Archive for April, 2012

The Day The Facts Died

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The Day The Facts Died

Must read obituary for the Facts, written by Chicago Tribune reporter Rex Huppke. This will confirm what many of us suspected, but pin points the actual date of death:

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [4.22.12]

Filed in Delaware by on April 22, 2012 1 Comment
Sunday Daily Delawhere [4.22.12]

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Late Night Video — GE, Pay Your Taxes

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One of the Occupy spinoffs — The 99 Uniting — created a light show to present on the outside wall of 30 Rockefeller Center on Tax Day this year. Take a look at the result:

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Saturday Open Thread [4.21.12]

Filed in National by on April 21, 2012 14 Comments

Meanwhile, yesterday we saw the hilarity of the tracking polls of both Gallup and Rasmussen showing Romney winning nationally contrasted with two Fox News polls showing Obama winning both Ohio and Florida, the later by very comfortable margins. Today, the hilarity is more direct. We still have Rasmussen Tracking showing Romney winning, but now Rasmussen’s own poll of Ohio shows Obama winning.

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New Romney Spokesman Used Twitter for Sexist Attacks

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New Romney Spokesman Used Twitter for Sexist Attacks

Richard Grennell’s Twitter problem

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The One Where I Agree With George Will

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The One Where I Agree With George Will

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments back in March whether a young killer should be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Is this cruel and unusual punishment?

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Campaign 2012: Air War or Ground War

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Campaign 2012: Air War or Ground War

With state Republican parties in such disarray, the GOP super PACs are having to resort to television ads only. Meanwhile, with unions and strong ground games from the Democrats, allies of the Obama campaign are focusing on the ground game.

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McConnell Breaks with House GOP

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McConnell Breaks with House GOP

As President Obama threatens a government shutdown in September due to GOP duplicity, Senator Mitch McConnell (R – Kentucky) has decided to keep up his end of the bargin.

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Lack of Rain Proving To Be a Big Issue in Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on April 21, 2012 14 Comments
Lack of Rain Proving To Be a Big Issue in Delaware

As I wrote last week, Delaware’s on the verge of facing a drought. Delaware needs rain to start recovering. Without rain, we’re headed for some tough times.

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Obama Leads Romney 10 to 1 in Fundraising

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Though this would normally be good news, there are two issues we need to be concerned about: big donors aren’t there right now and Super PACs.

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [4.21.12]

Filed in Delaware by on April 21, 2012 1 Comment
Saturday Daily Delawhere [4.21.12]

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Late Night Video: Mitt Romney, The Least Interesting Man In The World

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on April 20, 2012 2 Comments

Hilarious send up of the Dos Equis television ad series featuring Mitt Romney.

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Romney: Obama Isn’t Really An American

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Romney: Obama Isn’t Really An American

David Corn has a good post on Governor Romney’s continued insistence that President Obama doesn’t understand America. After reviewing the remarks by West and Nugent, Corn ties this in neatly with Romney’s nudge nudge wink wink speeches painting Obama as a Kenyan and a Muslim.

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