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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 28 Comments

Never has there been a love as true or as blind as media Obamalove, as evidenced by this adoring puff piece written by Jonathan Alter for Bloomberg News, Obama Miracle is White House Free of Scandal: President Barack Obama goes into the 2012 with a weak economy that...

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

Thanks to reader Brian who saw this in the parking lot of this brew pub in Indianapolis, and writes: I live in a much more downscale area, much more blue collar, and I never see this kind of thing in my neighborhood.  Apparently ostentatious progressivism is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 16 Comments

The title is facetious, of course, but nonetheless relevant in light of this "leak" of a portion of Will's upcoming column which skewers Mitt Romney: Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist  reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 28, 2011 8 Comments

but he totally wrecks Cornel West in this recent TV interview that I have deemed a must watch.  Once Cornel West makes a fortune off of reading the market, I'll start listening to his explanations of crises. By the way, I'm fairly certain that everyone who pines for Glass-Steagall...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 12 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has stepped in it with her boast that she created the Occupy Wall Street movement: “I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do,” she says. “I support what they do.” Warren's boast was an overstatement much akin to Al Gore's claim of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 6 Comments

Yes, this is the point, isn't it?  It's not just about big liberal government, it's about big government. By way of example, it's why I am against centralize federal tort reform; just because you like the result doesn't mean you have to empower the federal government...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 6 Comments

This week in 1983 Iranian backed Shiites bombed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 299 Marines and French soldiers. The Marines had been sent as part of an international peacekeeping force in the wake of the Lebanese civil war.  Iranian-backed Shiites who later formed Hezbollah...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 21 Comments

From Nile Gardiner at The Telegraph (h/t reader John): Instead of hope and change, the Obama presidency has delivered decline and despair on a scale not seen in America since the dying days of the Carter administration. Both at home and abroad, the United States is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 2 Comments

Thanks to frequent photographer Jason who writes: This one was parked at a hospital in Raleigh, NC. The sun was messing me up, so I had to get right up close to get the sticker on the right. ...

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

From the files, a freak show on the Ed Show, with Anthony Weiner commenting on Alan Grayson: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 20 Comments

Aka Rep. Connie Mack (R-Florida) is going to run against Bill Nelson in the 2012 Florida Senate race: U.S. Rep. Connie Mack unexpectedly signaled late Wednesday that he will enter the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, apparently convinced other candidates cannot defeat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 30 Comments

Whether Rick Perry ends up showing up at the debates or not, this sends precisely the wrong signal.  This is not May or June.  If you want the nomination, you show up to debates in November and December, without hesitation: After a series of poor debate performances...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 11 Comments

I will not repeat everything about how The Washington Post misstated Marco Rubio's record in order to portray Rubio as having misrepresented how his parents came to the U.S. and whether they were exiles. But true to form, WaPo not only is not backing down, it's...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 27, 2011 6 Comments

Apparently George Soros foot the bill of the Frank La Rue's 'research' for the UN that concluded that the Internet is a "human right" subject to the same creeping legislation and special interests as every other 'right.' Advocates of net neutrality, a position championed by the...

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

They will not have China to bail them out: For so long we have heard nothing but how the Chinese were doing things right. Hundred of millions rising up out of poverty. News cars replacing bicycles on the streets of Beijing. An economy that could not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 14 Comments

The editors of the San Francisco Chronicle: The Obama White House's restrictions on media access to its fundraising  events makes a mockery of its claim to be the most transparent administration in  history. If anything, there is almost a Nixonian quality to the level of control,  paranoia...

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