Author: BooMan

A Civil War in the South

So, now the Tea Baggers are going to go after Republican senators who are up for reelection in red states. In particular, they are gunning for Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Lindsey Graham of South...

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Can the Right Build a Sanity Movement?

Curtis Gans has some advice for relatively sane Republicans. In 1967, I conceived of and, with the late Allard Lowenstein, organized a grassroots effort that came to be called “The Dump Johnson Movement,” which intended to...

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As Tight As Ticks

Partisans on both sides of the aisle are not going to like the way Governor Chris Christie, who had tepidly endorsed his opponent, embraced and reveled in Cory Booker’s election to the U.S. Senate. Offering bear hugs, the...

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Schweitzer for President?

I am still a little annoyed that former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer decided not to run for Max Baucus’s senate seat, although I can hardly blame him for not wanting to join that hapless organization. I welcome, however,...

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Dumb as Door Nail

While we all regroup and consider whether or not the Republicans have learned anything, we can take a look at some comments from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): He said there’s no reason to go through the...

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