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Getting Rid of DEI Is Like "Getting Soap Out Of A Sponge"

Schumer Primary Talk Heats Up After Poll Shows AOC Well Ahead in Potential 2028 Match-Up

Staged or Not, Republicans Ignore the ‘Hands Off’ Protests at Their Own Peril

This is what the Israelis are dealing with

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 19 Comments

The Israelis want to rebuilt a foot bridge called the Mugrabi bridge. The original bridge collapsed in 2004, so the Israelis built a temporary bridge which now is unsafe. Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are claiming that replacing the bridge is an attack on the al-Aksa...

What if everything we have been told about Mitt Romney’s electability is wrong? Part 2

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 34 Comments

A little over two weeks ago, I wondered What if everything we have been told about Mitt Romney’s electability is wrong? I noted that Romney was slipping in polling vis-a-vis Obama, and that Romney had no history of surviving the types of onslaughts he would face...

Jacked up in Georgia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 5 Comments

Thanks to reader Blake who took these photos and tweets: Found these stickers plastered all over a jacked up Chevy in Athens, GA. #GoDawgs ...

Sunday night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 10 Comments

Some stuff: How much is that drone worth to the Russians and Chinese? And who believes the Iranians brought it down softly without help? Watching Obama's 60 min interview. Expecting the worst. Doubt I'll do a separate post about it, but who knows. Palestinian Authority rejects Israeli call...

Are WI Republicans fighting the recall hard enough?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 11 Comments

The recall petition drive against Scott Walker has more than a month left to get the required 544,000 signatures. Organizers assert that over 300,000 already have been collected, The assumption has to be that they will get enough signatures and that there will be a recall...

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

Bad for the Jews

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 9 Comments

We don't get many shots at the Big Leagues, and even fewer at professional sports stardom. So when the Hebrew Hammer has problems, it's Bad for The Jews. As reported at JSOnline, Braun drug test positive: Did Ryan Braun cheat to become the 2011 National League most valuable...

Attack ad?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 25 Comments

Hard to know if the Democratic National Committee thinks it's hurting Newt with this, or helping him (video h/t ElectAd). I do think they're trying to frame Gingrich's image now that he's the frontrunner, consistent with the DNC's reaction at the debate last night: ...

Newt’s Palestinian comment was more than about history

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 66 Comments

Palestinian national identity as it currently is recognized was a reaction to the creation of Israel and most prominently the 1967 war when Israel captured territory controlled by Egypt and Jordan. Newt Gingrich is under fire for stating this truth. It doesn't really change the equation...

ASAP

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 14 Comments

OMG, the feeling sure is catching on. Another one from Linda and her happy hunting grounds, the Lowe's parking lot in Nashville: ...

Drake Debate – Video highlights

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 27 Comments

Here are some video highlights from tonight's debate. I'll add more as they become available: The $10,000 Bet Newt responding to Romney attack, the Kennedy line Newt defending Israel and his Palestinian comments: Perry standing up for Newt on Palestinian comment, best of night ...

Drake Debate Post-Op & Tweets of Night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 31 Comments

Quick take: Everyone performed well, but if Romney's task was to take on and knock down Newt, he didn't do it. Romney was offered up the opportunity a number of times, and only tried once and it was weak. It was not as cringe-worthy as...

Duel at Drake Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 20 Comments

Tonight is the Republican Debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Everyone is expecting fireworks. We'll see. To comment in the live feed please register in the CoverIt-Live box using OpenID (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Your Legal Insurrection registration will not work....

Saturday Night Card Game (Glenn Beck plays race card on Newt, and me, and you)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 71 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Glenn Beck doesn't like Newt. That didn't keep Newt from appearing on Beck's radio show and taking the hard questions. Beck tried to force Newt into a "Teddy Roosevelt / progressive"...

Free afternoon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 14 Comments

Tonight there will be a live blog here for the debate, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern (probably will turn it live closer to 8:30). Until then, here's a running list of stuff of interest: Glenn Greenwald is upset that I've been calling him out repeatedly, so he's...

Dear Newt, three ways to crush Romney tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 21 Comments

Mitt Romney has to attack Newt tonight at the debate. If he doesn't, and rests on television interviews and what his surrogates have done the past few days, Romney will be Tim Pawlenty, who was not willing to confront Romney on "Obamneycare" in person. If I were Newt,...

Let’s take a hunk out of Elizabeth Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 19 Comments

You owe us, and we want our fair share of all that money you are raising online. You built a campaign out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your message to market on bandwidth the rest of us paid for; you hired workers...

Newt may not be Tea Party, but his D.C. enemies treat him like he is

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 44 Comments

Every now and then I stumble upon a column which says exactly what I had been thinking but had not yet written. Christian Whiton absolutely is on target as to the reasons behind the collective and almost uniform piling on of Newt by the Republican pundit and political class...