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Strange Bedfellows

By Delaware Dem September 29, 20086 Comments

Well, this whole bailout failure, and the resultant market collapse, has produced a number of strange bedfellows. Nancy Pelosi and George W. Bush. Dennis Kucinich and Newt Gingrich. John McCain…

New Republican Leader, Eric Cantor, Is a Wussie

By jason330 September 29, 200860 Comments

Cantor, who has rested control of the GOP from George Bush, John McCain and John Boner, would have had the house GOP members vote for the bail out, but they…

There is an upside….

By Delaware Dem September 29, 20083 Comments

....to today's market collapse, a loss estimated to be $1.2 trillion dollars, in that Charlie Copeland's trust fund now has that much less to tap in his run against Matt…

Comment Rescue — Why It’s Not Over, Part I

By cassandra_m September 29, 200812 Comments

One of my favorite commenters, Not Brian, writes cogently and points the way to something other than print Treasuries thinking in this thread. I'm reposting the full text here because…

Castle Voted Yes.

By Delaware Dem September 29, 200812 Comments

Roll Call on the vote is here (warning PDF). Congress is in recess until Thursday, in observance of the Jewish High Holidays. So no vote will take place until then,…

Deep Thought: RIP Republican Economics

By jason330 September 29, 200811 Comments

Can we please go back to the progressive economics that began under FDR and created the 50 year long economic expansion, not to mention the middle class as we know…

22nd District Update From Rebecca

By jason330 September 29, 20084 Comments

I thought I'd pass this along. Hey Jason, So far I've received $1,250 dollars from DelawareLiberal bloggers! What an amazing group of people. How lucky I am to be a…

UPDATED: Kavips is taking dumbass pills or something

By jason330 September 29, 20089 Comments

Some people are so used to blaming everything on Democrats that they just can’t not blame Democrats. The fact of the matter is this bill sucked. It basically turned Paulson…

Strap In

By liberalgeek September 29, 200899 Comments

The bailout package has failed. The Dow is currently down 525... Enjoy the ride. Update: It occurs to me that this could be a case of crying wolf! Several times…

QOD

By jason330 September 29, 20084 Comments

Isn't it odd that the south has been out of gas for a while and it is not a big story?

Could the bar be set any lower?

By pandora September 29, 200830 Comments

Thursday night is rapidly approaching, and I must confess to conflicting emotions. One the one hand, I fully expect Sarah Palin to be a complete disaster. On the other hand, so does everyone else.

So, how does Joe Biden handle the situation of being on stage with a person who has no right to be there? I’d advise against the McCain approach of completely ignoring your debate partner even though Joe would have every right to view Sarah Palin with contempt. Maybe his best approach would simply be to give Palin enough rope and hope that her debate performance mimics the Gibson and Couric interviews.

But what worries me most is how much of a curve will the media grade Palin? And is it fair to hold one VP candidate to higher standards than another? Will one gaffe by Joe Biden carry more weight than fifty by Palin? Does she win simply by not blinking?

Does the VP debate even take place?

As he rears his head…

By Delaware Dem September 29, 200811 Comments

Bailout Nation — Not Enough Votes to Pass?

By cassandra_m September 28, 20084 Comments

First, yes, this is wishful thinking on my part. Second, Dennis Kucinich is telling The Hill that he doesn't know if there are enough votes - R or D -…