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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2011 11 Comments

The Kennedy administration has been described as having attracted the best and the brightest to government service, sometimes with bad but well-intentioned results. I don't know Alan Krueger, Obama's new head of the Council of Economic Advisers.  But Ezra Klein claims to know a lot about Krueger,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2011 8 Comments

I never knew they had boats in Wisconsin.  Is it on a lake or something?  I didn't see any boats in the videos of the protests in Madison. But then again, they also didn't seem to have a sense of humor in Madison, unlike the owner...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2011 25 Comments

of stories about Obama's demise about which I am skeptical. Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard argues that the media lovefest for Obama has weakened Obama by making him lazy: As a rule, the press is the scourge of presidents. They’re expected to endure unending scrutiny, mistrust,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2011 40 Comments

a "heavy duty teleprompter." From the DC Examiner, on the occasion of Obama's three-minute announcement of the appointment of a new economic adviser: President Obama required two heavy-duty teleprompters on Monday during a three-minute speech in which he nominated Alan Krueger to serve as chairman of his...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2011 22 Comments

The after-Irene hype is that Irene was overhyped. Yes, maybe in the big cities Irene was no biggie.  It's easy for a Philly Inquirer columnist to refer to Irene as a "Category Feh" hurricane. But in those areas of the northeast which city dwellers normally only train or drive...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2011 11 Comments

Obama's disapproval rating hit a new high in the Gallup daily survey: I would not put too much weight on this.  Yes, it is reflective of a growing discontent. But for reasons which are beyond me, Obama remains personally well-liked.  Don't be complacent, or underestimate his ability...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2011 25 Comments

Wisconsin Justice Ann Walsh Bradley publicly accused Justice David Prosser of using a "chokehold" on her during an incident on June 13, 2011. As discussed on Thursday, the investigative file shows that the accusation was false and misleading.  Read my post, Turns out WI Justice Ann Walsh...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2011 7 Comments

We've seen him in the situation room when he got bin Laden.  And interrupting his golf game to deal with the D.C. earthquake.  And taking charge of the hurricane control center. But there is one photo which is missing, as noted by commenter Jonathan at Legal Insurrection's Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2011 8 Comments

Well, so far things could have been worse, We decided to stay in Ithaca after neighbors took care to get our home in Rhode Island ready.  About 40% of Rhode Island, including our street, is without power since this morning.  Watching the Weather Channel I was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2011 34 Comments

This should be Obama's Dukakis Tank moment, when pure bravado exposed the very perception of weakness the candidate hoped to overcome. Is there anything worse than a candidate who tries so hard to be something he is not, to fake it so hard that it hurts...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2011 12 Comments

Thanks to reader Bronwyn, who saw this combination in Redding, CA. Note the language in the lower right hand corner of the Coexist bumper sticker from Peacemonger.org: Profits help fight hunger, fascism and social injustice. Yeah, right after those profits pay your salaries and expenses. Oh, and by the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 27, 2011 27 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: There is a curious argument used to paint the Tea Party movement and conservatives as racist. The argument goes that since slave owners and segregationists invoked states rights, and since the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 27, 2011 13 Comments

I've been receiving e-mails from readers in the past weeks insisting that Obama would kill the pipeline planned to bring "oil sands" oil from Canada to the U.S.  Given the Obama administration's policies to date, such expectation was reasonable. The environmental movement made the oil sands...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 27, 2011 14 Comments

Looks like it was "just" a Category 1 when it hit North Carolina. I'll be interested to see what happens as it moves up the coast, because a shift East would be bad news for my home in Rhode Island.  We're not on the beach, but...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 27, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to reader Phil, who spotted this bumper sticker in Appleton, Wisconsin:  ...

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