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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2012 0 Comments

With just over a week until Election Day, Operation Counterweight in Upstate New York is approaching the moment of truth. Barring some big development, this likely will be our last update on the critical Upstate New York races. Chris Collins is challenging incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2012 6 Comments

After a rough week, Richard Mourdock has started hitting back at Joe Donnelly's attempt to portray Mourdock as "pro-rape." It's unclear if the gaffe moved the needle much. Mourdock released a poll yesterday by McLaughlin & Associates, a well-regarded Republican polling firm, showing the race tied....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2012 22 Comments

I noted the other day that Obama's "My First Time" video appeared to be a rip off of a similar ad for Vladimir Putin. The Aussies, however, are claiming that one of their candidates was the first to have a first time experience. From The Catallaxy Files: It...

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

One of the great successes of Elizabeth Warren's campaign has been to destroy the concept of truth and falsity when it comes to ancestry.  What you believe, or what you were told, becomes the operative standard. The effect has been to excuse Warren's ethnic fraud in the minds of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2012 2 Comments

In case you missed it. Higher education administrators and educators are focused like a laser beam on the important issues facing students: Football players banned from using Twitter Texas Schools Punish Students Refusing Microchips Professor Names “Bisexual” Fern after Lady Gaga Concordia student catches flak for catching Dem Congressman’s embarrassing...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2012 9 Comments

We have the countryside, and parts of the suburbs.  Our scouts are infliltrating the Obama-controlled cities. One of our rebels, however, has been trapped in Chicago.  And there's not much we can do about it until November 6. From reader Jed: Here is something you don't see every...

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 26, 2012 9 Comments

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012.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 11 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Brent in Indiana who writes, "Michelle and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 23 Comments

Thanks to Patricia for the correction of the now infamous Obama campaign image, which was titled "Sums it up." I think this sums up the current situation better. Sums him up....

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 26, 2012 6 Comments

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Posted by Joel Engel on October 26, 2012 4 Comments

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of tax evasion and fraud, and may be headed to prison for four years. The verdict comes two days after Berlusconi, 76, announced he will not run for premier in upcoming elections. The three-time premier stepped...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 39 Comments

Wisconsin may be the new Ohio, according to Scott Rasmussen: In Election 2000, Florida was the decisive state in the Electoral College. In 2004, Ohio was the ultimate battleground that put George W. Bush over the top. This year, it might come down to Wisconsin...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 0 Comments

With two weeks until Election Day, Operation Counterweight in Upstate New York is approaching its home stretch. You may recall Bill Owens, who slipped into the spot in the 2009 special election in NY-21 after Republican Dede Scazzafava defected to the Democrats in order to spite...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 16 Comments

Nothing has changed, in my view. Mourdock's comments are being portrayed as "pro-rape" by his political opponents, but that is a gross mischaracterization.  Some thoughtful writers have pointed this out even as they disagree with Mourdock on substance, including this post at WaPo by Melinda Hennenberger: Last spring,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 8 Comments

From long-time reader Mike in New York: Seen on northern boulevard, long island. Car with CT plates. ...

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