Author: BooMan

I Lost the Argument With Myself

My only regret is that I didn’t have the balls to go as negative in my projections as my gut was telling me to go. I actually came close to making a projection even worse than what happened tonight. I seriously considered...

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Election Thread

I’m back and I see that I was unfortunately correct about Mitch McConnell winning reelection in Kentucky. That’s a damn shame. The only real news so far is that Senator Mark Warner of Virginia is in a dogfight with...

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When Will We Stop Rewarding Failure?

Ah, yes, there are those who believe that the president should be impeached, convicted and removed from office. Twas ever thus, I suppose, but it used to be much rarer in the case of actual elected officials in the absence of...

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Rant Incipient II

It’s going to be this kind of night because everyone is stupid: In Domenic Recchia, the Democrats have fielded a candidate so dumb, ill-informed, evasive and inarticulate that voting for a thuggish Republican who could...

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2014 Senate Forecast

Before we get to talking about the Senate, I want you to consider the following possibility. Imagine that tomorrow night the following incumbent Republican governors will lose their bids for reelection: 1. Paul LePage of Maine...

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