This post got me thinking about the huge number of parallels between Delaware’s election of a new governor and the country’s election of a new President.
1) Ruth Ann Minner = George Bush
Okay she never invaded a country to satisfy her vanity, but if she ever did I bet she’d fuck it up pretty good. She is an unpopular lame duck who speaks very poorly.
2) William Swain Lee = John McCain
Most often heard comment on the campaign trail “Who is that old guy?” Both candidates got the “We need to run someone this year so why not pick that guy who sort had some supporter’s last time out?” vote.
3) Mike Protack = Bob Barr
Right down to the impact and the moustache.
4) John Carney = Hillary Clinton
Maybe not as batshit crazy as Clinton, but a tried and true company man with a vagina where the penis should be. He locked up the party hack vote prior to day one and expected that to carry him all the way. All he bad things you think of when you hear the word “politician.”
5) Jack Markell = Barack Obama
New ideas, new vision, cross-party appeal and a great track record of bringing people together to get stuff done. To listen to Markell lay out his vision for Delaware in a small room is to know that you are in the presence of someone with the intelligence, drive and determination to dismantle the status quo and build, in its place, a government that works for the people and not for the narrow self interests of a small cohort of well connected political operators.