Author: BooMan

It occurs to me that if any Democrats who just got bounced out of office intend to support a continuation of tax cuts for the richest three percent of the population, then they were worse than useless. It’s one thing to...

Something needs to be done about our long-term structural deficit. And any feasible political solution is going to be extremely sub-optimal. I get that. I don’t expect a bipartisan commission to issue recommendations that...

It’s not just on their side, either. Now that they have to govern, Republicans are grappling with a tough initial challenge: how to detach themselves from an influential wing of their party that has never been interested...

The stress is obviously getting to Rahm Emanuel.

If you look at the list of senators who are up for reelection in 2012, you’ll quickly realize that after Scott Brown, one of our best pickup opportunities is Jon Kyl’s seat in Arizona. That tells you that we have a...