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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 12 Comments

Choices will have to be made soon, and chief among them is whether to tackle the debt problem head on and take the political risk, or not.I don't see it as much of a risk.  Obama will not be defeated unless front and center is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 15 Comments

I've had a chance to read Obama's budget speech, and have seen clips on television. I was right in my anticipation that Obama would play the blame Bush game, and that he would demonize the "Top 2%," and he did.  With gusto.But even I could...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 16 Comments

I did not get a chance to listen to Obama's "the end of the deficit as we know it" speech.  Karl Rove is speaking on campus tonight, and I attended a private, off-the-record meeting with Rove and all of the openly conservative faculty in this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2011 9 Comments

Having absented himself from the budget debate until the end, having run up several trillion dollars in debt, having expanded government, having proven himself completely incapable of comprehending that government is not the answer, Barack Obama is set to announce a deficit reduction plan.But as all things...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2011 9 Comments

Can I call 'em, or what.  Just yesterday I was noting Obama's strangely detached from reality focus in his speech Friday night on avoiding having a school trip to the Washington Monument canceled if the government shut down.So what did he do yesterday afternoon?  He took...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2011 12 Comments

After the budget deal was announced late last night, Obama gave a speech, apparently reading a teleprompter once again, which was nothing short of bizarre.Obama gave a campaign speech, with the Washington Monument in the backdrop, and with the now-typical story of some letter Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2011 15 Comments

Endgame - Significant cuts, no distraction from the Paul Ryan proposal, and an up or down vote on repealing Obamacare in the Senate.  Worth it?11:15 - Mitch McConnell took to the floor.  Says moving on from saving billions to saving trillions.11:10 - Harry took to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2011 4 Comments

The Democrats want a shutdown more than anything else.  Chuck Schumer has been itching for it, as has the entire Democratic caucus. It will be their magic elixir:It's hard to make a deal when you think you don't even need to negotiate -- and that's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2011 11 Comments

That's the phrase that jumped out at me from Paul Ryan's op-ed in The Wall Street Journal setting forth the Republican proposal to reform the system of entitlements which is driving us off a debt cliff (emphasis mine):No one person or party is responsible for...

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 the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2011 5 Comments

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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 Italian...

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 28, 2011 5 Comments

United States Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), regarding the termination notices sent to Providence school teachers because of budget problems:"U.S. Rep. David Cicilline said Monday that the $57-million-plus deficit facing Providence will require looking at personnel reductions, union concessions and looking at reserve funds." Now he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2011 5 Comments

Think Progress sent a videographer to the Tea Party Patriots Policy Summit, and tracked down Tim Pawlenty.  Think Progress surely thought it would get one of those ambush type interviews where the candidate says something he regrets, but in fact in this case Think Progress...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2011 5 Comments

So how are we supposed to have an "adult conversation" with a President and Demcoratic Party who view the fiscal mess as just another political game?Via Politico:Obama’s decision to avoid entitlements was instantly deemed as irresponsible. Progressive blogger Andrew Sullivan interpreted the message as “screw you,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2011 2 Comments

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