Polling Report and Electoral Vote Update

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We have decided to separate the polling and electoral vote map from the Open Thread and give it its own post. Makes sense, since the Open Thread is supposed to be for you, the reader, to offer and discuss something that we are missing, not for us to give you more information. Today, we have a poll out of North Dakota.

PDD Meeting this Wednesday to feature NCCo forum and Treasurer Flowers

Candidates for the New Castle County offices of County Executive and County Council President will be the focus of the May 2nd meeting of the Progressive Democrats for Delaware (PDD). PDD President Paul Baumbach says two of the candidates have indicated they will attend and the others are expected to join them for a full airing of County issues. Baumbach will act as moderator for the forum.

A Tale of Two Budgets

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The National Priorities Project is a government sunshine project -- making the complexities of the Federal budget and budget process easily comprehensible. If you haven't been to their website before, you should click through and bookmark this great resource. One of their efforts is a series of explainers using You Tube on various budget and policy issues. This one compares the Ryan/Romney/GOP Budget with that proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus: