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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2010 1 Comment

Add the race in NY-24 to the list of my Top 10 races (also RI-01 and NY-22) which are tightening in the final two weeks.From CQ Politics, Richard Hanna has pulled within 5 points of Democrat incumbent Michael Arcuri, down from 8 points just a...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2010 0 Comments

Via Amanda Terkel (of Think Progress fame) writing at HuffPo:Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D), first elected to Congress in 1992, hasn't seen a tough re-election battle since 1994, the year of the Republican revolution that swept so many Democrats out of power. He has been a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2010 0 Comments

The fiasco of Obama's visit to Rhode Island -- which led Frank Caprio, the Democratic candidate for Governor, to tell Obama to "shove" his endorsement -- holds tremendous potential to split the Democratic base.Obama came to Rhode Island to raise funds for the national Democratic...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2010 12 Comments

The left-blogosphere and punditry have been hoping for right-wing political violence for two years now with no success.  From Bill Sparkman to countless others, these people have been waiting for the fire to justify all the smoke they have been blowing about "extremist" and "crazy"...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2010 8 Comments

I think a lot of conservatives are afraid to put bumper stickers on their cars for fear of vandalism.  Call it the "driving while conservative" phenomenon; or maybe "parking while conservative."Vandalism of McCain signs, and houses/car bearing those signs, was widespread during the 2008 campaign. ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2010 18 Comments

Prior to the Kentucky Senate debate in Paducah last night, a woman with a history of politically-inspired vandalism who was dressed in disguise approached Rand Paul to present him with a Move-On.org "award," and was pulled to the ground by Paul supporters, one of whom needlessly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2010 12 Comments

Via a link at HotAir, comes another over-the-top mainstream media fluff piece about the Coffee Party, making it out to be more than it is, this time by Agence France-Presse, Coffee Party seeks to outbrew Tea Party in US politics. In case you haven't noticed, I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2010 5 Comments

On Election Day we will have an all day and all night (at least until Ma'am sings) Live Event similar to what we had on January 19, 2010, when over 21,000 people (not visits, people) participated in our live feed (using Cover-It-Live) to watch the election...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2010 8 Comments

The high and mighty Democrats in Rhode Island who paid $7500 per plate to attend an elaborately catered dinner with Barack Obama were left with an empty seat at the table.As reported by The Providence Journal, after giving a 20-minute speech to those gathered at the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 4 Comments

Via WPRI in Rhode Island.  The rest is just a formality:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 4 Comments

Tuesday, October 26, from 8-9 a.m. (E.S.T.), I'll be a guest on the Helen Glover Show at Talk 920 AM in Providence, RI, one of the two major talk shows in the Rhode Island / Southeastern Massachusetts market.  You can listen live here.Helen is on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 6 Comments

Why had I not seen this before? Am I the only one?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54FRMedT_s?fs=1]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 3 Comments

Post-2008, Obama does not have a good record of bringing home the vote for candidates for whom he stumps.This appears to be repeating itself in Rhode Island.As I posted early this morning, Obama is in Rhode Island campaigning for David Cicilline, the Democratic nominee in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 3 Comments

The Boston Globe, which is all in for the Democrats, has released a poll (via HotAir) showing Barney Frank up 13 points against Sean Beilat, but still well below 50%. Beware The Boston Glove bearing polls.  Remember this headline, just 9 days prior to the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 2 Comments

Barack Obama, Scott Brown and Michael Steele all will be in Rhode Island today, campaigning for competing candidates in the RI-01 District (my home district, by the way).Obama is flying in for an elaborately catered $7500 per plate fundraiser (menu here) for Providence Mayor David Cicilline,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2010 8 Comments

On October 20, I published my Top 10 List for donations (not necessarily the 10 most important races), based on the following criteria:  Must be current Democratic seat; must be toss-up or possibility of an upset of a big name Democrat; and must not be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2010 7 Comments

You're losing the messaging war:"My manhood has never been in question."Guess who?  (Before you click, stop a second.  Do you really need to click?  Don't you know precisely who it is without clicking to check?  Have confidence in your gut instincts on this one, and...

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