Author: BooMan

Wow. The stuff Rush Limbaugh is telling his audience is something to behold. I normally only notice Limbaugh when he says something extremely provocative, so I don’t encounter his political “analysis” very...

I like Charlie Cook and I think he’s an excellent analyst, but he does sometimes exhibit some blind spots that I attribute to being too much of a creature of Washington DC. It’s not his fault; I find that I begin to...

According to Jonathan Strong at National Review, Republicans are beefing up security at their district offices because federal workers are going to miss their paychecks today. He also says that Republican lawmakers are spooked...

A single lightning strike just before six a.m. took out our power. So, for now, I am stuck phone-blogging. I am not very good at that. What is on your mind this morning?

I was going to write this piece until I realized that Ed Kilgore had already written it almost word for word. It’s why I hold Grover Norquist at least as responsible for the current crisis in Washington DC as Ted Cruz or...