Author: BooMan

Crazy Talk

I am thinking of marrying another species because Brian Kilmeade tells me everyone is doing it.

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Memo to Obama

Obama is doing a lot of things well, but he’s screwing up his detainee policy very badly. Dealing with the Gitmo detainees is just not something you can finesse and resolve without taking a political hit. I know Congress...

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Franken Comes Out Correct

Al Franken has now cast three votes, all of them on amendments to HR2892 (Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security). The first was cast yesterday, and it was a vote against a McCain amendment to slash...

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What is the GOP Thinking?

Unless something unexpected crops up, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is going to be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice in the Senate, and by a comfortable margin. Knowing that, you would think that the Republican leadership (if not...

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Rahm’s Balloon Shot Down

As Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is unquestionably the most liberal member of the Senate, I don’t think it pays to put too much stock in what he says as a predictor of what is going to happen with the public option. It’s no...

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