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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2010 14 Comments

Glenn Beck's just-concluded interview with Eric Massa.Learned nothing.Only thing concrete was that Massa is standing by his Rahm-in-the-shower incident. Beck was unable to focus Massa on any other facts; Massa obviously is under a great deal of stress, and there likely were facts to be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2010 15 Comments

Eric Massa (D-NY) is set to resign today. If he has not yet tendered his resignation, he should not do so.At least not if he is being forced out because of his health care vote, which is what he alleged over the weekend in a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2010 17 Comments

If she had stuck to her original plan, I might have joined.-------------------------------------------- Related Post:Coffee Party Parasites Follow me on Twitter and Facebook ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2010 84 Comments

The New York Times and Washington Post are promoting a group called the "Coffee Party" organized by filmmaker Annabel Park.The Coffee Party is a political parasite which presents itself as something it is not. As reported in the NY Times [see update below], Park presents...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2010 8 Comments

Just when you thought it was over:With speculation mounting that US Representative William D. Delahunt will not seek reelection, Joseph P. Kennedy III, son of the former congressman and great-grandson of the Kennedy family patriarch, is eyeing a run to succeed him in the 10th...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2010 0 Comments

Hotline OnCall has retracted its prior report that d'Ippolito has the signatures needed: IN Dem Misses The Deadline---------------------------------------------It looks like the left-wing of the Democratic Party will get the candidate it wants as party nominee to replace Evan Bayh. According to Hotline OnCall, Tamyra d'Ippolito...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2010 9 Comments

The Democratic base has convinced itself that the problem is that Obama has not succeeded in passing health care legislation and other items on his agenda. The possibility that their agenda is being rejected by voters never enters their minds.Here's a pretty good analysis of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 6 Comments

Yes, honey, there were.What happened?That's a good question.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Dems' Strategy of CrazySheldon Whitehouse Becomes Alan GraysonDems Stuck With Blog Hero Grayson Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 8 Comments

The latest in the "how do they think this stuff up" series, Matthew Yglesias on the new definition of immorality, namely, doing something which hurts the Democratic Party (emphasis mine):Obviously, Evan Bayh’s never been my favorite Senator. And the more one learns about both the manner...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 8 Comments

The Internet hasn't had this much fun since Arlen Specter jumped off the Republican ship onto the sinking Democratic ship last April.Now we get to watch the leading lights of the Democratic base attack Evan Bayh on his way out.  I guess they just weren't that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2010 15 Comments

Via Hotline OnCall:Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) will not seek a 3rd term in the Senate next year, according to a Dem source, handing Dems yet another setback as they struggle to salvage their damaged ship.Bayh, elected statewide 5 times, will become the 5th Senate Dem...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2010 3 Comments

William Lynch, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Rhode Island for the past decade, has thrown his hat into the ring to run to replace Patrick Kennedy.Please, please let Lynch get the Democratic nomination. Lynch is so deeply part of the problem, has opposed almost...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2010 3 Comments

There definitely is an anger in the country over the runaway spending and deficits, and the attempts by Democrats to force a wholesale restructuring of society through health care legislation, cap-and-trade and other policies designed to push government even further into our lives.But that anger...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2010 8 Comments

The bowing out of Patrick Kennedy is a plus, on many different levels. But this positive should not be construed as a guarantee that the seat will leave the Democratic Party.Rhode Island is one of the bluest states. The Democrats control the legislature and most...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2010 34 Comments

As readers of this blog already know, I am cursed with two of the looniest Congressmen in existence, Patrick Kennedy in my home state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and Maurice Hinchey in Ithaca, NY, where I live during the academic year.In the wake...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2010 12 Comments

Hissy fit alert. The left-wing blogs are screaming in perfect harmony about bad, bad, bad Richard Shelby of Alabama (R-of course), who put a hold on the entire government.That's not quite clear at this point, it appears that Shelby used a longstanding Senate mechanism to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2010 9 Comments

Almost as if on cue, DailyKos, Steve Benen, Andrew Sullivan, Sam Stein and others are pushing hard on the meme that Republicans are "crazy" and Taliban-like in their ways.The "crazy" findings are based on a poll commissioned by DailyKos using the same pollster which found,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2010 9 Comments

From Hotline On-Call (h/t):Aides to Sens. Paul Kirk (D-MA) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) tell Hotline OnCall they will vote for Bernanke's confirmation.There is an elected and qualified successor to Paul Kirk. His name is Scott Brown. Martha Coakley has conceded the race, and there are...

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