Wednesday Open Thread [12.18.13]

Wednesday Open Thread [12.18.13]

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A new poll from the ABC News and the Washington Post shows that approval of Obamacare has rebounded from the worse of the flawed rollout and broken website media hysteria in late October and November. Now that the website is working, the approval numbers are back to where they were before:
46 percent of Americans support it, with 49 percent opposed. Opposition is down from a record 57 percent last month amid the new system’s troubled rollout.
Greg Sargent dives deeper into these new numbers...
Eliz. Warren Gets It Right On Credit Score Bullies

Eliz. Warren Gets It Right On Credit Score Bullies

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I read with interest that Sen. Elizabeth Warren is submitting legislation to regulate and rein in consumer credit scoring companies on their abuse of our citizens. This warms my populist heart. It mainly aims at employer's use of this unreliable and often inaccurate information but at least it is a start for us consumers/job applicants.
2013: The Good, The Bad, the Ridiculous

2013: The Good, The Bad, the Ridiculous

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I am El Somnambulo, and I'm a listaholic. Today, one of my faves, my Delaware year-end review. I went back to January, and chronologically went through our Delaware Liberal archives. Man, our bloggers were en fuego this year. Incredible work from all corners. Cassandra on Wilmington and loads of other stuff, Pandora on education, Jason330 on the suckitude that is our congressional delegation, our beloved leader DelDem liveblogging from the Hall and covering national politics like no other, great Rob Tornoe cartoons. And, next year, ProgressivePopulist will have loads of great entries. Anyway, y'all could do a lot worse than to go back to January and enjoy the journey like I did. You can just click on 'archives' at the bottom of the page, and enjoy the journey. Would it surprise you to learn that I considered only 12 possible entries for the Good? Didn't think so. I had lots more to choose from in the other two categories, but I'm kind-of a negative person.  So, here we go, have at it!