Carney’s First TV Ad
The ad will be playing downstate out of the Salisbury market. I think it would be wiser to buy time upstate on the Comcast cable channels. For then the ad will reach the voters, and NCC are where most of the voters are in Delaware (not to denigrate the fine people downstate). Perhaps it is too prohibitively expensive to buy time out of Philadelphia at this time.
But I digress….here’s the ad….
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_6AcnZX790[/youtube]
Unbelievable this guy taking credit for the wind deal at the expense of hardworking citizens an legislators like Kowalko and Peterson who busted their asses to keep the pressure on when John Croney was still hoping it would go away. Doesn’t John Croney realize that there are an awful lot of people out there who know that this is all a fraud? The Republicans are going to have a field day with John Croney.
Please. You would have had a field day with Carney if the deal didn’t go through. It would have been 24×7 of “Why couldn’t Carney get his friends in the Senate to approve the windfarm?” Now he is accused of being a crony and a good ol’ boy that takes credit for other people’s work.
Markell was supportive of the BWW deal, but Carney knew where he could make inroads in the legislature. Jobs, jobs, jobs. And guess what, Tony DeLuca came around and became the pivotal player in the negotiations.
The Markell people better figure out real soon that this isn’t the issue to hit Carney on. Carney does know people in Gov’t and how things are done. Throwing rocks at that particular glass house will reveal that Markell is still learning some of those ropes.
Look at history What districts did RAM win in two elections and where did she lose maybe Many feel that he has the organized labor vote in his back pocket and could he feel the same way? and where are those voters? Surely not Downstate
Next up…”John Carney fought for your property rights against all the politicians in Dover. He’s the leader we need to get it done because he knows how to balance your property rights with important urban redevelopment plans in the City of Womington.”
*GAG*
iberalgeek // Jul 4, 2008 at 7:48 am
Please. You would have had a field day with Carney if the deal didn’t go through. It would have been 24×7 of “Why couldn’t Carney get his friends in the Senate to approve the windfarm?” Now he is accused of being a crony and a good ol’ boy that takes credit for other people’s work.
You’re on the money with this comment !
Honestly the message was short, direct and not in your face. Why come out so early in the campaign with your guns loaded. Markell’s radio ad about him and “he wrote a book” is annoying! Wow he wrote a book, does that me we should vote for him? I am not bashing him I am saying his campaign ad sounds like a pain in the ass telemarketer trying to sell something. His ad specialists are trying to market him as you have to have this product! I just see Carney as coming from the heart whereas Markell is going for the throat!
I don’t foresee Carney going the ugly route on Markell because it would reveal a character flaw. Those who can’t sell their own products based on its own merits and has to resort to bashing their competitors don’t have confidence in their produce. I see Carney as a sincere individual and Markell as an obsessed individual. Sincerity works better in politics and obsession works better in business.
Now did you ever think I would go from a Carney basher to a Carney supporter? I know Republicans, I’ve lived with then and Markell to me seems like a Republican in a blue suit, my opinion.
For member of Carney’s own party to beat him, down says something about their decency, Has John Carney become the Mike Protack of the Democratic Party? Really where does the democrats differentiate themselves form Republicans who just try to buy their way in office to attack ads! Wait, buy / attacked ! Will Markell go down that road against Carney? Who was signing state checks knowing the state was running low on funds and didn’t step up? Who paid the price for the person signing the checks falling asleep at the wheel? Not a person who wants to be the next governor! Yea, it’s bullshit but there are people who buy bull shit.
“For member of Carney’s own party to beat him, down says something about their decency…”
Know what, John? Maybe you Republicans view everything through the lens of “Is he on my team?” but we’re doomed if Democrats do the same. I don’t want someone who will work with Tony DeLuca. I want someone who will squash Tony DeLuca like the insect he is.
For a guy with no vote in the primary, you sure do a lot of yapping about it. Who are you going to vote for in your own primary, the tired old guy or the truly obsessed nut case?
Um, Al… hop on over to Kilroy’s blog. He’s switched parties. No foolin’.
Good ad. Downstate is where the Lt. Gov needs the most help, at least before the SB 245 fiasco.
He will likely add the Comcast channels to his buy, but more people see the Salisbury channels in Delaware than would see his add on cable even statewide. The cable universe is so spread out. It is hard to be seen. Your money is better spent on broadcast tv.
