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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2019 53 Comments
You all remember the "Mike Dukakis Tank" image? Dukakis, trying to overcome the public perception that he was a wimp and soft on the military, boarded a tank on September 13, 1988. The image tanked his presidential campaign because the theater he created exposed him as a phony. Trying to portray the candidate as something he so clearly was not diminished the candidate and reduced him to a punchline.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 31, 2018 39 Comments
Elizabeth Warren surprised no one by announcing she has formed an exploratory committee to run for president. The only surprise was the timing -- New Year's Eve day. As with everything Warren does, that timing undoubtedly was chosen by her team of political handlers, the same people who told her to roll out her DNA test results just before the midterms. It will be a slow couple of days and Warren will dominate the news cycle.

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 27, 2018 12 Comments
According to a new USA Today/Suffolk poll, Democrats and independents have little enthusiasm for the rising stars within the Democratic Party or a few of seasoned veterans except for former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). However, the poll didn't include former First Lady Michelle Obama. Professor Jacobson blogged yesterday that early polling shows Michelle dominating Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2018 21 Comments
Elizabeth Warren is trying to dig herself out from the hole she created with her false claim to be Native American for employment purposes and her inept 6-year long cover-up. In particular. Warren's October 2018 rollout of her DNA test is almost uniformly viewed as a strategic error that has seriously damaged her presidential prospects.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 10, 2018 17 Comments
Beto O'Rourke is scoping out a presidential run. According to Buzzfeed, his recon included a call to Al Sharpton to schedule a meeting. A Sharpton spokeswoman confirmed to Buzzfeed that "they spoke and agreed to meet within the next couple of weeks and they had a great conversation."

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2018 21 Comments
Elizabeth Warren's presidential ambitions are taking hits from all directions. You expect it from the "dark money" "right-wing" "extremists" Warren complains about. But the cruelest cuts are coming form the left and her own once-upon-a-time supporters. And it all comes down to a problem Legal Insurrection has been following since May 2012, Warren's ethnic deception in claiming Native American status for employment purposes.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2018 32 Comments
Elizabeth Warren's failed strategy to take a DNA test to quiet coverage of her false claim to be Native American for employment purposes as a law professor, continues to reverberate. Yesterday we posted about a NY Times article in which even Warren loyalists complained that Warren had severely damaged her presidential ambitions, Former Elizabeth Warren adviser: DNA test a “strategic failure” that was “depressing and unforgettable”.
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