Author: BooMan

I think it was sometime in September 1972 when Hunter S. Thompson realized that George McGovern wasn’t just going to lose to Richard Nixon, but get absolutely crushed. Even after Kent State, after Jackson State, after the...

The recent Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll showing that Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) is vulnerable means that Jim DeMint is all that much closer to getting his wish. I think the Democrats should make seventy seats in the Senate their...

Let’s look at how the Democrats who were elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2008 voted on yesterday’s cramdown amendment. Class of ’06 Sherrod Brown (D-OH)- Yes Ben Cardin (D-MD)- Yes Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)- Yes...

On days like this, I join my friend Chris Bowers in feeling a certain sense of despondency about how much can be accomplished just by electing more and better Democrats. We didn’t just do poorly on the Cramdown Amendment,...

Do not watch this unless you’ve taken your blood pressure medication. Maybe this will help restore hope. Maybe not.