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Democrats Think They're Winning Back Men and Rural Voters in 2026

MTG's Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History

MIT "Womxn" Only Physics and Bio Grad Programs Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Debate Verdict: Still waiting for that defining moment

Posted by Joel Engel on October 04, 2012 84 Comments

I watched the debate without the company of the Web or Twitter, so I was surprised afterward to see the consensus that Romney had wiped the floor with Obama. I humbly disagree. He did well. He didn't do well enough. Last night was a major reason...

Branco Cartoon – End of an Error

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 04, 2012 6 Comments

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Elizabeth Warren’s white great grandfather shot an Indian

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2012 34 Comments

Elizabeth Warren still is not Cherokee. She never was. Her family lore is grossly exaggerated, in all likelihood by Warren herself not her parents. Yet whenever anyone questions this family lore, Warren acts like it is an attack on her family, thereby shutting down challenges to...

The morning after

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2012 54 Comments

I think it was a tremendous victory for Romney at the debate last night. Usual caveats about there being a month to go, he still may be trailing in some key states, etc. Romney needed to take his case directly to the American people because the media is...

The Leatherneck don’t give a …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2012 9 Comments

From reader and prior photographer Ryan: ...

Judge Orders Secret Hearing of Alleged Charlie Kirk Killer to be Made Public

Brown University Implements Campus Security Overhaul in Wake of Shooting

Nikole Hannah-Jones Writes Tribute to Cop Killer Assata Shakur

Lincoln University Prof Claims School Changed His Students' Grades Without Asking

Duke University Cut Hundreds of Millions Through Various Means in Response to Federal Cuts

Students and Faculty at UC-Berkeley Unhappy About Suspension of Anti-Israel Lecturer

MSNBC’s Matthews gives epic smackdown of Obama

Posted by Anne Segal on October 03, 2012 66 Comments

Have you learned to tune your t.v. immediately to MSNBC after any political event? If you haven't, you would have missed an epic rant tonight against Obama from *up tingles* Chris Matthews where he chastises Obama for simply "enduring" through the presidential debate: "I don't know...

Best Tweets of the First Presidential Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 90 Comments

Here are the tweets I selected during the debate. I score the first debate as a clear win for Romney. Obama was bumbling, Romney was on target with facts. Even Obama supporters -- the semi-honest ones -- were tweeting in despair.

@theplumlinegs I mean this respectfully, your guy is getting hammered
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) October 4, 2012

Romney: "trickle down government won't work." #debate2012
— Tim Stanley (@timothy_stanley) October 4, 2012

Even I want him to have a teleprompter. Obama's delivery is painful #debate
— Anne Sorock (@AnneSorock) October 4, 2012

Obama uses "$5 trillion tax cut for rich" line that CNN rated FALSE in its pregame show.
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 4, 2012

Did anyone just catch O's slight smile as Romney talks? The pres seems slightly amused. Also seems that he senses a real fight tonight
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 4, 2012

President doesn't sound as confident as Romney who is being much more forceful
— kirsten powers (@kirstenpowers10) October 4, 2012

Romney:"I've got 5 boys. I'm used to people saying the same thing over and over again hoping it becomes true."
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) October 4, 2012

Romney line on five sons/used to hearing something repeated - great memorable rebuke of POTUS.
— Karl Rove (@KarlRove) October 4, 2012

You know @barackobama is freaking out when he has to talk about.....Donald Trump #debate
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 4, 2012

Presidential Debate Night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 327 Comments

Starts at 9 p.m. Eastern. This is just an open thread for people to make their feelings known. I'm not going to "live blog" it. But I may jump in with some thoughts as it goes along, maybe at any breaks. And at the end, there will be...

Scott Brown challenges Elizabeth Warren on lack of Massachusetts law license

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 33 Comments

The Brown campaign has been silent on the issue of Elizabeth Warren's broad and longstanding practice of law from her Cambridge office without being licensed in Massachusetts. I assume that the Brown campaign wanted to have all their legal ducks in a row before they jumped on...

Media Obama PSYOPs needs a reset button

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 22 Comments

Now about all those media memes about how the election was over. When Romney nominated Paul Ryan. When Clint Eastwood talked to an empty chair. When Romney didn't get enough of a convention bounce. When Bill Clinton gave Obama a bounce. When Romney was the only one...

Branco Cartoon – O-Bomb-Anomics

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 03, 2012 6 Comments

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Their Kind of Town, Chicago is

Posted by Joel Engel on October 03, 2012 33 Comments

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is running for reelection in Illinois’s second congressional district. Except he’s not exactly running. His name is on the ballot. But Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. hasn't made a campaign appearance since the primary. The Democratic congressman from Chicago is running for re-election for...

Tonight, tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 44 Comments

Haven't decided what to do for the debate, which starts at 9 p.m. Eastern. Live blog? Open thread? Nothing but post-analysis? So many people will be doing "live blogs" I'm wondering if it makes sense to do that here. What do you think? In any event, we will do...

“Rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve got what they want.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 29 Comments

A newly surfaced 2002 tape of Obama speaking at an MLK Day Memorial Service is, in many ways, even more important than the Daily Caller video released last night. In this video, revealed at Patterico, Obama plays the class warfare and race cards at the same time, tying...

Fallout continues from govt hit job on Chick-fil-A

Posted by Anne Segal on October 03, 2012 17 Comments

Back in July, when Alderman Moreno and Chicago Mayor Emanuel decided that the best way to represent "Chicago Values" was to penalize a company for its president's personal views, Chick-fil-A had a brand rating of 62 according to rankings by researcher YouGov. New statistics released by...

Elizabeth Warren helped protect Dow Chemical against breast implant claims

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 46 Comments

The Boston Globe is being dragged kicking and screaming to facts regarding Elizabeth Warren's private law practice history, including her representation of Dow Chemical which Warren never previously disclosed to the press (emphasis mine): Warren, a Harvard Law School bankruptcy specialist, released a list of 13 cases Monday...

The Obama fairy tale exposed, once again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 23 Comments

The video of Obama from 2007 will not itself change the election. At that level, it was over-hyped. But it is a reminder of the nasty side of Obama, the side well-hidden, the side which does not hesitate to play racial and class politics when convenient...