October 2009 – Page 12 – Delaware Liberal

Tea For One

By pandora October 19, 20094 Comments

Things are getting crazier out there. And Paul Baumbach asks a great question. What effect will conservative tea-party activists have on the GOP? Well... given the increase in criticism from…

Where Cries of Socialism Meet Racism

By nemski October 19, 20098 Comments

Christopher J. Lee, assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has an interesting op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor looking at the racist undertones of…

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope October 19, 200951 Comments

I'm still all juiced up from the weekend craziness. You guys were chatty this weekend! It's open thread time - what do you want to talk about? It's a special…

The News Journal Op-Ed Page: A Wingnut Bastion?

By nemski October 19, 200912 Comments

What's in the water over at the News Journal Editorial Board? Today they are running an op-ed, "An Unconstitutional Nobel", tha looks at whether or not President Obama can constitutionally…

Spending Your Money Smartly

By liberalgeek October 19, 200913 Comments

There are some upcoming events that Democrats and Liberals should consider spending their hard-earned money to support. On November 10th, The Delaware Democratic Party is hosting their annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at the Chase Center on the Waterfront in Wilmington. On November 13th is a fundraising dinner for the 25th districts state representative (and the top progressive in the house) John Kowalko.

The Republican Base Operates In Another World

By Unstable Isotope October 19, 200928 Comments

James Carville's political polling organization, Democracy Corps, released a very interesting report last week (warning: PDF). They surveyed the base of the Republican party and found that they had a different understanding of the world than the rest of the U.S. It's a much more paranoid view.

H1N1 Vaccine – Why Is This A Controversy?

By pandora October 19, 200932 Comments

On Friday my children brought home permission slips to receive the H1N1 vaccine. I completed them immediately, but, then again, my brother is an immuno geneticist so we had this…

Matt Yglesias Has A Question

By Unstable Isotope October 19, 20092 Comments

Matt Yglesias at Think Progress turns the question on the public option around - are the opponents of health care reform willing to kill the bill if it contains the…

Breaking from AP: Obama Administration Will Not Prosecute For Medical Marijuana

By El Somnambulo October 19, 200914 Comments

I'll smoke a raise a toast to this one: The Justice Department has reportedly told prosecutors that, as long as users are in conformity with state laws, prosecution basically is…

Snowball’s Chance In Hell

By nemski October 19, 20092 Comments

John Tobin has some analysis regarding whether Christine O'Donnell has the possible votes to beat Mike Castle in the 2010 US Senate Republican Primary. In the post at Politics By…

Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Files for Bankruptcy

By Delaware Dem October 18, 200931 Comments

So says the Del Editor Twitter feed. No link to the story yet. First, I am not sure how the finances in the Catholic Church and their respective dioceses work.…

Delaware Democratic Party Resolution On Health Care Reform

By Unstable Isotope October 18, 200918 Comments

Yesterday, the Huffington Post picked up a story that the Delaware Democratic party passed a health care reform resolution. One purpose of the resolution was to put pressure on Tom…

Sunday Afternoon Quick Hits

By Delaware Dem October 18, 20094 Comments