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• Does Mike Castle Oppose The FDIC Too?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Last week the U.S. House passed an ambitious financial overhaul package. The vote count was 223-202, with some Blue Dogs voting with all Republicans (including Mike Castle) against the bill. Mike Castle released this statement about his vote: “Since the financial crisis began, I have worked with my Republican and Democrat [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• Petition Harry Reid To Support Budget Reconciliation To Keep Health Insurance Costs Under Control With A Strong Public Option

  —Delaware Way

  BREAKING NEWS: Multiple news sources report that the White House is urging senators to cave to Sen. Joe Lieberman! First, Lieberman announced that he would help Republicans block a vote on any health care reform bill that includes a public option. Now, he wants to get [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:58am EST
  by Nancy Willing

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• Meaningless Numbers

  —Red Maryland

  The left has decided to examine Governor Ehrlich's chances of unseating Martin O'Malley next year, and Adam Pagnucco decided to start his analysis with the most meaningless statistic in all of politics: voter registration data.
  Overall, the Democrats have an absolute majority (at 56.9%) and outnumber Republicans by' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:13pm EST
  by Brian Griffiths

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• The GOP Abandons Rhode Island

  —Delaware Liberal

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  Rhode Island is gearing up for a governor’s race in 2010. And this is one election result I can predict with certainty, the Republicans will not win this race . . . you can take that to the bank. Political Wire reports that the sole GOP candidate for governor has [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:30am EST
  by nemski

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• Carper Fights For His Base

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Earlier this year Carper voted with the Republicans to block an amendment to allow Medicaid and Medicare to negotiate drug prices. It caused quite a stir because Carper railed against the unfairness of hurting the profits of drug companies. Carper is doing it again. Byron Dorgan has filed an amendment to [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 9:17am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• Wow. Just Wow.

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 14
  Looks like the always interesting Michael Steele did a photo shoot with the Republican party interns. Please don't drink liquid while viewing the pictures. Bottom line, Michael Steele has no idea 'what up' with the Asian guy.' [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 12:31am EST
  by liberalgeek

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• The virtual opposition

  —monoblogue

  I like this. Not sure it’s going to do a lot of good or get a lot of play, but it’s good discussion fodder for a Friday afternoon:

  Maryland Republican Party Chair Audrey Scott released the following statement in response to Governor Martin O’Malley’s virtual town hall taking place (yesterday) evening:

  “It is [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  by Michael

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• Why Women Don’t Like Sarah Palin

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Public Policy has a new poll out on Sarah Palin: Public Policy Polling released a study on Thursday revealing that, one year after bursting onto the national scene, Palin still has not made inroads among a variety of key demographic groups. Most significantly, among women the Alaska Republican has only a [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 10:33am EST
  by pandora

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• MARYLAND GOP CHAIR: MARYLAND FAMILIES NEED REAL ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS FROM THEIR GOVERNOR

  —Salisbury News

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  Annapolis, MD – Maryland Republican Party Chair Audrey Scott released the following statement in response to Governor Martin O’Malley’s virtual town hall taking place this evening:
  
  “It is fitting that Governor O’Malley would attempt to engage Marylanders in a virtual town hall since his administration seems to have been [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:50am EST
  by joealbero

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• Geez, I Must Be Slipping….

  —kavips

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  This is kind of embarrassing for me.. I even quoted this quote in another story and completely missed the irony of Mitch McConnell’s remarks.. Yeah, I’ll admit. I missed this. Republicans get away with issuing the following two press releases within a single 24 hour span: Sunday: “Cutting Medicare is not what [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:00am EST
  by kavips

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• Anybody Not See This Coming?

  —Delaware Liberal

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  Via Think Progress: In an interview with National Review today, DeMint said that the tea parties should no longer be thought of as “separate” from the Republican Party: “The GOP leadership needs to stand up for mainstream American principles,” says DeMint. The best way to do that, he says, is to “look [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 3:36pm EST
  by pandora

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• Eric Cantor and the Republicans show their hand

  —Progressive Delmarva

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  A quote from REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN and MINORITY WHIP Eric Cantor on Tuesday:
  The big idea is to get, to get, to produce an environment where we can have job creation again. And see, that’s where the Obama administration’s agenda so clearly disadvantages the Democrats in this upcoming election in [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 9:39am EST
  by chuck

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• Al Gore On Sarah Palin And Climate Change

  —Delaware Liberal

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  Al Gore has it exactly right. If Republicans can use Sarah Palin as a source, then Al Gore, who has actually studied this issue, deserves a hearing too: Exactly, Al. Sarah Palin, please explain how a hacked email is going to un-melt the glaciers and sea ice, will undo sea level [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• MDGOP gets new Executive Director

  —monoblogue

  The revolving door which has been the Maryland Republican Party leadership hopefully has been stopped with the appointment of a new Executive Director – by resume she could be a winner. This from the Examiner:

  Kim Jorns will be starting in the position as of January 1. She is currently [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:33pm EST
  by Michael

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• Republicans Heading To Copenhagen To… I Have No Idea

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Has anything like this ever happened before? House Republicans are preparing for a trip to Copenhagen and looking to derail Democratic efforts to negotiate an international climate agreement. About a half-dozen Republicans will make the trip to Denmark to oppose plans for cap-and-trade legislation, express their discontent with the scientific community that [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:07pm EST
  by pandora

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• Republicans: The great saviors of Medicare?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 5
  At least that's what they want you to think. The only problem is that the facts don't back up their assertions. First of all, they were the ones who opposed it being created, and 2nd of all...
  Since 1991, Senate Republicans have voted to slash $1.31 trillion from Medicare' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:54pm EST
  by chuck

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• The Heart of the Issue

  —DelawarePolitics.net

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  Senator Inhofe blasted White House science advisor Holdren who wrote that the fetus is lacking in humanity because it has not been socialized, and Democrats who agree with him. The heart of the issue is personhood.

