As the debate over nationalizing health care moved to the Senate, it was clear that the biggest procedural hurdle to its passage would be getting all 60 Democrats to agree on cloture as a means of starting and ending debate. Obviously, that meant some give-and-take on various portions of the [...]
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 [...] 
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 [...]
I will publish an exclusive interview with the public policy polling team tonight. We go beyond the headlines and look at potential primary pitfalls for Mr. Castle including a third of Republicans who think that he is too liberal and a low 61% approval within his party. and weaknesses and [...]
Some days the good news just keeps coming. The New York vote was 24 to 38 with all 30 Republicans voting no (do you think the assembly woman getting 5% of the vote in the Congressional race played a role) and 8 Democrats joining the parade of common sense. In [...]
The public option is once again under assault in the Senate.
The Republicans are attempting to use a procedural tactic known as a "filibuster" to indefinitely delay a substantive vote on the health care bill. A filibuster requires sixty votes to overcome, so by using this tactic [...]
