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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 211 Comments

Starts at 9 p.m. Eastern. This is just an open thread for people to make their feelings known.  I’m not going to “live blog” it. But I may jump in with some thoughts as it goes along. And at the end, there will be an assessment. So have at...

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 11, 2012 2 Comments

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 26 days to go. Today’s great Empty Chair photo comes to us from Jerry in Massachusetts. Clear, concise, correct. (Note: DO...

Posted by Anne Segal on October 11, 2012 15 Comments

If you had hoped that the Democrats were just as riveted as the American public by the findings of  Cong. Darrell Issa's Committee on Oversight & Government Reform on the security failures in Benghazi, you'd be wrong. It seems the Democrats have more important events to attend...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 13 Comments

From Sam Stein at HuffPo, Elizabeth Warren, Alan Grayson To Benefit From Latest PCCC Effort: One of the most prominent progressive groups in the country is launching a major voter outreach effort on behalf of 20 congressional campaigns, calling it the "crown jewel" of its election...

Posted by Anne Segal on October 11, 2012 14 Comments

The Chicago Tribune announced this morning they are endorsing fiscal conservative Tim Wolfe over Cong. Jan Schakowsky in the 9th District congressional race in Illinois. This is huge. Schakowsky, endorsed by the Trib in 2010, has been shut out by her former endorser. They are saying her dogged...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 12 Comments

In 2010, union members were paid to picket for Martha Coakley in her race against Scott Brown. In 2012, union members are being fined by their unions for not picketing for Elizabeth Warren, as reported at The Weekly Standard: A GOP source sends along this video, shot...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 26 Comments

The Obama administration scandal over Libya has multiple aspects -- the initial denial and downgrading of security, the mishandling of the event as it progressed, and of course, the political cover up. Obama was too busy campaigning to care, and Hillary has some explaining to do....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 16 Comments

From Kevin Rennie's Daily Ructions: Greenwich, Connecticut resident Thomas Peterffy takes to the airwaves today to speak of the blessings of freedom. He’s an authority. Peterffy was born, according to Forbes, in Hungary in 1944 “during a Russian bombing raid.” He made it to America in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 4 Comments

I wonder if there will be any math questions tonight, like, how much is 10 trillion plus 6 trillion. From reader and frequent photographer Kathy: While visiting relatives in VA, saw this car and snapped the picture at a red light. Paul Ryan was in town today (Harrisonburg)....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2012 9 Comments

Argument was heard today in the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas. The issues, as summarized at ScotusBlog were: This morning the Court heard oral arguments in what is likely to be one of the highest-profile cases of this Term: Fisher v. University of...

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 10, 2012 1 Comment

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 27 days to go. Today's great Empty Chair photo comes to us courtesy of Kathy in Utah who writes,...

Posted by Joel Engel on October 10, 2012 32 Comments

In yet another story that you won’t find in the New York Times, Charlie Spiering in the Washington Examiner reported that Hillary Clinton was scheduled to meet President Obama at the White House today “as more damaging details about the terrorist attack against a United...

Posted by Anne Segal on October 10, 2012 10 Comments

The Chicago Tribune announced today that it is withholding its endorsement for AWOL Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., given his now more than four-month-long absence from attending to his duties in the House of Representatives. The Tribune editorial page, which has endorsed Jackson in the past,...

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