Senate – Delaware Liberal

Senate Reform Ends With A Whimper

By Unstable Isotope January 28, 20113 Comments

The Senate passed something they called "reform" which will do little to reign in abuse of Senate rules by Republicans.

First in Filibusters

By nemski December 24, 20103 Comments

Republicans are first in obstructionism.

Call The Wahmbulance

By Unstable Isotope December 20, 20103 Comments

Lindsey Graham said the Democrats are using the lame duck session to make Republicans look bad.

DREAM Act/DADT Repeal Cloture Vote Soon

By Unstable Isotope December 18, 201076 Comments

The cloture votes on the DREAM Act and the DADT Repeal should begin at around 10:30. Chris Coons is presiding over the Senate right now.

Pick The Hill To Die On

By Unstable Isotope December 2, 201033 Comments

First, let's talk about reality. The US Senate is the most ridiculous legislative body on earth. It has a lot of rules and runs by unanimous consent. It is a…

DL interviews Chris Coons: Science!

By liberalgeek October 29, 20104 Comments

In Part 2 of our interview with Chris Coons, Unstable Isotope asks Mr. Coons to talk about how he will use his background in science to inform his decisions in the Senate.

DL Interviews Chris Coons – Money and Politics

By liberalgeek October 28, 201010 Comments

Unstable Isotope and I got a chance to interview Chris Coons on Thursday afternoon. I will post these over the next day or so. The first episode is two questions,…

Conservative Senators Love Mike Castle

By xstryker November 21, 20092 Comments

Anyone who thinks Mike Castle would be some kind of moderate thorn in the side of the conservative GOP Senate minority leadership is fooling themselves. Among those senators who reported…

Evening Castle Update

By jason330 July 14, 200912 Comments

The Post's Chris Cilzza has this to say about the GOP's prospects of holding onto Castle's seat in the house and some wingnut who hates reality is mad at Castle.

Deep Anger Management Thought

By jason330 July 14, 20097 Comments

Even Matt Denn tells me I need to get over it. Just let it wash over me that Mike Castle lied his ass off. He will be our next Senator....Ohhhmmmm....let…

Final Thought

By xstryker April 24, 20095 Comments

Sometimes I wonder if maybe Tom Carper is encouraging Castle to run for Senate, so they can go on riding Amtrak together for 6 more years. Castle would support Carper's…

Recovery Deal

By cassandra_m February 7, 200912 Comments

According to the NYT (and the BBC who is reporting this now), the Dem leadership plus the so-called moderate group reached a deal on the recovery package. As of now,…

NY Senate: Blue Dog Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Clinton

By xstryker January 22, 200923 Comments

So says local WB news affiliate WPIX-11. PIX11 News has learned Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two…