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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 29 Comments

I know exactly where Sen. Jim DeMint is coming from,  Obama speech to Congress 'going to be hard for me to watch': “Frankly I am so tired of his speeches, it's going to be hard for me to watch,” said DeMint on CNN’s State of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2011 11 Comments

G.O.P. vs. Obama: Disrespect or Just Politics? That is the deeply probing question asked by The NY Times with regard to G.O.P. opposition to Obama. There was no such question when it came to Democratic treatment of George W. Bush, it was pure disrespect. Please dig deep into...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2011 6 Comments

... Obama decided to do it again on a jobs plan. The 2009 health care speech was what I dubbed the "have your cake and eat it too" speech, in which Obama lashed out at critics of the pending House and Senate legislation while offering solutions which were...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2011 25 Comments

Obama, having bid to disrupt a previously scheduled Republican primary debate at the Reagan Libary on Wednesday, September 7, was rebuffed by John Boehner, who just said No, do it on Thursday. Obama caved, and now has agreed to give the speech on Thursday. Which conflicts with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2011 6 Comments

Allahpundit: The worst part is that, with the economy on the brink of a double-dip and consumer confidence falling off a cliff, this guy’s mind is still so preoccupied with the campaign that he can’t muster a moment of presidential leadership without counterprogramming it against a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2011 19 Comments

As a follow up to my prior post on Obama's calculated request that he give a speech to a Joint Session of Congress the same evening as a Republican primary debate, and the first day Congress is back in session, John Boehner has not said...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2011 50 Comments

Obama has sent a request for a Joint Session of Congress appearance, this time to deliver his jobs speech.  And guess what, he asked for it the night of a previously scheduled Republican primary debate: President Obama has requested a joint session of Congress next week...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2011 40 Comments

a "heavy duty teleprompter." From the DC Examiner, on the occasion of Obama's three-minute announcement of the appointment of a new economic adviser: President Obama required two heavy-duty teleprompters on Monday during a three-minute speech in which he nominated Alan Krueger to serve as chairman of his...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2011 23 Comments

Obama just gave a press statement. Says the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement "that will reduce the deficit and avoid default." Deal is $1 trillion in spending cuts, but not "so abruptly that a drag on our economy." Second part of agreement...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2011 42 Comments

Obama just gave his speech on the status of the debt ceiling negotiations, and endorses some version of McConnell and Reid plans.  Calls Boehner bill something that will not become law because does not extend debt ceiling beyond election. Calls for "bipartisan compromise" and calls on people to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2011 11 Comments

Please do not pull out your hair when you watch this video, via The Boston Herald. As I have said before, this guy is an unusually good Bill Clinton. The debt has increased dramatically on his watch and that is a threat to our credit...

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

How bad is it? The President of the United States has been reduced to assuring us by saying: We're not Greece.  We're not Portugal. Funny, didn't Greece say it wasn't Portugal?  And didn't Portugal say it wasn't Greece? I don't like where this is heading....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 35 Comments

Obama just held his third press conference in two weeks, and he's still pushing for the big deal which includes increased taxes, and still playing the class warfare card very hard.   Given the past two and one-half years, we definitely are in fantasy land where...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2011 8 Comments

Almost the entire Democratic Party theme for the 2012 elections at every level is that evil Republicans want to destroy "Medicare as we know it," whereas Democrats want to save the program by raising taxes on the "rich." As Michael Alan  documented here, groups behind the "Mediscare"...

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