Author: BooMan

The Senate Doesn’t Work Anymore

In 2010, if the Tea Party had not prevailed in Republican primaries for senate in Alaska, Nevada, Colorado, and Delaware, the GOP might already be in control of the upper chamber of Congress. This year, the Tea Party is going...

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The Expiration Date of the Modern GOP

A Daily Kos diarist did a pretty cool demographic analysis of Texas this week and discovered that the Lone Star State is going to be a purple swing state by 2024 and will have a Democratic lean by 2028 at the latest. You can...

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The Con-Game is Exposed

I got the following over at Benen’s place: President Obama will be in Mansfield, Ohio, today, and according to remarks prepared for delivery, he’s going to take full advantage of the new revelations: “[T]he...

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Can We Retake the House?

I see that Roll Call currently believes that the Democrats will pick up about eight seats in the House of Representatives, which is far short of the twenty-five they need to retake the House. I have not done my independent...

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