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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 5 Comments
John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday after a struggle by Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senators to block the nomination by opposing an unexpected cloture petition filed by Harry Reid. A key group of Republican Senators, led by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 8 Comments
So reports The Providence Journal regarding the nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr. for an open seat on the Rhode Island federal District Court. The reason this has become a “war” is that Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has threatened to block future nominees under Republican presidents,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2011 5 Comments
I reported on Friday how Democrats were using call centers to make suggestive and misleading “push-calls” to people who signed recall petitions against Democratic State Senator Robert Wirch.  The problem apparently is not limited to Wirch.  A group which filed recall petitions against Democratic Senator David...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2011 8 Comments
Update – Vote in Senate will be Wednesday at noon.  See updated post, Senate To “Go To War” Today Over Jack McConnell Nomination. —————— I have posted frequently about John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr., nominated for an open seat to the U.S. District Court in Rhode...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2011 13 Comments
A few weeks ago, when the protests in Madison were still raging, it appeared that Justice David Prosser would go down to defeat by at least several percentage points, and the recall efforts seemed lopsided against Republican Senators.  I urged readers to get involved because we could not...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 08, 2011 5 Comments
Kathleen … and Barack Obama set the date. Today the Fed’l gov’t will shut down operations at midnight unless Reid, Boehner, & Obama come to agreement on the budget by the end of the day. The Dems have done a great job of claiming that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2011 6 Comments
Notice how Democrats have been talking lately about how Republicans in Congress are held hostage by Tea Party-backed new members?  And how for years Democrats have made sure to use the term “extremist” when referring to Tea Parties? It’s a pre-planned line of attack by...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 22, 2011 5 Comments
In the past two weeks or so, everyone has been discussing the tragedy in Japan. In addition to the death toll, news headlines have been relentlessly speculating the impact of the Fukushima reactors. Matthew Shaffer’s latest piece in NRO helps amalgamate some of the best...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2011 13 Comments
It is not surprising that there would be an enthusiasm gap in Wisconsin, with the national unions pouring substantial funds and efforts into recalling Republican Senators and eventually Gov. Scott Walker.  The efforts are not only monetary, but also through physical and other intimidation, such...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 9 Comments
My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is as blue a state as they come.  Our entire congressional delegation is Democratic and Democrats control the state legistature.  Democrats outnumber Republicans by 37%, the highest gap in any state (only the District of Columbia has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2011 8 Comments
Democrat David Cicilline was Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, for 8 years, replacing the colorful and convicted Mayor Buddy Cianci.  Cicilline was elected in November to Congress in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District (my home district), for the open seat vacated by Patrick Kennedy. Cicilline is an openly gay...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2011 3 Comments
Providence, Rhode Island, where I used to work and near where I now live, is a wonderful city.  The always colorful Buddy Cianci took a down-on-its-luck former industrial blight and turned it into the crown jewel not only of Rhode Island, but of the Northeast. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2011 18 Comments
The decision by the the Department of Justice to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act is a massive power grab by the Executive Branch. The Justice Department is tasked with representing the “government” is the broad sense in legal matters coming before the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2011 14 Comments
To its credit, The New York Times ran the video produced by the Wisconsin Republican Party of signs carried by union protesters against the Governor of Wisconsin (featured in my post here), under the headline Republicans Accuse Liberals of Hateful Rhetoric in Wisconsin: The Republican Party of Wisconsin...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2011 11 Comments
The Democratic war room is back in action, and it is aimed at Darrell Issa, the California Republican Congressman who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. As reported by Politico, there is an almost unprecedented effort by Democrats to undermine Issa not for anything...
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