DL Open Thread Monday May 1st 2023

What's the over/under for how many elections the DEGOP is going to lose under the new radical MAGA administration?   The Monday's top two stories may provide some answers.  

Murray Blame Game Starts Minute 1 of Day 1

Murray wasted no time sloughing off responsibility for the DEGOP's impending losses to a not yet hired executive director and "several committees."  
“...we have to hire an executive director, our bylaws require it. … I’ve got to start there,” Murray said. “And that’s the person who’s going to be responsible for herding all of the cats. I have to operate more at a strategic level. We have several committees that we’re going to form. And I’m excited about that.”
She'll be thinking big thoughts.  Terrific.   Yesterday I mentioned a preview she gave as to what big thoughts she might be thinking - MORE GUNS!  Just what the electorate is clamoring for.  

Poll Results and Next Week’s Poll

Thanks to everyone who "joined" DL this month by supporting Working Families Party , Highlands Bunker, Claymont Food Closet and/or Friendship House  I increased my support for Highlands Bunker and…

Murray defeat of Brady reveals north/south split in DEGOP – And not the split you expect

There is a North/South split in the GOP.  It is, as you might expect,  along the lines of MAGA vs people who have a dim memory of when the GOP could win an election in Delaware. But it is not crazies in the south, "sane" Republicans in the north.
The convention counted 338 delegates: 49 from Northern New Castle, 58 from Western New Castle, 51 from Colonial New Castle, 73 from Kent County, and 107 from Sussex County. Murray got 182 votes to Brady’s 155. Her biggest strength was in Colonial, in eastern New Castle County, where she got 44 votes to Brady’s four.
Among people active enough to take part in party politics, the Murray defeat of Brady has flipped the old conventional wisdom on its head.   The newbie MAGA nuts who have joined since Trump are in the North, and the old timers who have a vague memory of Mike Castle and Pete Dupont are hanging on in Sussex.

Coons Honored Among the “Thirstiest Members of Congress” in Politico’s First Annual Thirsty for Media Attention Awards

It's official. Coons is gross.  And it isn't just me saying it.  

Presenting the first-ever Thirsties, for those who excel in Washington’s signature art form: trying to get on your TV screen tonight.

Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Washington hasn’t had its own awards — until now.

Introducing the Thirsties, a celebration of the quality that defines this place.

You know what we’re talking about: the thirst. That unquenchable drive for publicity, attention, buzz. Call it what you want, This Town is full of it. The thirst can be found in staffers, lobbyists — even journalists, who are supposed to be covering the story, not angling for a starring role in it. To paraphrase a hoary old Washington line on something almost as obscene: You know thirst when you see it.