Author: BooMan

I don’t think it is betraying any confidences to divulge that I received an email from Atrios about ten days ago or so where he suggested that we really ought not to show any enthusiasm for the Medicare Buy-In plan lest...

We have to be nice to Lieberman because he’s working with the sane people on the climate bill, he’s leading the investigation into the Ft. Hood shootings, and he has a bill that would extend domestic partnership...

All future jihad activity is to be conducted precisely 150 miles west of Chicago, in Rep. Donald Manzullo’s congressional district. This will teach the Americans a lesson they will never forget.

I’m not going to argue that today’s events in Congress are a positive development. It appears that someone dropped the ball in managing Joe Lieberman’s ego and we’re going to wind up with a very weak...

Tom Harkin has pretty much caved, although I can’t say that I blame him. Reid swung for the fences and struck out. Some people, including myself and apparently including Rahm Emanuel, warned that Reid was taking an...