Author: BooMan

I’d like to second this, from Bob Cesca: You know who shouldn’t be lecturing the Democrats about civility? The people who gave us swift-boating, the Southern Strategy, the outing of Valerie Plame, Birthers, Reverend...

Barack Obama’s speech reminded me more than anything else of some of Bill Clinton’s State of the Union addresses. It was a little longer than I would have liked. It was more itemized than I would have preferred. I...

Here’s a thread for convention-watchers who want to make observations. I’m a little sad tonight because this really is going to be the last speech Obama has to give where his political career is riding on the...

Obama is giving his big speech tonight, so what better time for the European Central Bank to announce a bond-buying program and send global markets soaring? Didn’t Mitt Romney spend half his convention insulting Europe?...

After I saw it reported that Romney and his associated Super PACs are pulling out of Michigan and Pennsylvania, I had to go look up when McCain gave up on Michigan in 2008. I remembered the decision because Sarah Palin responded...