Comment Rescue: Castle Less Likely to Run for Senate Now.
Unstable Isotope: I think Specter’s switch makes Castle less likely to run for Senate. I do think Specter’s switch does make more party-flipping possible. I agree on both counts. I…
Question of the Day.
If Mike Castle switches parties, does the Delaware GOP cease to exist?
No Moderates Need Apply
Personally, as a Democrat trying to elect more and better Democrats, I hate this move by Specter. He is only a Democrat today because his career was in doubt. He…
Vice President Biden on 60 Minutes Tonight.
Set your DVRs, or watch it the old fashioned way ... live. Vice President Biden gave "60 Minutes" the chance to shadow him for a few days, and the result…
The Courage of Your Convictions.
Anti-American Governor Rick Perry of Texas wants his state to secede from the Union. Yet today he wants America's help. Gov. Rick Perry today in a precautionary measure requested the…
Just so I understand…
....according to President Obama's Republican critics, what the United States did during the Bush years was not torture. But torture is necessary. Ok. Aren't the Republicans, in their cowardice of…
Hostage Calls Out Racist Rush
You know, Rush Limbaugh has issues. During the Somali Pirate hostage situation earlier this month, Rush Limbaugh was in rare form. After President Obama gave the order on Thursday to…
The Tease.
So Mike Castle is telling Celia Cohen and Roll Call that if he is going to run for an elected office in 2010, he is "leaning more toward running for…
Around the Horn Friday
Life marches on in the First State. Except for Delaware Politics, which in the last week (from Friday April 17 to Friday April 24) has had two posts, both concerning…
Music Tells the Story.
H/T to Andrew Sullivan, who says "it is amazing what a soundtrack can do."
Finally, Some Truth
Throughout the Bush Administration, Bush supporters went to great lengths to claim that waterboarding and the other "enhanced" interrogation techniques were not torture, contorting themselves into unbelievable positions to do…
A Different Take on Social Networking.
As a Facebook addict and recent user of Twitter, this opinion of Nick Carr is like being dosed with cold ice water: The great paradox of "social networking" is that…
Saturday’s Open Thread
Be sure to check out The Beast Who Slumber's great profiles of state Republicans we Democrats hope to defeat in 2010: State Rep. Mike Ramone (21st RD) State Rep. Thomas…