July 8, 2009 – Delaware Liberal

Democrats Pick Polly Adams Mervine As The New SD 19 Candidate

By Unstable Isotope July 8, 200945 Comments

Mike Matthews is reporting by Twitter that the new Democratic Senate candidate in the 19th SD is Polly Adams Mervine. More as details emerge. Update: Matthews is reporting that Matthew…

Schadenfreude of the Day

By cassandra_m July 8, 20095 Comments

Minnesota GOP has to write a check to him -- Al Franken -- for $96,000 (including interest!) There's more where that came from Al!

It’s A Complexion Thing

By pandora July 8, 200941 Comments

Anonone brought this article to our attention. More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was…

Donviti PSA #4521

By Donviti July 8, 200920 Comments

Look, I understand people are old and using the swipe machine at every freaking checkout counter for about 95% of any transaction you make can be a daunting task perhaps…

Patrick Murphy Does Not Disappoint.

By Delaware Dem July 8, 200917 Comments

In 2006, I campaigned for a friend and former law school classmate, Patrick Murphy, as he ran for Congress in the Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District. I have campaigned for many…

Parker Should Blame Himself

By Delaware Dem July 8, 20099 Comments

Parker on the reason he dropped out: “I think any Democrat who gets placed on the ticket expects full support from people who are important to the Democratic Party, whether…

Parker Blames Dems (Updated)

By Delaware Dem July 8, 200915 Comments

Several commenters, including UI and 'Bulo, speculated that if Parker's withdrawal was not due to some procedural disqualification (like not living in the district), then the prospects for a split…

QOTD: Health Insurance Nightmares

By xstryker July 8, 20093 Comments

Read this story of lost insurance and then answer the following: What would you do? I would try moving to England.

Chaos Theory?

By pandora July 8, 200913 Comments

There's a certain deliberate chaos to the Obama Administration. Whether we're discussing the stimulus, health care or cap and trade, there's a method - and the method appears to be…

Best Line Of The Day!

By pandora July 8, 20093 Comments

Alberto Gonzales gets a job at Texas Tech, and TPM commenter RS dreams a little dream... Please tell me there's at least one Texas Tech political science student with the…

Deep thought

By Donviti July 8, 200951 Comments

Rich people support this economy.

Deep Palin Thoughts

By Unstable Isotope July 8, 200913 Comments

#1 Sarah Palin gave interviews yesterday while fishing. Is she planning on spending the rest of her term on vacation? #2 Yesterday Palin said this: I think on a national…

The Amazon River ….

By Delaware Dem July 8, 20098 Comments

is 11 million years old, but the Earth is only 6,000 years old. So how do our idiotic theocratic conservatives reconcile this? I suppose the Amazon River was just floating…