Author: BooMan

Congressional Retirement/Open Seat Initiative

We don’t have much/any say in candidate recruitment. That job lies with the odious Chuck Schumer in the Senate and the fairly cool Chris Van Hollen in the House. But we do have the ability to support or withhold support...

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Lieberman Expands His Extremism

Ted Stevens should be in a penitentiary and Joe Lieberman should be in a sanitarium, so it’s amusing to see them have a little spat. WASHINGTON — Alaska’s congressional delegation came out swinging against the...

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Why No to Clinton

Depending on your age, you may know Pat Caddell as George McGovern’s wunderkind pollster or you may know him from the 2004 election as a disgruntled and angry political commentator on MSNBC. Caddell basically invented the...

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Steny Hoyer Making More Enemies

The details are unimportant, it’s all about the symbolism. [Steny] Hoyer was toe-to-toe with the much shorter Joe Baca , D-Calif., chairman of the Hispanic caucus. According to one Hispanic Democrat, Hoyer jabbed his...

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Big Money Still Rules the Roost

If you are Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), and you are in charge of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and you are $2.4 million in debt, how do you recruit candidates to run for office and fund them? Answer: You find...

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