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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 76 Comments

Chris Matthews has gone farther and more aggressively than any other major television figure in the accusation that the Romney campaign and its supporters are using racism as a core campaign tool against Barack Obama. Everything has become racist to Matthews.  The use of the term "Chicago."  Arguments over...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 27 Comments

Badger Pundit has put together this video interspersing parts of Clint Eastwood's speech at the RNC with the advertisement that ran during halftime of the Super Bowl. I think it's pretty effective. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 48 Comments

The impossibility of changing the liberal bias in the mainstream media is almost a daily topic here. Reader Brian sent this email with some pertinent thoughts on the topic, which I thought I'd pass along: I've had your blog in my RSS feed for awhile and find...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 36 Comments

Drudge and LI have something in common.  August 2012 was our best month ever in terms of traffic.  LI had 1,449,541 page views, Drudge had 943,281,513. Of course, I didn't build it on my own, nobody does.  I was helped by the very generous linkage of Prof. Glenn Reynolds,...

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Posted by A.F. Branco on September 01, 2012 19 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 10 Comments

From reader Steven: My wife, son and I traveled from the smokey environs of north east California (one of the few conservative areas in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia) into Reno for a little shopping. Caught up to this truck at a stop light and grabbed my...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 42 Comments

Following up on This is not the tweet of a confident man, friend of the blog Patricia found another tweet which no one else seemed to notice. That seat has been taken, and is not about to be given up easily. ...

Posted by Anne Segal on August 31, 2012 17 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union, after a summer of threats and miscellaneous protest actions, announced a date for their strike of September 10 this Thursday. CTU released a copy of their resolution on the website: The strike is necessary to achieve a labor contract with acceptable wages, benefits...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 4 Comments

The Love Bomb now has surpassed $200,000. This provides an enormous boost to Mia Love's campaign as it provides cash to fund the type of local effort that outside groups cannot by law do.  It still leaves her with only half the cash on hand as Democrat Jim...

Posted by Anne Segal on August 31, 2012 11 Comments

I traveled to Tampa, FL, last-minute for work (good timing), so I got to experience some of the hullabaloo from the vantage point of an on-the-outskirts La Quinta. My observations: 1. Tampa's uber security perfectly captured the two paths our country faces. There was something inspiring about...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 135 Comments

Looks like Clint Eastwood got under Obama's skin. Obama sent this tweet today in response to Eastwood mocking Obama last night by using an empty chair as a prop (via The Rhetorican): While I was very uncertain whether the Eastwood appearance worked, I now believe it did. If it didn't,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 83 Comments

I thought Romney gave an excellent speech. It had a good mix of soaring rhetoric without veering into Greek columns territory. Clearly the speech was intended to help neutralize the "war on women" theme, and I think it was effective.  I also was glad that the speech...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 32 Comments

The media moved with stunning symmetry this week is seeking any and every means of tearing down the Republican National Convention, and particularly Paul Ryan. To borrow their favorite metaphor, it was as if someone blew a dog whistle that only the liberal media could hear. National...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 21 Comments

From reader Henry: I've always told my kids that any vehicle sporting more than 3 bumper stickers is probably owned by a "wacko". Here are a couple of photos of such a car that I spotted this morning in Santa Fe, NM. I note that I regard Santa...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2012 55 Comments

All you need to know about the media reaction can be summed up in one word:  JournoList. Same players still, just in more influential positions.  But that's for another day, maybe even tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to try not to let the stuck pigs distract me from...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on August 30, 2012 10 Comments

A few days ago, Operation Counterweight member Dan Bongino released a new web ad. Much like his previous ads, this one again channels a positive message centered around the promise of America. It's a refreshing change of pace from the mudslinging that generally accompanies the vast...

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