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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 23 Comments
Koch brothers accuse Obama campaign of intimidation tactics Delegate dispute in Michigan Gay marriage signed into law in Maryland Thomas Sowell again points to Newt:  “Newt Gingrich is the only candidate still in the field who can clearly take on Barack Obama in one-on-one debate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2012 25 Comments
Historically high winter gas prices: Who to blame? You know. Via American Glob: Obama is still trying to make this about Republicans. Nancy Pelosi has moved on to blaming Wall Street. A few years ago Obama, Pelosi and almost every other member of their party blamed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 55 Comments
A  former editor in chief of Ms. Magazine observed in October 2008: It’s difficult not to froth when one reads, as I did again and again this week, doubts about Sarah Palin’s “intelligence,” coming especially from women such as PBS’s Bonnie Erbe, who, as near as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2012 35 Comments
One of my big regrets is not making more of a connection with Alan Dershowitz while in law school. I didn’t take any of his classes, but I did have some interaction with him since he was the faculty advisor to the Jewish Law Students Association. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2012 28 Comments
Working on posts about Santorum’s 2004 endorsement of and campaigning with Arlen Specter (and the false meme that we would not have Alito and Roberts if not for Santorum helping re-elect Specter), and another name to add to Operation Counterweight. But for now you’ll have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2012 29 Comments
Almost. Via BuzzFeed Politics: A video posted today shows conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart shouting “Behave yourselves!” and “Stop raping people!” at Occupiers protesting outside CPAC this afternoon. He also calls them “freaks and animals.” According to Campus Progress writer Emily Crockett, who filmed the video...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2012 38 Comments
Today there are caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, and a non-delegate/non-binding election in Missouri in which Newt is not on the ballot. Can we all agree that caucuses stink and should be done away with? I’ll post some links as the day goes on, and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2012 49 Comments
The blog Verum Serum claims to have found an audio recording showing that Newt Gingrich supported Obama’s federal mandate, in a post titled Gingrich Called for ObamaCare Mandate in May 2009…. Breitbart TV picked up on that theme, asserting “this is the first example of Gingrich specifically endorsing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2012 31 Comments
The Nancy Reagan video I posted the other day now has over 18,000 views on YouTube, was uploaded or linked at Real Clear Politics, Daily Caller, Breitbart TV and dozens of other websites, mentioned by Rush and Hannity, and at the debate. Drudge may try to control...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2012 25 Comments
Be careful, very careful, about embracing anything Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart or Saturday Night Live or any of the other liberal entertainment media types do. Sometimes it is very, very funny.  Stewart in particular is an equal opportunity mocker, and seems the least malicious...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2012 152 Comments
From Drudge: Marianne Gingrich has said she could end her ex-husband’s career with a single interview. Earlier this week, she sat before ABCNEWS cameras, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. She spoke to ABCNEWS reporter Brian Ross for two hours, and her explosive revelations are set...

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2011 21 Comments
Rick Santorum was right about the rank hypocrisy of GOP candidates who seek Donald Trump’s endorsement but will not appear at the NewsMax debate because Trump is the moderator: “Many of my opponents jockeyed to be the first to fly up to New York and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2011 6 Comments
Big Government is launching a crowdsourcing project for a cache of documents obtained regarding the organization and implementation of the Occupy Wall Street movement (via Ace, who is participating): In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing–enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through...

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 05, 2011 2 Comments
Professor Jacobson and Andrew Breitbart’s recent coverage of anti-Semitic incidents at the Occupy Wall Street protests were no surprise to me.  A top notch study by political scientists Neil Malhotra and Yotam Margalit back in 2009 found that triggering anti-semitic concepts increased support for anti-business...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2011 24 Comments
#OccupyWallStreet is organized agitprop designed to deflect attention from the Obama administration’s failings onto “Wall Street,”  although many of the participants don’t understand how they are being used.  The Washington Post now is fully aboard Team Obama, doing its best to take down Rick Perry this...
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