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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2010 23 Comments

We did it. I'm too tired to give a full account of the past six weeks, that will happen in the coming days.Tonight we did what the pundits were saying, just days ago, was impossible. But only because they didn't understand the anger...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2010 11 Comments

If you want to put longer comments through here, in a place they will be more permanent, put them in as a Comment to this post.  Please keep the short, rahrah stuff for the live feed!  Thanks.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 30 Comments

There. I said it and I put it on the internet. Now get out and vote on Tuesday, for Scott Brown. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlfGjGBrNKg] h/t Randy Haddock Update: Olbermann should be mocked for the pathetic clown he has become, a joke of a person dragging down his network: The Daily...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 8 Comments

Pictures from tonights Hometown Rally in Wrentham, Massachusetts (from our on-the-spot "correspondent" a/k/a my wife).  Join me for some live blogging on Tuesday, when I'll have pics, tweets, and other reports from many people on the ground in Massachusetts.Scott Brown's Children Arianna and Ayla (above)-------------------------------------------- Follow...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 17 Comments

CNN Audience Interaction Producer Eric Kuhn is all over this election, a step ahead of the rest of us, GOP candidate dominates social networking in Massachusetts:On the eve of the Massachusetts special election Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Republican candidate has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 11 Comments

This blog will go "live" tomorrow, starting in the morning, following the developments in the Massachusetts Senate special election.Assuming the technology works (!), I'll have a live window in which people can see my posts and comment in real time (note to trolls, I still...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 0 Comments

Because it's not the hand of one of those truck-driving Fenway Park fans: (Image via NY Times) -------------------------------------------- Follow me on Twitter and Facebook ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 7 Comments

By now, the hideous rape mailer sent out by the Massachusetts Democratic Party in support of Martha Coakley has been called out by commentators on the right and left as one of the more heinous tactics in the tawdry annals of American politics.Coakley has refused...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 1 Comment

Okay, it's not Jane Hamsher (who has not responded to my Open Letter), but another blogger at Firedoglake is calling for progressives to oppose Martha Coakley, Progressives, please help defeat Coakley: It is very important that progressives help defeat Coakley. Please read my explanation. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 7 Comments

PPP has just released its final poll of the Massachusetts Senate special election, and PPP gives Scott Brown a 5 point advantage, 51-46:Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 51-46 in our final Massachusetts Senate poll, an advantage that is within the margin of error for the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 28 Comments

Not by choice, but by circumstance and the weight of history, this blog has become a "theme blog" in the past few weeks. The present theme will end Tuesday night, with some necessary clean up depending upon the results.What's next?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 9 Comments

Since Coakley supporters appear willing to believe anything. (Even a parody by TheNoseOnYourFace shop.)[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsr0BP6Uk3c]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 8 Comments

Yesterday, Blue Mass Group posted a misleadingly edited interview with Scott Brown in which Brown, when questioned, said he didn't know if Barack Obama's mother was married when Obama was born. That expression of lack of knowledge has led to full meltdown in the left-wing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 11 Comments

If this is true, I may owe the NRSC an apology:In mid-December, the National Republican Senatorial Committee conducted a poll that showed Brown trailing by only 13 points, but it kept the results to itself. Coakley continued operating on the assumption that for all intents...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 15 Comments

The left-wing blogs have been so completely overrun in the Brown-Coakley campaign that they have resorted to making up a phony "birther" controversy in an attempt to gin up a controversy before Tuesday. Blue Mass Group has released a very tightly edited 15-second clip of Scott...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 22 Comments

I posted yesterday about a disgusting mailer used by the Massachusetts Democratic Party to allege that Scott Brown wants rape victims turned away from hospitals.As I explained, the allegation is false, twists out of all reality the legislation Brown proposed on the "morning after pill,"...

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