DEwind: The Week That Was October 27th

Make sure you put in your picks for our Election Contest.

The biggest news is in the Delaware blogosphere is quite simply the Insurance Commissioner contest between Karen Weldin Stewart, John Brady and Tom Savage. As Kavips wrote:

Anyone who remembers Donna Lee Williams, must understand what an improvement these last four years have been.

For those of you (myself included) take a look at the candidates at make an educated decision on who you will vote for. Brian Shields over at The Mourning Constitution makes it easy for us with his Five Questions series. There is also The Community News’ 2008 General Election Guide with self-written profiles of Karen Weldin Stewart, John Brady and Tom Savage. Then comes the news about other news. So, now what to do? My tact is to stick to the issues. The choice is yours, but one you should make.

This past Saturday morning, John Clatworthy was in front of me buying  donuts and coffee for his minions. I wanted to ask him what he thought about Kavips’ list of why he hates Clatworthy or the slap down Project Vote gave him, but one of his daughters was with him and, alas, I am no DV or Jason, so I let him pass unscathed. After all, I was unsure of the answer to the question.

“Biggest Loser” Nominations

I nominate The News Journal. They did not break one significant story this cycle. (Unless I'm forgetting something.) And with Celia out of the picture Ron Williams floundered lonely as…

Maybe an Early Election Night

Regarding Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Indiana, Montana, Ohio and North Carolina, the number crunchers at fivethirtyeight.com say... If McCain drops any of those states, it's pretty much over. So here are…

Gutter Cleaning

When I was cleaning the house this weekend, I found this button which I wore prior to March 2003. This was one of the main reason I was first interested in the candidacy of Barack Obama.

Myth Busters

In addition to picking people to make decisions on our behalf, elections are also en exercise in myth busting. For example, the recent primary busted the myth that there was…

My Final Predictions

Where was Delaware Dem? Why, I was rounding up Republicans, just as Nemski thought. Seriously though, I was canvassing yesterday, standing on the corner of 15th & Market in Philadelphia…