Archive for July 24th, 2012

Tuesday Open Thread [7.24.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on July 24, 2012 • 16 Comments

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Not Breaking News: Bristol Palin is a terrible Mom

Filed in National by jason330 on July 24, 2012 • 10 Comments

She exploits her 3 year old on a reality show. She “disciplines” a misbehaving a three year old by uttering empty threats, and she laughs it off when her three year old calls his aunt a f*cker. Family values bitches! Tripp Palin Calls His Aunt A “F***”

The Polling Report [7.24.12]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on July 24, 2012 • 2 Comments

Gallup finds that President Obama averaged 46.8% job approval during his 14th quarter in office.

“The recent and continuing improvement in his approval rating, though, is a positive sign for his re-election prospects, but it remains below the 50% level that virtually assures a president of a second term in office. Obama appears in much better shape now than the two recently elected presidents who were denied a second term — Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush — both of whom averaged below 40% approval their 14th quarters in office.”

We’ve got a ton of new state polls from over the weekend, and they change our map a little bit. Obama gains 1 electoral vote from last week’s total of 318 and Romney loses 14, dropping from 220 to 206.

What we choose to be panicked by

Filed in National by jason330 on July 24, 2012 • 2 Comments

Absent a pressing life or death calamity such as an earthquake, apartment fire, car crash or a fall from a ladder, what we decide to be panicked by is largely a function of the mass media. Since the mass media is a for profit business, they have an interest in creating a baseline level of panic and keeping that base panic simmering on a continuous basis. Studies show that what we are panicked by has little connection to what will actual kill or maim us.

In this blog’s very comments section we have people panicked by the idea that the government could run amok and take away “our freedom” whatever that means. (The freedom to have your kids paralyzed by backyard trampolines, I suppose.) Having worked for the federal government, the idea that people can be panicked about a government run amok strikes me as ludicrous. But the radio stations these people listen to and the movies they watch keep jamming the panic button down for them. Poor things. …

DSEA Endorses Crane for Insurance Commissioner

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on July 24, 2012 • 3 Comments

The Delaware State Education Association (DSEA) has endorsed Democrat Mitch Crane for State Insurance Commissioner over incumbent Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart and her two other challengers, Dennis Spivack and Paul Gallagher. In a press release, DSEA says that Crane’s pro-consumer stances and experience in insurance law and regulation will benefit everyone in the First State. Unlike Karen Weldin Stewart, Mitch Crane does not have to make up his endorsements.