Author: BooMan

Strange Bedfellows

There is going to be a major lobbying push next week to convince the House of Representatives to pass some kind of comprehensive immigration reform. The wrinkle is that many of the lobbyists will be conservatives. Perhaps, most...

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Make the Coup Happen

Here is the roster of the House Appropriations Committee. It’s pretty up to date, but the second most senior Republican on the committee, Bill Young of Florida, died last week. If you scan the names of the Republicans on...

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Yes, But…

I’m not totally sold on Markos’s theory. In part, my problem is that I think Terry McAuliffe is a unique case. He’s very unpopular with the progressive base of the party, which makes it more important for him...

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Getting to Single-Payer

For once in my life, I actually agree with Megan McArdle. It is much more likely that a relatively successful ObamaCare will lead to a single-payer system than it is that a major failure of the law will lead us there. The main...

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