Author: BooMan

Can I Hibernate for the Next Two Years?

In the run-up to, and during, the 2008 primaries, the Democrats had about 19 debates. I think the Republicans had a few less than that, but I can’t remember with certainty. What I do remember is that the Republican debates...

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As Popular as the Clap

If the new CBS News Poll can be believed, Sarah Palin has joined Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi in being approximately as popular as contracting a venereal disease. Palin is viewed favorably by just...

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Serious Questions

Nate Silver contradicts the conventional wisdom and demonstrates that Democrats are actually more enthused about the upcoming elections than they are normally in midterm cycles. The problem is that the Republicans are...

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A Lesson on the Founding Fathers

It’s not that I don’t think it’s important that Thomas Jefferson started the Declaration of Independence off by saying that “Nature’s God” entitles us to “equal station” and that...

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The Devastating Ad

Where’s why polls are not determinative of electoral outcomes. You knew that Richard Blumenthal misled people repeatedly into believing that he served in Vietnam, and you knew that his opponent Linda McMahon had truckloads...

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