2010 – Page 148 – Delaware Liberal

Conservative Disconnect On Government Intervention – Marriage vs Abortion

By pandora March 9, 20102 Comments

It's no secret that when it comes to abortion the Conservative/Republican motto is the more government intervention the better. Mandatory waiting periods for abortions? Fine with them. A measure “that…

Searching for that Pyrrhic Victory: O’Donnell is In.

By Delaware Dem March 9, 201047 Comments

I thought she was already in. Regardless, Christine O’Donnell’s rumored official yet unofficial campaign to teabag her way to the Senate is now… official. She is holding a press conference tomorrow at 10:30 am in the Gold Room of the Goodstay House in Wilmington. I am sure she will have as much success as she had in 2008, or 2006, or 2004…

Conservative Fantasies

By pandora March 9, 20109 Comments

What is it with Conservative males and crushes? “I was excited about Palin; I’m more excited about Liz. The same sort of excitement you get when you hear her father,…

How Progressives Have Shaped Health Care Reform

By Unstable Isotope March 9, 201055 Comments

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

By cassandra_m March 8, 2010

Funny and makes a bunch of good points as to why the CFPA is important:

President Obama at Arcadia University

By cassandra_m March 8, 20101 Comment

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?

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 201015 Comments

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

By cassandra_m March 8, 20101 Comment

"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

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 201014 Comments

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

By cassandra_m March 8, 201018 Comments

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

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 2010

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

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 20104 Comments

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

By cassandra_m March 8, 20103 Comments

The broad outline here includes: