Now Accepting 2013 MVP Nominees!

Now Accepting 2013 MVP Nominees!

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Yes, the 2013 MVP (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause in Delaware) list is coming soon. As soon as I write it, in fact. This Top Ten list reflects those Delawareans who most contributed to the advancement of progressive causes in the year-gone-by. Those on the list don't even have to be progressives (Tony DeLuca and John Sigler have made it, and that doesn't even include the 2010 winner...) , but they have to have made at least one signature contribution to the cause. Once again, I seek your nominees. Several of your suggestions have made it onto previous lists.
Tuesday Open Thread [12.3.13]

Tuesday Open Thread [12.3.13]

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Kevin O'Holleran, who managed Mark Herring's (D) campaign for Virginia attorney general, writes that gun control was the key to Herring's narrow win.
"Political conventional wisdom has it that in a purple state, such as Virginia, support for gun-safety legislation is best played down. As manager of Mark Herring's campaign for attorney general, I got a lot of advice. One of the things I heard most frequently was that we should soft-pedal his strong record and advocacy for sensible gun legislation. It would hurt us outside of Northern Virginia and wasn't a voting issue within the Beltway, I was told. Like much conventional wisdom, this was wrong -- and we not only ignored this advice but did the opposite."
You know why? Because those who are against gun control to such an extent that it is their number 1 issue will never vote Democratic. They will always vote Republicans. So those voters are lost. And Democratic candidates will lose even more voters, from their own base, if they soft pedal or play down not only their records but their positions on reasonable gun control. Stand up and Man and Woman Up, Democrats.
Legislative Scorecards from the ADA and the PDD

Legislative Scorecards from the ADA and the PDD

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December is the time of year for year end reviews. The Delaware General Assembly will be restarting its 147th Session this January, and now is a good time to see what they did, and how they did it. The Delaware chapter of Americans for Democratic Action released its 2013 Legislative Report Card last month. Their legislative report card focuses on the individual members of the General Assembly and how they sponsored and voted on specific progressive pieces of legislation. The Progressives Democrats for Delaware (PDD) released their legislative scorecard today, and they instead focused on how their progressive priority legislation fared in the General Assembly as a whole that is completely controlled by Democrats. The PDD report is entitled "The Good, the Bad, and the Incomplete" and states that "four legislative goals were achieved; four were defeated, while four were incomplete." The full reports are inside.
I Fear For Our Daughters

I Fear For Our Daughters

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hen incidents like this happen a chill runs up my spine.
A Michigan woman who suffered a dangerous, painful and prolonged miscarriage when she was 18 weeks pregnant is at the center of a lawsuit that claims she was denied appropriate treatment by a Catholic hospital guided by religious, not medical, concerns.
Yeah, I know.  The new Pope is saying awesome stuff... perhaps he can back those words up with deeds? What happened to this woman is 100% unacceptable.  They knew the pregnancy wasn't viable.  They knew the safest treatment option.  They knew they were endangering her health.  And I'm sure they knew she had two children at home, because, as a mother, I can't imagine not worrying (aloud) about my children when I'm in the emergency room.  But, I'm beginning to think that these Catholic bishops, and other "pro-lifers", only consider pregnant women mothers because they seem a-okay with creating motherless children. It's as if losing a child is only okay if a woman suffers maximum pain and risks her health and life.  I can't wrap my head around that, but these incidents keep happening so that's the drill.