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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...

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 15 Comments
Via Hotline OnCall: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) will not seek a 3rd term in the Senate next year, according to a Dem source, handing Dems yet another setback as they struggle to salvage their damaged ship. Bayh, elected statewide 5 times, will become the 5th...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2010 1 Comment
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), commonly called the Stimulus Plan, is widely discredited as having done little to stimulate private sector job growth. But one thing the Stimulus Plan has created is long-term deficits. The Congressional Budget Office just released a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 25, 2010 9 Comments
The transparency President is now the President who feels your pain. According to the NY Times, in the State of the Union address Obama will unveil some highly targeted tax credits aimed at families, and some caps on student loan repayments: By focusing on what...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2010 20 Comments
This is a follow up to my earlier report on my day at Scott Brown’s campaign headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts, in the western suburbs of Boston. My expectations were fairly low. I figured I’d stay an hour or so, talk to some people, get a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2010 13 Comments
Also see my update to this post, Brown HQ Report #2 ———————————————This is a quick update on my day so far at Scott Brown headquarters. I’ll give a more complete report later. Things are totally crazy here. The phones are ringing off the hooks. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2010 1 Comment
I posted some time ago about a study by an MIT health economist, Jonathan Gruber, on the supposed cost savings of the Senate health bill, Are Our Liberties Worth Only $200-$500?. Even to my non-mathematical mind, Gruber’s analysis was shoddy: Gruber has based his projections...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2010 5 Comments
As I posted earlier, the key elements in “green” technology are rare metals mined mostly in China. The green economy envisioned by the Obama administration as the means by which we will grow “green jobs” and lessen our dependence on foreign oil in fact simply...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2009 1 Comment
Martha Coakley, Democratic candidate for Senate in Massachusetts, will fit right into the Senate culture in Washington, D.C., as witnessed by her recent award of $1.5 million to community groups in Massachusetts: Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants aimed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 7 Comments
Politico is fast replacing The New York Times as my favorite source of screen shots. Of course, nothing yet approaches the NY Times’ Nude Swiss Hikers screen shot, but give the new media time. For now, be satisfied with this ultra-obvious Politico headline: While obvious,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 21, 2009 7 Comments
I’ve spent some time going through Harry Reid’s 2,074 page health care restructuring bill. If you read the dozens of prior posts regarding prior versions, you pretty much know the story. There are many good analyses of the tax and other aspects, so read up....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 23 Comments
First impressions and reactions can be dangerous, but here goes: Passing the monstrous health care bill by just 5 votes in the House is a pyrrhic victory. Yes, it is a victory tonight for Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, but at an enormous political price....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2009 7 Comments
There is a political earthquake breaking in the NY-23 race. Republican insider Dede Scazzafava has quit the race, as reported first by Robert Stacey McCain, who is on the scene in upstate NY. HotAir is collecting the sources and information. This will pit Conservative Doug...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2009 4 Comments
The Stimulus Plan is the key to Barack Obama’s claim that he has helped create and save jobs. But it is all a word game, as indicated by this report released by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the state’s official name), stating...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2009 11 Comments
Barack Obama is on another “it’s all Bush’s fault” tear again. This time, using the tired campaign theme of cleaning up Bush’s mess: Another way of putting it is when, you know, I’m busy and Nancy busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2009 2 Comments
There is one supreme Democratic idiocy in the health care debate which has not received enough attention. The entire focus of the Democratic proposals — whether HR3200, the Senate HELP Committee bill, the Baucus Concepts, or the Obama non-plan — is to increase the cost...
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