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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 24 Comments
Mitt Romney has an emerging secrecy problem.  For someone whose primary claim to the nomination is that he has nothing to hide, he sure acts like he has something to hide. First, there was the cleansing of Massachusetts state records from his time as Governor, including...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 41 Comments
We keep hearing about how we should not nominate a candidate who is not disciplined and will create needless general election distractions . This certainly will be a major distraction, Romney Says He Won’t Release Tax Returns: “I doubt it,” Mr. Romney said, according to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2011 7 Comments
Well here’s another depressing redistricting story, to add to the Colorado and Illinois depressing stories. While Democrats were expected to pick up one or two seats in California due to restricting, it looks like they will pick up 6-7 because they mounted an under the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2011 11 Comments
…  and claim that the Republican Party of 2012, not Obama, is the true heir to Roosevelt. Via Politico, You, sir, are no Teddy Roosevelt: In a speech to be delivered in Bedford, N.H., this evening, Mitt Romney will push back explicitly on Barack Obama’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2011 29 Comments
Take one Bibi a Day and you will feel better. The Prime Minister of the Jewish State doesn’t seem to feel the need to stick to Happy Generic Holiday which happens to arrive in late December every year and is not the one invented in the 1960s....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2011 47 Comments
As I pointed out the other day, National Review demeaned itself and its many talented writers by going overboard in its attempt to demonize Newt Gingrich, including a cover which should live in conservative infamy. Newt as crazy outer-space martian is what passes for analysis...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 42 Comments
End game analysis:  Hard to assess.  Both Newt and Romney had tough segments, Newt’s earlier in the night, Romney towards end.  Newt had most highlight moments.  Perry fine, but not a real presence, not asked many questions.  Santorum very good.  Bachmann tough, but she doesn’t...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 16 Comments
I’ll be covering the debate tonight starting at 9 p.m. Eastern.  It will not be a “Live Event” but rather, me giving commentary as it goes, probably at the breaks as I have done for several other debates. In the meantime: Newt is sliding in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2011 20 Comments
Various interesting stuff: Thursday night is Fox News Iowa Debate, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern.  I’ll cover it, but haven’t decided whether to do Live Event or simply commentary at the breaks.  What do you think? Moe Lane takes a look at the new Pennsylvania...

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. ...

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. If you...

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,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 44 Comments
Every now and then I stumble upon a column which says exactly what I had been thinking but had not yet written. Christian Whiton absolutely is on target as to the reasons behind the collective and almost uniform piling on of Newt by the Republican pundit and political...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2011 27 Comments
ABC is hosting a debate Saturday night.  I’ll be live here. Should be fun.  Let’s see if Romney has the guts to confront Newt face to face with all the “crazy” talk being spread about Newt by Romney’s campaign, surrogates and supporters, and if he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2011 7 Comments
Democratic Senator Ben Nelson from Nebraska negotiated the now infamous “Cornhusker Kickback” payoff from Obama for Nelson’s vote in favor of Obamacare. The payoff was an embarrassment for the people of Nebraska, as I noted at the time.  One Nebraska family care physician wrote an open letter...
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