Author: BooMan

Of Course Romney is Behind in the Polls

I’m tired of political scientists who look at historical economic data and say that Mitt Romney should be leading in the polls. I see a lot of this coming from people on the left, and I think it may have something to do...

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Romney Reduced to Zero

Mitt Romney has five obvious things on his resume that might count in his favor as someone who could be a good president. Let’s look at them. 1. He received an excellent education, going to a top prep school, graduating at...

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Syria is Not Iraq

Unlike Glenn Greenwald, I didn’t find Tom Friedman’s piece on Syria to be all that illogical. What Friedman is basically saying is that we caused a civil war in Iraq by removing the power structure at the top, but we...

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What Kind of Jerk?

Here’s a question. If your spouse had a horse competing in the Olympics, would you support her by attending the event? I know I would. What kind of jerk would not? But, here’s Romney: Romney immediately seemed to...

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Sane Politicians Don’t Do This

There’s an article in The Hill about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent change in strategy which involves less obstruction and more reliance on John Boehner’s House of Representatives for stalling...

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