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Video Released of ICE Agent's Perspective of Minneapolis Shooting

Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on 'Free' Childcare Program

Mamdani and the “Woke Jihad”

The only thing Ann Coulter loves more than Chris Christie is … Romneycare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 120 Comments

I warned you. In order to promote the election of Mitt Romney we would have to go through all sorts of philosophical and policy contortions. And here we have ended up, with Romney's most bombastic media supporter, who has not spared a foul word for Newt,...

I feel good

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 41 Comments

I'm feeling better right now than I did last night. The National Review’s Candidate Won’t Stop Digging Romney Drowns Gingrich and Santorum in Toxic Sludge. Um, how did Rick get in on this act, he's barely been touched. Mitt Romney and the banks. Someone you don't like didn't like...

The way forward

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 48 Comments

It was a very busy month here. Traffic was up, with almost the highest number of visits I've ever had in a month (560k) and the highest page views ever (848k). I haven't counted comments by month, but at some point during January we went from the...

I though I had lost

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 17 Comments

my ability to laugh. Then I saw these, the most recent being Santorum. "NEWT GINGRICH" â a Bad Lip Reading Soundbite - watch more funny videos ...

Romney played class warfare “poorly”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 48 Comments

Mitt Romney had an interview this morning in which he said the following: Romney says, "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair , I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich...

Texas Launches Website to Field Complaints About State Colleges and Universities

Trump State Department has Revoked 8,000 Student Visas

U. Washington Researcher Appears to Wish Death on Conservatives: ‘May There be Tyler Robinsons for You All’

Jewish Students Locked in Cooper Union Library During Anti-Israel Protest Settle With College

Georgetown U. Hires Hamas Apologist Mehdi Hasan as Visiting Fellow

Astoria, NY, is Becoming the American Center of Democratic Socialism

Mitt’s positive campaign continues

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 41 Comments

in Nevada with this mailer: Similar mailers have been running for days. I suppose Mitt will tell us that he only is going negative because Newt outspent him in Florida. Who is it that can't be trusted?...

“Romneycare is okay because Romney has the best chance of winning in November”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 50 Comments

That statement, by a Romney supporter on the Mark Levin show, pretty much sums up the problem with the primary season, and the willing disbelief about the problem we face with Romney as the nominee. Here's the full segment, if you want to jump in for...

Apathy will be the legacy of Romney’s carpet bombing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 94 Comments

Mitt Romney had a strong win last night in Florida. There's no way to spin it otherwise, just as there was no way to spin Newt's South Carolina win otherwise. But at what cost? Financially the cost was about $17 million for Romney and his SuperPAC, almost...

Well aren’t you special

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 10 Comments

What, our tax dollars aren't good enough for you? How 'bout we make you buy one of our Chevy Volts (as soon as we figure out how to stop them from catching fire)? Thanks to Linda, this was taken in the parking lot of the Bass...

Allen West switching districts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 27 Comments

Via Dan Riehl at Big Government, Allen West is escaping the bad redistricting and will be running in another district, in a game of musical chairs with a couple of others: In a deal with several moving parts, Conservative favorite Rep. Allen West will move over...

Florida primary results

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 196 Comments

Looks like turnout down 200k from 2008. Notice that when Romney ties/wins (IA, NH, FL) no turnout surge, when Newt won in SC huge turnout surge. Turnout will be important in November 2012, and while Romney is winning, he's not motivating new voters to come...

Really, just really

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 51 Comments

Really, just really (emphasis mine): Mitt Romney says he was "outgunned" in South Carolina, blaming attacks from Newt Gingrich for his defeat there earlier this month. "I needed to make sure that instead of being outgunned in terms of attacks, that I responded aggressively — and hopefully that...

Learn to love Romneycare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 43 Comments

Of course, it takes a publication like Mother Jones to pull this stuff up, but it hasn't received a lot of attention since it was published in October. There's a curious reference to Teddy having to work in Washington in order for Massachusetts to pass Romneycare. It hasn't come up much,...

Preview of tonight’s post-results speeches

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 10 Comments

h/t to reader David. ...

Diagnosis, please

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 64 Comments

Tweet from DrewMTips, a Newt supporter, who contributes to AceOfSpadesHQ and his own blog: Here was my response: Correct diagnosis? Update 4:10 p.m.: I think this may be more of a concern than Romney hatred, people who became active in politics since the election of Obama who look at Romney...

Pre-Florida end of world stuff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 26 Comments

The world will end tonight, but just before that, consider: Both Romney and Newt are getting trounced by Obama in the latest Rasmussen survey. Romney has an electability problem. Why do you hate capitalism? You mean there's actually good news for Newt even if he loses Florida? Final PPP poll finds...

Romney poisoned the well

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2012 65 Comments

There is a trend developing to assign equal blame to the poisoned atmosphere in the Republican campaign, as if there were no cause just effect. I'm not going to allow history to be rewritten the way the Romney campaign and its supporters tried to rewrite the history...