Archive for 2010
Wednesday Open Thread
Welcome to your Wednesday open thread. What’s on your mind? What can you share with dozens of virtual friends? I love this idea, I wish I could attend – a Kenyan tea party. The Kenyan government is taking on the Tea Partiers head on — hosting a “Real Tea Party” in the Capitol next Tuesday […]
Immigration Reform and Outing A Senator
Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to title this post since the subject matter doesn’t exactly flow. But it seems that the immigration debate has taken a turn… William Gheen, head of the conservative, anti-“amnesty,” anti-illegal immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), spoke at a Greenville, S.C. Tea Party rally this weekend and called […]
Is The News Journal In The Tank For Castle?
Ron Williams gives a little throwaway item at the end of his column today: Taking care to take credit Did I miss something? I thought the governor’s office, not the county executive, was working to restart Valero since it was shut down. “The deal is a demonstration of what strong Democratic leadership can do for […]
Legislative Post-Game Wrapup/Pre-Game Show-Wed., April 21, 2010
Yesterday was ‘Clean Your Plate’ Day in Dover as the General Assembly disposed of several bills that had hung around for awhile. Many are now ready for action by the Governor. There is still some broccoli remaining, but isn’t there always? The pure political hackiness that is Nancy Cook was on full display as well. […]
What’s Wrong With Arizona?
It’s all about paper in Arizona – Immigration documentation and Birth Certificates. PHOENIX — The Arizona House on Monday voted for a provision that would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate if he hopes to be on the state’s ballot when he runs for reelection. The House voted 31-22 to add the […]
The New Chicken Barter Economy
I was wrong that Republicans don’t have new ideas! Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden thinks health care reform is wrong and she has a better idea: Sue Lowden, the likely GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Nevada, has a novel plan for health care reform: haggling with your doctor over prices. Lowden offered her […]
Tornoe’s Toon: Kaufman’s Baton
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Since the News Journal Couldn’t Be Bothered to Cover Chris Coons Launch….
Did you notice what was missing from the News Journal today?
Coverage of Chris Coons’ official launch of his Senatorial bid. No wonder they have a hard time getting people to buy this thing. A serious candidate for Senate does the three county tour and the best the NJ can do is show a picture in the dead tree edition.
The Myth of the $50 Billion Bailout Fund
In a stunning display of either a lack of short-term memory or full-blown dementia, Congressional Republicans are taking the exact same losing playbook they used during the health care reform fight and are now applying it to the financial reform battle. Just as they did before, they have all latched on to a memo written […]
Georgia Legislature Competes With The National Enquirer… And Wins
Via TPM: The Georgia House Judiciary Committee took up a bill last week that would “prohibit requiring a person to be implanted with a microchip,” and would make violating the ban a misdemeanor. According to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one exchange from the hearing could have been ripped right from Dr. Strangelove. […] […]
Where’s The Teabagger Army?
Arizona just passed a bill making it mandatory that you have your papers with you in the state: The bill, known as SB 1070, makes it a misdemeanor to lack proper immigration paperwork in Arizona. It also requires police officers, if they form a “reasonable suspicion” that someone is an illegal immigrant, to determine the […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s time again for our daily weekday ritual, the open thread. I hope you have plenty to talk about. The perception of the U.S. in world has risen sharply again, for the second year in a row: For the first time since the annual poll began in 2005, America’s influence in the world is now […]
Legislative Pre-Game Show Plus Rant: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
OK, folks, it’s rant time. The obligatory and halfhearted hearing into the Insurance Commissioner’s office can only be described as pathetic. Based on published reports and what was reported at DL, there appeared to have been next-to-no preparation by the respective committee members. Little in the way of followup questions. And the weak post-hearing handwringing […]
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