Author: BooMan

The Threat of Governing from This Center

The problem of not having a rational alternative party to the Democrats became obvious in the New Jersey gubernatorial race. In July, the FBI, in a widespread money laundering and corruption investigation, arrested dozens of...

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This Will Now Get Very Big

ABC News reports: U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the...

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Something Less Annoying

Have you seen Al Franken draw the United States from memory? That performance has inspired a contest: It’s good to see a little uplifting, humorous news from Alaska’s Senate delegation. According to Politico’s...

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What If…

Can you imagine what would have happened to Howard Dean if he had tried to pull this when he was chairman of the DNC? Last week, Republican National Committee Michael Steele warned GOP members of Congress that they will face...

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HCR is Still a Toss-Up

The way Joe Lieberman is talking, he’s not leaving himself any room to support the Senate bill if it includes a public option. He’s locking himself in as an opponent. WALLACE: So at this point, I take it, you’re a...

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