July 7, 2009 – Delaware Liberal

GOP Base Still Supports The Quitta From Wasilla

By nemski July 7, 20094 Comments

According to a USA Today poll, two-thirds of Republicans want Palin to become "a major political force in the future". For you math-impaired, two-thirds of 21% of the electorate that…

Breaking: Eddy Parker Unable to Run

By liberalgeek July 7, 200919 Comments

Brian Shields tweeted that Parker (the Dem candidate for Adams' seat) is unable to run. No details yet. UPDATE by Delaware Dem: Geek and I posted at the same time.…

Let’s Take a Look at the Ledger

By liberalgeek July 7, 200926 Comments

I got an email from Dave Burris this morning with the press release from the Caesar Rodney Institute telling me about their newest tool. Delaware Spends is an online tool…

Analysis Shows Bankruptcy Tied To Wage Garnishment

By Unstable Isotope July 7, 20095 Comments

The Associated Press has done an analysis of bankruptcies and discovered that five states have significantly lower rates (-40%) of bankruptcy: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Florida. All…

Congratulations Senator Franken!

By cassandra_m July 7, 20096 Comments

Sworn in by VP Biden: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47765G3v9nM[/youtube] Love all the applause at the end.

Dan Froomkin Hired By Huffington Post

By El Somnambulo July 7, 20091 Comment

The Washington Post's self-inflicted loss is the Huffington Post's gain. Glenn Greenwald at Salon is reporting that Dan Froomkin has been hired by the Huffington Post. Seeing as how his…

Tell Tom Carper to Support the Public Option

By xstryker July 7, 20092 Comments

We all know that Senator Carper has corporate health care lobbyists in his ear and corporate money filling his campaign coffers. But don't any of you DARE give up this…

Rally for Health Care Action — Comment Rescue

By cassandra_m July 7, 20093 Comments

This notice is courtesy of PBaumbach in the Carper thread: If you would like to vent at Carper (or at least his office), there is a rally on Thursday organized…

The Department of Law Will Save Her — More Palin Follies

By cassandra_m July 7, 200927 Comments

So the Quitta from Wasilla is all over the news this AM and finds herself answering a question from an ABC interviewer wanting to know why she would step down…

Deep thought

By Donviti July 7, 200923 Comments

People that don't have kids shouldn't pay a school tax. It's not fair to make them pay.

Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope July 7, 200911 Comments

In other news... The 4th of July Tea Parties were a bust. Senator Cornyn and Governor Perry get booed at the Austin Tea Party. Al Franken will be sworn in…

Tuesday Morning Quick Hits

By Delaware Dem July 7, 200920 Comments

Longtime Delaware civil rights activist Littleton Mitchell, 90, has died in a car accident. Mitchell was a Tuskeegee Airmen and served for 30 years as president of the state's NAACP…