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NOT YOUR FATHER'S LEGISLATUREPosted: July 1, 2009 The Delaware General Assembly was so unsettled for the 2009 session, with a new governor, a raft of rookie legislators, a new House majority and a monster shortfall in money, the trauma overshadowed some surprising changes.
A LAST PARADE FOR THURMAN ADAMSPosted: June 28, 2009 The little town of Bridgeville was the host for Delaware's political elite Saturday at the funeral for state Sen. Thurman Adams. Vice President Joe Biden, the congressional delegation, the governor and hundreds of others accompanied Adams in his final procession. "SENATOR ADAMS, REST IN PEACE"Posted: June 25, 2009 Legislative Hall in Dover is in mourning over the death of Sen. Thurman Adams, the Democratic president pro tem, who proved to be an instinctively talented lawmaker from the start to the finish of his 36 years in the Delaware General Assembly. THE OTHER TOMPosted: June 23, 2009 With barely a ripple in the political universe, Delaware had a statewide official complete his 20th year in office. As a Republican and a downstater, he is an endangered species. No wonder he might as well be known as the other Tom. THAT OLD RED, WHITE & BLUE MAGICPosted: June 16, 2009 When Gov. Jack Markell signed the open government bill into law on Friday, he thwarted the state Senate's last trick of trying to make it disappear by raising a constitutional question about its validity. Once upon a time, that gambit worked. MILTON GETS MUSIC, MONEY & MARKELLPosted: June 11, 2009 Something odd happened last weekend in Milton. A politician did not take contributions but helped to make them. The event was the Sixth Annual Summer Bash, which typically turns country music and gourmet fare into a fund-raiser for Jack Markell, but not this year. NORMALPosted: June 8, 2009 Sometimes what appears to be normal actually can be momentous. It is happening in the state Senate right now. With little fuss, the chamber is on the verge of passing a version of the gay rights bill it long has shunned. HAIL TO THE VICE SISTERPosted: June 5, 2009 The vice president is not the only Biden who can get a crowd going. Valerie Biden Owens showed what she can do when she spoke to a Delaware Democratic women's group. She is Joe's sister, or as she prefers to call herself these days -- the vice sister. BLUE & GOLDPosted: June 2, 2009 Blue & Gold is back. Delaware politicians reveal their true colors once again. Who is feeling blue? Who is looking like gold? The Grapevine knows. The hues are varied for Joe Biden, John Carney and a host of others. A SAFE HOUSE FOR POLITICIANS TAKES IN MATT DENNPosted: May 28, 2009 Matt Denn has spent the last five years making his way in politics, as he transformed himself from a lawyer to insurance commissioner to lieutenant governor. It has the appearance of steady progress, if only his salary had followed suit. EARLY LINE 2010Posted: May 26, 2009 Early Line is making its return. There are five statewide races on the 2010 ballot -- for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, attorney general, auditor and treasurer. The way candidacies get going is people learn about them on the Grapevine.
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