Archive for May 16th, 2009

Gay Don’t Pay — Updated!

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMJvZO2KgVw[/youtube] h/t Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog UPDATE: Our own MJ inaugurates a New Feature on his blog and has some additional schooling for Steele.

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My Thoughts on the Convention.

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Why was it held? Seriously. Why? I went to the convention anticipating high drama. A floor fight over U.I.’s torture resolution. Perhaps multiple ballots on the party chair races. What did I get? I got shouted at by Auctioneer Tom Carper. I saw a party chair so disorganized that it made me wonder if he […]

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Delaware Democratic Convention Wrap-Up: Delegate’s View

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Well, I’m back from the Delaware Democratic convention. It was an interesting time. A little more chaotic than I expected, but really no fireworks. The atmosphere pre-convention was really quite intense, with delegates really getting lobbied on the leadership race. I felt like I wanted to hide for a while, really. Here are the outcomes: […]

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QOD

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Who’s number one bitches?

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No Live Blog of the DE GOP Convention?

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No Live Blog of the DE GOP Convention?

It seems Castle just announced that he will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Kaufman. photo credit: Delawarepolitics

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Delaware Democratic Convention LIVEBLOG II

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All the media and guests just got kicked out of the room. Daniello is right here asking “where is he, he is probably in there.” He is probably talking about McG. So UI and Geek are our only moles on the inside right now. They will comment here. And you can follow their twitter feeds […]

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Breaking: Obama to Name Republican Guv as Ambassador to China

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If you’re seeking to do away with your potential political rivals, you could do worse than sending them on a long sojourn to China. CNN is reporting that:  President Obama has selected Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to be his ambassador to China, sources tell CNN. Huntsman, who speaks Mandarin Chinese and has adopted […]

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President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

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Text below the fold.

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Delaware Democratic Convention LIVEBLOG.

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I will be livetwittering and liveblogging all day. Here is Liberal Geek’s feed: Tweets by liberalgeek Tweets by UnstableIsotope 11:04… Carper came over to me, saw my computer screen with the DL logo, and said (and I am not making this up, ask June who is sitting right next to me) “Oh, that’s great!” TOM […]

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‘Bulo’s Music For the Masses-‘Influenced by the ’80’s’ Edition

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The Beast Who Slumbers roused himself from his torpor (don’t ask how, this is a family blog…) to forage for more musical nuggets from the ’80’s. In performing this aural archeology, he unearthed three great artifacts, one from the ’70’s, and two from the early ’90’s, each by artists who had success in the ’80’s. […]

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Quote of the Day

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The president who did most for Israel was Jimmy Carter — the same Carter who has sometimes been described as an Israel-hater. — Martin Van Creveld

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Why I am a Progressive

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Mike Lux over at Open Left has a great run down of why he is a progressive. I echo this list. After going through a history of what Progressives have accomplished in history, he asks what we can accomplish in the future (i.e. almost everything that comprises modern American life). In the comments, tell us […]

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Is Obama Saving Moderate Republicans?

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News reports appeared last night that Obama will name Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador to China. Governor Huntsman is the Republican governor who expressed support for civil unions and whose speech in Michigan was canceled by a county GOP because he was insufficiently Republican. Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese […]

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