Author: BooMan

Unfortunately, Mark McKinnon is right: Republicans also are gaming how conservative Democrats like [Sen. Jim] Webb [D-VA] will figure into the new calculus. “The big buzz in D.C. is whether Obama tacks to the left to appease his...

Steve Israel (D-Long Island) is going to be chairman of the DCCC, replacing Chris Van Hollen. I don’t have strong opinions about Mr. Israel, although I would like to note that he voted for the Authorization to Use Military...

I’m a night person learning to be a morning person, but it still gets dark too damn early. Why do we night people have to surrender our hour of evening daylight to you morning people? Why? Can’t you get dressed in...

Well, we’ll soon find out if, at least in a small way, President Bush is unafraid to own his failure: As former president George W. Bush broke ground Tuesday in Dallas for his presidential library, officials weighed...

Ezra Klein has some very good advice for the Democrats. Rather than focusing so much on how to sunset the irresponsible and budget-busting Bush tax cuts for the rich, they should be focused on how to raise the debt ceiling...