Archive for January, 2010
The Republican Plan To Kill Reconciliation
The Republicans have a plan to defeat Democrats in the Senate trying to use reconciliation. I asked a senior GOP Senate aide to explain the game plan for making this an “extraordinarily difficult exercise.” He said the leadership — Senators Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, Lamar Alexander, etc. — are discussing how to exploit the fact […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday and one day before President Obama’s first State of the Union address. What would you like to hear him say? I hereby declare this thread open. An honest man is hard to find. Yesterday, The Los Angeles Daily News featured a video of Santa Clarita councilman Bob Kellar informing a group of cheering […]
Who Will Run and How Do They Stack Up?
With Beau Biden’s withdrawal from the Senate race yesterday, we have a lot of scrambling going on. Let’s discuss the pros and cons of each of the prospective Democratic candidates.
First, let’s dispense with Lt. Governor Matt Denn. I spoke to him yesterday. He isn’t going to run. His two kids come first in his life, and not seeing them for days at a time would be an abdication of his most important role. But let me say for the record, he would be my first choice.
Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 26, 2010
Last week that the General Assembly meets until breaking for about a 6-week recess to enable the Joint Finance Committee to conduct budget hearings. POST-GAME WRAP-UP A few bills previously discussed here were passed on Thursday. In the Senate: SB 81 w/SA5(Sokola)-Requires nutritional information to be prominently displayed in fast food restaurants. 15 yes, 5 […]
Good Advice: Actions That Can Be Taken Now
Probably one of my least favorite genres of blog posts right now is “What Obama Should Do” posts. Everyone is full of good advice, but I tired of talking and I want action. DarkSyde at Daily Kos has an action/advice post that is worth a look: It’s refreshing to see the WH take notice of […]
Smell The Bipartisanship
Republicans haven’t changed much from the Bush administration. Bipartisan to them still means that Democrats adopt Republican ideas: Last week, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) “made it clear that the only starting point for bipartisan compromise would be for Dems to drop their health care plan and embrace the GOP one.” Senate Minority Leader […]
Lie Of the Year?
We have our first nominee, and it’ll be hard to beat. Ginger Gibson, in today’s News-Journal, reported on how Delaware Park maxed out on political contributions to well over half the members of the Delaware General Assembly. Many of those contributions came right around the time that the existing racinos “beat back proposals to increase […]
Monday Open Thread
Is it Monday already? I swear a weekend was supposed to happen – did I miss it? Let’s open this thread anyway. Congratulations to Kelly Kulick: Kelly Kulick used a 15-pound bowling ball to smash a 52-year barrier when she became the first woman to win a professional PBA Tour tournament. Kulick, 32, accomplished the […]
How Biden Decision Screws Dems Statewide
“I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.”-Blanche DuBois from Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”. So have down-ballot candidates in every election. The top of the ticket drives out the voters, and those further down the ballot benefit or suffer based on who is motivated to vote in any given election cycle. Now, riddle […]
The Real Bush Legacy
Bush was a terrible president who left a mess for us to clean up. Record deficits, lying to lead us into war, torture and contempt for the Constitution, and the worst recession since the Great Depression. Potentially his biggest legacy will be the activist Roberts Supreme Court, which rolled back 100 years of law in […]
Breaking: Beau Biden Announces He’s Not Running For U.S. Senate
In my inbox just now: As many of you know, since returning home from Iraq, I have been giving serious consideration to running for the United States Senate. I have received strong encouragement both here in Delaware and all across the country to undertake this effort – and this outpouring of support has truly been […]
The Media Gets A Clue
NBC’s Chuck Todd notices that the Tea Party movement isn’t a “grassroots” movement like it’s been portrayed by the media: Chuck Todd actually gets this right on Meet The Press. Gregory played a clip of Dick Armey trying to say that the teabaggers represent the “center” of American politics as bizarre as that may sound […]
Late Night Music Video: Henrietta, by the Fratellis
Glaswegian Rawk. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Bs9_k3kVc[/youtube] give us a kiss and maybe we can go out, it’s hard to miss you when you follow us abou-ou-ou-out
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