President Obama Speaks on Income Inequality and Economic Mobility

President Obama Speaks on Income Inequality and Economic Mobility

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This got lost in the other news this week, and once again we ask ourselves, "If the President of the United States gives a policy speech, will anyone listen?" This is a plenty solid statement of progressive principles and if no one labeled them progressive , I'd bet there is alot here most Americans would absolutely agree upon. Because middle and low income people ARE being thrown under the economic bus and have been since the Reagan presidency. The disconnect is, of course, Congress and not one of our Congressional delegation (that I can find, anyway) has chimed in to note that the President has a point and that they are working on (detailed) stuff to help ameliorate this. Getting rid of the thumb on the scale for most of their voters is a clear way to better prosperity all around, but I gather that Third Way cred is going to be more important than you OR your vote. Anyway, here is the President's speech, about 48 minutes long.
Yet More Suckitude From John Carney

Yet More Suckitude From John Carney

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He is terrible. Today, our 'Honorable' voted with the Rethugs and 35 other phony D's to "exempt many private equity fund advisers from a provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law which required advisers with more than $150 million in assets under management to register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission." What earthly public purpose could be served by such an exemption? None, none at least that makes sense from a progressive perspective.
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.
Looks like we have a candidate for Auditor. But what about Treasurer?

Looks like we have a candidate for Auditor. But what about Treasurer?

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State Auditor Tom Wagner has been in office since 1988. He barely won reelection last time, in a year favoring Republicans (2010), against Richard Korn, a man that people were not rushing to vote for even before he was indicted on child pornography charges. A credible candidate beats him this time. Attorney Brenda Mayrack seems to have both the party backing, knowledge and auditing experience to be that credible candidate. Now, as for the Treasurer. The oldest addage in politics is you can't beat something with nothing, though the Republicans have really tried to test it out over the last five years. Right now, the conventional wisdom is Treasurer Flowers is in trouble and ripe for defeat at the hands of a GOP candidate. That has the Democratic establishment talking behind the scenes to Celia Cohen that they will be primarying Flowers with someone. But who?