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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2013 30 Comments

As you read the rest of this post, please keep in mind that Elizabeth Warren never has authorized release of her hiring files at Harvard Law School or other employers to see whether her phony Native American and Cherokee status was known at the time...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2013 25 Comments
I thought she would consider it. I hoped she would run. We needed it as a country, though not for the reasons her supporters think. Via Boston Herald:
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged today she will not run for president in 2016 and will finish her term. The Bay State senior senator has been mentioned in the preliminary talk about the presidential race, but Hillary Clinton has generated the most buzz. "I'm not running for president and I plan to serve out my term," she said at a press conference in Boston with Mayor-elect Marty Walsh. When further pressed, she added: "I pledge to serve out my term. "I am not running for president. I am working as hard as I can to be the best possible senator I can be."
Her putative presidential campaign may be dead, but her story lives on. And oh, what a story it was. Some might call it a Great American Fairy Tale.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2013 24 Comments

Time Magazine recently ran a cover with a silhouette of Chris Christie with the headline, The Elephant in the Room. It was, of course, a play on Christie's weight without coming right out and saying it. There's also an elephant in Elizabeth Warren's room, but you can't weigh...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 09, 2013 28 Comments

I have been telling you for at least a year that Elizabeth Warren will be a serious challenger to Hillary, if she wants it. You have to realize that Democrats in general, and particularly the liberal base, don't give a hoot about Warren's rip-off of Cherokee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2013 20 Comments

David Frum at The Daily Beast, and Alex Pareene at Salon.com, each write about Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz, and 2016. Frum sees a Warren run ending in defeat at the hands of the Clinton machine, How Ted Cruz Can Win in 2016: Democrats liked Hillary personally. But...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2013 26 Comments
Greg Pollowitz at National Review asked, Which Is Worse: ‘High Cheekbones’ or ‘Redskins’?
A few things are bothering me about Bob Costas calling the term “Redskins” a slur on Sunday night. One, Democrats had absolutely no issue when then senate candidate Elizabeth Warren justified her Native American heritage with her “high cheekbones.” That’s the same as me saying, “Can’t you see I’m half-Jewish from the size of my nose?” If it was anybody but liberal-darling Warren, there would be outrage at her saying such a thing. But since Democrats have tacitly endorsed “high cheekbones” as politically acceptable, I vote to rename the Redskins “The High Cheekbones.” The song even works, “Hail to the Cheekbones! Hail Victory!”
For those of you who don't remember, Elizabeth Warren supposedly (doubtfully) relied on "family lore" to justify checking the Native American box in order to get herself put on a short list of "Minority Law Teachers" and "Women of Color in Legal Academia" as she was climbing the law school ladder towards Harvard Law School.  Among those stories (now cast in doubt) was about her Aunt Bea and high cheekboned ancestors:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2013 13 Comments

Been away all week at a conference in Orlando. Thanks to Mandy and other contributors for covering. Remember, there may be a partial shutdown of LI on Monday morning, for "maintenance." What did I miss? Update: The Washington Warrens! ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2013 39 Comments

You better at least get ready. There's a buzz being fed. Warren gave a speech to the AFL-CIO today, and the "draft Warren" talk is starting. https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/376851270759243776 https://twitter.com/mikeconrad1/status/376851928593870848 https://twitter.com/Organize20/status/376852557068386304 There is no bigger or better demagogue in American politics. No one is as keyed into the politics of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2013 52 Comments

Larry Sabato came out with his rankings of presidential contenders today. I was going to write about the downgrade of Marco Rubio, but that's old news. More interesting is the rankings of Democrats. There is no "First Tier" other than Hillary. The drop from Hillary to Joe...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2013 15 Comments

Elizabeth Warren's student loan proposal to utilize the overnight rate the Fed loans money to banks has been widely criticized even by some liberal commentators as a "cheap political gimmick." [Note - link is to LI and is safe, some people are getting warnings] There seems to be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2013 10 Comments

Hoorahs and adulation have been heaped on Elizabeth Warren for proposing to reduce the student loan rate to 0.75%, the rate charged by the Federal Reserve for very short term loans to banks. While the left-blogosphere, progressive movement, and low-information political consumers have been cheering, we repeatedly have exposed that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2013 14 Comments

You remember Upworthy, the epitome of low-information in support of Obama and progressives, Upworthy — or, How we are losing the internet to lowest of low information young liberals. They have maps which demonstrate The high cost of low information voters. I need to stop checking in...

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