Author: BooMan

Talking Point

President Obama spoke to the Senate Democratic Conference today and he pointed something out. Last year the Senate cast more cloture votes than were cast in the 1950’s and 1960’s combined. In other words, as he put...

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Loser Centrists

Here’s a question. With news that former senator Dan Coats is going to challenge Evan Bayh it looks like some of our most conservative Democrats are vulnerable to defeat in November. But, aside from the overall political...

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News from Illinois

The Illinois primaries have a few squeakers tonight. It looks like Alexi Giannoulias will beat David Hoffman, but they haven’t called it yet. That’s the senate race. The governors races are tight on both sides. The...

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Serious Questions

While I like Dick Durbin better than Chuck Schumer and I am more aligned on issues with Durbin as well, I am not sure that Durbin would be the better Majority Leader. Being a nice guy isn’t necessarily a positive for that...

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So Long to Blanche Lincoln

I take all polls this far out from an election with a shaker of salt, but you have to take heed of polls like this: John Boozman will enter the Arkansas Senate race this weekend as the frontrunner. He leads incumbent Blanche...

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