Author: BooMan

Sen. Cruz Driving the Crazy Train

Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is like Jim DeMint on steroids, and that probably means that he doesn’t have much of a future in the U.S. Senate. DeMint burned so many bridges with his colleagues that a position at the...

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Good and Bad News

I remember when Christie Todd Whitman was elected governor of New Jersey and I correctly predicted that it was the end of the world as we then knew it. But it got worse. Jon Favreau: I’m not talking about a battle between...

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Whatever Thread

I’m off to see Stoke City play a friendly with the Philly Union. Find something to talk about.

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Bradley Manning Cleared of Strongest Charge

The military prosecutors were overly punitive in their efforts to get Bradley Manning convicted of aiding the enemy. I am glad that the judge acquitted him on that charge. He will be doing at least 15 years in prison, possibly...

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Strategerizing on Immigration Reform

Chris Frates explains that the leadership of the House Republicans wants to delay voting on (passing) immigration reform until after the August recess because members don’t want to get screamed at during their town hall...

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