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“Romneycare is okay because Romney has the best chance of winning in November”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 50 Comments

That statement, by a Romney supporter on the Mark Levin show, pretty much sums up the problem with the primary season, and the willing disbelief about the problem we face with Romney as the nominee. Here's the full segment, if you want to jump in for...

Apathy will be the legacy of Romney’s carpet bombing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 94 Comments

Mitt Romney had a strong win last night in Florida. There's no way to spin it otherwise, just as there was no way to spin Newt's South Carolina win otherwise. But at what cost? Financially the cost was about $17 million for Romney and his SuperPAC, almost...

Well aren’t you special

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 10 Comments

What, our tax dollars aren't good enough for you? How 'bout we make you buy one of our Chevy Volts (as soon as we figure out how to stop them from catching fire)? Thanks to Linda, this was taken in the parking lot of the Bass...

Allen West switching districts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 27 Comments

Via Dan Riehl at Big Government, Allen West is escaping the bad redistricting and will be running in another district, in a game of musical chairs with a couple of others: In a deal with several moving parts, Conservative favorite Rep. Allen West will move over...

Florida primary results

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 196 Comments

Looks like turnout down 200k from 2008. Notice that when Romney ties/wins (IA, NH, FL) no turnout surge, when Newt won in SC huge turnout surge. Turnout will be important in November 2012, and while Romney is winning, he's not motivating new voters to come...

Campus Workers and Students Protest Funding Cuts at University of Tennessee

Elementary Education Class at U. Minnesota Focuses on ‘Queer’ and ‘Feminist’ Theory

Princeton Students Disrupt Event With Former Israeli Prime Minister

Mahmoud Khalil Accuses Columbia of Creating 'Manufactured Public Hysteria About Antisemitism'

Anti-Israel Students Dragged Out by Their Keffiyehs After Barging Into UC-Boulder Classroom

Harvard Grad Slams School for Requesting He Delete Post Criticizing DEI Administrator

Really, just really

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 51 Comments

Really, just really (emphasis mine): Mitt Romney says he was "outgunned" in South Carolina, blaming attacks from Newt Gingrich for his defeat there earlier this month. "I needed to make sure that instead of being outgunned in terms of attacks, that I responded aggressively — and hopefully that...

Learn to love Romneycare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 43 Comments

Of course, it takes a publication like Mother Jones to pull this stuff up, but it hasn't received a lot of attention since it was published in October. There's a curious reference to Teddy having to work in Washington in order for Massachusetts to pass Romneycare. It hasn't come up much,...

Preview of tonight’s post-results speeches

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 10 Comments

h/t to reader David. ...

Diagnosis, please

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 64 Comments

Tweet from DrewMTips, a Newt supporter, who contributes to AceOfSpadesHQ and his own blog: Here was my response: Correct diagnosis? Update 4:10 p.m.: I think this may be more of a concern than Romney hatred, people who became active in politics since the election of Obama who look at Romney...

Pre-Florida end of world stuff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 26 Comments

The world will end tonight, but just before that, consider: Both Romney and Newt are getting trounced by Obama in the latest Rasmussen survey. Romney has an electability problem. Why do you hate capitalism? You mean there's actually good news for Newt even if he loses Florida? Final PPP poll finds...

Romney poisoned the well

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 65 Comments

There is a trend developing to assign equal blame to the poisoned atmosphere in the Republican campaign, as if there were no cause just effect. I'm not going to allow history to be rewritten the way the Romney campaign and its supporters tried to rewrite the history...

It’s not about Newt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 77 Comments

Michael Reagan, in this interview with Mark Levin, shoots down the smears spread by the Romney campaign and its supporters regarding Newt and Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Lord has another great piece, Newt Battles Mush From the Wimps (h/t jiminsocal in the Tip Line): The war between conservatives and...

Might be worth a lot of money someday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 2 Comments

Or not. But now that Maurice "Red" Hinchey is retiring, you may want to bookmark these images. Thanks to a Cornell student reader for this photo: ...

Allen West at the Revolution

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2012 27 Comments

I have this video posted on the Focus Page, but it's worth bringing forward in light of the redistricting approved by Republican leadership in the Florida legislature which will make it hard for West to get reelected, and the SuperPAC formed to target West and 9 other Tea Party...

A vote tomorrow for Santorum still is a vote for Romney

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2012 76 Comments

I'm sure this headline drives Santorum supporters wild, and I understand why. If the roles were reversed, I would feel the same way. But sometimes reality is what it is. Both Newt and Santorum have said they will soldier on indefinitely and I don't doubt their...

Florida redistricting looking even worse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2012 29 Comments

I posted the other day about how Allen West was getting hurt in the Florida redistricting. I linked to the Shark Tank, a Florida blog, which gave background going back several months about how Allen West was being targeted for unusually harsh treatment by fellow Republicans...

A dolphin could be Romney’s undoing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2012 48 Comments

I saw the link to this circulated on Twitter. I assume this is by a pro-Newt entity, but it just as easily could be the Democrats' theme for the general election. If a picture is worth a thousand words, the sound of the dolphin may...