Author: BooMan

Congressional approval is at 10%, which ties (February 2012) for the lowest rating ever in the history of Gallup Polls. You could probably get better than 10% for the question “Do you approve of gonorrhea?” Because,...

I agree with Steve Benen that repealing the 17th Amendment (providing for the direct election of U.S. Senators) seems like a kooky idea, especially coming from a faction that thinks the government has too much power over the...

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....

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...

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...