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RI Now Requires Attorneys Take DEI Continuing Education, So Equal Protection Project Will Create Our Own DEI Program

Court Throws DEI Amendment to NY Constitution, Opposed By Equal Protection Project, Off November Ballot

Movie Trailer - "Demand for Hate" (Feat. Me)

Palin delivers political coup de grâce to Bachmann

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 59 Comments

What goes around comes around. Michele Bachmann hired Ed Rollins as campaign manager last spring and the first thing he did was trash Sarah Palin. Bachmann let the Rollins' comments hang out there for a while and then went on TV to say what good friends...

Inevitable Iowa Caucuses Tweet of the Morning

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 4 Comments

It's the narrative and perception. From Jeff Emanuel: ...

Can’t we all just paddle along?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 2 Comments

Thanks to John Ruberry of Marathon Pundit who took this photo of end of the New Year's Eve Paddle in Morton Grove, IL: ...

I thought they would save Randy Johnson for later innings.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 24 Comments

Re-running the Kennedy campaign against Romney based on Bain deals was predictable and predicted, but this does seem a bit early: The Democratic National Committee has set up a war room in Iowa with its main focus on Mitt Romney, who is looking more and more...

Caucuses tomorrow

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 8 Comments

Here's the plan, subject to change. Beginning late morning or lunchtime (Eastern), we'll have an Open and Update Thread with latest from Iowa. While the caucuses don't start until the evening, we'll try to dig deep for reports of how and what the campaigns are doing. ...

Iowa Governor Signs Bill Banning DEI Policies at Public Institutions

Prestigious Law Firm Ramps Up Vetting of New Hires Following Anti-Israel Protests

Anti-Israel Protesters Clash With Police at UC-Irvine After Swarming Campus Buildings

Southwestern University Condemns Student’s Anti-Israel Commencement Speech

Mothers Against College Antisemitism is Sending a Message to Higher Education

Pomona College Moved Graduation Ceremony Due to Protesters and They Followed

Alan Colmes mocks how Rick Santorum mourned dead child

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 67 Comments

This is lighting up Twitter. Colmes also uses the incident in a blog post today, linking to this 2005 WaPo article: In his Senate office, on a shelf next to an autographed baseball, Sen. Rick Santorum keeps a framed photo of his son Gabriel Michael, the fourth of...

If only he had done this at the debates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 21 Comments

Who knows what might have been. I'm not writing him off, but who knows. (via ElectAds) ...

Dear Iowa: A vote for Rick Santorum is a vote for Mitt Romney

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 37 Comments

Alternative headline: Dear Iowa: You are being played like a fiddle. I hate to admit it, but there is a large amount of truth in this analysis by Roger Simon of Politico, Mitt don't need no surges: If Mitt Romney wins the Iowa caucuses, the race for...

For what it’s worth

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 26 Comments

I ran the Des Moines Register final poll numbers yesterday, here's PPP's final Iowa poll released late last night: The Republican caucus in Iowa is headed for a photo finish, with the three leading contenders all within two points of each other. Ron Paul is at 20%,...

Choose life

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 5 Comments

From the same vehicle as yesterday's post, from Linda in Tennessee: ...

What if everything we have been told about Mitt Romney’s electability is wrong, Part 3

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 39 Comments

I have been almost alone in asking What if everything we have been told about Mitt Romney's electablility is wrong? Among the points I have made is that current polling is not a reliable indicator because Romney has not faced the volume of attacks ads and hostility from the...

“the ethos of Legal Insurrection is much more subtle”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 34 Comments

Commenter Taxpayer1234 mentioned yesterday that s/he had written a graduate school paper on conservative political blogs, and s/he was kind enough to forward it to me. Three blogs were the focus of the paper, Legal Insurrection, Ace of Spades HQ, and The Other McCain. Remember, everything is...

Has everyone forgotten the “Santorum Google problem”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 17 Comments

It was the hot topic some weeks and months back, a joke since he was not a contender. But now that Rick Santorum is on the verge of either a victory or great showing in Iowa, some journalists are just frothing with joy at the prospect of the...

He lost the Middle East, but he got bin Laden

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 20 Comments

There are two important columns each of which addresses the surge of Islamists throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. The first column, by Andy McCarthy, focuses on reports that the Obama administration is using Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi as a conduit for contact with the Taliban: The surrender is complete...

Bitter headlines Tuesday night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 19 Comments

The Des Moines Register came out with its final polling last night, and here were the numbers in percentage points: Romney (24), Paul (22), Santorum (15), Gingrich (12), Perry (11), Bachmann (7). Santorum is surging averaging 10% the first two days of polling, but the second two days...

The battle lines for 2012 are drawn

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 15 Comments

Those who seek to spread the wealth versus those who seek to spread a work ethic. Thanks to Linda who spotted this vehicle in, you guessed it, the Lowe's parking lot in Nashville, TN: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (I give up: “Colorblind ideology is a form of racism”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 31, 2011 43 Comments

It has been an active year at the Saturday Night Card Game. Here are some of my favorite games of the past year: Dem Base Fractures Into Twitter War And Charges Of Racism Against Professional Left “I didn’t call you racist, I just pointed out you’re white” The...