Archive for 2010
Conservative Disconnect On Government Intervention – Marriage vs Abortion
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 would require a woman be given a description of ultrasound images of her unborn child and be offered those images before getting an abortion?” Why […]
Searching for that Pyrrhic Victory: O’Donnell is In.
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
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, except she’s this petite blonde with five kids … You have a little crush on her. It’s hard not to,” – Michael Goldfarb. (Via Sullivan) […]
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 for the near term (or make some tiny improvements). President Obama is out giving a strong defense for the need for health care reform (many […]
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 tidbit about her life growing up not far from Whitehorse. “We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada,” she […]
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 the world as well as commemorating the many women whose achievements on the civic, economic, scientific, political and personal fronts have been vital to world. […]
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 busy watching and tweeting away during the Oscars. Here’s the story behind one of the weirdest moments of the night: The most riveting face-off during […]
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 two rounds of tax cuts moved the entire budget from surpluses to deficits — and structural deficits at that — that absolutely, positively never paid […]
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 (with a h/t to Delaware’s very own TommyWonk). In fact, thanks to foot-dragging at the state level, only 8% of that money had been spent […]
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 50% approval, despite the terrible economic conditions. He’s more popular than Reagan was at this point in his term (Reagan eventually hit 37% popularity). This […]
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