Ted Kaufman – Delaware Liberal

Super PACs Make a Corrupt System Even More Corrupter

By nemski April 22, 20124 Comments

Senator Ted Kaufman writes in today's Opinion pages about how the Super PACs corrupted the Republican primary this year.

We Will Miss Ted Kaufman

By Unstable Isotope October 1, 201051 Comments

Ted Kaufman is leaving the Senate, but not leaving public service all together. He's been chosen as the new head of the Bailout Oversight Committee.

Kaufman’s Amendment To Break Up “Too Big To Fail” Banks Fails

By Unstable Isotope May 7, 201013 Comments

Senator Kaufman's amendment to break up "too big to fail" banks was defeated yesterday.

Run, Ted, Run!

By cassandra_m April 28, 201022 Comments

Joan Walsh over at Salon.com has been delighted listening to our Senator become one of the leading voices on banking reform. And she wants him to run. Ms. Walsh is late to the party here, but she's got it right (mostly):

Shitty Deal

By Unstable Isotope April 28, 20106 Comments

For a second time yesterday, all the Senate Republicans + Ben Nelson were able to block the financial regulation reform bill from coming to a vote in the Senate. On…

A Tale of Two Senators

By liberalgeek April 21, 20104 Comments

I don't know if you caught the story in the News Journal this morning featuring the work that Senator Kaufman is doing on financial reform. He talks passionately about dismantling…

Tornoe’s Toon: Kaufman’s Baton

By Rob Tornoe April 21, 201023 Comments

If you’d like to contact me, feel free to drop me a line at robtornoe@delawareliberal.net. You can also follow me on twitter @RobTornoe. And make sure you pick up The…

Senator Ted Kaufman Discusses Bank Reform on NPR

By cassandra_m April 14, 20105 Comments

John Manifold points to this in the Open Thread and I heard it just abit ago in the car. Man, is he ever good. Dismantling Too Big to Fail needs…

Kaufman To Run

By nemski April 1, 201029 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Ted Kaufman to run for Senate!

Senator Kaufman Takes On Wall Street

By Unstable Isotope March 16, 201011 Comments

Senator Kaufman is delivering a speech today in favor or financial reform. All I can say is wow, you go Ted! Mr. President, last Thursday, the bankruptcy examiner for Lehman…

Kudos to Senator Kaufman!

By cassandra_m March 2, 201074 Comments

The Huffington Post reports the Senator as being the 34th supporter of passing the public option via reconciliation:

Warm Up Your Dialing Fingers

By Unstable Isotope February 18, 201023 Comments

Next week President Obama will convene his bipartisan health care summit. It's expected that sometime in next few days, the Senate bill + reconciliation sidecar will be introduced. The reconciliation…

Ted Kaufman, Rock Star?

By nemski November 14, 20096 Comments

Things I learned today when reading the New York Times article that featured Senator Ted Kaufman. Kaufman has reached rock-star status among Senate professional staff On a weekly basis, recognizes…