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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 13 Comments
From Seth Mandel: When foreign policy “realists,” pseudo-realists, and leftists claim that the pro-Israel establishment is preventing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, their argument fails to account for one aspect of recent Mideast history: During the administrations of American presidents seen as favoring Israel, the Jewish...

Posted by Michael Alan on March 09, 2012 45 Comments
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sitting in on a lecture given by Dr. Richard Baer, professor emeritus of environmental ethics and education, at an event hosted by the Cornell Republicans. Baer spoke at length about how, in their rush to ensure that they’re not promoting...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2012 74 Comments
I previously posted about Rick Santorum’s endorsement in 2004 of Arlen Specter against a challenge from Pat Toomey, in what was a precursor to the Tea Party v. Establishment fights to come. One of the unintended consequences of Specter’s reelection was that in 2009 Specter switched...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2012 177 Comments
I have been trying, as best I can, to sound the alarm about the damage being done by the scorched earth tactics of the Romney campaign and its supporters in the Republican political and media establishments. The effort long ago left the political realm and has devolved into a...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 21, 2011 4 Comments
Not that anyone who should try to find out about the distinction would care, but Ayn Rand ≠ libertarianism. I recently had an email forwarded to me by a friend on an “Occupy” listserve from an academic with the subject line “A little something for the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2011 148 Comments
I have been agnostic on the Republican primary so far, but the time for choosing has arrived. For the reasons set forth below, I believe that the primaries will come down to Mitt Romney versus Newt Gingrich.  As such, the choice is not between Newt Gingrich and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 12, 2011 37 Comments
End Game – no clear winner.  Cain exceeded expectations but only because expectations were low.  Perry redeemed himself but I doubt it will change perceptions.  Newt and Romney were both good, Newt scored his usual slap at the moderator and it worked wonderfully.  Scott Pelley...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2011 41 Comments
Several readers have called my attention to the National Popular Vote movement, through which various states would agree to vote their electors as a block based upon the winner of the national popular vote: Under the U.S. Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete)...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2011 35 Comments
A frequent commenter quoted this post by Erick Erickson at RedState: A week ago, the United States House of Representatives sent a bipartisan measure to the United States Senate where it fell five votes short of a majority. Today, John Boehner sent over legislation that...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 23, 2011 1 Comment
Kathleen My friend Zach Caceres, a recent NYU grad, has a guest post over at the fantastic ‘Let a Thousand Nations Bloom’ blog. Political scientists have shown the costs of status quo bias in simple acts of political reform. Even mutually beneficial reforms like free-trade,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 38 Comments
A Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge has issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the publication (i.e. implementation) of the budget repair bill. I have not seen the opinion yet — it is unclear whether there is a written opinion or this was issued orally from the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2011 15 Comments
Jared Loughner was not a political person, so far as has been revealed to date.  There is no evidence whatsoever that Loughner was inspired by, or even listened to, right wing radio or commentators, much less ever saw the 10-month old Sarah Palin electoral target map which...
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