Celia reports on an event hosted by Charlie Copeland’s cousin, Ben du Pont, at some Wilmington Club:
About 50 people attended, and give them credit. It can take a willing suspension of disbelief to back a Republican candidate for governor, considering there are 126,000 more Democratic than Republican voters and there has not been a Republican governor elected since 1988, while the voters went with a Democratic streak of Tom Carper, Ruth Ann Minner and Jack Markell.
Bonini nevertheless told the crowd the race was winnable, arguing that Delaware is moving in the wrong direction and his campaign can put together a coalition of Republicans, unaffiliated voters and 30,000 to 50,000 persuadable Democrats to vote for him to try something different.
“The here-and-now needs some serious change. We need to lower taxes across the board, we need to reform regulations, the things we always talk about. You know why we talk about those things? Because they’ve never not worked,” Bonini said.
Except…They’ve never worked, and I’d love for Bonini to collect my standing $50.00 bet that that lowering taxes and cutting regulations has ever worked, but I know my $50.00 is more safe than a side of Broccoli on Colin’s lunch plate.
Bonus Round:
Why is Copeland channeling Donald Trump’s crazy speech patterns?
“John Carney makes Jeb Bush look like a high-energy candidate. I’m just saying. He’s going to be somewhat similar to Ruth Ann Minner and Jack Markell mixed together and spat out on cold toast. I’m just saying. He’s a good guy, just like Jeb was a good guy. Maybe it’s time to show him the door,” Copeland said.
“The numbers are bad for us in Delaware. The Democrats have screwed it up so badly that the blue-collar Democrat voter is saying, I’m getting a raw deal. They’re either going to stay home, or they’re coming to our side.”