Author: BooMan

Response to Armando

Armando has a novel defense of Hillary Clinton’s ‘have-it-both-ways’ style of campaigning. Apparently, John F. Kennedy did it too. And so did every other politician that has ever come down the pike. Which is,...

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Odds and Ends

People aren’t all that keen on impeaching Cheney. Only 51% of Democrats want that right now. Wanna laugh? Ask Hillary Clinton if she is a liberal. Here’s what you’ll get: “I prefer the word ‘progressive,’” she...

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Corrupt, Strange Alaskan Politics

Alaska is strange. They make so much money off oil and gas that they don’t need a state income tax. Instead, every citizen gets an annual stipend: this year it’s $1,654. Meanwhile, the rest of the state’s...

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Open Thread

Maybe Joe Lieberman should listen to the former head of Mossad. He might learn something.

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State of the Party

There may be some abstract level where the American people are really with the progressives on the issues. For example, if you poll them on health care, education, stem-cell research, gay rights, reproductive rights, and foreign...

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