Author: BooMan

I like to peruse the roll call votes in Congress from time to time, although it’s a much less interesting practice than it used to be. Last night, I noticed that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had actually allowed...

Over dinner last night, my brother Phil and I were trying to figure out how much of what we’re seeing from the modern Republican Party is new and how much has been been baked in the cake for a long time. I tried to get...

What’s on your mind?

Back in October 2013, Stanley Greenberg and James Carville’s Democracy Corps did a few focus groups of Republican voters to see what was driving them. It’s the kind of research that we need to see more of, and...

I haven’t always been pleased with the performance of Secretary of State John Kerry. In particular, his efforts to convince Congress to authorize an attack on Syria in response to the 2013 sarin attacks were so inept and...