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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2011 28 Comments

"Why Is No One Attacking Romney?"  That's the question I have been pounding all fall, particularly in the past 6 weeks. It's also the question asked by Alex Roarty at National Journal: It's an old story this primary, where Romney has not faced the kind of...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2011 9 Comments

The Best Tweet of the Year competition was really, really tough. There were so many great tweets arising out of the Occupy Wall Street protests that it could have been its own category.  Not surprisingly, Obama also was a hot topic. I excluded from consideration tweets...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 26 Comments

One of the conspiracy theories floating around the comment section here and elsewhere was that Michele Bachmann served as the attack dog against everyone but Romney in the hope of gaining a VP nod. The speculation was fueled by Bachmann's relentless and often inaccurate attacks on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 49 Comments

A certain someone already has declared that the media got the primaries all wrong, and that it was going to be Mitt all the time.  Others have written off Newt and Perry to the dustbin of history.  The emerging media consensus, pushed by the mainstream...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 8 Comments

With war in Israel  just one shot or rocket or kidnapping away, it's always worth seeing the faces of the people who will fight it. The Jewish New Year was in September, so this is the IDF's New Year's greeting to you (via Sheya): ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 33 Comments

Rick Santorum has lived in Iowa for months, visiting every county, street, house, coffee shop, bakery, and front porch waiting for his time to come.  It may have arrived, if the recent polling is indicative of reality. But because Santorum's surge comes just days before the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 17 Comments

I noted the other day Romney’s emerging secrecy problem, including the refusal to release income tax returns even if he becomes the nominee. This is a break with standard practice for nominees, and creates a no win situation in which Romney makes his income and taxes...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 33 Comments

John Hinderaker of Power Line Blog wrote an endorsement of Mitt Romney on Tuesday.  It was about as good an endorsement as I have seen, but kept coming back to one theme, electability. I don't think we can judge electability just yet because no one really has challenged...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 9 Comments

The worst Bumper Sticker of the Year competition was almost as tough as the Best Bumper Sticker of the Year competition.  Thanks again to those who made nominations. Not surprisingly, it was dominated by various forms of Derangement Syndrome. 1st Place - "Tea Party" sounds so much nicer...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 28 Comments

I'm trying to make this an Iowa free day, which given the polls coming out today probably is a good thing: 'Drive to kidnap IDF soldiers up since Schalit deal' - Hmmmm, trading 1000 for 1 is a motivator.  Who whoulda thunk it. New York Times Staffers Express...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 13 Comments

Operation Counterweight has started.  We need people in the House and Senate who are not afraid to fight. In many states and districts, it will be easy.  In others it will be hard. We are going to have to win a couple of hard ones in order to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 10 Comments

Via Orlando Sentinel: Former U.S. Rep. Alan Graysonis reporting today that he already has raised more than $500,000 in the final quarter of 2011 — a big haul that should boost efforts by the Orlando Democrat to return to Congress...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 4 Comments

The choice for Best Bumper Sticker of the Year was a tough one. I appreciate the nominations from readers. My choice came down to which bumper sticker most concisely and vividly reflected my mood and the mood of Legal Insurrection readers. Here are the results: 1st Place - "Actually, No...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 47 Comments

Rick Perry has filed a lawsuit over his exclusion from the Virginia ballot. His website link to the pleading is overloaded, so I don't know the specifics, updates to follow. Update:  The link keeps freezing but I managed to download the Complaint, here it is. (added) I claim...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 12 Comments

Both Newt's campaign (first video below) and a pro-Newt SuperPAC have hit the airwaves in Iowa with positive ads. Meanwhile, I assume that the massive Romney SuperPAC ad buy will be hitting the airwaves in Iowa at the same time. There is no question that the negative...

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