Author: BooMan

Call Me an Optimist

I’ll stipulate that Charlie Cook’s analysis is justified by the numbers he is looking at, but I just do not believe that this is going to be a close election. I might have said the same thing in 1980. Yes, in 1980,...

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Christie’s Misplaced Man-Crush

I’m willing to acknowledge that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen. And I definitely count that in the governor’s favor. But as I read about him dancing like a maniac to Badlands...

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The Health Care Debate is Stupid

Reading back over the oral arguments before the Supreme Court regarding the mandate in the Affordable Care Act, it is very striking how stupid this whole argument became. It used to be that Republicans were obsessed about people...

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Will SCOTUS Steal Your Rebate?

Some of you may have a received a letter in your email today from the Department of Health & Human Services. The letter is probably specific to the state you live in. I live in Pennsylvania, so my letter has statistics for...

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