The Markell people better figure out real soon that this isn’t the issue to hit Carney on. Carney does know people in Gov’t and how things are done. Throwing rocks at that particular glass house will reveal that Markell is still learning some of those ropes.
And that’s a good thing? Replace the broken mess in Dover with those who have had a hand in breaking it? The guy who learned at the feet of the Captain of the Titanic, or the guy who signed the checks paying for it all, and was bragging about that two years ago?
Given this new information, I think I’m going to vote for Bill Lee.
“the experience to change things”
Isn’t that exactly how Hillary tried to coopt Obama’s message ?
benjamin,
it was what hillary used, and in pa, obama outspent her and she still won… take note, the same could happen here.
larry
Al Mascitti
“Know what, John? Maybe you Republicans view everything through the lens of “Is he on my team?”
Al, I realize my primitive writing style is torture for you to read however, I denounced my association with the Republican Party and honestly go read it have endorsed John Carney and Marr Denn.
As for the Democrats those who support Carney are not true Democrats and those who do are?
Pandora // Jul 4, 2008 at 10:10 am
Um, Al… hop on over to Kilroy’s blog. He’s switched parties. No foolin’.
I went online and March 30th was the cut off to switch parties and I will as soon as I am allowed. I’ve been a Republican for around 26 year and prior to that I was an Independent registering in 1974.
Al, I honestly like John Carney over all the candidates and I plan on working with his campaign if they’ll have me. I hate the dam phone calling but don’t mind putting signs together and stuffing envelopes.
Now that I am getting my sleep apnea treated I’ve really started to wake up.
Geek,
Don’t think the Markell people will be hitting Carney on anything at all. I’ve frustratingly had discussions with them and they are fixed on playing this thing clean. Sure, the Markell fanboys and girls may attack Carney, but Markell’s campaign at least says they’re not really interested in going negative even if a certain issue requires it.
They’re not even interested in going after Carney on something worthwhile: his waffling on the eminent domain debate.
Fair enough. Same effect, different source.
Rick – funny. Let’s give Bill Lee the keys to the Titanic. He’ll have the ship righted and headed for a well-earned vacation in no time, probably week 2.
Mike Matthews
“Markell fanboys and girls may attack Carney, but Markell’s campaign at least says they’re not really interested in going negative even if a certain issue requires it.”
Though Carney and Markell are opponents in the primary the fact remains one will emerge to go on to the general election. It would make better sense to focus on campaigning against the Republican and Independence now. Because, the real war is in November. At least if Markell and Carney attack their real opponents rather then each other there will be less chance of dividing the democratic voters. Why has the other side been so quite ? They are sitting back hoping Markell and Carney knock each other out chase voters to the other side. If you beat Carney over the head with Minner you are beating him over the head with every democratic who voted for Minner, How does that saying go? Divide and conquer.
With the way Minner screwed up there shouldn’t be any reason for the Republicans to lose. However, because Bush screwed up there are many more voters pulling the democrat lever for president. If the Democrats ( gee that means me now( looses the governor spot it will because the party divided itself.
I said what I had to about Markell. So, I plan on no more bashing! I try to keep the comparison and support of Carney a bit more respectful. Just as I said at the GOP convention I support the delegate’s nomination, I support the winner of the Democrat primary. I take it the D’s don’t do the delegate convention nominations?
Sincere I personally know the R’s running for office it will be very hard for me to bash them. However, on the education issue and their agenda working in stealth to push the charter school agenda without regards to addressing the concern plaguing traditional public schools I will debate them. They don’t get it , the high poverty charter schools are failing and others will end in the fait of Marion T. By avoiding the disparities that will bring down the high poverty charter schools as it is happening in Texas, Ohio and DC,. the Delaware legislators will have a mess on their hand; To me trying to be part of the process with the Republicans is like a son helping dad fix the engine under the hood of a the family car. Son pulls on dad’s pant leg to tell him the back of the car is on fire and dad won’t listen and tells son, quiet I know how to fix this car, just watch and learn! There are flaws in the charter school laws and movement and the back of the car is on fire! It doesn’t take a Princeton Graduate to see the obvious!
