DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 4, 2024
See what happens when you don’t pay the paperboy?
There’s not much point in linking to news stories this late in the day. Use the space to make your predictions, air your concerns, mock Republicans… the floor’s yours.
For those who haven’t seen it, Lewis Black had some advice for those all-important undecided voters.
Lurker from the 21st. I’ve seen Ramone somehow have 9 lives politically. I’m still trying to process how Burns almost lost the primary here. My only hypothesis is that people thought it was the other Mike Smith. Did the primary for gov and the strange tendency for this district to elect Republicans leave it open for a tight rep race and statewide a narrow Ramone win over Meyer? Brenda is an absolute nightmare yet somehow being less vocal this election cycle. Ramone and Smith for that matter sure like to pretend to not be republicans, so I guess she’s following the play book.
Ramone had built up quite a bit of support over many cycles. Burns almost beat him in 2022, just one of the reasons he moved to Suxco.
As to the primary, some of the same Dover insiders backing Pete and Val were pushing for the Other Mike Smith.
I think Ramone will outperform the R registration as some BHL D’s will vote for him, but I still look for a pretty solid Meyer win.
Not just BHL folks, but I know of a few disgruntled Dems who are still upset about his handling of comprehensive rezoning in NCC. Of course that’s not going to be enough to change the vote, but he’s made some enemies.
Is Mike having his party at La Casa Pasta too?
I’m sure the people who lost their livelihoods and reputations because of Bethany would love for something to come from it. Unfortunately for them it’s just the end of their influence. Thankfully so. There are other states to live in.
Btw. I’ve been so impressed with Colin Omaras commitment to Delaware and democrats here. He’s been everywhere getting out the vote and helping people other than himself.
Lol
I only saw him helping some council candidate in Sussex. He probably chose Sussex because it’s closer to his real house in Maryland.
O’Mara likely positioning himself for an appointment to the Senate after Harris appoints Coons as ambassador to Bidenville.
Well running against the guy who is going to do the appointing sounds like a pretty bad way to go about it! But. I have no doubt that was the agreement with Bethany.
People on this blog thought Bethany was going to win and she got trounced by 10 points. Now people think Ramone will win? And Colin will be appointed to a senate seat? What planet do yall live on?
I didn’t “think” BHL would win, but I was afraid she would simply because there are so many non-progressive Democrats. I don’t think Meyer will prove very progressive either, but at least he’s not a crook AFAWK.
Ramone has no chance whatsoever. Carney won the last gubernatorial election by 100,000 votes, so he’ll probably do better than that, but anybody who seriously thinks he has a chance has been huffing something.
Ramone would have a chance if he didn’t raise a pathetic amount of money. One thing I’ve been surprised about is I have not seen anything from Meyer or Ramone’s campaigns besides yard signs. Not a single ad or anything.
My guess is Ramone gets within 3-5 pts but that’s best case. That would not be good for Stell and Russ.
You’re an idiot.
Fortunately we have elections to show who the actual idiot is. But either way we are both saying Meyer is going to win. Just one of us has a stick up their ass about it.
I have no doubt Meyer will win but the question of margin is an important one when it comes to claiming a governing mandate. My suspicion is Meyer will underperform vis a vis Harris by 2 to 3 pts. Looking forward to watching the results come in tonight and hope everyone has a great Election Day!
Carney won his last election by 21 points. Anyone who thinks Ramone will get within 5 points might not have a stick up his ass, but his head’s sure up there.
The wind is coming out of the Trump lovers sails, noticed a lack of fiery declarations and ultimatums from the troops, the corporate media has substituted “Cognitive Decline” in place of dementia so as not to rile the “Yeah he’s senile, but I’ll still vote for him!” types and Trump remains a one man wrecking crew of his campaign. The Republicans remain their own worst enemies, then again so are the Dems.
I am begging Democrats to stop pissing their pants constantly.
There’s no evidence that we’re in for some bizarre red wave in Delaware. Just be cautiously optimistic for once in your lives please.
Why shouldn’t they be worried? Their message should be so strong that Trump should be at 30% or worse. Dems are losing their grip on core constituencies including blacks, Jews, hispanics, and trade unions. Kamala might eke out a victory but the party is in shambles. The tent is too big and is collapsing under its own weight
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Political gravity is the only thing propping up the dem electeds in Delaware. There are no organized political parties in Delaware. WFP is the closest thing but they have no influence statewide. The state party is useless and the chair can’t get 5 people in a room for a fundraiser that aren’t lobbyists.
You say this like it’s a bad thing. Most people have no use for political parties, and rightly so.
@Factz: Interesting take. Who would you throw out of the tent, and when’s the last time any political party got 30% in a national election?
I recall reagan absolutely pummeled Carter, which I think most of us here were around to witness.
Who should the dems toss? Depends whether you want to build a progressive party or a centrist party. But the genocide in Palestine has shown that there are fundamental differences between a subset of the donor class and the working class. You can pick $s or #s, but you can’t have both.
Reagan won with 50.7% of the vote to Carter’s 41. He beat Mondale 58.8-40.6. So 40% is the floor.
I asked you who you want to kick out. And how are you going to win elections without them?
If anyone is at La Casa Pasta tonight, you will probably see Our PAL Val drowning her sorrows in a goblet of vodka all alone. She’s been posting on Facebook all week about all the work she’s done in the final days of her time in office, as if she’s even relevant anymore. The best thing about Delaware is that once Kam Smith is declared the winner tonight, Val’s reign of terror is officially over and we are all free from her bondage of horror and intimidation.
No we are not. We will never be free of Our PAL Val as long as we have Bad Bad Mimi Brown double dippin at all of our institutions of higher learning and Sellout Kerri Harris turning a blind eye wile she grasps for the next rung.
Both of them caved to the worst excesses and cruelties of Our PAL Val.
Have faith;) at least until leadership is actually chosen.
Let the republicans take the trade unions and the zionists. Dems have consistently compromised their ideals to court these groups for bux, even though the rank and file as a whole have turned their back on the dem party. Pandering to people who have historically been racist, exclusionary thugsor and/or people that are actively genociding brown people is a poor long-term strategy for a population that is quickly becoming majority-minority
Losing elections now so you can win them later is a strategy that nobody would ever adopt.
Progressives are going to have to wake up about how popular their agenda is, or isn’t, with the broader public.
Dem party leaders are living in the past. If they think they are winning either of these groups in 2024, they are in denial. Throwing good money and political capital at them is the losing strategy.
Really, it’s a winning strategy to cede those groups to the Republicans?
You are living in a dream world if you think there are votes to be gained by moving hard left. If there were Bernie would be finishing up his second term.
Those groups are gone. You aren’t getting them back. Go count all the Harris-Walz bumper stickers on the back of all the jacked-up pickups parked out front of the IBEW and let me know what you find.
Sucks to suck.
You’re just whining now. There’s a big difference between that and knowing what you’re talking about.
OK, Factz, you’re just trolling now. Stop or begone.
Alright I’ll cool my jets