Tag: Tom Carper

Tom Carper Tele-Town Hall Tonite

Filed in National by on August 25, 2009 16 Comments

Senator Carper is apparently holding a telephone Town Hall tonite — there was a message waiting for me on my phone last night providing a heads up that they would call. And we had a tip from one of our contributors that he had gotten the same call.

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Help Cast The DE Political Blogosphere Movie

Filed in National by on August 19, 2009 26 Comments

Here is something we have not tried in a while. I guess the summer slowdown and talk of identity have put me the mood to put on my casting director’s hat. Me > I’m hoping for Ron Livingston but will probably be played by Oliver Platt. Mike Castle > Steve Buscemi Tom Carper > James […]

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Tom Carper Emerges to Speak

Filed in Delaware by on August 17, 2009 15 Comments

The News Journal reports that Senator Tom Carper will be available for a live video chat about Health Insurance reform on the delawareonline.com site TODAY at 5pm. No idea how this would work (they include no directions) or even if the NJ has even done this before, but given the state of their website I […]

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New Ad Targeting Tom Carper

Filed in Delaware by on August 14, 2009 7 Comments

Health Care for Americans Now is airing this ad in six states, targeted at Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.), Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.), a number of upstate New York members and Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.).

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So When Are the Carper, Kaufman and Castle Local Town Halls?

Filed in Delaware by on August 12, 2009 13 Comments

According to this Community News article:

For now, none of the three are holding public forums or town hall meetings before returning to the Capitol Sept. 8, according to their aides.

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Progress on Delaware’s National Park?

Filed in Delaware by on August 4, 2009 12 Comments

That is what I thought I was going to get in this USN&WR blog post. But basically this tells us that Senator Tom Carper is now leading the charge on this thing now that Biden is VP. And that the stars seem to be aligned for us to finally get this park:

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The Democrat Who Would Kill Health Care Reform

Filed in National by on July 23, 2009 5 Comments

No, it’s not Tom Carper, although, based on his verified ties to the industry, he likely would if he could, and he’s doing his best as a junior obfuscator. It’s Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who WILL kill health care reform if enough of his Senate Democratic colleagues (including Tom Carper) allow him to. A […]

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

Filed in Delaware by on July 14, 2009 6 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.

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Tell Tom Carper to Support the Public Option

Filed in National by on July 7, 2009 2 Comments

We all know that Senator Carper has corporate health care lobbyists in his ear and corporate money filling his campaign coffers. But don’t any of you DARE give up this fight – every quitter provides an excuse for mass surrender. You’ve got to work for this – if we don’t fight like hell with our […]

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More Like This Please! — David Shuster Asks Sen Carper Tough Questions

Filed in Delaware by on July 6, 2009 12 Comments

….on the health insurance bills in Congress. He specifically tossed the amount of money Carper has taken from the various health care and pharm industries at Senator Carper to ask him how it effects his vote. All told, Carper answered very little of Shuster’s questions. Take a look: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEPMP0e0Hss[/youtube] h/t Bob Cesca

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Tell Tom Carper to Support the Public Option

Filed in National by on June 30, 2009 6 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2v5tVWcnGE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] We have a little over a month to apply pressure to Senator Carper to support public option health care. (302) 573-6291 Put this number in your cell phone or your wallet or purse. Call it on your lunch break tomorrow. Ask his staff (or leave a message asking) if Senator Carper supports offering public […]

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Voters Don’t Like Jive DLC Suckas !

Filed in National by on June 10, 2009 5 Comments

Take Note Tom Carper. It is a Golden Grahams day.

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Call Carper’s Office

Filed in Delaware by on June 6, 2009 14 Comments

Getting good healthcare reform is going to be one helluva fight. The “public option” is one of the most difficult parts of the plan. A good public option will help reduce healthcare costs by bargaining with providers and the for-profit companies are already mobilizing the opposition. So they’re pulling out all the stops — pushing […]

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