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

Via Reuters: A jury in downtown Washington on Monday acquitted Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens of all six criminal charges against him in a trial to decide whether he lied to Congressabout using performance-enhancing drugs. Jurors deliberated for a total of about 10 hours before...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2012 23 Comments

By this imitation without so much as a h/t? Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren joins list of politicians with a 'Google problem': Although it is not the most serious "Google problem" a political hopeful has seen this election season, Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren does have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2012 31 Comments

Class warfare worked didn't work so well for Democrats in Wisconsin in the Scott Walker recall.  But they're stiking to what they know. The Democrats are engaging in another campaign, this time dubbing Romney's bus tour the "Middle Class Under The Bus Tour." (h/t JeffEmanuel) ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2012 40 Comments

Spotted by reader P.J., who'll be moving to Albuquerque for love: I'll be moving there in a couple of years to be with my fiancé. Sadly, leaving a very conservative part of Colorado, but my sweetie is very much worth it! The license plate prefix probably only...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2012 39 Comments

As reported in The Boston Herald, four Cherokee women, including genealogist Twila Barnes, are traveling to Massachusetts this week requesting a meeting with Elizabeth Warren personally to express their concerns about Warren's false claim to be Cherokee: Four outraged Cherokee activists who say Elizabeth Warren’s campaign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2012 34 Comments

Rodney King died today. He was a tragic figure. I don't blame him for any of the violence which took place after the policemen charged with assaulting him were found not guilty.  An interesting resource on the court case is here.  I discussed how the video evidence...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on June 17, 2012 5 Comments

Now that Richard Mourdock has defeated Dick Lugar and is well into his general election campaign against Democrat Joe Donnelly, it is of paramount importance that we keep Mourdock’s campaign for Senate strong. Top-tier Republican figures are aware of this, as evidenced by Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2012 17 Comments

I previously have posted about the excellent job Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com has done bringing to light details of a scathing critique of Elizabeth Warren's scholarship by a now-deceased Rutgers Law School professor: The vetting of Elizabeth Warren’s academic background begins. Were charges of “scientific misconduct” against...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2012 51 Comments

The most shocking thing to me about this video is not that Harvard Law Professor Robert Mangabeira Unger looks so old. When I was in law school he was a baby-faced rising star on the faculty (his photo from that time period still is on his...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2012 12 Comments

There were may good speeches at the Right Online conference, including Sarah Palin and Michelle Malkin. I particularly liked Hugh Hewitt's speech, and his emphasis on how we each play an important role in the movement: "Every day is a new day online and every barrier to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2012 34 Comments

There is very little chance I'll end up reading David Maraniss' biography of Obama, although by all accounts it is a very detailed work which punctures much of Obama's self-portryal (you remember the "composite" girlfriend revealed in a pre-release excerpt). Ben Smith has read the book,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2012 19 Comments

Or a Lance Armstrong Livestrong Team Radio Shack jersey. I guess you didn't get that directive from the Central Committee, Comrade. From reader 9th District Neighbor: Mild weather always brings out the men in tights who bicycle in large groups, usually in the middle of the road. This...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2012 86 Comments

When Neil Munro shouted out a question to Obama yesterday as Obama was reading a statement in the Rose Garden about his unilateral thumbing of Congress and the American people in the eye, a firestorm of condemnation erupted among media-types on both the left and right. Forget...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on June 16, 2012 7 Comments

After she handled her fellow Republican candidates at the Utah convention back in April, Mia Love is receiving a substantial boost from her party to aide her attempt to oust Democrat Congressman Jim Matheson in the newly created 4th Congressional District. Many Republicans have been vocal...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2012 16 Comments

I think this is one of those goose/gander things. Via Roll Call: With less than four and a half months until Election Day, Senate Republicans are shutting off the bipartisan spigot when it comes to confirming President Barack Obama’s nominees to the nation’s top courts and will...

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