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Whether Radicalized Culture at U. Penn Influenced Luigi Mangione Needs To Be Looked Into

Woman Who Accused Three Duke Lacrosse Players of Rape Admits She Lied, Seeks Forgiveness

Fifty-One Discriminatory Scholarships At University of Rhode Island Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Look Who’s Claiming Obama’s Mother Was Not Married

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 8 Comments

Yesterday, Blue Mass Group posted a misleadingly edited interview with Scott Brown in which Brown, when questioned, said he didn't know if Barack Obama's mother was married when Obama was born. That expression of lack of knowledge has led to full meltdown in the left-wing...

Did NRSC Play A Masterful Hand?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 11 Comments

If this is true, I may owe the NRSC an apology:In mid-December, the National Republican Senatorial Committee conducted a poll that showed Brown trailing by only 13 points, but it kept the results to itself. Coakley continued operating on the assumption that for all intents...

Coakley Supporters Fabricate Birther Accusation Against Brown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 15 Comments

The left-wing blogs have been so completely overrun in the Brown-Coakley campaign that they have resorted to making up a phony "birther" controversy in an attempt to gin up a controversy before Tuesday. Blue Mass Group has released a very tightly edited 15-second clip of Scott...

Coakley’s Disgusting Rape Mailer

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 22 Comments

I posted yesterday about a disgusting mailer used by the Massachusetts Democratic Party to allege that Scott Brown wants rape victims turned away from hospitals.As I explained, the allegation is false, twists out of all reality the legislation Brown proposed on the "morning after pill,"...

Brown Campaign Saturday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 12 Comments

Photos from Scott Brown events Saturday, January 16 (photos to be added throughout the day)Dennis, MA sign rallyBrown in Hyannis (much more here)Not from today, but worth posting, SEIU members for BrownBrown in Plymouth[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGKH7qjnF5w]Brown in Quincy (more here)(400 people in crowd)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and...

Several Top Schools Urging International Students to Return From Break Before Trump Takes Office

People Still Have Lots of Questions About Spending in the Kamala Harris Campaign

Boise State U. Shuttered Campus DEI Centers Over Thanksgiving Break

National Spelling Bee Approves Feminist Term 'Womyn' for Kids' Competition

U. Iowa Paid MSNBC Host Joy Reid $55K to Speak on Campus

Biden Admin. Rushing to Auction Off Unused Border Wall Materials Before Trump Takes Office

Coakley Infringes UPS Trademark

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 14 Comments

Martha Coakley flopping gaffe of the day, as reported by the Boston Herald:Shipping giant UPS isn’t amused by a Democratic Party campaign pamphlet attacking Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown that plays off the company’s slogan “What can Brown do for you?”Atlanta-based United Parcel Service, known...

Brown Massacres Coakley Online

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 4 Comments

In prior posts, I noted that Brown was winning, and then had won, the online war. The statistics reflecting Brown's online momentum also were the subject of a post recently at WordStream Internet Marketing Blog. In just the past two days, the numbers have become...

Where Have We Seen This Gesture Before?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 7 Comments

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Cambridge Police Reject Retired Member’s Wife’s Candidacy for Senate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 14 Comments

The Cambridge, Massachusetts police officers association wants to clear up the record. Just because Martha Coakley's husband is a retired Cambridge police officer, a fact which her campaign frequently mentions, they do not want you to think that they actually support Coakley.No, the Cambridge police...

Coakley Ignorant of Religious Exemption in Senate Health Care Bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 5 Comments

Martha Coakley has hammered Scott Brown relentlessly with the claim that Brown wanted to permit hospitals to deny emergency contraception to rape victims. As Coakley surely knows, that claim is false.I examined the language of Brown's proposed amendment in a prior post. That amendment provided...

Brown HQ Report #4

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 5 Comments

This is my fourth and final report of my observations at the Scott Brown campaign headquarters. Once again, I visited the Needham headquarters, the same place as for my first two reports.Here's the bottom line: The place is on political fire.In my first visit on...

When Martha Dissed Teddy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 12 Comments

Martha Coakley's slap-shots fired at Fenway Park fans and devout Catholics, her vacation in the middle of a special election, her refusal to debate one-on-one, her D.C. lobbyist fundraiser, and her denial that she witnessed the subsequent assault on a reporter, all have people bewildered...

Brown Up 4 In Suffolk Univ. Poll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 9 Comments

A just released poll by Suffolk University shows Scott Brown leading by 4 points, what the pollster calls a "Brown Out":Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate race, raising the odds of a...

Something You Don’t Know About Scott Brown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 2 Comments

You may have wondered why Mrs. Scott Brown is not on the campaign trail with him, and does not appear in his videos or at his speeches.If you live in Massachusetts, you may know why, but you may not.Mrs. Scott Brown is Gail Huff, a...

Obama’s Strange Video for Coakley

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 22 Comments

Obama's campaign organization has released a 2-minute video in support of Martha Coakley (via Politico).The video is very strange. It is way too long for a television commercial, although the Coakley campaign could edit it. If Obama really wanted to put himself on the line...

Brown Hip Checks Coakley On Fenway Insult

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

On the heels of Martha Coakley's well-publicized comment criticizing Scott Brown for shaking hands with people in the cold outside Fenway Park, Brown has rolled out a new TV ad featuring him doing nothing but shaking hands with people on the street in the cold.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yu_af4KbdE]Coakley...

Dems Sucker Punch Mass Union Members

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 6 Comments

The Senate health care bill, which Martha Coakley supports, contains a massive tax on the middle class which will hit union members particularly hard. The tax on so-called "Cadillac" health plans is opposed by organized labor, and could be a big reason why union rank-and-file...