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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 24 Comments

I bet the reaction would be quite different if NY Times columnist Charles M. Blow mocked religious Jewish undergarments the way he mocked religious Mormon undergarments in this tweet (h/t Jim Geraghty): But then again, he's a NY Times columnist with a long history of foul hyperbole directed at the Tea...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 32 Comments

Rick Santorum endorsed Arlen Specter because he was a good establishment Republican in 2004, and that's what the Republican President wanted.  The precursor to the Tea Party movement backed Pat Toomey. Santorum's endorsement was no crime.  It was a pure political calculation, one which many others in Santorum's place...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 12 Comments

Republicans can learn something from Rhode Island about standing up for taxpayers as a winning political strategy. I have written many time before about the efforts of Democratic Mayor of Providence Angel Taveras, who has taken on school teacher unions and other public sector employees in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 46 Comments

Newt made headlines for this comment at the debate last night: I had forgotten about that controversy, involving Obama's obfuscation of his failure to support the Born Alive Infant Protection Act as an Illinois state senator. Jill Stanek was responsible for bringing attention to the practice of killing babies who survived...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 47 Comments

I posted last night and again this morning that Rick Santorum had a terrible debate. But it's fair also to point out that many of the shots Romney scored on Santorum were cheap shots, as pointed out by George  Neumayr at The American Spectator (h/t reader OccamsrazorX): Romney,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 26 Comments

I am really liking The Times of Israel, the new online publication I posted about a week ago. This story is one of the reasons, Onward Christian Soldiers: Think North American campus activism for Israel and chances are you won’t think of a Hispanic Catholic organizing pro-Israel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 36 Comments

It's hard to know just how much of an effect Rick Santorum's horrible debate last night will have on the vote in Michigan and Arizona. It's hard to believe it helped, and it has to have hurt badly.  I think Philip Klein from The Washington Examiner...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 7 Comments

From reader David: I captured this one in Daytona Beach, FL. I was stopped and waiting behind a school bus. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 39 Comments

This was, in many ways, the best answer of the night, with Newt turning the tables on his critics with a single word: Mitt Romney Central was not amused:   The "press" has a sense of humor: Sarah Palin seemed to like it: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 65 Comments

Endgame analysis:  No question Newt won, but no single huge moment that is likely to shift the polls dramatically (or fundamentally).  Just a consistent strong performance, that's the pretty uniform assessment from relatively neutral people I'm following on Twitter.  Really bad night for Santorum, off...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 20 Comments

The last best hope of mankind tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. In the meantime: They tried to redistrict away Michele Bachmann, but she's fighting on.  And yes, despite everything, I support having her in Congress.  Her congressional campaign website is here. "we liked Matt Drudge a lot more...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 58 Comments

Last Friday, I posted that if it came down to a choice between Romney and Santorum, "I'd have to think about it" because "[m]ost of all, I find [Santorum] to be the least scrutinized of the candidates so far." That post was taken as being "anti-Santorum," but it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 15 Comments

The long suffering people of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations elected Linc Chafee Governor in 2010, on the Independent line. When Chafee was a Republican Senator, he was ranked as the No. 1 RINO by Human Events.  Chafee lost his reelection bid in 2006 to Sheldon Whitehouse. In 2010, Chafee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 8 Comments

As readers know, I've been critical of the Reform Jewish movement, and the seemingly obsessive support of Democrats and Obama, with the most left elements aligning themselves with groups hostile to Israel under the guise of "balance." Yet the threats facing Israel now are so great that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 37 Comments

The consistency with which Ron Paul comes to the assistance of Romney has been clear since the fall debates, and Paul almost never has a harsh word to say about Romney. Paul's media staff put together some of the most vicious and effective ads, but always against...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 23 Comments

Some of my renowned "quick, newsy bits and links" of which I am so proud: Supreme Court ready to throw out affirmative action?  NY Times is worried, and at least one conservative thinks it's lining up as a distinct possibility. Prop. 8 backers seek 9th Circuit en...

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