Delaware Political Weekly: March 4-10, 2016

Delaware Political Weekly: March 4-10, 2016

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Mayor Dennis Williams Just Won't, Or Can't, Grow Up. You're probably aware that there is a Wilmington mayoral debate on March 15. You may be aware that there are six filed candidates for Mayor.  You may also be aware that none of those filed candidates are named Dennis Williams.  OK, when the forum was scheduled, quite some time ago, one of the requirements for participating in the forum was that you must be filed as a candidate.  Didn't seem unreasonable, still doesn't seem unreasonable.  But, from a highly-placed source (wink wink) this caused Wilmington's Embarrassment of a Mayor to go into high dudgeon...how dare they require that someone must be filed as a candidate to participate in a candidates' debate?  Junior high school stuff. But, the organizers relented. So, if Mayor Williams, for one of the very few times since he's been mayor, deigns to grace the crowd with his presence, he'll be welcome.  Of course, if he had just filed, like a reasonable person, none of this faux-drama would have been necessary. But he just can't help himself.
Campaign swag

Campaign swag

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Last night I dreamt that Jeb Bush came up to me wearing a dodgy looking campaign swag style sweat shirt. White with some coffee drips down the front. He was…
Friday Open Thread [3.11.16]

Friday Open Thread [3.11.16]

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A funny thing is happening to President Obama that bodes well for Hillary Clinton in the fall: he is becoming more popular. Libby Nelson:
As President Obama prepares to leave office, Americans are starting to like him a little more. The latest Gallup data on Obama's approval ratings found 50 percent of Americans approve of the job he's doing — the highest level since 2013. That's much better than Obama's average 46 percent approval during his seventh year in office, which ended January 19, and the 43 percent approval rating during his sixth. Obama is also much more popular than George W. Bush was at this point in his presidency, and nearly on par with Ronald Reagan during Reagan's final March in office.
Actually, that Gallup Tracking Poll that Libby cites is out of date. Gallup now finds 52% of Americans approve of the President's job performance, while 44% disapprove. And this is confirmed across all of the polls released this week. Rasmussen has Obama at 50-49. ABC News/Washington Post, 51-43. NBC News/Wall Street Journal, 49-46. CNN/ORC, 50-44. President Obama will go down in history as one of the best Presidents this country has ever had, and the best it has had since Roosevelt. And the American people, faced with the prospect of replacing him, are realizing that.
Do You Support Public Education in Delaware?

Do You Support Public Education in Delaware?

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Christina has absolutely awesome programs. From the REACH program, to Gauger’s Business Professionals of America Team, to our outstanding arts programs, fantastic drama and performing arts programs, band and music programs, to Lego Robotics and Engineering clubs (YES! That’s a thing and makes me want to be in elementary school again!), career pathway programs like the new Forensic Science STEM program at Glasgow High School, Language Immersion programs to our amazing student athletes and budding philanthropists and advocates for those in need! These school programs are directly supported by operating funds raised through property taxes. And all of them depend on Christina’s operating referendum passing.