Author: BooMan

I think Vaughn Ververs slightly overstates his case, but he’s right about one thing. Once Al Franken joins the Senate, the Democratic caucus will have sixty members. And that means that the Republicans will no longer have...

House Minority Leader John Boehner has an interesting reaction to the Hate Crimes Bill: He attacked Democratic initiatives such as a “hate crimes” bill being considered this week in the House, which would boost the...

The ultra-conservative senator Jim DeMint broke the news to Arlen Specter last Thursday. Last Thursday night on the Senate floor, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., told Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, then still a Republican, that...

We Democrats here in Pennsylvania know Arlen Specter’s record better than anyone and you’ll be hearing endless reiterations of his many sins over the next two years. I don’t need to do that now. Suffice to say...

Jonathan Chait: “When a politician switches parties, it’s customary for the party he’s abandoned to denounce him as an unprincipled hack, and the party he’s joined to praise him as a brave convert who’s genuinely seen the...