Archive for September, 2009
Special Election Tomorrow! UPDATE with CapeGazette Endorsement
The Special Election for the House seat in the 37th is tomorrow, 12 September. Rob Robinson is the Democratic candidate, running against local lobbyist Ruth Briggs-King. If you are in the 37th — make sure you go vote on Saturday. If you are not in the 37th and want to help out, volunteers are needed to work the polls and get out the vote all day! (UPDATE)
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — RSmitty Holding Me Hostage Edition
Just so everyone knows what is going on here:
Newark Film Festival
Not a paid announcement, but definitely want to point everyone to one of my favorite Delaware events — the Newark Film Festival. It started yesterday and runs though the 17th with films running at the Cinema Center 3 in Newark. You can see all of the showtimes here.
The Speech Was A Game-Changer
Some survey data after Obama’s primetime address to Congress on health care reform shows big jumps in popularity for President Obama and for health care reform. First the Daily Kos/Research 2000 tracking poll: President Obama’s Net Favorability Rating–Cumulative Results After Each Day (Fav/Unfav rating after each day in parentheses) MONDAY: +9 (52/43) TUESDAY: +10 (52/42) […]
The Trouble with Triggers
Tom Carper (and other Senators) have been hyping a “fall-back trigger” for implementing a Public Option for health insurance reform. The Public Option has strong progressive support and is one of the last big questions to settle in this process.
What “Balanced” Means Inside The Beltway
Glenn Greenwald has a must-read piece dissecting how journalists seem incapable of calling out one party for craziness without balancing out the criticism with a but they do it to comparison – no matter if it’s deserved or not. Thus, Politico publishes an article discussing the fact that the Right is dominated by crackpots and […]
Divorce
Have you ever had a fight or argument with a friend or loved one where that friend or loved one’s view of the circumstances and events involved in the argument was so diametrically skewed from your interpretation or understanding of those same circumstances and events that it was just impossible to resolve that argument? Where […]
Odds and Ends
From a Talking Points Memo Reader on the President’s reaction to the petulant child Joe Wilson: I love how Obama gave him The Dadfinger. He squinted one eye and pointed at him like “Don’t make me pull this speech over, son.” And for some more hilarity, click here. What is it about whacked out conservatism […]
Funny… Except I Can (and Have) See It Happening
Here’s a taste of a post at kos called Probable beltway evolution of Wilson’s “You Lie“ Ezra Klein Joe Wilson’s “you lie” comment might be a great boon to the Democrats in their bid to pass health care. EVOLVES TO Michael Scherer (Time.com) Joes Wilson broke decorum when he screamed “you lie” which may come […]
The Next Rightwing Outrage?
So, is Sarah Palin running for president or what? Steve Benen tells us the next outrage that Palin is trying to start: We learned last night that President Obama expects health care reform to cost “around $900 billion over 10 years.” Obviously, that’s a considerable investment, but the president reminded Americans that this is less […]
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