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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 44 Comments

Thomas Sowell has an interesting column today pushing back against the demonization of Newt.  It's not an endorsement, but it sure sounds like Sowell is not liking all the hate being directed Newt's way (h/t jeannebodine in the Tip Line): Did Gingrich ruffle some feathers when he...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 20 Comments

Iran will not be allowed to get nukes, and is a year or less away.  So says Leon Panetta: The U.S. Secretary of Defense said Monday night that Iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. In an interview, Leon Panetta, said despite the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 30 Comments

Why do Republican politicians go on Letterman?  I know it's good exposure, but it's exposure that always comes with a price. Letterman always makes the Republican look bad and weak.  I said it when Rick Perry went on Letterman, but at least in that circumstance Perry...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 13 Comments

Democrats in Wisconsin are trying to make Charlie Sykes, the great conservative talk show host and blogger, a campaign issue in the recall. Sounds like a plan, a stupid plan: From Charlie's blog: Pure political genius if a state political party running against a talk show host and...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 18 Comments

A lot of polls today showing Newt weakening substantially, and he's finally doing a major media buy in Iowa starting with this ad, and launching a 44-stop bus tour.  I don't think it's too late, but it is late. Would Michele Bachmann be in second place...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 7 Comments

He says he will make a decision over the holidays, and Democrats in Washington desperately want him to run even though he is in a weakened position because of the Cornhusker Kickback. The NRSC has released a web ad which highlights Nelson's problem (h/t HotAir).  I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 32 Comments

Newt Gingrich wants to restore a balance between the branches of government, and address what a lot of people see as an imperial judiciary. His white paper lays out a variety of mechanisms, most of which are not controversial.  One in particular, that Congress should subpoena judges...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 18 Comments

Mitt Romney's days at and after Bain have been largely unexamined in the primaries.  None of the other candidates has the resources and organization to do the research, but others are and it will hurt Romney's come the general election if he is the nominee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 32 Comments

How ironic would it be if a month-long onslaught by conservative media and attack ads run against Newt non-stop by a Mitt Romney supporting SuperPAC resulted in Ron Paul winning the Iowa caucuses?  Paul also is running attack ads, but without the rest of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2011 4 Comments

That was the subject line in the e-mail from Aaron Worthing, who blogs at Allergic to Bull , who sent this photo: It was perfect, almost perfect. A bumper sticker picture with a hilarious contradiction. First they say "universal healthcare is pro-life" and then they say the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2011 18 Comments

Also known as Dear Leader and Supreme Leader, died according to North Korean state television. via CBS/AP: Kim's death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2011 13 Comments

Mitt Romney has been doubling and tripling down on the strategy of crazy attempting to portray Newt as mentally unfit for office. Part of that strategy is to characterize Newt as "zany." Romney stood by the accusation this morning on Fox News Sunday. But that's not how...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2011 15 Comments

Interesting stuff: Good neutral article about the 10 factors which could sink Newt in Iowa.  One of them was "Fox News Talkers."  I guess I wasn't the only one who noticed.  Coulter was on Hannity, O'Reilly, and apparently Red Eye singing the same Newt's crazy tune. ...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 18, 2011 42 Comments

I don't care for the phrase “public intellectual,” particularly when paired with “political thinker.” It tends to reference the most polemic or controversial people, skeptics of common sense. For instance, there are lots of great thinkers who have never ascended to notoriety the way Noam Chomsky...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2011 7 Comments

The good news?  The Islamists did not do significantly better than in the first round of elections. The bad news? The Islamists did not do significantly worse than in the first round of elections. They're still running at about 70%: The Muslim Brotherhood party secured 39 percent of...

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