Author: BooMan

It’s Not About Approval Numbers

Let’s discuss Steve Benen’s observations on the latest New York Times/CBS Poll that shows Congress is now confirmed as considerably less popular than the Herpes simplex virus. This is especially true of congressional...

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Wanker of the Day: David Brooks

I read David Brooks so you don’t have to. In today’s offering, he regales us with a very boring and dubious-sounding story about how it took eight years for some committee in Israel to write ‘part’ of the...

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Rick Perry Stuck at 234

The Republican base isn’t going to be cheering this: The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday halted the execution of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was...

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A Third-Party Candidate?

Chuck Todd thinks we will see a major third-party/independent presidential campaign if Rick Perry is the Republican nominee. Said Todd: “If Perry’s the nominee, I think there’s going to be be a serious effort...

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TV Viewing Habits

I need to get with the times. It seems like no one watches live television anymore. People use TIVO or DVR, or they just watch DVDs. As a result, it’s getting hard to saturate people’s minds with political...

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