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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2012 11 Comments

With Olympia Snowe retiring, this race seems particularly unpredictable with a strong third party showing from the former Governor, via The Hill: Democrats looking to replace retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) in Maine have a delicate decision to make. If they back independent former Gov. Angus King,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2012 0 Comments

Dick Lugar's record on Iran (and Middle East policy in general) has not received as much attention as other Lugar failures, such as his vouching for Obama's foreign policy credentials just three weeks before the 2008 election. Lugar consistently has shown what generously could be characterized as wishful thinking about negotiations with the Iranian...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2012 33 Comments

Elizabeth Warren isn't the only unlikely native. We all are. Spotted in Ithaca: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 18 Comments

I value the input.  I'm sorry I can't respond to all the e-mails but I read them all. I particularly appreciate the proofreaders!  And the bumper sticker contributors rock! From reader Anne, on why Bill Nelson may be safe in Florida.: I read with interest your comments on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 60 Comments

The Battle of the English Language continues. There is an organized movement by the Applied Research Center, of which Rashad Robinson of Color of Change is a Board member, to ban the use of the term "illegal alien" as racist. What race is an illegal alient?  Let's not...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 38 Comments

The Young Guns Action Fund, run by allies of Eric Cantor and to which Cantor has contributed, has committed $100,000 to supporting Dick Lugar. I like Cantor, and have always supported him, but the Young Guns are way off the mark on this one and should follow...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 77 Comments

The successful Navy SEAL raid which killed Osama bin Laden is becoming one of the central themes of the Obama campaign. Almost every other sentence out of the mouth of Joe Biden (who opposed the raid) is about "bin Laden." We know that bin Laden was located as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 17 Comments

From a reader in Massachusetts: Hi Professor; I saw this at a handicapped spot at the Target Store here in Taunton today. I mused to myself that I wished I had a camera, then I remembered that my newish cell phone takes pictures. So here it is,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 20 Comments

This is the worst omen for Dick Lugar in a slew of bad omens this week. The SuperPAC which has dumped $600,000 of advertising into the Indianapolis market is pulling out of the race: The American Action Network is pulling out of the Indiana GOP Senate primary,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 85 Comments

You have got to be kidding me.  This trashing of Newt by Erika Johnsen, who apparently just started blogging at HotAir, is so over the top: Newt Gingrich’s decision to wait a week to officially drop out of the presidential race was kind of a non sequitur...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 40 Comments

Native American? I doubt this will move many votes in the Massachusetts Senate race, but it does illustrate how pursuit of “diversity” in higher education can drive institutions to make rather implausible claims: Elizabeth Warren’s avowed Native American heritage — which the candidate rarely if ever discusses...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 13 Comments

A series of events in the past few days give every indication that Dick Lugar is losing the primary race, and his campaign devolves into almost bizarre and frantic accusations against Mourdock. Two recent polls show Mourdock with 1 point and 5 point leads, respectively. While Lugar's campaign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 36 Comments

Don Surber is giving up blogging: After 7 years of blogging, I am quitting. I am exhausted. It was simply too much work. I am still employed by the Charleston Daily Mail and still writing editorial and columns and performing the sundry other tasks that go...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 26 Comments

Obama has been narrowing his targets for attack and derision ever since the 2008 campaign. Everywhere he looks, he finds some group to hold up for public scorn, and that group has narrowed from the top 5% to the top 2% to the top 1% to Wall...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 16 Comments

I have not followed the Florida Senate race, and the attempt to unseat Bill Nelson, very closely. But I did post a couple of general items about it last Fall: So tell me about Cor­nelius Har­vey McGillicuddy IV Florida Senate seat in play My focus has been elsewhere, but...

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