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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2011 12 Comments

In late April I documented how the Democratic Party of Wisconsin was running misleading push-calls to people who had signed petitions to recall Democratic State Senator Robert Wirch.  The WisDems were trying to get people to say that they didn't understand what they were signing or...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2011 21 Comments

Thanks to reader and Cornell grad Nancy who spotted this vehicle at the Dogfish Head Brewing and Eats in Rehoboth, Delaware:   Yes, everything does seem better in the Happy Valley: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 13 Comments

How bad is it? The President of the United States has been reduced to assuring us by saying: We're not Greece.  We're not Portugal. Funny, didn't Greece say it wasn't Portugal?  And didn't Portugal say it wasn't Greece? I don't like where this is heading....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 20 Comments

We've seen how concern over saggy pants has become an alleged dog-whistle, or something, for racism, or something, in airport security. Now the town of Collinsville, Illinois, has taken it a step further, and is outlawing saggy-pants (h/t reader Mitch): The City Council in the southwestern Illinois...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 1 Comment

Pretty much says what needs to be said when it needs to be said with the tone in which it needs to be said from someone who can get away saying it: ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 4 Comments

There is something disturbing about an explanation of our debt crisis in Chinese, even if the video producers are in Taiwan, not mainland China. It's easy for them to laugh. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 35 Comments

Obama just held his third press conference in two weeks, and he's still pushing for the big deal which includes increased taxes, and still playing the class warfare card very hard.   Given the past two and one-half years, we definitely are in fantasy land where...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 20 Comments

"The President needs to put a plan on the table." That was the message at the Republican House press conference this morning, as multiple House Reps stepped to the microphone. This really is the heart of the problem. The House Republicans have passed a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 13 Comments

"It was not the fault of the Captain of the Titanic." Really?  I think the survivors might disagree.  Which is why Obama will not call his own bluff. Ever since Obama offered that challenge to Eric Cantor, the chorus of people calling for Obama's bluff to be called is...

Posted by Katie Thompson on July 15, 2011 18 Comments

The Hispanic Republican Conference of the Texas House of Representatives endorsed Governor Rick Perry for President of the United States – before most anyone had even considered his running. Didn’t anyone tell them they aren’t even supposed to be Republicans? If Texas is any judge, it looks...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to frequent commenter DINORightMarie who saw this bumper sticker in Virginia. The grainy texture adds a certain appropriate quality to the message, and the timing is impeccable, as regardless of how the debt negotiations turn out, this is pretty much what we're left with after 2 1/2...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 19 Comments

I just saw this advertisement on television and thought it was interesting that the American Postal Workers Union felt the need to take to the airwaves to tell people that it's not like those other public sector unions. I think this says a lot about public...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 9 Comments

Another good ad, this time from the RNC, running on cable: More please....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 28 Comments

Maybe this is why he picked the arbitrary August 2 deadline to increase the debt ceiling.  He doesn't want to miss his August 3 birthday fundraiser by having to spend time at work dealing with the likes of Eric Cantor.  Hey, there are priorities and then there are...

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

Eric Cantor has been fighting the good fight for years.  Why not? Here's the audio (h/t Ace sidebar) of his account of the blow up with Obama yesterday: Eric Cantor on White House Debt Ceiling Talks by smalera...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 25 Comments

Yesterday Moody's issued a warning of a possible debt downgrade if the debt ceiling dispute created a situation in which the U.S. defaulted, even though Moody's acknowledged that "the risk is low." Obama is using the possible downgrade as a major bargaining chip in negotiations with Republicans, threatening...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 24 Comments

March 25, 2010: But Mr Obama was less inclined to be so conciliatory. He immediately presented Mr Netanyahu with a list of 13 demands designed both to the end the feud with his administration and to build Palestinian confidence ahead of the resumption of peace talks....

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