Archive for June, 2012

So Who DIDN’T Think This Was Coming?

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 11, 2012 • 161 Comments

On Sunday, the NJ wrote a long piece detailing the some of the multiple fights going on between the Governor’s Office and the Office of the Treasurer. The article is an interesting inventory of some of the BS swirling around the Treasurer’s office, but when I finished reading it, I wondered who — exactly — was surprised that Chip Flowers and the Governor were butting heads over turf?

Sign Wars Update: Lopez 1 – Urquhart 1

Filed in Delaware by jason330 on June 11, 2012 • 11 Comments

The 1’s above are not points. They are the total number of yard signs I saw on a recent trip from Rehoboth to Lewes and back. I don’t know if the campaign hasn’t really kicked in, or if this is just going to be a low spending primary, but as of now nobody is bolting out to the lead in terms of yard signs.

Monday Open Thread

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on June 11, 2012 • 12 Comments

ASBC Business Summit for a Sustainable Economy Starts Tonight

Filed in National by jason330 on June 11, 2012 • 6 Comments

As part of getting the Delaware Business for Social Responsibility (DBSR) going, I’ll be your representative at the ASBC Summit this week. The agenda includes a keynote by Hilda Solis, Secretary of the Department of Labor, as well as panels on Sustainable Economic Growth & Innovation with panelists like Jonathan Greenblatt, Director, White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement.

Monday Daily Delawhere [6.11.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on June 11, 2012 • 3 Comments

Sunday Open Thread [6.10.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on June 10, 2012 • 7 Comments

How Joe Biden spent his day yesterday

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 10, 2012 • 2 Comments

Every year, Vice President Joe Biden invites the press, and by that I would like the White House Press Corps, and their families for a “Beach Party” and barbecue.

For more pics, and for what Biden did to David Brooks’, click through…

“We’re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression.”

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 10, 2012 • 13 Comments

That’s how Obama’s latest TV ad begins. It opens with a portion of a speech President Obama delivered on the economy last week, where he called on Congress to pass his jobs plan and reminded Americans that, despite weak recent jobs numbers, the economy has added nearly 4.3 million private sector jobs over the last 27 consecutive months of private sector job growth. It also knocks Mitt Romney’s comments on Friday that we need less firefighters, less policemen, less teachers and less construction workers in America.