Author: BooMan

When I saw that the RNC had advised Republican lawmakers that gay marriage is a “gateway” issue that must be supported to get young people to even consider supporting the party, I was amazed. I saw it as a huge...

Unlike Ezra Klein, I did not support the invasion of Iraq. But I didn’t spend my energy trying to stop it because I saw it (correctly) as inevitable. I spent a good part of 2000 arguing that people should not vote for...

David Hawkings thinks opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship is crumbling. He sites as evidence Rand Paul’s speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the recommendations contained in...

I also noticed that Stu Rothenberg and Larry Sabato wrote bearish articles today about the Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives. I suppose we will read different iterations of those arguments for the...

Here’s Charlie Cook, writing a column about the woes of the Republican Party. Driving over to the Gaylord’s National Harbor Hotel and Convention Center to meet with a campaign manager Saturday afternoon, I passed a group...