Well frankly, at least he’s suggested that the ship is sinking. Carney’s mantra is for change, but he fails to differntiate himself from the past eight years in any measurable way. The same cabal that backed Minner is firmly in his corner, and they aren’t doing that because times are tough – they’re doing it because they like what eight years of pulling the Governor’s strings has gotten them, and would love to see four more.
As for Markell, his bold new direction wasn’t a concern in 2004, when he was chief fundraiser for Minner and Carney. There was no talk of sweeping changes when he ran in 2002, or 2006, for the office he currently holds. In fact, as the incumbent in charge of finances, everything was hunky-dory. Now that he’s taking on an outsider role, bold change is needed to save Delaware.
And bold change begins with Bill Lee? Ha!
Look, you’re fighting the good fight, and I can appreciate it, but your boy is cooked. It will be too easy to paint Lee as an old fighter brought out of retirement to fight one more time. In this case, it’s to highlight a fight on the undercard.
There is no doubt that Lee will save the R’s from the scourge of Protack, but really Charlie should have just run for Governor and taken his beating, rather than send Lee out to soften them up.
Define “bold change” after eight years of Minner/Carney? Someone who doesn’t reflexively say “I’m proud of the job (Aaron Chaffinch/Stan Taylor/Nathan Hayward/Vince Meconi/Valerie Woodruff/ad infinitum) has done,” in response to a lawsuit we’ve settled paying out millions? I can guarantee he’d be a “bold change” from that. For all Carney’s exhortations of “change”, he has yet to differentiate himself once in eight years from Minner. He accidentally did in a debate in 2004, and was sent out to correct himself the next day. So even if he grows a pair and denounces the mistakes he’s been a silent co-conspirator to, he’s just trying to appear to be something he’s not.
As it stands right now, Protack is the scourge of the IPoD. I feel for their members. If he does decide to run in September, he’s going to get the crap kicked out of him.
To Al Mascitti – The old guy had quite a troop walking in the Hockessin parade and was in GREAT form, the obsessed nutcase had 3 kids with him in a car. We will see once the primary is done and whoever is the democratic nominee will HAVE quite a lot to answer to. I’m putting my $ with the old guy!
RickJ19958 on #16 is hitting it pretty close.
I was all for Markell’s ‘bold change message’ until his actual platforms started coming out. Not bold enough by a long shot, IMHO.
With his connection to the status quo and having been part and parcel of the High DEM camp, is there that much of a difference between the two choices for governor?
Bold is more like:
Going against the grain on land use growth policy by advocating control of the current county /(DelDOT DNREC) duality, going against the grain on education spending by advocating consolidation of administration and/or districts.
And, it is a little too early to celebrate the wind deal, too. Let’s see how it passes through the PSC. Let’s see if Minner’s ‘friendly gifts’ of back up plants are going to be still offered to NRG and/or Connective/DP&L PEPCO Holding.
Kilroy – the comments about your ‘primitive’ writing style and your sleep apnea made me smile.
I really don’t think you have to worry about the party being divided in the fall. This primary isn’t as toxic as Clinton/Obama by any stretch of the imagination. I’m a strong supporter of Markell’s. I’ve met both men and found them to be equally sincere. I wouldn’t have a problem voting for Carney if he was the nominee.
Dominique –
You may be right about this primary. My feeling, though, is that if Markell’s polls get him close with a few weeks to go, he will “differentiate” himself from Carney (to be read: tear him up) in order to seperate them in the eyes of voters. Since that would happen in late August and early September, there won’t be much of a “time of healing” for the eventual nominee.
I haven’t seen any polling in the race. Does anyone know how close they are?
Dominique //
“I really don’t think you have to worry about the party being divided in the fall.”
“I wouldn’t have a problem voting for Carney if he was the nominee.”
OK I’ll let you us my CPAP Machine aka dream machine to address “your” Apnea.
Looks like your short term memory made a U-turn half way through you comment.
If you don’t vote for Carney if he wins the primary (he will) that action is dividing the party! A non vote for Carney would be a yes vote for the Republican candidate.
