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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2010 5 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: I would like to think we have hit rock bottom when The New York Times launches a major research project and runs a feature article decrying the underrepresentation...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2010 4 Comments

How could I not post this?I love how she emphasized the "de" in deranged. The nutroots are not just deranged, they are "de-ranged."In all seriousness. she makes a good point. What was the point again? Oh yeah, the left blogosphere is deranged.At least she didn't...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 9 Comments

Greg Sargent at The Washington Post posts a partial transcript provided by the Reid campaign of a speech Reid gave on the floor of the Senate in 2006 allegedly apologizing for Reid's 1993 proposal to exclude the children of illegal aliens from birthright citizenship.Sargent treats...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 17 Comments

After the sophomoric "F*ck Tea" campaign started by a prominent progressive organizer hit the internet this week, I wondered, what ever happened to the Coffee Party.Apparently, not much.The Coffee Party has grown cold, as this August 4, 2010, post on the Coffee Party national website...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 4 Comments

Rasmussen just released a poll showing Linda McMahon down 47-40 to Richard Blumenthal. This represents the closed closest poll so far (I think), but more important, shows Blumenthal under 50%:Support for McMahon is unchanged from last month, despite her GOP Primary win on Tuesday. Blumenthal’s...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 2 Comments

The latest Mason-Dixon poll, as reported by The Las Vegas Review-Journal, shows that Harry Reid leads Sharon Angle 46-44. This is in line with other polls in the past two weeks showing a virtual dead heat.Since Reid has made his ability to bring home federal...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 4 Comments

The international outcry over Iran's practice of stoning women accused of adultery is having an impact on the normally insular Mullahs, as reported by The Guardian:Iran appears to be quietly changing the sentences of Iranians awaiting death by stoning to hanging after international outcry following...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 5 Comments

In their Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal, the supporters of Prop. 8 focus on the unique role of heterosexual marriage, and quote Barack Obama as one of many authorities:As an initial matter, redefining marriage in this manner would eliminate California’s ability to provide...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 0 Comments

The backers of California Prop. 8 have filed an Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in light of the denial of a stay pending appeal by Judge Vaughn Walker earlier today.Here is part of the summary of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 9 Comments

The federal judge who ruled that California Prop. 8 violated the U.S. Constitution, and who temporarily stayed his ruling pending further arguments, has now denied the motion to stay entry of judgment of his decision.Judge Vaugh R. Walker just entered an Order which would allow...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 32 Comments

I guess the Coffee Party astroturf didn't achieve its goal.So one of the people who helped build the Center for American Progress, creator of Think Progress, has created a new movement, hitting upon a slogan which really expresses their profound stupidity and childishness, as reported...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 4 Comments

Harry Reid's entire campaign is centered around painting Sharron Angle and the Tea Pary movement as extremist. But in the opinion of the American public, the extremist is not the Tea Party movement:The American public has a more positive view of the Tea Party movement...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 13 Comments

I don't know what the American Family Association is, but this is stupid:Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero. This is for one simple reason: each Islamic...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 4 Comments

This is rich. Alan Grayson, the buffoon of Democratic Congressmen, wants Robert Gibbs fired, as reported by The Hill: Rep. Alan Grayson (Fla.) Wednesday became the second congressional Democrat to call for White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' ouster, using colorful moniker to describe him.Gibbs raised...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 11 Comments

Talking Points Memo, which apparently has given up any pretense of becoming a real news organization, is trying to create a scandal out of nothing, by wondering whether Republicans will be upset that the logo for the 2012 convention includes a "minaret."To understand how stupid...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 6 Comments

Harry Reid famously played the race card during the health care debate by comparing those who opposed Obamacare to those who opposed the abolition of slavery.Now he is at it again, this time claiming that no one of Hispanic heritage should vote for a Republican:"I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 10 Comments

Watching Robert Gibbs go after the Professional Left, and the Professional Left firing back, certainly has been amusing.But I'll have to stand up for Gibbs, at least in his first heart-felt salvo.Gibbs made two related points. First, that the Professional Left is "crazy" to attack...

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