Author: BooMan

Despite joining the Blue Dog Caucus, my friend Patrick Murphy has kept his word as a representative. He has been the leader in the House on repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, and he’s been a great...

Evoking the Declaration of Independence in rather explicit terms, the Republicans have released their 2010 version of the Contract With America. Let’s look at the preamble, wherein President Obama takes on the role of King...

The president fulfilled his obligation to Arlen Specter, but now he’s stumping for his primary opponent, Joe Sestak. Via email, here’s part of what Obama had to say about Joe in Philadelphia yesterday: “This is...

Presidential elections are sufficiently high-profile that the electorate goes into the voting booth with a pretty good understanding of what they are voting for. I don’t think the same thing can be said about midterms....

Not for the first time, I find myself seeing the Democrats’ strategy to be as clear as mud. From what I can tell, they wanted the Republicans to filibuster the Defense Appropriations Act. What do I base this on? Partly it...