Author: BooMan

The weird thing is that the twelve percenters won the election resoundingly. Voters last week sent Washington a strong message about fixing the federal budget, according to exclusive numbers from a new poll obtained by TPM:...

I’m not saying that Michael Steele isn’t a clown and a gaffe-machine, but he did just preside over a huge election night victory for the Republican Party. Sure, he had Citizen’s United and American Crossroads...

I understand the concept of negotiating from a position of strength, but not the concept of continually blowing up any negotiations at all. Our government told Netanyahu that it did not want any more surprises announcing new...

It’s hard to say whether Rand Paul or Roy Blunt is the bigger jerk and hypocrite. Paul tells the Wall Street Journal that all that stuff about earmarks was just for show. In a bigger shift from his campaign pledge to end...

I’ve been listening to all voices in the debate over who should be Minority Whip, Steny Hoyer or Jim Clyburn. You’d be surprised how many progressives, including progressives who have run unsuccessfully for office,...