The Other Debates last night
I am working on getting recordings of the full debate between gubernatorial candidates John Carney (D) and Colin Bonini (R) and congressional candidates Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) and Hans Riegle (R) as speak. I will post them when they become available.
Prediction: Carney boldly calls for bipartisanship, moderation, and compromise.
Spoiler alert: The Tick and the Die Hard Villain both still support Trump for President.
Ok, talk me down and tell me why I should vote for Carney
“Prediction: Carney boldly calls for bipartisanship, moderation, and compromise.”
And won’t take a position on anything.
If bold leadership is what you seek, he is not the droid you are looking for.
I’m a die hard liberal but if the Dems keep nominating people like Carney, I’m pulling republican levers unless the candidate is a total nutcase as unfortunately they typically are
Mouse, feel free to vote for the Green or whomever in this race. I won’t implore you to vote for him like I would Hillary. That said, voting Republican is never an option, ever. No Progressive can ever vote Republican and be considered a progressive. Vote for the Green, leave it blank, or write some one in.
Hi my name is Delaware Dem and I’m a fancy boy
I wouldn’t worry about anyone finding a non-nutcase Republican to vote for in this election. it is still an absolute article of faith, even among otherwise sane sounding Republicans, that tax cuts are beneficial to the economy. Until that myth is driven out, no Republicans can be called anything other than nutty.
The other choice is not voting the Governor line. A serious undervote sends a message about the enthusiasm of voters and can be encouraging to folks looking to a primary challenge in 4 years.
It would take one hell of a serious undervote — requiring an organized campaign to abstain — to make any sort of impression.
Realistically, whether Carney gets 65 percent of the vote, or only 60, it’s still going to look overwhelming …and only the stat nerds will take a close look at the differential in total votes between the House seat and governor.
However … if more people vote for Lt. Gov. than for governor … then someone might detect a lack of enthusiasm for the cardboard governor in waiting.
A possible upside for a Carney Governorship is that it will be nearly impossible for him to under perform versus expectations.
I’m not talking about making much of an impression here except among the stat nerds who are advising candidates (and electeds) on where their votes are. 65 or 60% of the votes cast for President still means that he wins, but among the people who do the professional counting, he wins weak. Depending upon what happens in the next 4 years, that might be an opportunity for a serious candidate.
I caught a bit of the Carney/Bonini debate while driving. They were talking education. Carney was offering the usual platitudes, and Bonini was agreeing with him. I had to change the station to stay awake.
@Stat: That conservative trolling doesn’t work. Neither do your party’s ideas or its presidential candidate.
I am unaffiliated and both candidates suck.
I don’t care who you do or don’t support, a juvenile attack like that is pointless. If you have anything intelligent to say, say it.
Bonini still supporting Trump, is a deal breaker. No one who still supports Trump deserves a vote. Period. They fail the most basic test of character…
@Kavips
That’s not how it works. People are judged by the content of their own character not somebody else’s. The alternative is HRC who has no character either. Nobody wins in this election.
A dog with three legs is an imperfect dog, but it is still far better than a four legged cat.
Well Clinton certainly has more dignity than the reality show guy. Dignity counts in leadership and demonstrates moral authority. Most of the smears against Clinton are exaggerated. I have no problem with her other than wanting a more aggressively liberal agenda
Here is Celia Cohen’s complete coverage of the Goobernatorial (sp?) debates:
“How tame were the Delaware debates? So tame that the gubernatorial forum had John Carney, the congressman running for the Democrats, and Colin Bonini, the state senator running for the Republicans, competing to show how bipartisan they could be.
Bonini is the decided underdog in the race, but he won this round when he quipped, “I’ve never voted a straight ticket in my life. There’s some chance I voted for a guy on this podium.”
Sure, they had their disagreements, most notably about capital punishment, when Carney said he preferred to let the state Supreme Court’s recent decision, finding the death penalty law unconstitutional, stand and Bonini committed to signing a revised death penalty bill into law, if he were the governor.”