Author: BooMan

On Richardson’s ‘No Residual Forces’

Christina Siun O’Connell of Firedoglake and Chris Bowers and Matt Stoller of Open Left did a commercial for Gov. Bill Richardson. The message is clear. Bill Richardson is the only major candidate (Kucinich and Gravel are not...

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House Passes SCHIP 269-159

We did not get a supermajority in the House for the SCHIP program. We got 265-159, with 45 Republicans joining the Dems. The Senate should have 68 votes. Bush says he will veto this bill because it offers health care to children...

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Awaiting the Clinton Coronation

The stupid, it hurts. David Brooks: In the beginning of August, liberal bloggers met at the YearlyKos convention while centrist Democrats met at the Democratic Leadership Council’s National Conversation. Almost every Democratic...

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What If Hitler Went to Columbia?

Bret Stephens wonders, in the Wall Street Journal, what possible benefit might have incurred if Columbia University had invited Adolf Hitler to speak in 1939, just prior to his invasion of Poland. It’s tempting to give...

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What If Hilter Went to Columbia?

Bret Stephens wonders, in the Wall Street Journal, what possible benefit might have incurred if Columbia University had invited Adolf Hilter to speak in 1939, just prior to his invasion of Poland. It’s tempting to give...

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