Monday Open Thread [2.20.12]

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We a special Presidents' Day Quiz, and some new polling results in Michigan and Texas. In Michigan, the race is getting closer, and in Texas, Mitt Romney comes in third, nearly thirty points behind the frontrunner.

Ad-apalooza

The latest political ads being aired by Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and their associated Super PACs, as well as ads from the DNC.

If you are to the right of Dick Cheney… your evil quiotent is off the charts

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Yesterday was a big day for equality in two of Delaware's next door neighbors. In Maryland, the Maryland House of Delegates passed their gay marriage bill. It now heads to the Maryland Senate, where passage is assured, because the Senate passed the bill last year but it died in the House. Thus, with Governor Martin O'Malley's promised signature, Maryland will become the 8th state to allow gay marriage. In New Jersey, the New Jersey Assembly also finally passed their gay marriage bill after a previous failed attempt in 2009. However, the obese one, Governor Chris Christie, swiftly vetoed the bill, cowardly and unconstitutionally hiding behind the notion that he wants the issue to go to a referendum so that the majority can take the rights of the minority away. Like a true fascist, Chris Christie loves that idea.

Friday Open Thread [2.17.12]

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The unpredictable Republican presidential race has taken another surprising turn as recent numbers show Mongol warlord Genghis Khan seizing the lead in national polls of likely GOP primary voters. Benefiting from widespread doubts about Mitt Romney’s authenticity and ideological commitment, Genghis has changed the shape of the race by sounding sharp populist themes that resonate with supporters of the tea party. “Mitt Romney wants to manage Washington, D.C.,” he told an enthusiastic crowd in Scottsdale, Arizona. “I want to burn it to the ground, slay its inhabitants, and stack their skulls in pyramids reaching to the sky.”

Romney’s Chances

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That map is from noted political scientist and prognosticater Larry Sabato. Now, when I look at that map, I see extreme danger for Mitt Romney. Larry doesn't, because he assumes Romney will win Michigan and Ohio. I don't.

Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results: Congressman John Carney

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I did not know what to expect with the results on John Carney's job performance. Will he be seen as Carper Junior and suffer accordingly? On the other hand, while it is not his or his staff's fault, you get the feeling that John Carney has been invisible because he, as a Democrat, is in the minority in the House. And thus he gets little opportunity to make news. To his and his staff's credit, they make their news anyway, as I receive a press release from his congressional office at least three times a week. Well, it looks like that work paid off.