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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2011 9 Comments

And so it ends.  14 years, which means just under 12 to serve. As long-time readers know, I've followed Saga Blago almost since the beginning of this blog.  It was my first and longest lasting blog obsession. I take no joy in the sentence, although it does seem...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2011 5 Comments

I'm really looking forward to the Fox News Iowa Debate on December 15 in Sioux City. Really looking forward to it, because Romney has to go after Newt big time.  He can't leave it to Ron Paul or Michele Bachmann.  It's Tim Pawlenty time if he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2011 18 Comments

I have posted numerous times before about Obama's penchant for creating false choices in his speeches, invariably some non-existent supposedly conservative position versus his position. This enables Obama to knock down the conservative straw man and make his own position seem reasonable by contrast.  He's a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2011 5 Comments

I posted two days ago about the interrelationship between the Obama campaign and the Center for American Progress, White House and Think Progress merger complete.  A former senior Obama campaign staffer now runs CAP, and a current senior CAP strategist is set to take over...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2011 22 Comments

Great analysis of Nancy Pelosi's threatened blackmail of Newt Gingrich, from Bill Quick of Daily Pundit (via The Other McCain).  It sure does feel good to read and imagine: You know what, though?  She’s got bupkus that will make any difference.  The Dems are absolutely terrified...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2011 9 Comments

We know how they would be treated. Another one from Jason, who writes: Whenever I see the "coexisters" I always wonder how they would be treated on the streets of Cairo...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 12 Comments

We knew Teddy Roosevelt.  Teddy Roosevelt was a friend of ours.  And you, former Senator, are no Teddy Roosevelt.  Or something like that. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 9 Comments

Q.  Who was the last person to actually cut government? As pointed out at C4P: Rush is correct. Newt was indeed the last person to substantially cut Government and execute reform. However; what folks seem to confuse that with is the idea that Newt actually “cut” budgets. That...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 46 Comments

Some people in the Republican Party want to follow John McCain's policy of not going after Obama personally: Republicans on a private Republican National Committee conference call with allies warned Tuesday that party surrogates should refrain from personal attacks against President Barack Obama, because such a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 9 Comments

Someone got the message that the current "hide and don't seek me" strategy was not working. Now when Romney goes on Glenn Beck like Newt just did, then I'll really be impressed.  But until then, this will have to do: But I'm curious about the timing. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 14 Comments

Wow, just wow. Republican Mark Reed is running for Congress in California's 30th District against Democratic Congressmen Brad Sherman and Howard Berman in a new district resulting from redistricting.  Reed is a conservative, Tea Party backer. Reed is making a big deal about the Obama administration's policy towards Israel,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 67 Comments

The latest polling has caused an avalanche of attacks on Newt from just about every corner: Newt had an extensive interview with Glenn Beck (audio and transcript).  Beck hammered Newt on all the known Newt policy issues, and all of the questions were appropriate.  I think Newt...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 27 Comments

I've posted about "unknown unknowns" before, as it is a structure I use in class to discuss how to build a case.  At a press conference about Iraq Donald Rumsfeld famously said: “[T]here are known knowns; there are things we know we know.  We also know there...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 43 Comments

Prior to Rick Perry announcing he would run for President I brought on Katie Thompson to make the case for Perry.  Katie now is a leader of Students for Perry, and I predict, a future mover and shaker in Republican circles. Given all that has happened over...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 3 Comments

Thanks to frequent photographer Jason, who writes: taken about a week ago in Raleigh, NC...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2011 20 Comments

LI reader and blogger Jeff Dobbs has a post up about Romney's media strategy, which can be termed "hide and hope they don't seek me" (that's my term).  Jeff compares it to Obama's strategy in 2008 of carefully controlling his exposure to the media. The strategy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2011 12 Comments

When someone finds himself so in need of criticizing the U.S. that he ends up defending the brutal Iranian regime which for over 30 years has funded anti-U.S. and anti-Israel groups around the globe and sought to export Islamist fundamentalism, then all credibility has been lost. See,...

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