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GOP Stimulus Myths Exposed

By xstryker February 17, 2009101 Comments

Media Matters: It does a body good. $220,000 per job? Try $70,000. $30 million for the salt marsh harvest mouse? Not in the bill. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that…

Enviro-QOD

By jason330 February 17, 200918 Comments

Why isn't big business getting behind better development practices? Atrios notes: It costs a lot of money to own and operate a car. AAA pegs it at about 7 grand…

Politico-QOD

By jason330 February 17, 200934 Comments

How does someone like Jamie Moulthrop get the idea that he should run for office? I mean, he might be a nice guy and all, but if his resume was…

President’s Day Redux

By jason330 February 17, 200913 Comments

Best & Worst Presidents of the last 50 Years Let's just look at our "lifetime" and leave the discussion of weather Lincoln would have been disgusted by George Bush aside.…

John Carney for Congress

By Delaware Dem February 17, 200925 Comments

John Carney is running for Congress. Yes, you heard it hear first. Whoops, I forgot the BREAKINGS NEWS!!!! and the flashing sirens, but yes, John Carney is running for Congress.…

Probability Table For Mike Castle’s Future

By jason330 February 17, 20097 Comments

There are only a few things that can happen and not many variables to contend with, so it is easy to build a probability table for the outcomes regarding Mike Castle.

Then we can quibble over the probability of each outcome, but the short version is there is only a slim chance that Mike Castle will be in elected office after the next election. A 20% chance to be exact.

Cantor Sees Into The Future and Decides The Future is Cantor

By pandora February 17, 20098 Comments

Is it possible to wait until President Obama unveils his housing plan before coming out against it? If Republicans want to know why most Americans aren't taking them seriously then…

Markell Wastes No Time In Kicking Ass

By jason330 February 17, 200914 Comments

Building an electric car industry in Delaware is a win/win.

The Consolation Race

By Delaware Dem February 17, 200921 Comments

Feroce makes this point: We are an incumbent driven state, so there are few opportunities (of a candidate doing well against an incumbent or challenger simply because he or she…

A New Delaware State Quarter and a New DL Logo.

By Delaware Dem February 17, 200926 Comments

In a few weeks, months, years, centuries, milleniums, or epochs (Geek and Nemski-willing), Delaware Liberal 3.0 will be launched. With it, a new Delaware Liberal logo, which I am still…

Delaware Joins the Climate Prosperity Project

By cassandra_m February 17, 20092 Comments

WDEL has audio of Gov. Markell's announcement here. The effort to grow a greener economy in Delaware stepped up its profile today with Gov. Markell's announcement that Delaware is the…

Deep “News Journal Death Spiral” Thought

By jason330 February 17, 20094 Comments

I can't believe that the News Journal is publishing such egregiously stupid wingnut letters. Oh wait. It is the News Journal. Never mind.

Day 20: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

By jason330 February 17, 200928 Comments

Castle's Anti-Economic Recovery Vote Surprised Dem Party Insiders Even jaded long-time Delaware politicos were surprised and saddened by Castle's lockstep vote with the radical Republican leadership. "Everyone in Delaware has…