Author: BooMan

So You Want to Lead the Free World?

Who is the leader of the Democratic Party? Is it Harry Reid? Is it Nancy Pelosi? Is it Hillary Clinton? Right now, it’s not clear. Look at the vote on Mike Mukasey’s nomination as attorney general. Hillary Clinton...

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Schumer Takes a Pig for a Pedicure

I am blistering mad at Chuck Schumer today, but I will try to keep my analysis calm and reasoned. Schumer penned his justification for voting to confirm attorney general nominee Mike Mukasey in his homestate New York Times. His...

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Bush’s Farm Bill Veto is Illustrative

Farm Bills aren’t sexy. I don’t pretend to understand agricultural issues. All I know is that the Farm Bill has a lot of bipartisan support and the president is threatening to veto it. Mike Johanns recently left the...

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Mukasey, Conyers, Kucinich, Contempt

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Mike Mukasey to be attorney general at 10am tomorrow morning. The committee has 10 Democrats and 9 Republicans. Two of the Democrats (Schumer and...

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