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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,...

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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...

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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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2012 1 Comment

If you don't visit College Insurrection every day, you are missing great posts like these: Busting the myth of a liberal student majority Beware attempts to ban “hate speech” on campus College Republicans Take Prime Seat at GOP Convention Chick-fil-A boycotts coming to a campus near you Maryland Bd of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2012 18 Comments

The line in Paul Ryan's speech about college grads living at home staring at a faded Obama poster was brilliant: College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and...

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

Texas is not doing well with federal judges in the District of Columbia.  Days ago a three judge panel threw out Texas' redistricting maps, now a different panel has thrown out the Voter I.D. law.  (Opinion embedded below) This analysis from Rick Hanson at Election Law...

Posted by A.F. Branco on August 30, 2012 18 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2012 62 Comments

If you have been following the internets, you can see an anaphylactic reaction among supposed "fact checkers" over Paul Ryan's brilliantly effective speech last night. The section about the closing of a GM plant in Janesville during the Obama administration has been a particular area of attention...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2012 2 Comments

From Mike in Wisconsin: Saw this in line at McD's this a.m. Lady driver. Must not have heard of the "war on women" yet. Keep up the good work! ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2012 77 Comments

Couple of thoughts before the big Ryan speech. This always was going to be a multi-stage fight.  The first and highest priority is removing Obama from office and Democrats from control of the Senate. But after that, and assuming it happens, there will be the Republican establishment...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2012 25 Comments

Via AP (h/t Samuel Keck in Tip Line)  A three-judge panel in Florida has ruled that a former neighborhood watch leader charged in the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin should be granted a new judge in his case. Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on August 29, 2012 36 Comments

I first wrote back in June that Missouri Senator Claire MacAskill's effort to distance herself from the President by skipping out on the DNC was "not a bad strategy." In July, I reported that Nancy Pelosi had essentially endorsed it as the "official strategy" of Congressional...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2012 22 Comments

It's not just Ray Gaster who is raising the "I built this" banner. Readers have forwarded photos they just took of other businesses with similar signage. From Sara: Hi @Legal Insurrection. Here's what a sign business in Boca Raton, Florida is prominently displaying. Eight minutes ago in 91-degree post-Isaac...

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