How Progressives Have Shaped Health Care Reform
We're now in the final stretch of the health care reform battle. Within the month we'll either have a vote or the Democrats will give up on health care reform…
Late Night Video — SNL Presidents Make the Case for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Funny and makes a bunch of good points as to why the CFPA is important:
President Obama at Arcadia University
The video is from CNN, where the President told the crowd that the time for an up or down vote on health reform is now and that he wanted a bill on his desk by Easter.
What’s That Word I’m Looking For?
There's a word that applies here but "ironic" isn't it: The vocal opponent of health care reform in the U.S. steered largely clear of the topic except to reveal a…
Celebrating International Women’s Day
"Women are the real architects of society." - Harriet Beecher Stowe. March 8 is International Women's Day -- a day to focus on expanding women's civil and human rights around…
Monday Open Thread
It's a beautiful Monday today! I'm glad we're getting the spring weather finally. I guess Delaware Dem is going to remove that hit contract from Punxsutawney Phil now? I was…
The Perennial Sloppiness of the News Journal Editorial Page
Let us count the ways: 1. Sunday's paper had a couple of UD Professors of Economics firing up the noise machine for tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Even though…
Daily Kos Features Delaware’s Weatherization Stimulus
Meteor Blades at Daily Kos has published a post about how states are slow to use their stimulus weatherization dollars. One exception that is cited is the state of Delaware…
They Just Can’t Help Themselves
If you watch the news media very much (especially Fox), you'd think that Obama is a terrible failure and extremely unpopular. The truth is that Obama remains fairly popular, around…
Constructive Senate Reform Ideas from Freshman Senator Michael Bennet
The broad outline here includes:
This Can’t Be A Surprise, Can It?
But nor can it be a surprise that Republicans are judging other people's packages, can it?
Oscars Open Thread
Click through for my predictions
State Republicans Defend The Employee Pay Scandal
Last week, the News Journal published an article on the abuse of legislative perks by the GOP in the General Assembly. Among the revelations were that the GOP majority paid…