Friday Open Thread [6.22.12]

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As if you would need a reason to not read Politico, here is another one:  a Politico reporter gets canned for telling someone on MSNBC that Mitt Romney is more comfortable around white people.  How do you get fired for making an observation that pretty much everybody will make:
Williams noted that Romney’s preference for Fox & Friends, and similarly partisan settings, was interesting because it was “unscripted and it’s the only time they let Mitt off the leash.”He made the point that for Romeny to be successful he needs to broaden the range of people with whom he interacts.
Williams: Romney is very, very comfortable, it seems, with people who are like him. That’s one of the reasons why he seems so stiff and awkward in some town hall settings, why he can’t relate to people other than that. But when he comes on Fox and Friends, they’re like him, they’re white folks who are very much relaxed in their own company.
Forgot. It is a firing offense for political reporters to tell the truth about conservatives.

Delaware Political Weekly: June 16-22, 2012

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Incumbent John Atkins, who is equally adept at burning tires and burning bridges, has an opponent. No, DL loyalists, this isn't a cause for Bacchanalian revelry (something else with which John Atkins is reportedly not unfamiliar). His opponent is Richard G. Collins, Executive Director of the so-called 'Positive Growth Alliance', which of course, is dedicated to "Improving the Quality of Life Through Free Enterprise". Feel free to read the empty rhetoric. It's just a downstate spew of what Charles 'Bouvier de Flandres' Copeland puts forward upstate. In other words, dog whistles. With multimillionaire bucks behind them.

Hoyer: Republicans Will Sink America To Drown Obama

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More like this please...
Add House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to the list of high profile Democrats who are publicly accusing Republicans of intentionally undermining the economy in order to defeat President Obama. “There’s no intention on behalf of the Republicans in the House of Representatives to try to help the president move this country forward,” Hoyer told a small group of reporters in his Capitol office on Thursday morning. “I quote Jesse Jackson, who I thought said it best, there are a lot people in Washington who want to drown the captain and are prepared to sink the ship in order to do so.”

Delaware’s MLR Facts

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Facts are so passe. The right wing noise machine is so effective nowadays that even Allan Loudell will probably have someone from the CRI on this afternoon to "balance" these findings.
Health care law saves Delaware consumers $1.8 million Health care law provides rebates to 5,600 Delawareans

Thursday Open Thread [6.21.12]

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The Lies of the Lying Liar, Willard Mittens Romney, Pathological Liar Extraordinaire.
"We remember the president’s own party had a super majority in both houses for his first two years."
A number of the more purist liberals also believe this. A super majority is Constitutionally defined as two thirds, or 67%. The truth is the Democrats never enjoyed a super majority in the House of Representatives nor in the Senate.

DIY Post-Game/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 21, 2012

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Been a tough couple of days. Unnecessary drama (with more than a touch of farce), next-to-no sleep, and a summer cold. Plus, I've got obligations and then work today. So, I'm gonna give you the raw materials, you can write today's Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show. Hey one of you could emerge as the next Lou Gehrig to my Wally Pipp. Which is likely the last baseball reference you'll see here for a long time.

NCCo Dem Executive Committee Endorses Clark-Taschner

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Last night, the New Castle County Democratic Executive Committee endorsed Paul Clark for Executive and Renee Taschner for County Council President. The endorsement of Paul Clark is not a surprise. It would have been a surprise is they endorsed any one else. But I think the endorsement of Taschner is. Perhaps not over Bill Dunn, who is probably seen as an agitator by the Committee, though a damn smart and knowledgeable one. But over Chris Bullock? That is interesting.