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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2009 1 Comment

The headline in USA Today/Gallup's latest health care poll is that the public, by a 48-46% margin, is against or leaning against the current health care proposal:Forty-six percent of Americans say they would advise their member of Congress to vote for healthcare legislation (or lean...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2009 1 Comment

Obama yesterday:"From the discussions we had, it's clear we are on the precipice of achievement that's eluded Congresses, presidents for generations -- an achievement that will touch the lives of nearly every American." It appears, from the context, Obama was intending to use the word...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2009 2 Comments

Has anyone seen Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana)? He has gone missing on the health care debate.The almost VP-nominee has flown so far under the radar that a Google News search for "Evan Bayh health care" for the past month turns up very little as to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2009 13 Comments

Whether or not to blog anonymously has been debated for the internet-equivalent of forever.The Publius "outing" incident last spring certainly stirred the debate again, when a newly-minted law professor blogging under a pseudonym for fear of academic retribution had his identity disclosed by another blogger...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2009 2 Comments

Steve Benen, at Washington Monthly, suggests that the enthusiastic and open embrace by some single-payer advocates of the "Medicare buy-in" idea floated by Harry Reid, as a device to obtain a single-payer system, may have scared Joe Lieberman away from the idea.Benen laments that such...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2009 5 Comments

How long before arrest warrants are issued by politically motivated judges in Europe for high level U.S. politicians and military officials because drone strikes in Pakistan kill civilians?Don't think it could happen? How about this story from Britain, Israel fury over British war crimes warrant...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2009 2 Comments

I have to hand it to Harry Reid. He may be on the verge of pulling off the ultimate card play.Reid managed to get everyone excited and fearful through a whispering campaign about a last-minute "compromise" to expand Medicare, even though we can't pay for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 11 Comments

Good for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which leads the way in supporting breast cancer awareness and research.In a statement just released, the Komen Foundation refuses to cave in to the despicable attempt by Jane Hamsher and some of her followers to force the Komen...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 4 Comments

Not content to call upon the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fire Hadassah Lieberman, Jane Hamsher now is trying to organize secondary pressure on the Komen Foundation through various celebrities who are involved with the organization. The online Petition states:As I said before, it's a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 15 Comments

I didn't get a chance to comment this weekend on Matthew Yglesias' ground-breaking announcement that the country has become "ungovernable" because the majority (Democrats) seem unable to run roughshod over the minority (Republicans) in the Senate:We’re suffering from an incoherent institutional set-up in the senate....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 2 Comments

John Hawkins has an interesting post regarding a conversation he had with a Senate staffer on the chances of Obama-Pelosi-Reid-care passing this year (not likely) or in January (50/50):John: But still, it's looking grim right?Senate Aide X: They are in much worse shape now than...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 3 Comments

Well, we can't have Senators being forthright with their colleagues face-to-face. That is worthy of this headline:No, what we need is more sniveling backstabbing and double-talk.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 13 Comments

"When we fail to inspire hope, we fail the future, which, one way are [sic] the other, we are bound to live into."Read the whole thing, and let me know.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 4 Comments

The first exhibits merely reflexive reaction to startling movement, the other establishes meaningful cognition at an early age by choosing to replicate a sound. Just saying.Please, no one tell the Feline Theocracy. It is very intolerant of dissent.http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.46(h/t to The Coffee Shop for the kitten,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 2 Comments

Obama down 19 points in the Rasmussen strongly approve/strongly disapprove poll just released: H/t Moonbattery, which notes: The approval index stands at an astounding -28 among the independents who were temporarily duped into electing him.Obamunists did say that their messiah would unite us. At this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 0 Comments

What it was about this comment which led me to suspect it was spam (so I didn't approve it, link disabled fyi):This is nice blog post, an excellent it very nice...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2009 29 Comments

Sarah Palin's appearance on the Conan O'Brien late night show generated huge positive buzz. Even (some of) the Palin haters were hard-pressed to come up with a negative about it.This marks something of a turning point for Palin. More so than daytime media, late night...

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