Month: November 2011

The early primary and caucus dates seem to be set. Click through for the dates with my thoughts on who will win.

Next week and over the course of the next month, we are going to be highlighting each Representative District and Senate District, to find out about the new districts (since most if not all of the districts have undergone some changes, from minor to major), about which Representatives and Senators are calling it quits in 2012, which are safe, and which are in trouble. One of the reasons we are doing this is because of the seemingly inability of the Republican Party to act like a political party in the state of Delaware. With no candidates or even prospective candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, Insurance Commissioner and Senator, 2012 is looking disastrous for the state GOP and boring for the rest of us.

Maybe Herman Cain will be the Republican nominee. The Quinnipiac poll finds Herman Cain still leading the Republican presidential field nationally with 30%, followed by Mitt Romney with 23%, Newt Gingrich with 10% and Rick Perry with 8%. No other candidate tops 7 percent. More importantly, Cain leads a head-to-head race with Romney among Republican voters, 47% to 39%, "coming close to the critical 50% mark, even though more Republicans think Romney has the knowledge and experience to be president." But that's not all... so much polling goodness inside....

Here is the calendar of events for the rest of the this week and next. I would like to especially highlight tonight's Progressive Democrats for Delaware's meeting and this weekend's commencement of Occupy Delaware. I have also highlighted Mitch Crane's fundraiser, as I think it is important that we support him early and often. But it is also important for progressives to go to RD meetings. That is where you, as a Progressive, can be most effective in both shaping your state party and your state government.

Secretary Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham, has died at the age of 92. Condoescences to the Clinton family. It would seem that all of us are busy at work today, so I apologize for the lack of posts this morning.