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December 2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 11 Comments

...  and claim that the Republican Party of 2012, not Obama, is the true heir to Roosevelt. Via Politico, You, sir, are no Teddy Roosevelt: In a speech to be delivered in Bedford, N.H., this evening, Mitt Romney will push back explicitly on Barack Obama's recent invocation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 24 Comments

The tease on the homepage of The Hill for an article about Obama's Christmas vacation dilemma reads: The tax fight could force Obama to spend the holidays in an empty White House listening to Elvis’s “Blue Christmas.”… The second I read that a scene from a movie came...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 21 Comments

* a piece of pizza shaped like a gun. This is from the "you can't make this stuff up" file (h/t @SteveEgg via @SykesCharlie): For the rest of the semester, a Rutherford County elementary student has to eat lunch at the "silent table" for allegedly waving around...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 33 Comments

Ann, we get it, you support Mitt and you don't like Newt.  Nothing wrong with that, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But in the quest to sink the U.S.S. Newt, you are becoming a political kamikaze. First, you played the birther card on the entire Tea Party movement, claiming that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 14 Comments

From reader John, who writes: Taken at Stew Leonard's in Yonkers, NY, on Sunday. At least it wasn't on a Subaru. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 17 Comments

As you know, I'm wary of PolitiFact, particularly the inconsistency with which the various participating newspapers apply ratings. But hey, when it works for us, why not use it, Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'.  The timing could not be better.  Paul Krugman says PolitiFact...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 8 Comments

Jennifer Rubin at The Washington Post has a post today in which she contrasts Mitt Romney's non-pandering to the Jewish community with Newt Gingrich's supposed pandering. She highlights Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel, and whether he should be granted clemency.  She quotes...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 12 Comments

From The Daily News: Santa won't bother going to poor countries this year, so the United Nations Children's Fund will go instead -- or at least that's the message behind a satirical new UNICEF advertisement released in Sweden...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 44 Comments

Thomas Sowell has an interesting column today pushing back against the demonization of Newt.  It's not an endorsement, but it sure sounds like Sowell is not liking all the hate being directed Newt's way (h/t jeannebodine in the Tip Line): Did Gingrich ruffle some feathers when he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 20 Comments

Iran will not be allowed to get nukes, and is a year or less away.  So says Leon Panetta: The U.S. Secretary of Defense said Monday night that Iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. In an interview, Leon Panetta, said despite the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 30 Comments

Why do Republican politicians go on Letterman?  I know it's good exposure, but it's exposure that always comes with a price. Letterman always makes the Republican look bad and weak.  I said it when Rick Perry went on Letterman, but at least in that circumstance Perry...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 13 Comments

Democrats in Wisconsin are trying to make Charlie Sykes, the great conservative talk show host and blogger, a campaign issue in the recall. Sounds like a plan, a stupid plan: From Charlie's blog: Pure political genius if a state political party running against a talk show host and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 18 Comments

A lot of polls today showing Newt weakening substantially, and he's finally doing a major media buy in Iowa starting with this ad, and launching a 44-stop bus tour.  I don't think it's too late, but it is late. Would Michele Bachmann be in second place...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 7 Comments

He says he will make a decision over the holidays, and Democrats in Washington desperately want him to run even though he is in a weakened position because of the Cornhusker Kickback. The NRSC has released a web ad which highlights Nelson's problem (h/t HotAir).  I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 32 Comments

Newt Gingrich wants to restore a balance between the branches of government, and address what a lot of people see as an imperial judiciary. His white paper lays out a variety of mechanisms, most of which are not controversial.  One in particular, that Congress should subpoena judges...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 18 Comments

Mitt Romney's days at and after Bain have been largely unexamined in the primaries.  None of the other candidates has the resources and organization to do the research, but others are and it will hurt Romney's come the general election if he is the nominee...

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