Author: BooMan

Bob Menendez Can’t Find the Hymnal

The president called out Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey in front of the entire Democratic Caucus yesterday, and Menendez didn’t like it. Their face-off occurred behind closed doors at the Hilton in Baltimore, where the...

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Who Regrets Slavery? Not Steve Scalise

I know that Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) doesn’t have “a racist bone in his body,” but it’s hard to reconcile that with his actions. The third-ranking member of the House Republican leadership didn’t...

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A Socialist Sets the Budget

I’m one of those geeks who actually enjoys looking at (and even trying to predict) who serves on which committees in Congress, so I am actually always abreast of who is on the verge of taking over as the chairman or...

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Serious Questions

I guess Ronald Reagan ran for president two times before he actually won, but does 1968 really count? And another thing: isn’t it easier to bounce back from narrowly losing the nomination than it is to recover from getting...

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