Archive for October 27th, 2009
MADD Delaware Tapped Financially
Delaware MADD looks like it will be closing its doors unless it receives an influx of money by Oct. 31st according to the Community News. MADD has done a lot of good since its founding in 1980, however the story of a local MADD chapter making a very bad decision can seemingly doom an organization.
Republican In-fighting
What’s a liberal to do except watch as Republicans eat their own. And I’m not even getting into the NY-23 race. First we have Dobbs vs Rivera. Rivera accuses Dobbs of “almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country.” And now Dobbs fires back: DOBBS: […]
The GOP Health Care Plan
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) has introduced a new bill to fix Medicare. He wants to privatize it: In an attempt to reclaim the right’s rich tradition of opposing Medicare, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) has proposed legislation that would roll back the Medicare system and replace it with a system of vouchers that seniors could use […]
Official Fisker Announcement Today
As many of you know Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Jack Markell will be at the Boxwood plant this morning to announce the Fisker deal. As the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “Delaware appears to be an early winner in the nation’s green-car movement . . .” According to Fisker, they will probably bring some 1,500 […]
Health Care Reform: The Day After
Well, it’s one day after Harry Reid’s big announcement that the Senate bill would include the opt-out public option. The next big thing is ironing out the details of each bill in the House and the Senate. Democrats are taking a look at some details and proposing some changes, most notably speeding up implementation of […]
A Quip Too Far?
Delaware Liberal favorite Rep. Alan Grayson might have gone a bit too far when talking about Linda Robertson, who is a lobbyist working for the Fed. Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports that the GOP has dug up a tape of Grayson saying of Robertson, “And she’s, this lobbyist, this K street whore is trying to teach […]
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