Author: BooMan

Rhetoric Won’t Save You

At this point, pretty much every day brings a slew of new articles about how Republican insiders are “concerned about the tone.” Today we have a typical piece from Politico that frames it like this: In 2008, after...

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GOP Debate Thread

Apparently, the clown car has assembled on CNN. Anybody care? Anybody watching? Is Santorum locking this thing up or blowing his opportunity?

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Justice in the Tyler Clementi Case

Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, about three or four miles from where I grew up in Princeton. He went to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, my high school’s main rival. His trial begins today. He’s...

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It Don’t Matter to (Conservative) Women

In my experience living in western Michigan, many Republican women in the state are truly single-issue voters. They oppose abortion and won’t even consider voting for the Democratic Party despite being aligned with them on...

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This is Mitt Romney

Based on the January filings with the FEC, Barack Obama has raised more money from small donors (those giving under $200) than Mitt Romney has raised in total. Romney has raised 90% of his money from big donors (those giving...

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