Watch Delaware Liberal’s last part of our interview with Delaware’s next governor, Jack Markell. Also, we interview Democratic candidate for Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart.
Delawonk points out that Delaware ranks a dismal 46 out of the 50 states on its campaign finance disclosure laws. This needs to be addressed by our next governor prior to the next election cycle.
Also at Delawonk, Mark blasts the Lee-Copeland campaigns for lacking ideas in their most recent foray, the DNREC.
Casual observers might be tempted to believe that this prop means they want to reorganize the agency.
It doesn’t.
It means that the Lee/Copeland campaign is so bereft of ideas, so lacking in real meaningful proposals that they have taken to scribbling on amateurishly crafted placards in an attempt to resonate with voters.
I’d have more respect for these guys if they were all sizzle and no steak (like some other campaigns), but no sizzle and no steak — come on!
Delaware’s Republican Gubernatorial campaign is showing itself to be a microcosm of the Republican Presidential campaign. What do you do when your campaign is void of ideas and issues? Work out a smear campaign. Tom Noyes at Tommywonk writes:
In a losing campaign, there comes a time when a candidate faces the decision of whether to go negative. I’ve been involved in winning and losing campaigns, and I am pleased to say that the candidates I have worked with never chose to get nasty. I have seen the impulse to start slinging mud restrained by candidates’ better angels, as well as the cold reality that it probably wouldn’t make any difference. It’s one thing for a hockey player to start checking harder or for a lineman to grab his opponent’s jersey in a close contest. But it’s another thing to get dirty when the game is effectively out of reach.
The slow, agaonizing death of the Reagan Republican Party is not a pretty sight.
While on the Markell-Lee contest, Delaware Watch reminds us of the issues.
Kilroy continues “to call” the Lt. Governor race for Copeland despite a look at the facts: 53.2% Matt Denn (D), 38.6% Charlie Copeland (R). Is it me or does this smell like an endorsement? You decide.
Let’s face it, having disappointments coming from both parties Democrat and Republicans. As for Delaware I think have a Democrat Governor and a Republican Lt. Governor might just be the balance needed
Delmar DustPan, That’s Elbert and What A Smell? got together to interview the candidates for Delaware’s 40th Representative District Biff Lee and Barb Hudson: Part I, Part II and Part III. The interview starts with a question regarding gun control. Why is it that wingnuts are more concerned about the 2nd Amendment rather than the 1st Amendment? (May God have mercy on my soul for opening up this can of worms). One of the last questions is most telling about the current political environment today.
for Barb Hudson:
This is a question many Democrats are asking in the national election, so lets bring it down to the local level. If it’s questionable for a potential Vice President, with all the amenities of that office, then how can you (in a much smaller state position), be expected to efficiently, share time between your teaching job in Delmar, the State House and your day to day family / home requirements?Hudson: I have found that people who are productive and are involved in many things are the people who you can depend on and generally work harder at what they do. If for any reason I am not efficiently fulfilling either position, I will retire/resign my teaching position so that I can concentrate on my duties as State Representative.
Elbert: For my clarification on the last question regarding balancing your many responsibilities, would I assume that you would continue to teach while serving in Dover?
Hudson: I actually have not made a decision about continuing to teach or not. I will evaluate the situation if I win. I will also need to discuss options with the Delmar administration. As I stated, if I do decide to continue teaching and either job suffers as a result of trying to do both-then I would definitely retire from teaching.
Good luck Barb.
Over at the Delaware Libertarian, State Representative Republican candidate for the 4th District Tyler Nixon lampoons Mayor Baker’s Hope Commission saying, “The ongoing negligence and lurching nonfeasance of many entrenched public officials only exacerbate our public safety challenges.” If you can get past Nixon’s partisan bickering, you’ll find an interesting read. Also, The Delaware Curmudgeon points us to a Comcast interview with Tyler Nixon.
Regarding other state races, The Delaware Curmedugeon directs us to Ed Osborne’s scorecard on Eminent Domain for the upcoming election. I just wonder how fair and balanced the scorecard is with so many Democratic candidates’ grades “Not Available”.
The Mourning Constitutional’s Brian Shields endorses Mark Anthony Parks for Delaware’s Congressional seat. I guess Brian just ignores the odd Citizen’s Rule Book Parks links to.
Karen Hartley-Nagle continues her uphill climb against entrenched Bushite Mike Castle. Is anyone paying attention to the Congressional campaign other than Delaware Liberal and Delaware Way?
Unlike Steve Newton’s view of kavips, DL and others, I enjoy my daily reading of kavips. You should to. Interestingly enough, I feel Newton blasts the left much harder than he did the right. If it talks like a Republican, walks like a Republican, thinks like a Republican, it is a Republican.