Author: BooMan

Matt Browner-Hamlin has a useful write-up of the cloture/filibuster procedure in the Senate and how it will impact the debate over health care reform.

I don’t know, and don’t much care, who will win the special election in New York’s Twenty-Third District, but the dynamics of the race are interesting. New York is unusual because they allow candidates to run...

Our national security priorities were so screwed up when Obama became president that anything short of radical change would be insufficient. But I think we need to be thankful for small victories, and his success in trimming the...

Evan Bayh acknowledges that 50 Democratic senators can get a public option using the budget reconciliation process. And that is probably true, depending on how the parliamentarian rules on the germaneness to the budget deficit...

I’m ready for the Series to begin. I don’t think it is going to be as high-scoring as people think. If the Phillies are going to win, they’re going to have to beat C.C. Sabathia at least once. Tonight’s...