  (CNSNews.com) - Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, ranking Republican on the Senate [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  by David Anderson

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• POLITICAL WIRE’S HEADLINES – 12/9

  —Accomack County Democrats

  Gonzales Regrets Getting Caught In an interview with the Washington Post, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales reflects on the Bush years. Said Gonzales: “We should have abandoned the idea of removing the U.S. attorneys once the Democrats took the Senate. Because at that point we could really not count on Republicans to cut [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:56pm EST
  by fvmoore

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• Cheney predicts big Republican gains in '10

  —Progressive Delmarva

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  From CNN.com:
  
  (CNN) - As President Barack Obama nears one year in office, Dick Cheney is predicting the Republican Party is in for a big 2010.
  
  "I think we'll pick up a lot of seats," the former vice president told Fox New's Sean Hannity Tuesday. "Prospects for'" [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:11pm EST
  by champs1

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• Harris Endorsed For Congress By 26 GOP Delegates And Senators

  —Salisbury News

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  ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESS ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENT OF DISTRICT ELECTED OFFICIALS
  
  GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS FROM CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ENDORSE HARRIS' FISCAL
  RESPONSIBILITY, HEALTH CARE EXPERTISE
  
  ANNAPOLIS-Andy Harris for Congress today announced that it has received the endorsement of 26 members of
  the General Assembly from Congressional District 1. The endorsements' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:50am EST
  by joealbero

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• POLITICAL WIRE’S HEADLINES – 12/8

  —Accomack County Democrats

  Republicans Try to Force Democratic Retirements “An informal list of 17 members the NRCC believes can be convinced to step down, privately called the ‘Dem Retirement Assault List,’ makes clear the party needs Dem incumbents to step aside if they have hopes of taking back the majority. The NRCC has taken [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  by fvmoore

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• 'Tea party' polls better than GOP, but behind democrats

  —Progressive Delmarva

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  From Politico:
  
  Should the “Tea Party” movement organize itself to run congressional candidates across the country, it would poll better than the Republican Party, according to a new survey by Rasmussen Reports.
  
  
  In the national telephone poll of 1,000 likely voters released Monday, 23 percent said [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:31am EST
  by champs1

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• NCC Republicans tackle Transportation

  —DelawarePolitics.net

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  The New Castle County Republican Committee today announced the formation of a new Working Group on Transportation. The Working Group has begun a comprehensive review of NCCo transportation issues, challenges and opportunities, with the goal of advancing proposals that will transform Delaware’s transportation infrastructure, serve as an economic engine and [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:21am EST
  by David Anderson

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• Reid Compares Opponents Of Health Care Reform To Supporters Of Slavery

  —Salisbury News

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  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago.
  
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:25am EST
  by joealbero

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• Republican Leadership: FAIL

  —kavips

  Failed. The Republican leadership has failed… They are fighting a healthcare plan that benefits all Americans except those directly receiving compensation from the excessive profits being made by insurance companies… You can’t win by fighting everyone… Look locally at Copeland, Adams, McDowell, and DeLuca… They took on 94.9% of Delawareans over offshore [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:22pm EST
  by kavips

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• A message to GOP brass from Rasmussen

  —monoblogue

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  I’m going to let Bill Wilson of the group Americans for Limited Government begin the discussion and set up the premise; after all that’s what alerted me to the Rasmussen poll:

  “The stunning Rasmussen Poll showing the Republican Party finishing a decided third to a hypothetical ‘Tea Party’ candidate should send [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:51pm EST
  by Michael

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• PPP: Carney Win Almost Guaranteed

  —Delaware Liberal

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  While PPP polled the Delaware U.S. Senate race, they also polled the open U.S. House seat. Carney holds a commanding lead, and has somewhat low name recognition: Former Lieutenant Governor John Carney leads announced Republican candidate Fred Cullis by an overwhelming 47-24 margin and holds a solid 44-32 lead against better [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• “Tea Party” Beats GOP On Generic Ballot

  —Delaware Liberal

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  An interesting poll from Rasmussen (so take it with a grain of salt) shows that a National “Tea Party” would beat the GOP on a generic Congressional ballot: A new Rasmussen poll suggests that the Tea Party movement is far and away more popular than the Republican Party it seeks to [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:15am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• Laundry List of Republican Lies Over Health Care

  —kavips

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  I thought it would be an interesting exercise to pour over this weekends news and pull out any blatant falsehoods being offered to anyone with a microphone, by the outdated, obsolete, and obstinate Republican Party… Some Democrats comments showed up as well. Republicans objected because, according to Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 6:50pm EST
  by kavips

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• Haste makes…Pelosicare pass

  —monoblogue

  Lost in the Democratic euphoria over the passage of H.R. 3962, the House health care bill, is that the 220-215 vote was aided by two House members hastily sworn in after special elections earlier in the week. Moreover, the lone Republican who voted for the bill, Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by Michael

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