Readin’, Ritin’, and Running Amok

Newsflash: a Sussex County elected official doesn't like to follow the rules and takes matters into their own hands. No, I'm not talking about Wyatt Earp Sheriff Jeff Christopher, I'm…

Sign the Petition, Send Them Back to the Rock They Should Be Hiding Under

On Facebook, there is a page called "One Million Moms". This is an effort by the American Family Association that exists to mobilize conservative women to push back on advertising and products that they think are too gay friendly -- or as they put it "standing up for their children". This Facebook page is a cesspool of hate speech, mostly focused on gay people, but if you are The Other, you are not spared here. This group recently has started campaigning against JC Penney, who is advertising on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

Monday Open Thread [2.6.12]

"The biggest victim of [Friday's] blowout jobs report -- aside from the millions of Americans who still lack jobs, of course -- is Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. Romney has rested his entire case for election on the sluggish economy... [I]t's all Romney has. Obama remains personally well-liked. Romney is personally unpopular. The Republican Party is extremely unpopular. Obama has had no major scandals, and his foreign policy has been highly successful to date... He simply has to keep plugging away at his theme, because his only real winning scenario involves winning on the back of a bad economy."

Christine Might Have to Get a Job

Christine O'Donnell's political action committee, ChristinePAC and her Senate campaign have a combined $35,100 at the end of 2011. With such a paltry sum in an election year, I think it is safe to assume that Christine will not be a losing candidate again in 2012. With the poor reception her book received, and how hilariously her endorsement of Mitt Romney played out, Christine O'Donnell may also be finished as a national talking head. I mean, aside from losing statewide campaigns in spectactular fashion, being a guest on Fox News is the only thing she is really qualified to do. If Wingnut Welfare cuts her off, what is she to do?

Is Capacity Really The Issue In Red Clay?

Last week I wrote a post on the upcoming Red Clay Consolidated School District Capital Referendum. The ballot has been broken into two parts - renovations for existing schools and a new elementary school at Graves Road. I will not be voting for the new school, and here's why...

Obama is pulling away from Romney

I have long said this election will not be close, that it will be a 1996 style reelection for Obama at best, or a 2004 style reelection at worst. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that while Mitt Romney has solidified his position for the Republican nomination and now leads Newt Gingrich by a substantial margin, 39% to 23%, President Obama has also soldified his position for reelection against Mitt Romney. Obama now leads Romney 51% to 45%.

Halftime in America

That Clint Eastwood Chrysler ad last night not only won the best commercial award (at least in my book, but it is receiving glowing accolades on Twitter and the Internets last night), but it was also a two minute Re-elect President Obama advertisement.

Sunday Open Thread [2.5.12]

It is Super Bowl Sunday and many of you are tending to the food and drinks (and fine tuning the color calibrations on your TVs) that you'll serve at your parties this evening. In case you've a few lazy minutes today to catch up on some reading, the theme of this Open Thread is The Media.