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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 77 Comments

No big surprise here. Via ABC News: A decision on whether to charge Florida neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman with the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin has been made, sources told ABC News. The decision by Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey is expected to be announced...

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Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on April 11, 2012 13 Comments

When an administration has completely botched handling of economic issues during its first term, how does it go about seeking reelection where the economy is the most important issue? Somehow, the logical thing to do is talk about raising taxes. Ordinarily, this would be political...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 12 Comments

Obama's targeting of demonized groups has been narrowing over time, something documented here since the 2008 campaign. Remember when the Top 5% were the target? Phew, that's so 2008. Then the Top 2%.  Phew, that's so 2009. Then the Top 1%.  Phew, that's so 2010. Then Wall Street.  Phew,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 35 Comments

I think Josh Marshall has it exactly right, Romney Telegraphing Loss: As noted this morning, Wednesday April 11th is day one of the general election.  But there are things I’m seeing that tell me that Mitt Romney is kicking off the campaign in a telling defensive...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 13 Comments

An interesting decisionwas handed down by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, written by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. The case involved employees who had downloaded confidential company information which they were permitted to access, but not permitted to share.  The issue wasn't whether the employer had...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 97 Comments

You go to war with the Mitt you have. That's the view of John Hawkins, co-founder of NotMittRomney.com, in a post at his blog Right Wing News: At this late date, at a minimum, I’d still prefer Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Tim Pawlenty, Rich Santorum, Jon Huntsman,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 2 Comments

From reader Wayne: I saw this in a parking lot in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Not certain if you've seen it before since it's four years old. I bet it was funny back in 2008 but my thinking is that today, 'our only hope' sounds far better than...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 23 Comments

I have posted before how Cumulus Broadcasting, cheered on by Rush boycotters, is setting up Mike Huckabee to challenge Rush. Jeffrey Lord has the story how Huckabee Show Opens With Staged Caller: Wow. As we often say here: you just can't make it up. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee took...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 10, 2012 11 Comments

If you don't already, I recommend subscribing to Minding the Campus, a web-based mag focused on the American university from The Manhattan Institute. Today, John Leo has a fun post titled "One Result of Income Inequality--Dubious Psychological Studies." As an academic specialty, psychology suffers from a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 214 Comments

Just breaking, via NY Times: Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, according two of his advisers, bowing to the inevitability of Mitt Romney’s nomination and ending his improbable, come-from-behind quest to become the party’s conservative standard-bearer in the fall. Mr....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 19 Comments

Michael Miller, The Miami New Times reporter who kicked off an internet firestorm a few days ago with a report of armed groups of neo-Nazis patrolling Sanford, Florida, is at it again,  After Trayvon Martin, Neo-Nazis Say They're Armed and Patrolling Sanford. The account, again, is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 7 Comments

at least if one is dealing with reality rather than hope, is that Obamacare increases the deficit dramatically: President Obama’s landmark health-care initiative, long touted as a means to control costs, will actually add more than $340 billion to the nation’s budget woes over the next...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 9 Comments

Richard Lugar's time in the Senate may be up. A variety of groups are working to defeat Lugar.  The NRA (which gives Lugar an "F" rating), the Club for Growth, and Freedom Works are working to help Richard Mourdock overcome Lugar's big money advantage. Notice how Lugar is hitting...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 25 Comments

Carbonite has been flying below the radar the past few weeks, as companies like Arby's have incurred the wrath of conservatives for pandering to the Media Matters inspired and coordinated attempt to drive Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves. Carbonite was the most visible and self-righteous of the advertisers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 15 Comments

From reader Ulises, who took this photo in Cockeysville, MD, and writes: Further proof that buyers of "coexist" bumper stickers have no sense of irony...

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