Author: BooMan

I created a very simplistic and somewhat unrealistic model to see what would happen if just slightly over one out of every 20 voters who voted for McCain winds up voting for Obama this November. I decided to see what would...

If questioning the use of birth control is taking the Culture War to 10, how can the wingnuts get this thing to 11?

The Republicans are losing the battle over contraception in a big way. They’ve lost their way on the optics. They seem incapable of anticipating our side’s tactics. And they’re making unforced errors. This...

In theory, Mitt Romney could regain his lead against Obama among independents as quickly as he lost it. But I don’t think that is likely to happen. Romney’s plunge isn’t related to any particular gaffe. More...

The way I see it is that we can go two ways with the nominating process. We can decide that the two major parties aren’t really parties. They are just brands. People stand for nomination, but the general electorate decides...