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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2010 4 Comments

You may have noticed that things were a bit slow here this week.I've been attending a securities law conference all week, so it's been hard to keep up with everything.  One of the downsides of being a purely solo blogger.By Monday things will be back...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 4 Comments

Via David Corn of The Nation regarding the Reid-Angle debate:--------------------------------------------Related Post:Jon Ralston Finally Comes Out for Harry Reid Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 17 Comments

Because any debate moderated by the MSM is going to be a game of gotcha directed at the Republican candidate.  I just can't stand to watch these things anymore.And so it appears I was right.  Jim Geraghty, who was no Christine O'Donnell fan during the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 7 Comments

Well, at least we now know for sure where Nevada's top political reporter, who wanted also to be a debate moderator, stands on the Harry Reid-Sharron Angle race.  Not that you would have had any doubt if you had been reading this blog.Jon Ralston says Sharron...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2010 6 Comments

This is one of those days when, with so much happening, it's hard to be sitting through a law conference.So tell me ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2010 7 Comments

Bill Clinton was on the stump earlier this week for Maurice Hinchey. Clinton, as part of his remarks, asserted that half of Republicans need psychiatric help:I guess that Clinton didn't see the irony of those words rolling off his tongue in the presence of Hinchey.It...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2010 12 Comments

Should the name of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations be changed to State of Rhode Island?Background here, Is Rhode Island's Name Racist?AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (CHANGING THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE STATE)(Section 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution)Approval...

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

Obama in San Francisco, April 2008, regarding people in small towns who are frustrated that things aren't going their way::And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2010 19 Comments

Obama -- who actually did take substantial illegal foreign money for his campaign -- is accusing Republicans of being quite unAmerican for supposedly taking foreign money as part of this election cycle.Put aside the sheer audacity and falsity of this dopiness.This is exactly what I predicted time and time again...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2010 10 Comments

Could this be the year in which I completely shed myself of the dubious distinction of splitting the year between Congressional Districts controlled by Patrick Kennedy and Maurice Hinchey?We know Patrick is gone, but are recent reports (via HotAir) of Hinchey's demise accurate?First, some background...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2010 36 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Here we go again.I have posted before about the idiocy of playing the race card not based on the words actually used, but based upon the sound of the words,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2010 21 Comments

Jerry Brown was caught on audio agreeing with an aide who called Meg Whitman a "whore." (Audio below at 1:55)Understandably, all the attention is focused on the "whore" comment.  But there was another Brown insult which has not received any attention.  Beginning at 3:10 of the audio, Brown...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 10 Comments

I posted yesterday about Jon Ralston, the high-profile Nevada political reporter and talk show host, and an exchange I had with him regarding whether he was accusing Sharron Angle of "race-baiting" over a television ad Angle ran on illegal immigration.  When I pointed out that Ralston appeared to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 6 Comments

What is it with my law school classmates?First it was Eliott Spitzer.Now it's Congressman John Adler.  No, not in that way.Adler, a Democrat from southern New Jersey, is a freshman congressman, swept into office on Obama's coattails in a conservative district.  Adler came out early against...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 21 Comments

I previously posted about how Gloria Allred exposed her client, Nicky Diaz, to deportation and criminal prosecution by taking Diaz public in such a high profile way in order to damage Meg Whitman's campaign.Last night Greta Van Susteren continued her pummelling of Allred on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 5 Comments

Well, it's not like it's been all love and kisses, even when he had overwhelming majorities.  As reported by The L.A. Times (emphasis mine):Republican majority in Congress would mean "hand-to-hand combat" on Capitol Hill for the next two years, threatening policies Democrats have enacted to stabilize...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 16 Comments

So says Nevada reporter and political guru Jon Ralston about me.Some background.  I have been critical of Ralston for months over the way he has covered the Harry Reid - Sharron Angle Senate race.  While Ralston presents himself as a muckraking but neutral investigative journalist and talk...

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