Posts by Delaware Dem

Every year, Vice President Joe Biden invites the press, and by that I would like the White House Press Corps, and their families for a "Beach Party" and barbecue. For more pics, and for what Biden did to David Brooks', click through...

That's how Obama's latest TV ad begins. It opens with a portion of a speech President Obama delivered on the economy last week, where he called on Congress to pass his jobs plan and reminded Americans that, despite weak recent jobs numbers, the economy has added nearly 4.3 million private sector jobs over the last 27 consecutive months of private sector job growth. It also knocks Mitt Romney's comments on Friday that we need less firefighters, less policemen, less teachers and less construction workers in America.

A batch of new polls gives mixed signals, and has President Obama leading the race 264 to 176, with 98 electoral votes up for grabs.

... and I agree with it.

The Delaware Democratic Party has endorsed former judge Mitch Crane in the Democratic Primary for Insurance Commissioner. This endorsement is as important for the Crane campaign as it is monumentally devastating to incumbent Karen Weldin Stewart. Indeed, has a Democratic incumbent not been endorsed for reelection by his or her own party? I can't recall it happening in my politically aware lifetime.

Bacon Friday! Here is your open thread