In a national election as important as the 2008 Presidential election is, and in a national election where, for the first time in history a Delawarean is a candidate for Vice President of the United States, it is quite easy for Delaware Liberal to concentrate on the national presidential race exclusively. During the summer, I felt we had a good balance between national politics and local politics.
But then Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate. And John McCain countered with Sarah Palin. Both selections consumed a lot of our focus, especially when faced with Democratic primary races that, but for the Delaware Democratic Party’s misappropriation of party funds on Carney’s behalf, were relatively calm, civil and uneventful. So Delaware Liberal, in the last four weeks, has become America Liberal, but for our coverage of Democratic Primary and its aftermath on September 9th and 10th, and but for Liberalgeek’s covering of the Workforce Housing controversy.
So to remedy this, in the coming weeks, we will be profiling every contested race in the General Assembly, focusing on the Democratic candidates and their adherence to the progressive principles we hold dear. We will be concentrating on developments emerging from those races.
This is not to say we won’t mock John McCain and Sarah Palin whenever we feel like. Call it our prerogative, because sometimes it is just too easy to make fun of them.