Links?

Such a nice night. I think I'll take a trip around the block and see who is linking to us. First but not least Mike Matthews who was enjoying Al…

Rendell Wants Biden.

Fast Eddie of the North wants Papa Joe to be Vice President. From Bloomberg News: Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would add expertise in foreign policy and…

Latino Debate Tomorrow

In the first gubernatorial debate since Adgate, the Bluewater Wind deal, and the Eminent Domain Debacle, John Carney, Jack Markell and Mike Protack will appear together in a forum sponsored…

Del State News Adgate Coverage Continues To Kick The NJ’s Ass

A few days ago Delawaredem blogged on Drew Volturo’s Adgate story which (unlike the NJ) didn’t give equal weight to Carney’s BS damage controll campaign.

Today, Volturo notes the Progressive Dems have urged the state party to change its strategy, but that’s not all. He also reports that $14,000 was spent on the divisive ads (not the previsouly disclosed $7,500) and included Karen Peterson’s explaination for why the story has legs.

“ The ad rubs people the wrong way on two fronts — it’s party money being spent, and its con­tent is wrong,” said Sen. Peterson, adding that the ad made it sound like the lieutenant governor was the sole driving force behind the wind farm deal.

Click on “more” to read Volturo’s complete DSN story.

Keeping it real

This isn't going to be good at all... I can't ignore it any longer, nor should any of us. Get ready, b/c it is going to be the story of…

Nevermind…

On page 3 of today's NJ dead tree edition we find this gem... Corrections Clarification: George Meldrum of Wilmington said Monday that he held a fundraiser for state Treasurer Jack…

Minner/Carney DEDO is a joke

I don't really need to comment here. The Minner/Carney administration approach to economic development speaks for itself. By Adam Zewe Community News Posted Jul 23, 2008 @ 12:15 PM Brandywine…

These guys aren’t even subtle

Richard Perle is looking into an oil deal in Iraq. Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein…

Questions of Authenticity at the 41st RD Debate

Former Republican John Atkins and Democrat Barbara Lifflander met last night in a debate sponsored by the Delaware Manufactured Homeowners Association.   Besides Carney-Markell and Lee-Protack, this primary is one of the more interesting ones in the state.  As we all know, Mr. Atkins formerly represented this district as a Republican from 2003 until 2007.   But on one fateful evening in late October 2006, Mr. Atkins drove back from Secrets in Ocean City, Maryland intoxicated, was pulled over by the Maryland police, and he used his General Assembly credentials to escape getting thrown in jail.   The ethical consequences of that move, along with other sordid allegations of spousal abuse and the bribery of babysitters forced Mr. Atkins to resign in 2007 lest the House take formal action to remove him.

Barbara Lifflander was Mr. Atkin’s opposition in 2004 and 2006, and she ran in the special election to replace him in 2007 but lost to Republican Greg Hastings.  Now in 2008, Atkins wants his job back.   But, for some reason, he does not want to challenge Mr. Hastings in a primary.   Instead, he wants to deceive his constituents and register as a Democrat so that he can challenge Hastings in the general election.   Now, this is a deep mystery to me, because Atkins’ basic selling point on running to return to his old job is that he has deep contacts within the community and knows how to work Dover and the state government agencies so as to provide excellent constitutent services.   Now, that is Atkins’ only argument for his campaign.   But it is an argument that can help win in a Republican primary just as it can help him win a general election.    Nevertheless, Atkins has registered as Democrat, and is has filed as Democrat for this race.