Archive for July 7th, 2009
GOP Base Still Supports The Quitta From Wasilla
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 calls themselves Republicans is only 14% of the electorate. That’s right 14% of the American electorate is down-right crazy.
Breaking: Eddy Parker Unable to Run
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. Here is my post. Eddy Parker, chosen by 1 vote over the late Thurman Adams’ daughter last week at a Democratic “Meet the Candidates” meeting, […]
Let’s Take a Look at the Ledger
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 (with cool web 2.0 features) that will help make it easier to see where money is going. Essentially is is an online checkbook ledger with […]
Analysis Shows Bankruptcy Tied To Wage Garnishment
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 of the states have laws that limit wage garnishment to collect debt. States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers’ wages have sharply higher bankruptcy […]
Congratulations Senator Franken!
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
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 sources include Dan Froomkin and Arianna Huffington, Glenn has nailed the story. As always, his take is at least as interesting as the facts: In […]
Tell Tom Carper to Support the Public Option
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 fight – every quitter provides an excuse for mass surrender. You’ve got to work for this – if we don’t fight like hell with our […]
Rally for Health Care Action — Comment Rescue
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 by Tom and Alice Davis: http://pol.moveon.org/event/healthcareaction/94316 *Here are the details: Robust Rally for Robust Public Option Sen. Thomas Carper’s District Office 1 Christina Center, 301 […]
The Department of Law Will Save Her — More Palin Follies
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 because of so-called ethics investigations knowing that this doesn’t let up in higher office…..the reply? But as for whether another pursuit of national office, as […]
Deep thought
People that don’t have kids shouldn’t pay a school tax. It’s not fair to make them pay.
Open Thread
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 today at 12:15 PM. Biden will do the honors. Wingnut head-asplodery will commence. Some guy’s funeral is today. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara died, at […]
Tuesday Morning Quick Hits
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 chapter. Governor Markell signed SB 84 yesterday, giving de facto parents official recognition for the purposes of custody and parental rights. I rushed out to […]
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