Markell Picks Pompous Ass for CoS

Filed in Delaware by on November 10, 2008

Jack is much smarter than I am, so we’ll see what this Rochford thing is all about. Suffice it to say that I don’t get it.

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  1. Mike Matthews says:
    November 10, 2008 at 11:21 am

    I don’t get it either. Whenever Rochford would be on that Friday political roundtable on WHYY, I would say the same thing: What a pompous ass. Could this be payback for all the Republican votes Jack got and, in effect, giving him the governor’s seat?

  2. delawaredem says:
    November 10, 2008 at 11:30 am

    So the anonymous tipster was right.

  3. Unstable Isotope says:
    November 10, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Why?

    Is this a big problem, though? Doesn’t the CoS make the governor’s agenda possible? If so, won’t he have to do Markell’s priorities and not his own?

    Is this guy really the best available?

  4. arthur says:
    November 10, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Markell is going for change alright. Elect a guy who was around with DuPont when he was governor. Nothing like getting the Old old boy network up and running.

  5. nemski says:
    November 10, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    Everyone needs to take a breath . . . seriously.

  6. Dana Garrett says:
    November 10, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    How did I know that bi-partisanship would cause coronaries at DE Liberal? Is “bi-partisan” a bad word here?

  7. jason330 says:
    November 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    The only one having a coronary here is Arthur, a Republican.

  8. nemski says:
    November 10, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    DG, not for me.

  9. Dana Garrett says:
    November 10, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Really, Jason? Arthur wrote the title of your post?

    Why not look for the benefit in such an appointment like, say, giving GOPers an incentive in the success of the Markell administration or being able to draw upon Rochford’s extensive contacts in the business community.

  10. arthur says:
    November 10, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    HAHAHHAHA, I am happily unaffiliated.

  11. RSmitty says:
    November 10, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    What disappoints me is that the expected call still hasn’t come. Maybe I should have Verizon check the lines.

  12. El Somnambulo says:
    November 10, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    El Somnambulo says, if you are waiting for Verizon to check the lines, you will have to wait while they try to pawn off the failed lines on Delmarva and Comcast. El Somnambulo speaks from experience.

  13. Bobby Thomson says:
    November 10, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Given that the name of the site is Delaware LIBERAL, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that its readers tend to be liberal; i.e., partisan, or that they are concerned about giving high profile appointments to Republicans.

    Partisanship exists for a reason, which is that people disagree about political solutions to problems. The answer to that is not some false Broderist bipartisanship that only makes an appearance when Democrats are in power.

  14. El Somnambulo says:
    November 10, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    El Somnambulo has yet to find an article verifying this appointment. Wrong Williams wrote that it was a done deal in the same column where he wrote that Valerie Longhurst had won in a recount. That recount was unexpected, considering that she ran unopposed.

    There’s mucho info about Markell’s transition team at Delaware Online, but no mention of Rochford. Is it possible that this leak was a trial balloon, and that it turned out to be made of lead?

  15. jason330 says:
    November 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Nothing in the afternoon presser. Allan Loudell sounded pretty dang sure.

    Of course he is enough of a pro to leave himself a little wiggle room.

  16. Rod says:
    November 10, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    Hi – can anyone point me to a site that gives a bio about Rochford.

    Thanks – Rod – North Wilmington

  17. El Somnambulo says:
    November 10, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Here’s a bio on Rochford for you:

    http://www.amm.com/events/2008/moving/bios.asp

  18. anon says:
    November 11, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Rochford a Mike Harkin stooge!

  19. cassandra_m says:
    November 11, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    What does that mean?

  20. El Somnambulo says:
    November 11, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Harkins’ downfall was the Delaware River & Bay Authority, the place that semi-retired connected politicos gather to go on junkets.

    There doesn’t appear to be a connection Rochford’s Maritime Ports organization.

  21. Rod says:
    November 11, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Hats off to you El Somnambulo.

  22. h. says:
    November 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    Hmmm ….. I tend to find myself reading El Somnabulo’s comments with a heavy spanish accent. Anyone else?

  23. liberalgeek says:
    November 11, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    A sleepy Spanish accent.

  24. anon says:
    November 11, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Harkins took the fall for Castle, and Rochford and Harkin were best buds.

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