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Our Interview with Bryan Townsend (D) in the 11th SD

Filed in National by on March 5, 2012 5 Comments
Our Interview with Bryan Townsend (D) in the 11th SD

El Som and I had the opportunity to sit down with Bryan Townsend last week for what we hope will be a first in several interviews over the coming campaign. As you may know Townsend is challenging Senator Tony Deluca (D) in the 11th Senate District. And as you know, we don’t like Tony Deluca around these parts. So I looked forward to meeting him, and I came away impressed. Should Bryan beat Tony Deluca this September, he will very quickly become a rising star in the party.

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Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Ben Mobley (R)

Filed in Delaware by on March 5, 2012 8 Comments

Who is Ben Mobley? All we know is what is posted on his campaign website. There is a video interview of him that Charlie Copeland conducted, located here, if you want to learn more about another rather anonymous candidate the Republican Party has chosen to run for office. Since he is rather anonymous, his poll ratings reflect that. 42% of the respondents are undecided or unsure when asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him. 34% have an unfavorable opinion of him, probably because he is a Republican, though that number is lower than the other anonymous Republicans we have polled. And he has a higher approval rating than the others too: 24%.

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Monday Daily Delawhere [3.5.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 5, 2012 6 Comments
Monday Daily Delawhere [3.5.12]

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Delle Donne on Outside the Lines

Filed in Sports by on March 4, 2012 4 Comments

Delaware native and Blue Hens basketball star Elena Delle Donne was featured on ESPN’s Outside the Lines today.

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The Jig is Up

Filed in National by on March 4, 2012 7 Comments

“Who is speaking up for the mothers who, under HHS mandate, have been falsely coerced into feeling that to be a woman means to have ‘control’ of their own bodies?” – Pastor Joshua Genig.

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [3.4.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 4, 2012 3 Comments
Sunday Daily Delawhere [3.4.12]

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Saturday Open Thread [3.3.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on March 3, 2012 54 Comments

We have your weekly messages from President Obama and Governor Markell, and the latest round of polls from the Super Tuesday states.

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This is why I love Barack Obama.

Filed in National by on March 3, 2012 2 Comments

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [3.3.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 3, 2012 4 Comments
Saturday Daily Delawhere [3.3.12]

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Gay Marriage is Inevitable in Delaware

Filed in National by on March 2, 2012 6 Comments

So says Governor Markell. As the arc of any free society bends towards equality and justice, his statement on full equality is a no-brainer.

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Friday Open Thread [3.2.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on March 2, 2012 10 Comments

If you listen to any Republican or the Conservative Media, you would think Israelis thirst for war with Iran, and that they hate President Obama with the intensity of a thousand white hot suns. Wrong again. A recent poll shows that, while the Government of Israel is a neocon experiment in lunancy and fascism, the people of Israel are just as pluralistic and divided as we Americans are, and it is high time broad brushes were laid down.

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Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Sher Valenzuela

Filed in Delaware by on March 2, 2012 6 Comments

Not many people voted in this poll, probably because they are confused as to why misspelled Cher’s name. Obviously, Sher Valenzuela, the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, has work to do in the name recognition department. 42% are unsure or undecided. 32% gave her a strongly unfavorable rating, and overall, she has a 48% unfavorable rating, which has to be just the generic unfavorable rating the Republican Party enjoys in the State of Delaware. Boy, you guys really destroyed your party and brand in the First State.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [3.2.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 2, 2012 7 Comments
Friday Daily Delawhere [3.2.12]

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