Politics – Delaware Liberal

School Board Elections Are Political

By pandora April 30, 201227 Comments

I haven't really commented on the upcoming School Board elections, mainly because I can't wrap my head around what's going on. With all the attention on these races - phone…

Vetocracy: The State of Paralysis

By nemski April 22, 20125 Comments

Thomas Friedman asks if America can get anything done

Fear and Loathing: Religious Radicals

By nemski September 2, 2011

Make no mistake about it, Michelle Bachmann and Dick Perry are Christian extremists.

Politics And Religion

By pandora January 18, 201132 Comments

Imagine if something like this was said by a non-Christian governor: ''Now I will have to say that, if we don't have the same daddy, we're not brothers and sisters,"…

How Come We Can’t Just All Get Along

By nemski December 31, 20102 Comments

Don't let recent the recent productivity of the lame duck Congress fool you, we're in for some massive gridlock on Capitol Hill.

Kentucky’s Creationist Theme Park

By pandora December 2, 20106 Comments

Oh, for crying out loud! I just got back from the press conference where Steve Beshear announced his enthusiastic support for a Creationist theme park ("Ark Encounter") that teaches children…

“Bringing It!” to Capitol Hill

By nemski April 29, 201011 Comments

There is a man that transcends politics. A man that can take Patrick Muprhy (D-PA) and Aaron Schuck (R-IL) and push them to past their limits, a place where each…

Incumbent Rethug Gov. Will Not Seek Reelection

By El Somnambulo November 10, 200923 Comments

Maybe I just missed this, but popular incumbent Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell has announced that she will not seek reelection in 2010. This may be why. This is a likely…

Why Corzine and Christie Are Now in a Dead Heat

By El Somnambulo October 6, 20098 Comments

After months of trailing Republican challenger Chris Christie, at one point by double digits, incumbent N. J. Gov. Jon Corzine has pulled even, according to the latest polling (PDF file).…

Sunday Funnies

By nemski August 30, 20091 Comment

Some Sunday comics for your amusement.

The Personal is Not the Political. The Political is Not the Personal.

By Delaware Dem August 29, 200953 Comments

We all confuse the two. Myself included. Because we feel the political is personal. And how can it not be? What is argued over in the halls and chambers of…

Carper Does It Again: Chooses Banks Over People

By El Somnambulo May 13, 200924 Comments

Sen. Bernie Sanders' attempt to cap usurous interest rates on credit cards fell far short of passage today. The deliberative body that Sen. Richard Durbin referred to as 'controlled by…

Newt Gingrich No Longer a Sinner? Just in Time for 2012?

By El Somnambulo April 1, 200916 Comments

Praise the Lord! It's a Miracle! Newt Gingrich's sins have been magically cleansed from his Heavenly record! How did he do it? He has seen the Light, and given over…