Author: BooMan

Was This a Liberal Victory?

We’re going to have to come up with a generic name for this type of editorializing. The basic characteristics are always the same. Despite winning two landslide elections in a row and winning the presidency with a black...

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The Foreign Policy Team and Israel

One reason to root for John Kerry to get the position of Secretary of State is that it looks increasingly likely that such an appointment would result in Russ Feingold getting the chair of Foreign Relations. Sen. Feingold is...

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Robert Gibbs to be Press Secretary

It’s not helpful if your press secretary is hapless (Scotty McClellan), clueless (Dana Perino), or a liar (Ari Fleischer). If you want to advance your agenda, it is important that the press gives you a fair shake, and a...

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Merkley Wins

The Oregonian has just called the Oregon senate race for Jeff Merkley. So, that makes it a pick up of six seats with three more (Minnesota, Alaska, and Georgia) still in dispute. The three best senate candidates we had this year...

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