Author: BooMan

The Blue Dog Seats

I like anti-Blue Dog rants as much as the next guy, but now that we’re in the minority in the House, we have to devise strategies to win back a lot of their seats. We also face the grim reality that the Citizens United...

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Serious Questions

Every pollster that Nate Silver analyzed, except Mason-Dixon, had a Republican bias. Rasmussen was obviously the worst, and by a lot. I want to know two things. First, will Silver continue to use Rasmussen in his models. And,...

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Facebook’s Giant Poll

With a sample of nearly 10 million voters, Facebook was able to accumulate some interesting data about the electorate. For example, with the World Series ending on Monday, it turns out that ‘Fans’ of the Giants and...

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The Rally Did Not Restore Sanity

In an poorly sourced but widely quoted post-election analysis, Mark Ambinder wrote: According to Newsweek (no link), the White House plans to aggressively enforce environmental regulations as they anticipate efforts from...

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New Leadership

I’m not an unreserved supporter of Nancy Pelosi, but I think she was the best Speaker of the House in my lifetime. If she wants to stay on as Minority Leader then I will definitely support her. I think her biggest mistake...

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