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Live Video of the KWS Hearing

Filed in National by on April 13, 2010 15 Comments

This may or may not work, but hopefully there will be a live stream of the hearing for Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. My fingers are crossed…

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Tom Carper Surprise Townhall Call

Filed in Delaware by on April 12, 2010 25 Comments

I am currently on a Tom Carper virtual townhall meeting.  I’ll try to liveblog it.

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Questions for the Insurance Commissioner

Filed in National by on April 8, 2010 24 Comments

Next week, a joint committee will be holding a hearing with the Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart to discuss a BCBS issue and allegations raised by the partisan, Caesar Rodney Institute.  DelawareLiberal may be in attendance at the hearing, but all of the questions will be issued by the members of the committee. However, I […]

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Bryon Short Calls for Investigation of Insurance Commissioner’s Office

Filed in Delaware by on April 1, 2010 20 Comments

I have received a number of tips through various mediums in the past hour that Rep. Bryon Short is calling for hearing into the allegations that have been leveled at Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart by the partisan thinktank, The Caesar Rodney Institute.  Lee Williams, who was unable to really get to the bottom […]

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Insurance Commissioner Enlists Local Help

Filed in Delaware by on April 1, 2010 45 Comments

Last night I received an inscrutable email from my fellow blogger and former Sussex County Republican Chair, Dave Burris. This is not unusual, I rarely understand what he is talking about. But I just received a press release that makes even less sense.

Karen Weldin Stewart, The Delaware Insurance Commissioner, has enlisted the help of David Burris of Milford to assist the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) in local outreach and public relations.

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Good Times… Good Times

Filed in Delaware by on March 31, 2010 13 Comments

I just went back to take a look at the old DL endorsement post from October 2008.  I stated that DL did not endorse in the Insurance Commissioner race in one of the threads today.  This is true.  It is interesting looking at the comments that this non-endorsement generated.

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Ed Osbourne Wins an Award

Filed in Delaware by on March 30, 2010 2 Comments

This is from the good news/bad news file. Local political activist and fabulous auto mechanic, Ed Osbourne has won a Sammie Award for being a Modern Day Sam Adams. That’s the good news.

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Can I Get an Oh My!

Filed in National by on March 30, 2010 109 Comments

No Delaware public figure generates more angry letters to the Delaware Liberal tip line more than Insurance Commissioner,  Karen Weldin Stewart.  We have probably received more than 50 of them about her since she was sworn in a little over a year ago.  Most are rants of unsubstantiated rumors and vague assurances that her house […]

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The Bill

Filed in National by on March 19, 2010 5 Comments

Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi and the House Dems got the CBO score on healthcare reform back and posted the bill online for 72 hours for review. The Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 is posted here [PDF]. Speaker Pelosi’s website has some good links to summaries, the CBO scoring and other info on the bill

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Chip Flowers’ Bold Plan

Filed in Delaware by on March 12, 2010 28 Comments
Chip Flowers’ Bold Plan

I have talked to Chip Flowers several times in the past at various political events.  He and I have made small talk, or discussed small-time political analysis.  After just a few minutes with him it is easy to see that he is a pretty nice guy.  However, if you spend another hour with him, a […]

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School Board Deadline This Friday

Filed in National by on March 1, 2010 39 Comments

Have you ever screamed at a News Journal or State News article about education? Have you been trying to tell people for years about what is wrong with education in this state, county or district? Do you believe that the public education system in this state is a right and should work for our children?

You may be interested in filing as a candidate for the school board elections. But hurry, the deadline is this Friday.

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Ask Dr. Liberal: Good Deal!

Filed in National by on February 25, 2010 2 Comments

Dear Dr. Liberal,

Should I buy a used car from Barack Obama? It is a 2005 Mazda Protege with 65,000 miles on it. He is asking $3,000 for it. What do you think?

Signed,
Car Shopping in DC

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Breaking: Earl Bradley Indicted on 400 Charges

Filed in National by on February 22, 2010 26 Comments

A Grand Jury indicted Earl Bradley on 400 charges for crimes surrounding the rape of 103 child victims.  The previously the number of reported victims was 9, but fears were rampant that that number would rise significantly.  It appears that those rumors have been realized.

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