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Posted by Anne Segal on July 15, 2012 25 Comments

Congressman Anthony Weiner may be taking steps to return the the political fray. The New York Post reports that the congressman is "desperate" to return to politics, and with a large campaign chest he has the money to do it. The disgraced former congressman — who’s...

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Posted by Anne Segal on July 15, 2012 34 Comments

This morning on Face the Nation, Ed Gillespie commented that Romney "retired retroactively" from Bain Capital after questions about exactly what year the candidate retired have come to light. Romney left Bain to rescue the beleagured Salt Lake City Olympics, detailed in his book "Turnaround."...

Posted by Anne Segal on July 15, 2012 19 Comments

Thursday night former Vice President Dick Cheney held a fundraiser at his home in Jackson, WY, for Mitt Romney. During his remarks, Cheney stressed Romney's ability to handle the foreign-policy decisions that a commander-in-chief faces, while Romney cautioned that Obama's foreign-policy mistakes may have even...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2012 13 Comments

It's all a matter of perspective. I had dinner with a group of people last night, and one of the women was pregnant for the first time at age 37.  Her husband commented that he was going to buy the kid a onesie that said "Now...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2012 8 Comments

This driver supports Anybody Else.  From reader Chris, taken in Austin, TX: Professor, you've probably seen this one but for what it's worth. Car next to me saw me taking photo. They honked and gave thumbs up. Mobile tea party? While this other driver supports Anyone Else.  From reader Jeff: From...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2012 4 Comments

I have previously highlighted Richard Mourdock's attempt to close the cash gap with Democrat Joe Donnelly. At one level Mourdock has been successful, outraising Donnelly in the 2d Quarter, but since he started behind by $800k and had to spend money on the primary, he still...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2012 53 Comments

Because you have been bad, and because I want to inflict maximum pain, you must watch all 12 minutes of this video in which Lawrence "Herman Cain didn't know how to be black" O'Donnell leads a panel of race card players attacking Mitt Romney's speech to...

Posted by Anne Segal on July 14, 2012 36 Comments

We've become accustomed to leftist agenda-ists using campaigns of intimidation and bullying to push their way into the public school system, museums, our churches and synagogues, and of course into the old guard media. Are consumer packaged goods the final frontier? By now you've probably seen...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2012 58 Comments

We're in La La Land, and my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting up with commenter LukeHandCool (below) and his wife, and separately with Cassandra Lite. The photo is overlooking the left coast in Santa Monica. Don't worry, we're not going to do the Althouse-Meade thing. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2012 13 Comments

Alternative headline:  "Supporter of fake Indian ranch supports fake Indian." From reader @Coondawg68 who e-mailed this on Friday: Warren supporter bumper sticker irony Spotted at a Quincy MA parking lot yesterday. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2012 29 Comments

We need to start going there.  Nothing is off limits anymore. Via Mediaite: “They really don’t want to talk about the economy now, do they?” Eric Bolling asked, before handing it off to Greg Gutfeld, who seemed somewhat amused by the whole thing amusing consider Obama is...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 13, 2012 21 Comments

I wish I could tell you that this is a funny parody movie, but I cannot. This movie is 100% real. The best line from the trailer? -Q.What do you do when you fall off the path and you want to get back on? -A. You just keep...

Posted by Anne Segal on July 13, 2012 12 Comments

Elizabeth Warren cannot escape the public's questions about her claims to Native American ancestry. A live chat today demonstrates how deeply the issue has permeated the campaign dialogue. On the local Massachusetts community news website, Patch.com, Elizabeth Warren participated in a live chat where the site invited readers to ask...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2012 65 Comments

It probably will not stop those who want to portray the case as racial from continuing to make claims of racial motivation in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, but the FBI has confirmed that there is no substantial evidence that George Zimmerman was racist. Via Orlando...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2012 20 Comments

Obama's new campaign talking point is to compare Mitt Romney to Richard Nixon in terms of secrecy. The Board of Editors of The San Francisco Chronicle already has weighed in on the Nixonian quality of one of the presidential candidates: The Obama White House's restrictions on media...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2012 26 Comments

He is what he's always been. He's not a nice guy who's in over his head. He always has campaigned by finding enemies and demonizing people.  It was the essence of his campaign in 2008, but at least he could cover it with words like hope and...

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