Author: BooMan

Will Hurricane Isaac Disrupt GOP Convention?

As of now, the National Hurricane Center is projecting that Hurricane Issac will make landfall somewhere in South Florida on the evening of August 25th or the morning of August 26th. The Republican National Convention is...

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Keeping Control of the Senate

In my previous post I forgot about Olympia Snowe’s seat in Maine and Richard Lugar’s seat in Indiana. The Maine seat will almost definitely go to former Governor Angus King. Gov. King is an independent but he will...

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Without MO, GOP Needs Inside Straight

If, as now appears likely, Todd Akin remains on the ballot in Missouri, it will be very hard for him to overcome the mass condemnation of his own party. He’ll also suffer from a lack of resources, as the NRSC and Karl...

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Independents Hate Gridlock

If independents really feel this way, they should severely punish the Republican Party for their lockstep obstructionism over the past four years. Independent voters are not a monolithic bloc. Nor are many of them truly...

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