take effect

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 21 Comments

Obama is planning on 5 1/2 more years in office, so he can complete what he has not yet finished. At a campaign fundraiser on June 30, Obama made these comments, as reported byReal Clear Politics (emphasis mine): "And, Philadelphia, I know there are some of you...

Next Question

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 3 Comments

Spotted by reader Verlin in Sweetwater, TN: ...

Not. Shovel. Ready.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 9 Comments

This ad by Crossroads GPS, for which Karl Rove consults, has been running very heavily in upstate NY. It's critically important that these type of ads run early before Obama starts spreading his hoped-for billion dollars around, the unions spend their hundreds of millions, and Hollywood/Wall...

Strauss-Kahn and credibility problems

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 19 Comments

Dominick Strauss-Kahn was released today on his own personal recognizance, as detailed in The NY Times: In a letter sent to Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers and filed with Justice Michael J. Obus on Friday, prosecutors outlined some of what they had discovered about Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s accuser, poking...

Obama’s Tax Hikes Aren’t a Last Resort, They Were the Plan All Along

Posted by Michael Alan on July 01, 2011 3 Comments

In his rather "prickly" press conference on Wednesday, President Obama made it sound as if tax increases (or, to use the Democrats' language, "cutting spending in the tax code") were part of a last resort at trimming the deficit as the federal government reaches its...

More please

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 5 Comments

From the NRSC: ...

Obama’s “Raffle”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 10 Comments

I have referred to Obama's $5 dinner promotion as a "raffle." I am not alone, as virtually every major news organization has used the same terminology. Under any common understanding, it is a raffle, you pay money for a chance to win. Payment of money is...

Drawing Obama Out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 8 Comments

The Barack Obama we saw at the press conference earlier this week, the one who inspired the controversial comment by Mark Halperin, is the real Barack Obama. The Barack Obama of 2008 was a charade. It only serves our interest to draw out the real Barack Obama,...

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