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

The debate is scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern.  [Added, full debate video embedded at bottom of post, it's 1 hour and 20 minutes long] WMUR in New Hampshire, CNN, and Huntsman's website are supposed to have the livestream.  If I can get an embed code, I will.  There...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 14 Comments

Here are some things going on: Correlation or Causation? Supreme Court to take Arizona immigration law case, Kagan recuses herself.  Some of See my prior post.  Court previously upheld in part unrelated Arizona E-verify law. Why Romney is wrong and Gingrich is right on capital gains taxes. Confirmed that drop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 35 Comments

Mitt Romney's campaign has been moving negative on Newt for well over a week with a strategy to portray Newt as crazy, but since Romney's debate debacle Saturday night and more polling showing Newt with a crushing lead almost everywhere, the Romney campaign now is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 19 Comments

The Israelis want to rebuilt a foot bridge called the Mugrabi bridge.  The original bridge collapsed in 2004, so the Israelis built a temporary bridge which now is unsafe. Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are claiming that replacing the bridge is an attack on the al-Aksa...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 5 Comments

Thanks to reader Blake who took these photos and tweets: Found these stickers plastered all over a jacked up Chevy in Athens, GA. #GoDawgs ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 10 Comments

Some stuff: How much is that drone worth to the Russians and Chinese?  And who believes the Iranians brought it down softly without help? Watching Obama's 60 min interview.  Expecting the worst.  Doubt I'll do a separate post about it, but who knows. Palestinian Authority rejects Israeli call...

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

The recall petition drive against Scott Walker has more than a month left to get the required 544,000 signatures.  Organizers assert that over 300,000 already have been collected, The assumption has to be that they will get enough signatures and that there will be a recall...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 9 Comments

We don't get many shots at the Big Leagues, and even fewer at professional sports stardom. So when the Hebrew Hammer has problems, it's Bad for The Jews. As reported at JSOnline, Braun drug test positive: Did Ryan Braun cheat to become the 2011 National League most valuable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 25 Comments

Hard to know if the Democratic National Committee thinks it's hurting Newt with this, or helping him (video h/t ElectAd). I do think they're trying to frame Gingrich's image now that he's the frontrunner, consistent with the DNC's reaction at the debate last night: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 66 Comments

Palestinian national identity as it currently is recognized was a reaction to the creation of Israel and most prominently the 1967 war when Israel captured territory controlled by Egypt and Jordan.  Newt Gingrich is under fire for stating this truth. It doesn't really change the equation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 14 Comments

OMG, the feeling sure is catching on. Another one from Linda and her happy hunting grounds, the Lowe's parking lot in Nashville: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 27 Comments

Here are some video highlights from tonight's debate. I'll add more as they become available: The $10,000 Bet Newt responding to Romney attack, the Kennedy line Newt defending Israel and his Palestinian comments: Perry standing up for Newt on Palestinian comment, best of night ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 31 Comments

Quick take:  Everyone performed well, but if Romney's task was to take on and knock down Newt, he didn't do it.  Romney was offered up the opportunity a number of times, and only tried once and it was weak.  It was not as cringe-worthy as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 20 Comments

Tonight is the Republican Debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Everyone is expecting fireworks. We'll see. To comment in the live feed please register in the CoverIt-Live box using OpenID (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Your Legal Insurrection registration will not work....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 14 Comments

Tonight there will be a live blog here for the debate, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern (probably will turn it live closer to 8:30). Until then, here's a running list of stuff of interest: Glenn Greenwald is upset that I've been calling him out repeatedly, so he's...

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