No Bananas For You

If you live in northern New Castle, you saw plumes of black smoke billowing out from near the Port of Wilmington on Sunday. Well, it's Tuesday, and firefighters are still fighting this fire. Work has come to a standstill as they still try to contain and put out this fire.

Monday Open Thread [4.09.12]

In the national GOP's eyes, Delaware is most definitely an ophan state, as the state GOP here is in disarray, if not in outright war with itself. But then again, save Tom Kovach and the U.S. House race, since the state GOP has utterly failed at recruiting any credible candidates to challenge Sen. Carper, Gov. Markell and Lt. Gov. Denn, I wonder if the RNC will even bother with Delaware. Since the GOP has the House majority without Carney's seat, they are unlikely to spend money in a state that will guaranteed to go Democratic in the fall, and which has a favorite son on the Presidential ticket.

Obama’s Approval Rating Up Slightly

Though, it's not very much, it appears as if there is a trend here as Obama's numbers continue to move up. I guess we need to that the Republican War on Women and the Democrats finally fighting back.

A Journalistic Titan Is Gone

Mike Wallace, one of the original hosts of 60 Minutes, has died. He was 93. In an essay for CBS News, Morley Safer, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, recounted his colleague’s…