Author: BooMan

Thinking About Old Times

Here’s a happy headline: Netroots Bloggers Mark 10th Birthday in Decline and Struggling for Survival. It’s kind of shocking to realize that I met Susie Madrak and Duncan Black and Chris Bowers and upyernoz and...

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What Early NC Voting Can Tell Us

In looking at the early voting numbers in North Carolina, I’m struck by a few things. First, voting is up among all groups, which is not what most people would have expected. As a general rule, higher voter participation...

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Mourdock and Ryan Are Peas in a Pod

Yesterday, during what the Evansville Courier & Press says was an otherwise strong debate performance, Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock handed the Democrats a gift. He was asked to explain why he opposes abortion...

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Lying Romney in Couplets

Let’s do a little exercise. I am going to provide you with some couplets. They are things Mitt Romney said at different times about the same subject. And I want you to try to explain to me how they do not contradict each...

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Another Tea Party Fanatic

Richard Mourdock has some funny ideas about God and rape: Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday that pregnancy that results from rape can be “something that God intended to happen.” “I struggled with...

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