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First they came for the countryside, now they're coming for the suburbs From Meg in the Philadelphia "Main Line" suburbs: I thought that you would enjoy this picture of a pickup with bumper stickers. What is very interesting is where it was parked - in a commuter train...

Obama was much more animated, and I'm sure liberals on Twitter and elsewhere were happy much as during the Biden-Ryan debate. But I don't think it helped Obama much. I'll be interested to see the focus groups and polling. Obama got in some one liners, but Romney completely nailed it on Obama's record of broken promises. A 2 minute primer on the failure of the Obama administration. His line "you know better" may be the line of the night. Obama did better on Libya than expected, mostly because Obama backed up by Crowley incorrectly said he called it terrorism the day after. But Romney nailed it on the issue of Obama going to fundraisers the next day. All in all it was not the game changer Obama needed. Obama showed up, but not on the central issue of the election, Obama's record and why we whould expect anything better in four more years. Update: My column at USA Today, Obama needed debate blowout but didn't get it.

Starts at 9 p.m. Eastern. It's hard to imagine that Romney will crush Obama as badly as in the first debate.  It just has to be more even, which will be enough for the MSM's "comeback kid" narrative which already has been written.  Maybe there was...

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The standing of the media may be what is most at stake in tonight's debate, as moderator CNN's Candy Crowley comes under intense scrutiny after perceived "fails" by Jim Lehrer and Martha Raddatz in the two past debates. Both the Romney and Obama campaigns have jointly...

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 21 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from LI reader Larry who plays on the...

The much demonized kulaks (a/k/a the top 5%, 2%, 0r 1% depending upon the speech) were the first to rise up against Obama. Now the kulaks have been joined by the common peasantry, via NPR: As Mitt Romney and President Obama get ready for their second debate, a...

October has been a month full of good news for Mia Love. The Operation Counterweight member running for Congress in Utah's newly created 4th Congressional District has faced an uphill battle since she entered the race. She began her campaign in the Republican primary with little...

President Obama has announced he will travel back to his adopted hometown of Chicago to vote early on October 25. This will be the first time a presidential candidate has not voted in person on Election Day. Michelle Obama voted absentee a few days ago. Michelle...

The guiding principle of the then-new Progressive Movement more than a century ago was: The greatest good for the greatest number of people.  Which was verbatim the rationale invoked by President Teddy Roosevelt when, in 1905, he approved construction of the aqueduct that would steal...

Unlike the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times doesn’t have a motto.  But if it did, this would work: All the news that's fit to print for people who don't know any better, reported by those who don't want you to. Exhibit 7,593,648: A front-page...

Some timeless advice from commenter vonbeck2, taken in Mandeville, LA: As I am always on the look-out for something out of the norm I spotted this and was lucky enough to be able to snap a pick at a red light. I think this is excellent advice....

First it was union members being fined for not picketing for Elizabeth Warren.  Then it was Warren supporters taunting a gay staffer with Scott Brown's campaign. Now black supporters of Scott Brown have received the sort of racially based taunts that we have seen directed in the...

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 22 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Rod in Texas who writes, "My wife...