Archive for July 29th, 2011

Tone deaf Tom Carper thinks “The Delaware Way” is a good thing

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Senator “I love Money!” wrote me an email:

Dear Fellow Delawarean,

Every day, I talk to Delawareans up and down the First State, whether through my office or at my local grocery store. They tell me that they are working hard to provide for their families and make our community a better place to live and work

Hold it right there. I don’t buy that

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Races To Watch – The Very Early Line

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No Republicans have the guts to say they are running for anything, so this is the list until further notice.

Governor
Democrat: Jack Markell (Incumbent)
Republican: Terry Spence (Disgraced former Legislator)
Outcome: Markell does not break a sweat trouncing this sad sack.

US Senate – DEM PRIMARY
Democrat: Tom “I’m a Republican!” Carper (Incumbent)…

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Friday Open Thread

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The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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BREAKING: Obama To Make Statement On Debt Ceiling At 10:20

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This should be very interesting. Use this thread to help live blog the speech.  Thanks!

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Christine O’Donnell Smites Her Enemies, Part 2

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Once again it’s Christine O’Donnell versus the Establishment. This time it’s John McCain who has earned her wrath.

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Kavips Spells Out How We Got To The Brink Of Disaster

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Our one and only Kavips has a diary entitled You Just Don’t Get It… moving up the Daily Kos rec list.  So… go read and rec! Here’s a taste: And so they upped the ante… They said there should be a shift of $4 trillion to take care of the long term debt problem. When […]

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