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DE GOP is on the comeback trail?

By Delaware Dem March 30, 20107 Comments

Apparently not if the new voter registration numbers are to be believed. As with the registration figures during the 2006 and 2008 election cycles, the Democratic Party enjoys not only increasing number of state citizens, but also an increasing disparity between itself and the supposedly reinvigorated DE GOP.

So This Is What They Meant by Bipartisan

By Scott P March 29, 20109 Comments

We all know that Republicans have been going on about how much they want to work in a bipartisan way with Democrats, but we always figured they were doing it…

Two More Casinos

By cassandra_m March 29, 201048 Comments

That is going to be the proposal from Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf in an amendment to House Bill 194 that he is filing today for debate on Thursday. This is the entirety of the Press Release from the Delaware House of Representatives House Majority Caucus:

I’ve Just Met the New State Senator from the 5th District–I Think

By El Somnambulo March 29, 20109 Comments

Some of you will recall that #2 on my list of Most Vulnerable Delaware Republicans is/was State Sen. Cathy Cloutier. For those of you who missed my Magnum Opus on…

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 29, 201018 Comments

Welcome to a dreary Monday open thread. What can we do to brighten your day? Perhaps an open thread will work? For some reason, CBS invited lunatic Rep. Michele Bachmann…

BREAKING NOW: Delaware Awarded Race To The Top Funding

By Unstable Isotope March 29, 201019 Comments

It's just been announced - Delaware and Tennessee are the first awardees of the Department of Education's "Race To The Top" Grant. Update: The New York Times has a story…

GOP Donors Are Suckers

By Unstable Isotope March 29, 201040 Comments

If Republican donors were mad about the Palin family clothes grab on donor's dimes, I wonder how they'll feel about this: The Daily Caller examines the Republican National Committee's FEC…

In Which We Find the Local GOP Bamboozling Again About Budget Discipline

By cassandra_m March 29, 20109 Comments

Today's installment of GOP bamboozlement comes via the News Journal, where they are now trying to convince people that they want to constrain government spending. You should read the whole thing, but I'm not so sure who this convinces:

FBI Raid On Militia Group

By Unstable Isotope March 29, 201013 Comments

The FBI conducted a raid on a Christian militia group called Hutaree. Sources have said the FBI was in the second day of raids around the southeastern Michigan city of…

Banking Reform Legislation Background

By cassandra_m March 29, 20102 Comments

So now that we're done (for the moment) with the HCR, it is on to Banking Reform. This work has been ongoing in the House (who passed a bill already) and Chris Dodd's Banking Committee. The Congress is in recess now, but it is worth taking some time to get up to speed on the coming issues and the bill itself.

Elizabeth Warren on Consumer Protection

By cassandra_m March 28, 2010

This is from a conference held a few weeks back in NY with the theme of "Make Markets Be Markets". Elizabeth Warren is always awesome, and this is one good…

This Would Have Been Nice to Know Alot Sooner Than This

By cassandra_m March 28, 201027 Comments

GOP Congressmen:Most Republicans Now Think That The Iraq War Was A Mistake Anybody see this reported in the traditional media? Anywhere? So you can mark this down as ONE MORE THING we were right about...

Health Insurance Mandates Nearly as old as Constitution.

By Delaware Dem March 28, 20104 Comments

I happened onto this little fact by way of Roger Ebert, of "At The Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert" fame, who is now quite the avid and political tweeter recently. And would you believe me if I told you that one of our most important Founding Fathers, President John Adams, signed legislation providing for a health insurance mandate?