Author: BooMan

They Won’t Get Away With It

As I mentioned last night, the selection of Paul Ryan has left House Republicans defenseless. This morning, Politico joins the choir, citing at least three dozen Republican operatives who don’t want to be on the record....

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Pick of Ryan Leaves House GOP Defenseless

On April 15th, 2011, at 2:53 in the afternoon, the House of Representatives voted 235-193 for the Paul Ryan budget for fiscal year 2012. There was not a single Democrat willing to cross the aisle in support of the bill. And...

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Another Bad Day for Romney-Ryan

Good God, man. What are you doing? You are Romney’s communications director for Florida and you are telling the press, on the record, that your candidate is canceling a scheduled visit to Orlando because he’s...

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Feeling Old

I took my boy to visit his paternal grandparents and one of his uncles today. He likes to go because they have a model railroad there. My Dad had some spare reading glasses lying around, so I tried them out and found one pair...

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The Veep Choice Matters

First Read makes an observation: “By selecting Paul Ryan as his running mate on Saturday, Mitt Romney did something that Walter Mondale, Bob Dole, Al Gore, and John McCain did in previous presidential contests: They used...

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