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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2012 28 Comments
John Kerry to Be Nominated to Be Secretary of State, Sources Say: Sources tell ABC News that President Obama has decided that he will nominate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be secretary of state. If confirmed, which he will be (emphasis mine): If nominated by the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2012 11 Comments
Via NBC News: Embattled U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state after months of criticism over her Benghazi comments, she told NBC News on Thursday. “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process...

Posted by Joel Engel on November 28, 2012 15 Comments
If you believe Earth is flat, driving due east on the equator for 24,900 miles will leave you unconvinced that it’s in fact round.  Only arriving back at your point of embarkation one mile later will persuade you. Or rather, it should—but probably wouldn’t, judging...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2012 5 Comments
From Thomas on October 11: I went to your website to get your take on last night’s Brown-Warren debate, and I started leafing through your archives. I found your post entitled, I want this person to cry herself to sleep on November 6, with the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 14, 2012 40 Comments
There is something seriously wrong. Via The Boston Globe (h/t NRO)(emphasis mine): As Elizabeth Warren walked through the marble corridors of the Capitol on Tuesday, she tried assiduously to keep a low profile. Walking arm in arm with Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Warren passed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2012 54 Comments
Operation Counterweight 2012 is over.  I reported the results in an earlier post, here is my assessment. The first thing you need to understand is that by definition we chose difficult races, not easy ones.  The goal was to try to flip Democratic seats or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2012 78 Comments
The time has arrived. You can follow the Legal Insurrection Election Night Twitter Feed embedded below for the fastest results — no one can type a blog entry as fast as Twitter. The Authors at Legal Insurrection and College Insurrection also will be updating in the dialogue...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2012 9 Comments
Rob in New Jersey sends along these “door hangers” being left in his neighborhood, and hears a dog whistle.  Not so sure I hear a dog whistle, just desperation: Greetings, Prof. Jacobson, I hope that this finds you well. Thanks for your good work, especially...

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 03, 2012 3 Comments
Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 3 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo feast is of photo submissions that include Joe Biden...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 15 Comments
Trying to get as many of the reader photos out as possible before the election, since they have expiration dates. This is from commenter LukeHandCool: My wife took this picture of a Romney banner on one of the fraternities at USC when she was dropping...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2012 39 Comments
The polling this year is insane.  Same state, same time period, wildly different results from poll to poll. Rasmussen has Romney up 2 in Wisconsin; Marquette has Obama up 8. The Boston Globe (UNH Polling) has Scott Brown up 2; Suffolk has Elizabeth Warren up...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2012 24 Comments
In the past two days two wildly differing polls have been released, one showing Scott Brown up 2, the other showing Elizabeth Warren up by 7. Polling from last week showed Warren ahead by 5. AP via Boston Globe reports: A new poll is giving...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2012 46 Comments
I have no implicit pro- or anti-Nate Silver bias.  He was a journolist and in 2008 got some secret help with his predictions from the Obama campaign, but since joining The NY Times I think he has raised his game. I find the whole focus on...
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