Author: BooMan

Let All Bush Tax Cuts Lapse

I am encouraged to see signs that prominent Democrats are openly contemplating letting all of Bush’s tax cuts expire rather than cutting a deal with the Republicans during the lame duck session between November’s...

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The American People Are Not the Issue

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made an appearance yesterday on Fox New Sunday. The host, Chris Wallace, pressed him repeatedly to explain what the Republicans would do for the 30 million Americans who will lose their...

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Who’s Flinging Dirt at the SCOTUS?

If this article by Jan Crawford of CBS News can be believed, one of the Justices on the Supreme Court was a source for her, and they dished dirt on Chief Justice John Roberts. Take a look (emphasis mine): Chief Justice John...

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Serious Questions

With many Republicans advising Mitt Romney to run against Bush, I’m left to wonder whether this just means conservatism without any compassion. What, after all, is Bushism without its deficit spending? Take away No Child...

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The Gallows Logic of SC Watching

It’s obviously in poor taste to wish cancer on anyone, regardless of the reason. I won’t defend that kind of language. But one side effect of lifetime appointments to an increasingly politicized Supreme Court is that...

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