Cohen quotes the actual letter & Phillips’ attorney fires shot across Christopher’s bow

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These are the first direct quotes from the letter that I've seen. (Is the full text available online anywhere?)
"This letter is written to inform Delaware elected officials, elected by the people I might add, of the situation that began in 2010 and may still be ongoing today involving Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips of the 5th District and an under aged girl," it began. ...

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 19, 2012

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Hmmm, this one’s really interesting, at least politically. HB 363(Keeley) requires that bail bondspersons be residents of the State of Delaware. Say-y-y, Isn’t Robert Bovell, who ran against Helene Keeley in 2010 in a primary, a bail bondsman? Why, yes, yes he is. He also ran for mayor as an R, and has run on the so-called ‘Working Families’ Party line. And, isn’t Robert Bovell running for mayor of Wilmington in the Democratic primary this year? Why, yes, yes he is. And isn’t Dennis P. Williams, who is also running as a D, a co-sponsor of HB 363? Why, yes, yes he is. So, here you have a bill introduced on June 5, 2012 that just happens to address the occupation of one of the co-sponsor’s rivals for Mayor. And, as I read the synopsis, this bill would have the effect of eliminating out-of-state competitors of this erstwhile candidate from his profession. Sure as shit smells like a big stinky quid pro quo to me. Can Bovell’s withdrawal from the race and endorsement of Dennis P. Williams be far behind?

Spot the Journalistic Fallacy

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We've had a decade of living with the havoc wrought by a radicalized GOP and an utterly impotent Democratic Party, and the press still has serious problems reporting on the modern two-party system. See if you can spot the fallacious thinking embedded in the premise of this TPM front pager.
Hard-Right Base Gives GOP Hell On ‘Obamacare’ And Taxes After spending President Obama’s first term emboldening the most ideologically intense elements of the conservative movement, elected Republicans are now finding themselves in a box on critical issues like health care and taxes with limited options to avert national crises.

The Polling Report [6.16.12]

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And this concludes a very light week of polling. We have a new Michigan poll that puts the state strongly back in the Obama column, but since it was conducted by Rasmussen, we can't count it in our map, even when it is good for our side. The national polls remain tight, while Obama is up by 23 in New Jersey.