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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2009 2 Comments
I have to hand it to Harry Reid. He may be on the verge of pulling off the ultimate card play. Reid managed to get everyone excited and fearful through a whispering campaign about a last-minute “compromise” to expand Medicare, even though we can’t pay...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 11 Comments
Good for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which leads the way in supporting breast cancer awareness and research. In a statement just released, the Komen Foundation refuses to cave in to the despicable attempt by Jane Hamsher and some of her followers to force the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 4 Comments
Not content to call upon the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fire Hadassah Lieberman, Jane Hamsher now is trying to organize secondary pressure on the Komen Foundation through various celebrities who are involved with the organization. The online Petition states: As I said before, it’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 15 Comments
I didn’t get a chance to comment this weekend on Matthew Yglesias’ ground-breaking announcement that the country has become “ungovernable” because the majority (Democrats) seem unable to run roughshod over the minority (Republicans) in the Senate: We’re suffering from an incoherent institutional set-up in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 2 Comments
John Hawkins has an interesting post regarding a conversation he had with a Senate staffer on the chances of Obama-Pelosi-Reid-care passing this year (not likely) or in January (50/50): John: But still, it’s looking grim right? Senate Aide X: They are in much worse shape...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 2 Comments
Obama down 19 points in the Rasmussen strongly approve/strongly disapprove poll just released: H/t Moonbattery, which notes: The approval index stands at an astounding -28 among the independents who were temporarily duped into electing him. Obamunists did say that their messiah would unite us. At...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 29 Comments
Sarah Palin’s appearance on the Conan O’Brien late night show generated huge positive buzz. Even (some of) the Palin haters were hard-pressed to come up with a negative about it. This marks something of a turning point for Palin. More so than daytime media, late...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2009 2 Comments
This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Although I commented on this incident earlier, it warrants bringing out the videotape, for Harry Reid’s now classic card play, in which Reid compared those who oppose his...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2009 2 Comments
Barack Obama loves to try to blame George Bush for our deficits and out of control spending, as if Democratic control of Congress for the last several years, and Obama’s control of the budget this year, had nothing to do with it. So how will...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2009 1 Comment
Here are some obligatory Sarah Palin morning posts, because while you were sleeping, Palin was inching closer to Barack Obama in the polls, driving the nutroots crazy, getting positive late-night coverage for a change (that should really scare the PDS crowd), and generally having fun:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2009 18 Comments
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and affiliated Susan G. Komen for the Cure spearhead efforts to raise funds for and awareness of breast cancer. Joe Lieberman’s wife, Hadassah, has a compensated position as a “global ambassador.” But Joe Lieberman doesn’t tow the leftist...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2009 0 Comments
Kathleen Parker, one of many swooning over Obama’s Oslo speech, observes: Rising to the occasion, he managed to redeem himself at a low point in his popularity by reminding Americans of what is best about themselves. My cynical translation: Obama’s drop in the polls has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2009 4 Comments
The Speech. In Oslo. Oh my. He didn’t apologize, as such. He spoke of a “just war.” Of his obligation as President to defend the country. As if this all were a revelation. Ooooh. Aaaah. Says the vast right-wing conspiracy, in many and surprising places....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2009 6 Comments
How often have we heard the left-wing blogs blather about the greatness of Medicare. How often do we hear how happy people are with Medicare, and how that proves that government run health plans should be extended to everyone. But there is a big, ugly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2009 3 Comments
Harry Reid needs more than a weekend off. Perhaps we should, in the national interest, schedule a series of fundraisers for Reid running through the end of the year. I say this because scheduling a fundraiser for Reid appears to be the only way to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2009 7 Comments
Over the summer I repeatedly sounded the alarm about one particular aspect of the Democratic health care proposals, the mandate that individuals purchase insurance under threat of penalty or incarceration. At the time I noted the unprecedented nature of the mandate, in my post Taxing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2009 7 Comments
No, not another Tiger Woods post. A “pick me up” as in lifting my spirits just a little as I read the headlines about Harry Reid desperately trying to talk his way into something, anything, Barack Obama can sign prior to the State of the...
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