Author: BooMan

What’s So Hard About This?

Maybe I am a poor judge of the mood of the electorate, but it seems to me that people are pissed off right now. And I don’t think they are pissed off that those people living on Staten Island who make more than a quarter...

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Steve Clemons and the Chicago Gang

I like Steve Clemons even though he occupies a place in Washington that I distrust pretty deeply. Clemons is a progressive-minded fellow who successfully maintains relationships on both sides of the aisle and gets along well...

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Obama’s Big Meeting

I can’t say that I know where this is going, but its got the wingnuts in a tizzy, so it has that going for it. Obama is going to hold a bipartisan, bicameral health care meeting at Blair House on February 25th. It’s...

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Serious Question

I’m not sure why Kevin Drum is neutral on a sugared beverage-tax. I like to drink soda that has cane sugar in it every once in a while, but I’ve done my best to completely eliminate high fructose corn syrup from my...

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