Fetal position defense removed from Dems playbook

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Amen to all of this and it is about effing time. Dana Milbank:
Forgive me, but I’m not prepared to join this walk down Great Umbrage Street just yet. Yes, it’s ugly out there. But is this worse than four years ago, when Obama was accused by the GOP vice presidential nominee of “palling around with terrorists”? Or eight years ago, when Democratic nominee John Kerry was accused of falsifying his Vietnam War record?What’s different this time is that the Democrats are employing the same harsh tactics that have been used against them for so long, with so much success. They have ceased their traditional response of assuming the fetal position when attacked, and Obama’s campaign is giving as good as it gets — and then some.

The swiftboating of the President has begun

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I saw a bit of the sham "documentary" last night. The game-plan is to try and drive down Democratic, while juicing GOP turnout through shameless lies.
WASHINGTON — In a direct attack on one of President Obama’s political strengths, a group of former special operations and C.I.A. officers started a campaign on Tuesday night accusing Mr. Obama of recklessly leaking information about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and other security matters to gain political advantage. The new group, called the Special Operations Opsec Education Fund, using shorthand for “operational security,” describes itself as nonpartisan, but some of its leaders have been involved in Republican campaigns and Tea Party groups. A 22-minute video called “Dishonorable Disclosures” featured on its Web site appears to be aimed squarely at the president, echoing charges made previously by Mitt Romney and other Republicans.

Wilmington Mayor Debate — WHYY Event

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WHYY hosted their debate featuring the Democratic primary contenders for Wilmington Mayor Tuesday night (8/14) at U of D. This debate was the culmination of a process where WHYY hosted multiple forums around the city to get input from people in the city as to what questions they would specifically want candidates to address. The actual debate was about an hour long, maybe a little more because of some technical glitch at the beginning. The venue was maybe 60% full, with little pockets of each candidate's partisans.

27 Days to go – The Betting Lines

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Since the Dem primary will settle the issue for many of the races in Delaware, election day is effectively a month out.
September 11, 2012 Primary Election
New Castle County Executive - Clark/Gordon Gordon plus 1 (no previous line) Gordon just seems to want it a little more and that could make the difference. I'm writing in "Tom Kovach" because I can't bring myself to vote for either of these d-bags. Insurance Commissioner - Weldin Stewart/Crane/Others Crane plus 1 (no change) I really haven't seen much from team KWS, and Crane is running a great race. Still in a multi-way primary against an incumbent, you can't make Crane anything but a slight favorite. ...