Year: 2009

Per kos The House has passed a $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy, handing President Barack Obama a big victory. The measure was passed on a 246-183, with no…

From Andrew Sullivan:

[The Republican’s] clear and open intent is to do all they can, however they can, to sabotage the new administration (and the economy to boot). They want failure. Even now. Even after the last eight years. Even in a recession as steeply dangerous as this one. There are legitimate debates to be had; and then there is the cynicism and surrealism of total political war. We now should have even less doubt about what kind of people they are. And the mountain of partisan vitriol Obama will have to climb every day of the next four or eight years.

As I said before, the Republicans thrive at being an opposition party. There is no tactic too shameful that they will not employ. There will be no peace or bipartisanship between the GOP and Obama. Sure, a few Senators here and there may defy the groupthink that is the GOP opposition once and a while, but they will be a pretty united block of “NO” going forward. Thus, in two years the key will be to make the Party of NO irrelevant in governance. When Al Franken is finally seated as Minnesota’ s Senator in the coming weeks, we will have 59 Senators. One shy of a Filibuster proof majority. Once we get that last Senator, there will be no need to pander to Republicans. There will be no need for water down legislation so that it garners the support of Republicans. Some Blue Dog Democrats like Carper and Nelson will still be a problem, but at least they are Democrats.

In 2010, shockingly, the initial battlefield again favors the Democrats for the third election cycle in a row. As you will see, it is possible for the Democrats to pick up yet another 7 to 8 seats. Which is good, since in 2012 we have to start defending all the seats we won in 2006 to take the majority. Indeed, the Senate battlefields from 2012 on will favor Republicans simply because the Democrats will have more seats to defend.

So let’s review the seats up for grabs:

This kind of thing could start to get on the nerves of the people who actually do the work at the Ins. Commission.

Apparently someone else knows that too: The Senate version of the bill had contained $4.6 billion for the research and development of carbon-capture-and-sequestration technologies for coal-fired power plants and $50…

He says the country does not support the Stimulus Plan. Oh really?

Mike Castle will vote with the radical rightwing Republican leadership instead of representing his constituents in Delaware. Politico breaks it down: ZERO SUM GAME: House Republicans are trying to give…

Each Friday morning from now on, I will post links to some key local Delaware stories in the Delaware blogosphere. UPDATE: Our links to Delaware Watch, Delaware Way, Delaware Libertarian,…

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Yesterday in response this news, "Markell and the Office of Management and Budget found an additional $27.4 million in state agency budgets that can be returned to the General Fund"…