Author: BooMan

Yesterday was the last Wednesday of the Bush administration.

I think it is obvious that rank and file Democrats have no idea how much power they have. What’s less obvious is that the elected Democrats cannot yet fathom how much power they have. For at least 14 years Democrats have...

Ricardo Montalban has passed away at 88 years of age. That brings back happy childhood memories. The first season was AWESOME!! And who can forget the Cordoba?

I love politics. But I don’t know if I can stand to watch the hordes of Malkinese wingnuts over the next year. Now that they are disempowered, they’re really not very interesting. A car wreck has more...

Now that the Senate has announced the primary committee seatings for the 111th Congress, it is possible to rank the relative power of the 50 Senate delegations. In judging the power, I’ve looked at two main factors. First,...