Author: BooMan

Filibuster Showdown, Nuclear Tuesday?

I’ve read several accounts of the meeting the Senate held last night to discuss rules changes on the filibuster, but the New York Times is the only source I’ve seen that reported an offer of capitulation by Senate...

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Can’t They All Just Get Along?

So, I guess the Senate is going have some kind of informal meeting in a few minutes to discuss why the Republicans are so annoying and what the Democrats can do about it. Or, as most people are reporting it, some Republicans...

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The Dog That Didn’t Bark

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who was born in Kenya Calgary, is visiting New Hampshire to do a fundraiser for the state’s Republican Party. He is also scheduled to visit Iowa and Florida, and has already been to South Carolina....

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Speaker Too Weak to Legislate

It’s really stunning how weak Speaker Boehner is. He can’t even articulate a strategy for immigration reform. So, we’re left to trying to imagine how he might go about either passing or killing reform. He could...

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Smug In Our Self-Rightousness

I am sure Charles Pierce enjoyed writing this piece. It feels good to be an artist at the top of your craft, riffing on something that works and packs punch and tells truth to power. It’s powerful imagery that Mr. Pierce...

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