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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

Polling 101, Last Class: You Can’t Learn Much From Asking People Their Ideology

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2011 3 Comments

This is the fifth in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science. While this is the last post in the Polling...

NPR, Please Meet The Fork Which Is About To Be Stuck Into You Because You Are Done

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 14 Comments

Can it get any worse for NPR? H/t to my readers for alerting me to this video in the NPR Sting, Part 2, via The Daily Caller:New video released Thursday afternoon indicates National Public Radio intended to accept a $5 million donation from fictitious Muslim...

Why do these people, many of whom are professionals, feel no fear in expressing such death wishes in the open?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 36 Comments

You have seen the video of Twitter death wishes directed at Sarah Palin, by people who did not feel the need to hide their identities.So like clockwork, death wishes (threats?) are being tweeted about Scott Walker, again often using real names.And these were before last night's...

I hope character counts.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 10, 2011 12 Comments

Newt Gingrich has been incredibly brazen in the past few weeks, forming an exploratory committee to help consider his first steps towards a presidential bid in 2012. Yesterday it was reported that "if he runs for president he will make his announcement in early May...

The Really Important Wisconsin Vote Is Not Today

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 10 Comments

There will be a vote in Wisconsin which will shake the political landscape of the nation.That vote is not today in the Wisconsin Assembly on the bill passed last night in the Senate restricting public employee union collective bargaining.That vote will not be in April, when there are...

Is TikTok Brainwashing Young People?

UConn Medical School Invites Trans People to Train Students in ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Young Progressives are Embracing Antisemitism Based on Lies

U. Tennessee Students Doing Work on Campus Discover Civil War Trench

‘Climate justice’ Group at Northwestern University Calls for School to Become ‘Fossil Free Campus’

House Republicans Fast-Track Bill to Ban Men From Women's Sports

A Must See

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 10, 2011 4 Comments

A hilarious, smart, and insightful video from ReasonTV that discusses the higher ed. bubble. --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Morning sanity.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 10, 2011 0 Comments

From Rand Paul:And from Britain:I feel refreshed already. --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress! ...

The Other Loser In Wisconsin – Law Enforcement Credibility

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 26 Comments

Regardless of who emerges as the political winner or loser in Madison, Wisconsin, one thing is clear, law enforcement -- from the Madison police, to the Dane County Sheriff's office, to the Capitol and State police -- have lost credibility as neutral players in this political standoff.Time...

Polling 101, Session 4: Evaluating The Public Employee Union Polls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 0 Comments

This is the fourth in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science.___________________Today I will provide an overview of the polling situation...

Wisconsin End Game Live Event 3-9-2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 15 Comments

From news reports, it appears that a move is in process in the Wisconsin legislature to pass the collective bargaining reforms separately, and that the Democrats who fled to Illinois are racing back to try to stop it. So we'll go to a Live Event...

The Totally Non-Surprising NPR Surprise Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 24 Comments

The video sting operation which showed two senior NPR employees, including Ron Schiller, dining with purported members of a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group which was considering a large donation to NPR, is being presented by NPR and its supporters as some sort of horrific surprise.In fact, the contents of...

Three cheers

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 09, 2011 7 Comments

for the second amendment. "A man who broke into a house in Portland, Oregon, called police -- afraid the homeowner may have a gun." Granted, this doofus sounds like he would have had trouble making his way out of a paper bag. Even so, I...

Tweet Signals Long Wisconsin Standoff, Time To Split The Bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 8 Comments

Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature do not need a 3/5ths quorum to pass non-budgetary legislation.Gov. Scott Walker previously rejected calls to pass the collective bargaining provisions of the budget bill separately. Walker's reasoning was that while the collective bargaining provisions in isolation may not be budgetary, they...

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 20 Comments

Just a day after the release of a devastating video of NPR officials dining with a purported Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group for the purpose of soliticing a $5 million donation, and months after the Juan Williams firing, Vivian Schiller, President and CEO of NPR has resigned.NPR...

Polling 101, Session 3: Handling Bias

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 3 Comments

This is the third in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science.___________________Handling BiasToday I will discuss ways to handle bias...

RI Gov. Linc Chafee Unveils Plan To Tax RI’s Way To Prosperity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 2 Comments

If you read this blog, you have heard many tales of woe regarding my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The state's economy is sinking under the weight of public employee pensions and high taxes. That's not me talking, that's The NY Times'...

Me On The Mark Carbonaro Show Talking The Health Care Mandate