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"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm

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Friday Open Thread [9.7.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on September 7, 2012 15 Comments
Friday Open Thread [9.7.12]

Friday! It was the longest short week in memory. But it is the first day of the last weekend before the Primary, so your mailboxes will be overflowing, your message machines will max out from the robocalls and I hope that many of you are working with your favorite candidates for the final work of GOTV.

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Gov. Jack Markell Spanks Romney at the DNC

Filed in Delaware, National by on September 6, 2012 3 Comments

And he talks about how Democrats focus on jobs. Video is below if you didn’t see this last night:

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Thursday Open Thread [9.6.12]

Filed in National by on September 6, 2012 23 Comments
Thursday Open Thread [9.6.12]

5 days until election day! Have you noticed that nerves are fraying? Have you noticed that the world seems pretty delighted that The Big Dog is back?

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Sen. Chris Coons Holds a Twitter Town Hall at 11AM

Filed in Delaware, National by on September 6, 2012 2 Comments

Sorry for the short notice, but Senator Chris Coons will be holding a Twitter Town Hall TODAY at 11 AM from the “Twitter Nest” at the DNC convention in Charlotte.

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Labor Day Open Thread [9.3.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on September 3, 2012 74 Comments
Labor Day Open Thread [9.3.12]

Happy Labor Day, everyone! The annual Labor Day parade and picnic is definitely on in Wilmington and everybody who wants to be elected to something is there. The downpour isn’t stopping this event!

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Late Night Video — New Rules!

Filed in National by on September 1, 2012 6 Comments

Bill Maher looks at the GOP convention and discovers amnesia on the part of the participants. What they tried to hide from the world was interesting. And in Bill Maher’s telling, pretty hysterical.

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Saturday Open Thread [9.1.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on September 1, 2012 11 Comments
Saturday Open Thread [9.1.12]

Officially September and the air already seems that much more political. Sorry for the lateness of this thread — apparently we are all busy today.

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Friday Open Thread [8.31.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on August 31, 2012 17 Comments
Friday Open Thread [8.31.12]

It is amazing to me that it is the end of August. The good news is that Fall should be here any time now. What are your plans for Labor Day weekend? Me, I’m working on the last lit drop of the season and possibly helping on a canvass.

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The Pundits Weigh in on the Clint and the Chair, etc.

Filed in National by on August 31, 2012 9 Comments
The Pundits Weigh in on the Clint and the Chair, etc.

I still didn’t see it, but apparently it was pretty funny — at least according to my Facebook page. Here is some reaction so far:

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Doing the Math on the Angry White Men Party

Filed in National by on August 31, 2012 3 Comments
Doing the Math on the Angry White Men Party

So it looks like Lindsey Graham has actually worked out the math and sees that the GOP can’t survive much longer as the Angry White Guy Party.

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Maybe They Did Build That!

Filed in National by on August 30, 2012 38 Comments
Maybe They Did Build That!

See the picture below. Use this post to comment on the Rmoney’s speech if you are watching. And if you are watching, please tell us what your Drinking Game for the evening is.

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Insurance Commissioner’s Debate — WDEL

Filed in Delaware by on August 30, 2012 30 Comments

WDEL is hosting a debate between the Democratic candidates for Insurance Commissioner TODAY that you can tune into at 5:30. The debate lasts for an hour and you can listen online at WDEL.com or on the radio at 1150AM.

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Thursday Open Thread [8.30.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on August 30, 2012 4 Comments

The Obama Team is producing some of the best messaging I’ve seen from Democrats in a while — and they seem to be having fun at it. This video they posted prior to Ryan’s speech last night:

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