If you taken into consideration the male ego that is often plagued by random brain farts, Markell and Carney have two different egos that are not associated with political abilities. Markell in my opinion appears to be driven by the needs of external goals associated with little man syndrome. Carney on the other hand has mother issues. He needs to satisfy the inter goals of breaking away from being labeled as Minner’s clone (Mother). Therefore, if he mimics her style of governing that we all don’t want, he as a man would be a failure. Markell’s drive to satisfy his own egotistic ambitions will only benefit him and not the community whereas if Carney is successful in achieving being opposite of Minner we as the community would benefit. Personally, I don’t think we need to take a chance of another Minner repeat by even electing a governor whose name start with the letter M. It’s just too dam risky. If I’ve confused you well that was my whole intention. By time Al gets to this sentence he would have taken his second xanax. Some will wonder if I am stupid or just playing stupid. Mike Matthew will be laughing his ass off half way through my comments because he knows I am just pulling people chains. Jason will be so confused he would have to go masturbate to clear his head. Dana will write me off as having the intellect of a monkey pissing on his mate. Nancy Willing will just say, Kilroy you’re a trip whereas Liz Allen will say who in the hell is this Kilroy nut. Dominique, you just have been blogged punked!
I’m actually kind of confused. I think you misunderstood my comment. I said I wouldn’t have a problem voting for Carney. That means I WOULD vote for him if he won the nomination.
That’s an interesting, albeit slightly over-Freudian, analysis of the candidates, btw.
Dominique
” That’s an interesting, albeit slightly over-Freudian, analysis of the candidates, btw.”
I prefer the works of Erik Erickson and Joseph Loft & Harry Ingham. Loft and Ingham’s Johrai Window it interesting .
“That means I WOULD vote for him if he won the nomination.”
I know 🙂
Kilroy,
Who gives a damn about the party? Elections are about putting up the best candidates and not giving a damn about the cunning, treacherous, and deceitful parties. I could care less if the party collapses following a Markell win. If the party fails the people of Delaware win.
Matthews, that was fucking bold.
I am getting ready to write a post slamming the party for having early endorsements using Pam Scott-Paul Clarky as the centerpeice. He now has an opponent . Guess what?
The High DEMs encouraged pre-filing deadline endorsements for the RD’s even going so far as to insisting that they keep yet-unfiled DEM candidates from the ballot and instructing district reps not to vote for anyone who hadn’t yet filed.
So this opponent of Clark, with three weeks to go before the filing is closed, has no chance of getting his/her party’s nod. How fucked up is that Daniello, Paoli?
All DEMs should get on the horn and let them know that they should stop trying to micro-manage what should be a democratic process.
• Mike Matthews // Jul 5, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Kilroy,
“Who gives a damn about the party? ? Elections are about putting up the best candidates and not giving a damn about the cunning, treacherous, and deceitful parties.
You know you may have a point! Though we hear all about the grassroots bullshit from all parties in actuality it’s the top that picks who the candidates are! If it was about the grassroots the parties would hold meetings and events without chosen candidates to hear the voice of the so-called grassroots. The top’s definition of grassroots is little worker bees hammering signs in the ground and licking envelopes and coming back to the hive to gather more.
.”I could care less if the party collapses following a Markell win. If the party fails the people of Delaware win.”
For the sake of the win sure! However, but how could just for an example Markell move his agenda that many believe in with our a party?
Straight up ! Markell wins ! In say three years or give four, will we see improvement in education, healthcare and jobs/ economy?
I’ll save you the time by asking me the same of Carney! I don’t know ! All candidates making a laundry list of how they are going to save the world is old school politics.
Grace: Any amount you name. I’ll take the field, you get the old guy? Failing that, you can have any Republican, and I’ll take whoever wins the Democratic primary. I’ll even give you odds.
Kilroy: You can renounce anything you want, but at the moment you have a vote in the primary, and it’s for either the old guy or the nut case. So which is it?
Nancy,
You wrote ‘I am getting ready to write a post slamming the party for having early endorsements using Pam Scott-Paul Clarky as the centerpeice. He now has an opponent .’
I checked http://elections.delaware.gov/filed.shtml and see no opponent to Paul Clark. It there another, more timely source to ballot qualified candidates? Who is the opponent of whom you speak?
Al Mascitti
“Kilroy: You can renounce anything you want, but at the moment you have a vote in the primary, and it’s for either the old guy or the nut case. So which is it?”
I guess it would be helpful to my new party affiliation to vote for the nut guy! Wouldn’t it? I real have no interest in even voting in the Republican Primary!
What sucks is, I went online and I can’t even change my party affiliation as deadline was March 30th.