Author: BooMan

Ed Markey is running to serve the remainder of John Kerry’s term in the Senate. He’s known as a champion on environmental issues. He arrived in the House of Representatives in 1976, and he obviously has a ton of...

Steve Benen makes a great point about President Obama’s choice of James Comey to be the next Director of the FBI. But there’s one other angle that’s worth thinking about as the process unfolds: if Obama had any...

What constitutes moderation in Democratic politics? Which policies of mainstream Democrats are simply unacceptable to South Dakotans, for example? I think these are questions that need to be empirically tested. South Dakota...

Thomas Erdbrink reports in the New York Times on Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili. Mr. Jalili is a hardliner who is close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He has been the chief nuclear negotiator for Iran. A veteran who...

The New York Times is reporting that Michele Bachmann will not seek reelection next year. In her congressional race last year, Mrs. Bachmann won re-election by just 4,200 votes out of 356,000 votes cast, beating the hotelier Jim...