Image 01 Image 03
Sign In or RegisterLogout

Search

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 02, 2012 60 Comments
But I’m already sizing up Operation Counterweight Senate races for 2014. Don’t look back is my motto. Roll Call has a list of Senate races and assessments.   Do any of them have serious primary challengers?  Lindsay Graham seems like he could be vulnerable in theory,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 21 Comments
Mitt Romney has to attack Newt tonight at the debate.  If he doesn’t, and rests on television interviews and what his surrogates have done the past few days, Romney will be Tim Pawlenty, who was not willing to confront Romney on “Obamneycare” in person. If I were...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 5 Comments
John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday after a struggle by Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senators to block the nomination by opposing an unexpected cloture petition filed by Harry Reid. A key group of Republican Senators, led by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 8 Comments
So reports The Providence Journal regarding the nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr. for an open seat on the Rhode Island federal District Court. The reason this has become a “war” is that Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has threatened to block future nominees under Republican presidents,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2011 8 Comments
Update – Vote in Senate will be Wednesday at noon.  See updated post, Senate To “Go To War” Today Over Jack McConnell Nomination. —————— I have posted frequently about John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr., nominated for an open seat to the U.S. District Court in Rhode...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 25, 2011 4 Comments
The more I read about John McCain, the more I cringe. “In September 2008 Condoleezza Rice traveled to Libya to have talks with Gadhafi. And just a few days before the 2008 presidential election, Bush signed a settlement under which Libya compensated families of victims...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2010 7 Comments
The lame duck session has been a pathetic joke on Republicans and conservatives who thought they won the elections in November.  An illegitimate Democratic House and near filibuster-proof Democratic Senate have run roughshod on most issues, and several Republicans have helped them along. Unfortunately, we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2010 30 Comments
Prof. Stephen Bainbridge and Dan Riehl have been debating the Delaware Senate Republican primary, and whether it is worth electing “RINO” Mike Castle.  Bainbridge says yes, Riehl says no. I don’t know enough about Castle or Christine O’Donnell to weigh in on whether Castle is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2010 0 Comments
The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement regarding Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s comments that Afghanistan was a war of Obama’s “choosing” and that history shows that land wars cannot be won in Afghanistan (emphasis mine): Here goes Michael Steele setting policy for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2010 8 Comments
Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham have put forth the outlines of an immigration plan, which has been endorsed by Obama as the basis for immigration reform. While there is no legislative text, as described by Schumer and Graham, the key is that illegal aliens automatically...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2010 10 Comments
Yesterday, I posted my prediction that once the House passed the Senate bill, Obama would sign the Senate bill even if reconciliation changes promised to the House did not pass the Senate. Today, Judd Gregg (R-NH) is echoing that sentiment: The White House may renege...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 30, 2009 25 Comments
News is breaking that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is retiring. There will be a fight over his replacement, for sure. And Arlen Specter switching may have given Republicans a trump card to block an unacceptable replacement. Everyone, including me, has been blogging about how...
Accessibility by WAH