Archive for 2010
Frivolous HCR Lawsuits Hurts Florida AG’s Poll Numbers
The race to replace Florida governor Charlie Crist had been seen as a likely Republican retention. Florida Attorney General Republican Bill McCollum (of Clinton impeachment manager fame) is running against Florida Chief Financial Officer Democrat Alex Sink. McCollum had a comfortable lead and much higher name recognition. McCollum, along with Attorneys General from other states […]
Dirty Tricks In The Treasurer Race?
I received an email from the Flowers for Treasurer campaign about some possible dirty tricks. The Flowers campaign was getting word from voters that they were receiving late night, early morning and generally annoying phone calls purported to be from his campaign. Hopefully, each of you saw the Dialogue Delaware story in Sunday’s News Journal […]
Another Loss for the Civil Rights Community
Another leader in the fight for equality, Dr. Dorothy Height, died this morning. Dr. Height was a towering figure in the fight for civil rights. She not only led the fight for justice in the Black community, but she was also a strong supporter of equality for the gay and lesbian community. I had the […]
Is Karl Rove Setting Up a “Shadow RNC”?
This story has apparently been bouncing around for a few weeks, but has just recently come to my attention. It’s no secret that many old guard, big money Republicans have been less than thrilled with the leadership ability shown by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. And while many big donors have been avoiding or […]
Chris Coons’ Senate Announcement Events — Live Reports
So today is the day and Chris is making the traditional 3 county announcement today, ending up at a celebration event in Wilmington. Have you been to any events? If so, tell us about what you saw and who was there and what you think about this pending race in the comments below.
Monday Open Thread
Welcome to your Monday open thread. Are you ready for the week to start? My weekend, once again, felt extremely short. Has someone been messing with my clock? Editing fail! An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with “salt and freshly ground black people.” Penguin Group Australia’s head of publishing, […]
Volunteers Needed This Weekend
As you may have heard, this week has been declared a week of service here in Delaware and it is National Volunteerism Week. In that spirit, Delaware Liberal has volunteered to help out a regional charity, Rebuilding Philadelphia, with a project for them this Saturday. This is how the project was presented to us: This […]
Why Are We Talking About Tiger Woods But Not Ben Roethlisberger?
After looking at the release of the police report, I don’t understand why Ben Roethlisberger was not charged with rape. In one of two handwritten police statements, the woman recalled that she told Roethlisberger, “No, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me. He said it was OK. He then left without […]
Republicans’ False Populism
Republicans have been pretty shameless in their attempts to exploit the financial crisis for electoral gain. Even though the bailouts were done under Bush, they’ve managed to pretend it was all Obama’s fault. Now Republicans have been pretty shamelessly pushing talking points that the new financial regulation bill will create more taxpayer bailouts despite the […]
Chris Coons Kicks Off His Campaign
After spending the first two months since his announcement proving that he can certainly raise money, Chris Coons is officially ready to click off his campaign this Monday 19 April 2010. From an announcement in my in-box from the campaign: Our Sussex County event will be at 10 a.m. on the boardwalk in Rehoboth. Our […]
Too Good for Their Own Taxes
That could be the alternate title of Celia Cohen’s latest soft shoe — this time around Senator Colin Bonini’s past tax issues with the IRS. His tax issues resulted in a lien on his house for a short time.
City of Wilmington to Live Stream City Council Meetings
I was at City Council last Thursday where Bud Freel brought up an ordnance (pdf) that would allow the City to sign a contract with a firm that would take he video recorded by WITN of Council Meetings and live stream them over the internet.
Gandhi Tea Party Quote Campaign FAIL
Teabaggers claim that Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Too bad he never did. It was actually said by a progressive rep of a labor union fighting for “social unionism.”
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