Stimulus Plan 2009 – Delaware Liberal

Someone Is Confused

By Unstable Isotope November 6, 20092 Comments

Poor Charlie Crist is under a lot of pressure by the purgers and it's obviously making him a bit confused: "I didn't endorse it. I didn't even have a vote…

Radioactive Rabbit Tirds

By Donviti October 8, 20091 Comment

In late September, a helicopter hovered 50 feet above the Hanford nuclear reservation, methodically hunting almost 16 square miles for radioactive poop that critters with a taste for salt spread.…

Okay. Mike Castle is our Next Senator. It has been decided on high.

By jason330 July 14, 20096 Comments

All the signs are pointing to a Castle Senate run and I appears that the fix is in. Just check out the Newark Post coverage of the AMTRACK stimulus event:

The Amtrak Bear Car Shops took time out to celebrate the completion of the first passenger car to be rebuilt with stimulus funds. Sen. Thomas Carper, Gov. Jack Markell and U.S. Rep. Mike Castle joined Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman and employees at the sprawling complex off Route 40 to tour the rebuilt car that was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Mike Castle Takes Credit For Stimulus Project He Voted Against

By jason330 July 13, 20095 Comments

Crack reporting by WDEL's Jim Hilgen leaves out the fact that Mike Castle voted against funding the AMTRACK stimulus project that he is so eager to take credit for.

Brad DeLong Has A Proposal

By Unstable Isotope June 8, 200913 Comments

Even though we've seen improvement in the overall economy, the economic recovery will be long and painful. The latest unemployment numbers showed a jump in unemployment to 9.4% (U3) and…

Updated: Castle Under Siege: Radio Ads Are Here

By xstryker February 12, 20098 Comments

AFSCME and Americans United for Change are going to run running radio ads telling Mike Castle he's got a "second chance" to do the right thing and support President Obama's…

Markell Rolls Out List Of Stimulus Spending Priorities

By jason330 February 9, 200917 Comments

Please note that these jobs are not real jobs and the money is not real money and the stimulus is not stimulus because it does not involve granting tax breaks to wealthy Republicans.

Press Release after the jump.

Wingnut Talking Points Smackdown — The Recovery Program

By cassandra_m January 28, 200948 Comments

This edition outsourced to Tommywonk. Read the whole thing, but here is an interesting bit: Left out of that argument is the question of how we got to the largest…

Americans Want Infrastructure Spending

By cassandra_m January 23, 200912 Comments

Frank Luntz, of all people, positively gushes over the results of a new poll he's run about the concerns of Americans on infrastructure spending: Consider this: A near unanimous 94%…

Summary of the Stimulus Plan

By cassandra_m January 15, 200932 Comments

Democrats released a summary of the stimulus plan this AM (link takes you to Talking Points Memo who reproduce the entire document). The basics: $550B in spending and $275B in tax cuts. See a brief summary (taken directly from the Plan) after the jump, and tell us what you think.