Author: BooMan

Romney’s Last Faint Hope Dashed

No one cares about jobs reports but at least the president got a good one this morning. In November 2008, the country lost 803,000 jobs. How does that compare to the 171,000 jobs that were created last month? Would you say that...

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How to Win a Ground Game

Campaigns have different ways of looking at voters that can also change over time. But a basic way of looking at a voter is to look at their voting history. For our purposes here, forget about people who were too young to vote...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

When I went to sleep on Election Night 2008, it looked like Al Franken had lost in Minnesota and Jeff Merkley had lost in Oregon, and Mark Begich had lost in Alaska. I was psyched about Obama winning, but I knew we were screwed...

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Even the Plutocrats Hate Mitt Romney

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has endorsed Barack Obama. While the endorsement is certainly half-hearted, it is nonetheless helpful. Every little bit helps. Probably more heartbreaking for Mitt Romney is the endorsement...

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Updated Senate Predictions

When Richard Mourdock torpedoed his own campaign by talking about how God intends women to deliver rape babies, a lot of people noted that Mourdock was the only Senate candidate in the country for whom Mitt Romney had cut a...

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