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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2012 60 Comments

Operation Counterweight commenced on June 10, 2011: Why do I have this feeling that the back-stabbing and petty politics of the Republican insiders are going to leave me completely unexcited about the presidential campaign, and more focused on electing conservatives to Congress as a counterweight to...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2012 68 Comments

I'll wait for some more polling before drawing any conclusions, but the most recent South Carolina poll by Insider Advantage has Romney ahead of Newt by 2 percentage points, via The Hill: Despite a historic sweep of the first two nominating contests in the GOP field,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2012 40 Comments

The "finest example"? Them's some mighty big shoes to fill, but this might just do it. Thanks for this now-classic from reader JanT, who writes: You're doing a great job with the blog, sir, and I especially like your commentary, not to mention the fun bumper sticker...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 112 Comments

From The NY Times: While his campaign advisers generally agree that Mr. Romney must explain his work at Bain, they are wary of engaging in an exhaustive public examination of the nearly 100 deals he was involved in, anxious that it could bog him down in...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 3 Comments

I previously have posted about the RI-01 congressional race, which is my home district, a seat currently held by Democratic former Providence Mayor David Cicilline. Cicilline concealed Providence financial problems until after the 2010 election.  Cicilline ran a "scare grandma" campaign, making a tour of senior centers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 76 Comments

This was read by Rush Limbaugh on air today. Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout: “In the general election I’ll be pointing out that the president took the reins at General Motors and Chrysler – closed factories, closed dealerships laid off thousands...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 24 Comments

it turns: How Romney won New Hampshire.  It's the (supposed) electability, not conservatism, stupid. Bad signs for GOP.  Why do you hate capitalism? Another Iranian nuke scientist goes down.  And I don't mean what you think I mean, you depraved freaks. Have you noticed that Fox News turned negative...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 53 Comments

I knew that my position on Bain Capital would fray some relationships in the conservative blogosphere, but this post by Don Surber took me by surprise, Why Republicans Oppose Capitalism: Newt and Rock Perry are trying to divide the party in a way I never imagined. I thought the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 50 Comments

Funny, when Mitt Romney and his supporters played Mediscare against Rick Perry on social security and class warfare on capital gains tax rates for those making over $200,000 per year, I don't recall a chorus of objections that Romney was using leftist rhetoric and giving ammunition...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2012 0 Comments

It's fading fast.  We may get a change, but it's not what I hoped. Another one from Linda in Tennessee, taken at the (in)famous Lowe's parking lot in Nashville: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2012 41 Comments

Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary.  While the results are not final as of this writing, it looks like he comes in at 37-38%, with about the same total number of votes as in 2008. Here are the tweets of the night, bitter and otherwise. Tora...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2012 86 Comments

89% Reporting Romney 39.1% Paul 23 Huntsman 16.9 Gingrich 9.5 Santorum 9.4 ----------------------------- Interesting: Gingrich was the target of 96% of negative super PAC spending between Iowa and N.H.  But Newt's the angry nasty one, rights? Romney's argument on electability was an important factor with voters. Romney is on target to get about same...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2012 18 Comments

Some things to mull as we await the close of the polls in New Hampshire at 8 p.m. Eastern.  A new results post will go live at about 7:30 p.m. Eastern.  I'm going to handle it in a manner similar to the NY-09 night, not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2012 125 Comments

When even Rush Limbaugh buys into the "criticising Bain is criticizing capitalism" meme, we have lost as a party.  There is a huge difference between using government powers to impose value judgments (a la Obama) and making value judgments in evaluating a candidate's background. It's over. We've discovered...

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