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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 172 Comments

It's all playing out according to plan. Now that Newt's surge has stalled or burst, the full frontal attack is being launched on Ron Paul. It's not that the scrutiny is not warranted, it's just interesting that it took so long. Some of the belated nature of the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 11 Comments

Reader Hope Change in the Tip Line suggests the following caption for this photo:  “That’s right, Mr. President, National Review is trying to elect Mitt Romney.” I think that's a good one, although it presumes Reagan would have known who Romney was.  Any other suggestions? And the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 17 Comments

In the least shocking news ever, Mitt Romney, who taunted Newt by saying that Newt could not take the heat of negative advertising run by a pro-Romney SuperPAC, refuses to take Newt up on the challenge of a one-on-one debate next week: "We've had many occasions...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 2 Comments

This is a follow up to yesterday's post by Bryan Jacoutot, Lobbyist double standard, highlighting the hypoocrisy of the conservative punditry lambasting Newt allegedly for being a de facto lobbyist and Washington insider, while ignoring Romney's close campaign ties to lobbyists. Roll Call notes that Romney is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 14 Comments

All the news is focused on whether the House Republicans will cave and go along with the unworkable and illogical Senate two-month extension of the social security "tax holiday." That is how stupid politics has become, both Democrats and Senate Republicans are lashing out at House...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 7 Comments

Well here's another depressing redistricting story, to add to the Colorado and Illinois depressing stories. While Democrats were expected to pick up one or two seats in California due to restricting, it looks like they will pick up 6-7 because they mounted an under the radar...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 5 Comments

From reader and frequent photographer Matt in Colorado, who writes: If only the establishment Republican Party would do so...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 17 Comments

From Dan McLaughlin, who recently endorsed Rick Perry, writing at RedState: As we all know by now, there’s Good Newt and there’s Bad Newt.  If you want the full Good Newt experience, check out this speech he gave to the NRA convention back in April.  If...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 4 Comments

It's a word I find myself using, or wanting to use, more and more. WaPo fact checker gives Romney PAC anti-Newt ad Four Pinnochios, and Newt says Romney supports The Right To Lie. It's part of Newt's strategy of Passive Resistence.  When you don't have money to counter...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on December 21, 2011 7 Comments

The recent endorsement of Mitt Romney for President by The Washington Examiner has worked to underscore an odd and conflicting point by Romney supporters who are attempting to “make the case for Mitt.” A common line that has been consistently trumpeted by Romney supporters is that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 11 Comments

...  and claim that the Republican Party of 2012, not Obama, is the true heir to Roosevelt. Via Politico, You, sir, are no Teddy Roosevelt: In a speech to be delivered in Bedford, N.H., this evening, Mitt Romney will push back explicitly on Barack Obama's recent invocation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 24 Comments

The tease on the homepage of The Hill for an article about Obama's Christmas vacation dilemma reads: The tax fight could force Obama to spend the holidays in an empty White House listening to Elvis’s “Blue Christmas.”… The second I read that a scene from a movie came...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 21 Comments

* a piece of pizza shaped like a gun. This is from the "you can't make this stuff up" file (h/t @SteveEgg via @SykesCharlie): For the rest of the semester, a Rutherford County elementary student has to eat lunch at the "silent table" for allegedly waving around...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 33 Comments

Ann, we get it, you support Mitt and you don't like Newt.  Nothing wrong with that, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But in the quest to sink the U.S.S. Newt, you are becoming a political kamikaze. First, you played the birther card on the entire Tea Party movement, claiming that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 14 Comments

From reader John, who writes: Taken at Stew Leonard's in Yonkers, NY, on Sunday. At least it wasn't on a Subaru. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2011 17 Comments

As you know, I'm wary of PolitiFact, particularly the inconsistency with which the various participating newspapers apply ratings. But hey, when it works for us, why not use it, Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'.  The timing could not be better.  Paul Krugman says PolitiFact...

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