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Wednesday Open Thread [3.21.12]
Mitt Romney is your nominee. Or then again maybe not. The sound of the celebrations of the Republcan side is …. is….. deafeningly quiet. I would more describe it as a half interested groan. Even though Mitt Romney has no real meaningful opposition, he may still fail to capture a majority of the delegates until June, unless of course Santorum and Gingrich drop out and endorse Romney now, and that is not going to happen. So given that, I would have to say Mitt Romney is the weakest presidential nominee on the Republican side since Wendell Wilkie.
Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Lt. Gov. Matt Denn (Round 2)
87 people voted in the last poll on Lt. Gov. Matt Denn exactly one month ago, and 88 people voted today. In that span, Denn’s approval rating has dropped 8 points, from 73% to 65%. Now, I might be a little concerned if 1) the approval number of 73 wasn’t astronomically high to begin with and 65 is still damn good and 2) this was a real scientific poll and not a non-random internet poll. Plus there is no rhyme or reason to the drop, since Governor Markell’s approval rating over the same time period shot up even higher.
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I gotta steal from Kavips….
Obama’s budget just got scored by the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) at a $3.5 Trillion Deficit by 2022….. Ryan’s budget, will yield a whopping $36.5 Trillion by deficit by that same year. Which number is smaller?
Tuesday Open Thread [3.20.12]
From Chuck Todd:
The earliest Mitt Romney could win the 1,144 delegates needed to capture the GOP nomination, per our count is May 29, and that’s assuming he wins every single delegate after today. If you assume that he wins a 60%-40% split of the remaining the delegates, Romney won’t get to 1,144 until June 26, when Utah holds its primary. And if Romney and Rick Santorum continue to trade victories as they’ve been doing over the past month — with Santorum winning his demographic strongholds and Romney winning his — Romney would fall about 50 delegates short of the magic number, according to our math.
OPEN CONVENTION!!! SARAH PALIN COMPROMISE NOMINATION!!! No, no, God does not love me that much
Rep. Jaques Endorses Mitch Crane
Representative Earl Jaques (D-27, Glasgow) endorsed Mitch Crane last night at his 27th RD Meeting. Jaques stated “I have worked with Mitch Crane since I was first elected in 2008. He is exactly who we need to put consumers first at the Department of Insurance. If he were Commissioner today, we would not be seeing Blue Cross taken over by Highmark of Pennsylvania.”
The Rose Izzo Campaign wrote us to remind us that there is a Rose Izzo Campaign
As you can see in the middle column, I have removed the outdated and lengthy list of state blogs from around the country and replaced it with a list of statewide candidates with links to their campaign websites. I hope to include links to General Assembly races as well, and also to NCCo Exec and Council President races. Well, in putting up the list over the weekend, I neglected to include Rose Izzo, who is also running for the Republican nomination to run against John Carney. My apologies. She is now listed.
So, now the question is, can Rose Izzo recapture the witch’s brew that was the 2010 election in Delaware?
Temko Sponsors Citizens United Resolution in Final Newark Council Meeting
Newark City Councilperson Ezra Temko, in his final city council meeting, is introducing a resolution for the City of Newark to oppose the Citizens United decision. You can read the resolution here. It notes that “artificial entities (including corporations) established by the government are subject to government regulation.”
If you are in support, please attend the city council meeting on Monday, March 26th at 7pm and speak in support, and/or write to your council person and the mayor and express your strong support. You can obtain contact information at the City of Newark website.
Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Gov. Markell (Round 2)
So now, for the first time, we get to compare a set of results, the first taken over a month ago, on February 15, and the second taken yesterday. The numbers in parenthesis below are the Feb. 15 numbers. So what happened? Markell’s approval rating has increased 7 points, from 63% in February to 70% now. And in those numbers, the strength of his approval increased. 32% strongly approved of him in February, 41% strongly approve of him now. Meanwhile, the Governor’s disapproval numbers remains the same. 27% disapproved of him in February, 26% disapprove of him now. Not a bad month for the Governor.
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Monday Open Thread [3.19.12]
Romney looks to be heading to a significant win in Illinois, which makes me wonder why the hell Rick Santorum wasted time in Puerto Rico sunning himself. That time lounging may have been better spent campaigning in deep red sections of downstate Illinois.
Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete is well liked. As Majority Leader, he garners a 65% approval rating, 50% of which is strong approval. The one black mark on his record continues to be John Atkins. Pete is responsible for his presence within the Democratic Caucus, and I wonder if, today, he regrets at all that decision.
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