Author: BooMan

The Interesting Case of Mike Michaud

Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) is an interesting figure. He represents Maine’s 2nd District, which is primarily rural. It is actually the largest, by geographical size, district east of the Mississippi River. While it includes...

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Meta Thread

I had fun writing for the Washington Monthly this weekend. It’s cool to have a new and different audience. My next weekend gig there is scheduled for November 23rd and 24th. One of our two cars was pronounced dead last...

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Because the Senate Needs More Cowbell

Here we go: Texas tea party activists eager to send another firebrand in the mold of Ted Cruz to the Senate have launched a movement to draft evangelical historian David Barton to run against Sen. John Cornyn. Barton, who hosts...

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Thin-Skinned Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may have presidential aspirations but he’s created a major problem for himself. He was busted by Rachel Maddow for plagiarizing a Wikipedia entry for the movie Gattaca, then busted by BuzzFeed’s...

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Know Who to Blame

Donald Rizer doesn’t know it, but I put everything I had into electing President Obama so that Mr. Rizer could have access to affordable health care. And he would have it, as Kevin Drum points out, if not for...

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