Author: BooMan

I haven’t been sweating the polls and some people have been privately asking me why. First of all, convention bumps are historically temporary. The post-convention bump for McCain, which is already receding, is likely to...

I have influenza, which has pretty much turned my brain to mush over the last 24 hours. I am still hoping that the fallout from Hurricane Ike won’t ruin the economy. I’m worried about the death-toll in Galveston. I...

With Ike bearing down on the Texas coast, I’m taking a break from political blogging. What are you hearing about the storm? I’m hearing that there are tornadoes all the way up in Kansas City and way, way too much...

John McCain once explained why he is better qualified to be president than Rudy Guiliani, Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney. His words look ironic in retrospect. “I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I...

John McCain once explained why he is better qualified to be president than Rudy Guiliani, Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney. His words look ironic in retrospect. “I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I...