Author: BooMan

The Gang of 14 is Dead

Well, I guess the Gang of 14 is dead. Senate Republicans successfully filibustered a nominee to the District of Columbia Circuit who shouldn’t have been controversial in the least. Just check out Caitlin Halligan’s...

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How’s This for Disingenuous?

If you can’t get your Sudafed at the pharmacy, you obviously have no business trying to vote. Also: Supporters of the new laws, including at least one group funded by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, have...

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Ready for Another Shutdown?

Back in August, the Republicans made a deal on the debt ceiling that set overall spending at $1.043 trillion for the next fiscal year. Speaker Boehner has said that he feels bound by that agreement. I think that’s very...

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Romney Flips on Payroll Tax

Mitt Romney came out in favor of an extension of the payroll tax holiday today on the Michael Medved radio show. That represents a bit of a flip-flop from what Romney was saying in October. And it injects his opinion into the...

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Imagine Newt Victorious

I’m trying to picture the Newt Gingrich victory speech on the night of the Iowa Caucuses. I can’t get past the need for him to have throngs of supporters waving flags in delirious joy while chanting “Newt!...

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