The South Carolina Ad War

Not living in a primary state, and not watching cable or network news all that much, and also not wanting to subject myself to have the horrible spectacle of the Republican primary ads. I saw the Perry and Huntsman ads earlier this fall. But none of the nonsense in the New Year. So here we go. Ready...

Delaware SnOMG.

So how are the roads out there. I have a party to go to at 11, so hopefully it is all cleared up by then. Here is an update from Jim Westhoff from DelDOT.

Newt – Answer the Friggin Question

In typical teabag-rethuglican manner, Newt Gingrich, who is closing in on a win in tomorrow's primary in South Carolina, attacked CNN newsman and debate anchor John King for asking a legitimate question about his ex-wife's interview with ABC News.

Romney Doesn’t Want To Give Obama A Present

Romney says "I'll release [my tax returns] on April 15, and the reason is very simple: I want to beat Barack Obama. I don't want to give the Democrats a nice little present of having multiple releases. We're going to have one release." This really makes no sense... unless it really is a gift.

Romney National Support Collapsing

>Gallup’s Editor-in-chief Frank Newport appeared on MSNBC to talk about the polling organization’s national tracking poll of the GOP primary race, which is changing rapidly in the last few days of the campaign for South Carolina. Newport said when their new data comes out at 1 pm eastern, “…we’ll see this gap closing more. Romney was up 23 points over Newt Gingrich. Now it will be down about ten points, so clearly things are collapsing.

Friday Open Thread [1.20.12]

Tomorrow's the big day: the day when Newt Gingrich actually wins a Presidential primary. I never thought I'd see this day come. Truly horrifying and utterly hysterical all at once.

Delaware 2012 Political Weekly-Jan. 14-20

1. Wilmington Mayoral Candidates Disagree on Riverfront Hotel Deal. The issue, of course, is whether the city should pay a $1 million ransom to the developers. As usual, I'm of two minds on this. I don't believe that the City should have to do this. After all, if the project is this financial windfall that's being projected, why shouldn't the developers pay for it themselves? OTOH, government at every level in Delaware has already prostituted itself time and time again to pave the way for 'economic development'. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. In other words, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, the developers have already determined that we are whores, they're only dickering over price. Bill Montgomery and Scott Spencer support the $1 mill guarantee. Dennis Williams, Bob Marshall and Rev. Derrick Johnson say they oppose it. Kevin Kelley is still reviewing it. Anyway, that's not the reason I included this in my wrapup. After reading the Esteban Parra story, I was struck that there was more civility and substance in this discussion than in the entirety of the Kareening Klown Kar that is the Rethuglican presidential nominating process. What are the other top political stories of the week? Check inside.

An New Idea About Affording College

As most of you know, the Pandora household is preparing to send our first born off to college. We actually received our first second acceptance letter! For those of you not here yet... the cost of college is enough to take your breath away, which is why this article caught my attention.