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GOP turnout.
My Reagan-loving, FOX-watching neighbor, when I mentioned I planned to vote for Markell in the primary, said – “Is there a primary for Republicans?”
The UDC fiasco and County Council and the amazing blogging by kavips and Geek and participation by Nancy on that topic. Seriously, it needs even bigger exposure. We are very much on it given our proximity, but what about places away from us?
For kicks and giggles, mention Bell’s finance report.
Too bad this will be just about when the polls close. Booooo.
Why did John Carney have someone use photo software to cut out Jack Markells head in the Obama photo distributed in the “Carney Courier” this weekend in Wilmington.
It is on the stage in Rodney Square in Wilmington when Jack and John were both there with there hands held above thier heads with Obama. The Carney Camp “doctored up the photo”, but left the Jack’s legs and hands in the document.
Why does he keep distorting the truth on things like blue water wind, the photo in Rodney Square, his wrong claim of establishing more environmental monitoring stations (on last weeks televised debate), etc. With this crap going on, how can anyone expect him to tell the truth.
I think these ethical failures are a clear signal of how he will serve as governor, regardless of whether they are directly from him, or those who he has surrounded himself with.
Ethics and honesty should matter.
I seriously want to answer this….I think you should address (depending on the outcome), the dismantling hopefully of “old guard” politics, that may be replaced w/ real visionaries and workers regardless of affiliation. Tie that in (again, depending on outcome), w/ disappointment or satisfaction of where “machine” politics helped or hindered the state this year.
Additionally, I think it’s important to address all the new move-in activity from the Northeast, and where that may juxtapose us politically, on a local level. Many of the move-ins are so surprised to find out our local politics really do live “next door”, and shop and play and pray all in the same neighborhood.
I really can’t emphasize enough though the need for workers in Dover and beyond….and most citizens’ intolerance of the dead weight being carried….can you somehow address that?
What time you on WHYY? Where do you broadcast from? Can I get one of my T-shirts autographed? We have school board that night.
Change is the topic in the national, and state/local elections. Do voters want a change from Minner/Carney, do they want a change from Paul Clark, Bill Bell.
How do ethics play into this? Do the voters forgive and forget Gordon’s misdeeds, do they not care about the appearance of conflicts of interest with Gene Reed’s donations?
Does money still talk? Shoe-string candidates Mike Miller, KWS, Tom Savage, Bill Dunn, Tom Scherer are working hard, but do the low budgets cause losses, or are the effect of low levels of support
Nearly shoe-string candidates Mike Protack and KHN continue to tilt at windmills–will Delaware voters deliver different results than in the past?
stay tuned for Primary Day liveblogging from Mike Protack’s driveway…
For all candidates – how much will all your programs cost and where will the money come from? Who will oversee school spending? When will SOMEONE be held accountable for ANYTHING in government?
Jason will not be interviewing candidates. I however will be doing field interviews from Carney and Markell’s victory parties. Although, one of the parties will be misnamed…
I understand that. I was suggesting questions that are on peoples minds that he can research and talk about.
Paul, Paul, Paul…
If you want to introduce the question of change, you might harp less on purse amounts and more on who has filled them. You hit on Gene Reed (thanks to DWA everyone knows that story).
But hasn’t Northington mostly filled his own coffers (he has plenty of cash stashed away since he sold his business to a corp, I hear). No matter if someone self-funds to achieve a fat budget, in your logic, they are automatically high in popular support.
But aren’t you a little ahead of yourself in shading the low budget ‘shoestring’ candidacies as already lost?
As far as the Congressional race, please reflect on KHN’s supporters. She is getting a heavy dose of organizational endorsement that will be the ‘boots on the ground’ that can’t be bought. There is also the slew of national party support that sits back until the primary is over as well as Act Blue $$ that will come from across the country once the DE DEM primary winner has been established.
“Outsiders” who have been keeping a close eye on the last four years of county affairs know that Coons isn’t the ethical person you obviously believe he is. What ever anyone may think thatPaul Clark is doing to bring harm to us know that Chris Coons is his partner at every turn.
Workforce housing, workforce housing, workforce housing!
That’s comments #2 and #11 on the same topic! Need to roll with it!
Nancy (#10)
I’d like to focus my comments on the KHN/Northington issues that you raise. In my posts about fundraising, I focused on identified individual contributions, not self-financed contributions. I agree that Jerry has self-funded more than KHN, but he also had 4.55 times as much in individual contributions as Karen from 6/30 to 8/20/08.
I am therefore not confusing self-filled coffers with supporter-filled coffers.
This is the source of my view that KHN has less popular support than Jerry Northington, and why I feel (and hope) that Jerry will win tomorrow, and will be better able to defeat Castle in November than would KHN, should she win.
jerry got his bucks from out of state…that really proves hes electable in Delaware?
Sounds a little like Gene Greed to me.
Question: Why was the News Journal not covering the Clark/Dunn race. Other than Bill’s announcement, there has been absolutely no coverage. Our letters to the editor haven’t been published either.
Other questions:
Why are Republicans not running candidates in the County Executive and County Council President race? Both seem like they could be winnable for a Republican.
In a related question, why didn’t the Democratic party run a stronger candidate for Mike Castle’s seat?
How will the possible vice presidency of Joe Biden change Delaware politics?
UI, in a forthcoming report, your eyes will be opened….