Archive for October 19th, 2012

Obama’s awesome addition to the politcal lexicon

Filed in National by jason330 on October 19, 2012 • 10 Comments

Wow. The internet tubes are quick! I have to think the President has been holding this in his back pocket for just the right moment.

Friday Open Thread [10.19.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on October 19, 2012 • 3 Comments

Ezra Klein interviewed Gallup’s Frank Newport, after noticing that virtually the entire Romney lead was produced among respondents from the South, making him wonder if Gallup might be forecasting a 2000 result where the victor (Obama) wins the electoral college vote and the loser (Romney) wins the popular vote due to the high racist margins he is piling up in the South.

Alex Pires: The Movie!!

Filed in National by jason330 on October 19, 2012 • 19 Comments

When is a crazy-ass, low-road, break all the rules political campaign not a political campaign? When it is a movie.

A tip from an anonymous correspondent, later confirmed by a few others, informed us that Pires isn’t running a political campaign, but starring in a documentary that he is having made about himself. This oddball run at Tom Carper is some kind of plot device to add some dramatic tension to the thing. I’m sure the footage so far is riveting, and I for one, am going to be camped out awaiting the premier because I have a well known weakness FOR SHITTY MOVIES!!

Governor Markell in New Hampshire today [Updated]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on October 19, 2012 • 1 Comment

… campaigning for President Obama, and not for himself in 2016. Although… you never know.

He started out the day very early (5:45 am) at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and then at 7:45 was at the Nashua UPS depot. At 8:45 am, he was at the Nashua First Student School Bus Depository. I imagine at each location he was greeting Shipyard, UPS and School District employees reporting to work or leaving their shifts. That’s some good ole politicking with coffee and donuts.

Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 13-19, 2012

Filed in National by El Somnambulo on October 19, 2012 • 80 Comments

The political world in western Sussex returns to normal. While there will likely be some confusion on the R side, Eric Bodenweiser’s full withdrawal from the 19th Senate District race virtually guarantees that Brian Pettyjohn will keep this crimson red senate seat in the R column come November. Bodenweiser’s name will not appear on the ballot. While voters indeed will have to write in Pettyjohn’s name, the DOE will make it as easy as possible for people to do so, and I don’t think it will be close. Don’t blame Jane Hovington. She stepped up and took one for the team, whatever that team might be in western Sussex. Which begs this thought: You’ve got a moribund Democratic Party in western Sussex. You’ve got a growing Latino and minority population base that has next to no voice in the official party structure there. A party structure that is almost gone. I see a great opportunity to build a new and more inclusive Democratic Party in western Sussex. With grassroots leadership from these growing populations. It’s not as if there’s gonna be a revival of the good ol’ boys Democrats there. There’s a political vacuum. Fill it, amigos.

Debate Watch Party

Filed in Delaware by pandora on October 19, 2012 • 2 Comments

Come out next Monday, October 22nd, around 8 pm, and watch the next Presidential debate with us!

We will be at the Chelsea Tavern (Lower Level), 821 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Hope you can join us.

Another Epic Polling Report [10.19.12]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 19, 2012 • 20 Comments

Some good polls out of Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia, Florida and Michigan, producing the map below. And we also have Nate Silver offering some comments and thoughts about Gallup’s history of being very wrong when it is the outlier poll.