Author: BooMan

Advice for the Green Party

William Rivers Pitt spent the early summer of 2000 collecting signatures to get Ralph Nader on the Massachusetts ballot. Now, he’s trying to explain to Greens why they’re wasting their time with their presidential...

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The Last Stand for White Conservatism

Brian Beutler says that conservatives won’t let Mitt be Mitt, while Ron Brownstein points out that Romney can break the record for winning white support and still lose the election. Somehow, those two things kind of melded...

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Pot Stirrers

Is Harry Reid’s source Jon Hunstman Jr. or Jon Huntsman Sr.? Inquiring minds want to know.

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Kevin Drum is Flailing

I guess I am just confused by Kevin Drum’s moral compass. He’s basically telling us that we need to seriously guard against abandoning a healthy respect for the importance of the truth. I get that part of it. But the...

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The Dean Dozen

It’s becoming a tradition at Democracy for America to announce twelve candidates who will receive the maximum effort from DFA and its members. They’re called the Dean Dozen, and they are selected after a nationwide...

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