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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 11 Comments

Because there's a big world out there, and stuff is doing: Iran Missile Drill Results Exaggerated, Images Photoshopped Previously American Left troubled by him, but drawn to him [link fixed] US and EU Funding Palestinian Efforts to Stop "Normalization" with Israel Defiant: U.S. defiant as Iran threatens action over Navy...

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Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on January 03, 2012 12 Comments

This post will be "sticky" until early evening when we go "Live" at about 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Eastern, and will collect news from Iowa during the day, with the most recent on top: --------------- With the Iowa Caucuses just a few hours away and the live event...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 35 Comments

Things have been ugly on the airwaves in Iowa, and the recipient of those ads is going to start giving some of the ugly back. It's unfortunate that it has come to this, but it fits a pattern which goes back to Iowa in the 2008...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 59 Comments

What goes around comes around.  Michele Bachmann hired Ed Rollins as campaign manager last spring and the first thing he did was trash Sarah Palin. Bachmann let the Rollins' comments hang out there for a while and then went on TV to say what good friends...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2012 2 Comments

Thanks to John Ruberry of Marathon Pundit who took this photo of end of the New Year's Eve Paddle in Morton Grove, IL: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 24 Comments

Re-running the Kennedy campaign against Romney based on Bain deals was predictable and predicted, but this does seem a bit early: The Democratic National Committee has set up a war room in Iowa with its main focus on Mitt Romney, who is looking more and more...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 8 Comments

Here's the plan, subject to change. Beginning late morning or lunchtime (Eastern), we'll have an Open and Update Thread with latest from Iowa.  While the caucuses don't start until the evening, we'll try to dig deep for reports of how and what the campaigns are doing. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 67 Comments

This is lighting up Twitter.  Colmes also uses the incident in a blog post today, linking to this 2005 WaPo article: In his Senate office, on a shelf next to an autographed baseball, Sen. Rick Santorum keeps a framed photo of his son Gabriel Michael, the fourth of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 37 Comments

Alternative headline: Dear Iowa: You are being played like a fiddle. I hate to admit it, but there is a large amount of truth in this analysis by Roger Simon of Politico, Mitt don't need no surges: If Mitt Romney wins the Iowa caucuses, the race for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 26 Comments

I ran the Des Moines Register final poll numbers yesterday, here's PPP's final Iowa poll released late last night: The Republican caucus in Iowa is headed for a photo finish, with the three leading contenders all within two points of each other.  Ron Paul is at 20%,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2012 5 Comments

From the same vehicle as yesterday's post, from Linda in Tennessee: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 34 Comments

Commenter Taxpayer1234 mentioned yesterday that s/he had written a graduate school paper on conservative political blogs, and s/he was kind enough to forward it to me. Three blogs were the focus of the paper, Legal Insurrection, Ace of Spades HQ, and The Other McCain.  Remember, everything is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 17 Comments

It was the hot topic some weeks and months back, a joke since he was not a contender. But now that Rick Santorum is on the verge of either a victory or great showing in Iowa, some journalists are just frothing with joy at the prospect of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2012 20 Comments

There are two important columns each of which addresses the surge of Islamists throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. The first column, by Andy McCarthy, focuses on reports that the Obama administration is using Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi as a conduit for contact with the Taliban: The surrender is complete...

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