Out of Business

When we close the books on this election, it will be written that the McCain-Palin campaign was one of the worst run presidential campaigns in all history.   Worst than Dole…

Untold Suffering is What They Deserve

Remember this? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JdGDSpxOXE[/youtube] Well today, even after Barack Obama's grandmother died, mind you, we learn that the California Republican Party has filed a complaint against Barack Obama and his campaign,…

Landslides and Coattails

Barack Obama seems very likely to be elected president tomorrow, barring some unforeseen calamity such as the Rapture.    My mother still doesn’t believe it, and she won’t until she sees it with her own eyes.  As an aside, the economic turmoil has finally affected my family, as it has many of yours and no doubt will affect countless others, in that my mom was laid off her job on Saturday.   Her fears of finding a job as a 56 year old woman are real.    Tomorrow may indeed bring some much needed hope to her and millions of others who have suffered during the last eight years.   But, despite all the polls showing Obama ahead, she has never quite believed that we will win.  “The Republicans will stop at nothing to steal this election, they have before.”    No amount of me telling her that their efforts to steal this election this year have largely failed will dissuade her from that notion.   It does not matter that the U.S. Supreme Court have shut down the GOP’s voter suppression tactics in Ohio.   It does not matter the Democrats control the Secretary of State offices in Ohio, Colorado, Nevada and other states.    She has always said we need to win this election by a landslide so that they can’t steal it.

And it looks like that is what is about to happen.   What is a landslide?    There are two kinds.

My Final Predictions

Where was Delaware Dem? Why, I was rounding up Republicans, just as Nemski thought. Seriously though, I was canvassing yesterday, standing on the corner of 15th & Market in Philadelphia…

Delaware “Literally” Featured in Nate Silver’s “538”

I guess we are going to have to get used to it.   Any reference to Delaware will be preceded or followed by a reference to Joe Biden.  He is Delaware now.   At least to the nation at large.   Much like the scene in Wayne’s World defined Delaware to the popular culture for much of the 90’s.  

“I am in Delaware.  Delaware.  Yeah.”  

Or recent Simpson’s references to Delaware as an obscure and uninteresting place. 

Homer: “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!”  Lisa: “I want to visit Wilmington!”  Bart: “I want to visit the screen door factory!”

Now Joe Biden defines Delaware.   You can already see it happening on ESPN whenever Chris Berman shows the results of one of ESPN.com’s sports-related polls.  He always points out “Delaware, with the esteemed Senator Joe Biden, votes Yes” to whatever question is asked.    You can see the transformation at work in Sean Quinn’s post about Delaware in the “Road to 270” series at Nate Silver’s “538” blog.    I guess Joe Biden says the word “literally” a lot.    Count how many times he uses the word in this post:

McCain’s Scars.

Yesterday on Meet The Press, John McCain said:  "Do we share a common philosophy of the Republican Party? Of course," Mr. McCain told NBC News' "Meet the Press," which was taped…

I Just Love Homemade Signs.

It is rumored that Delaware's own Donviti has a homemade sign in his front yard, stating his rather conventional political opinions.  Well here are some other homemade signs in Bear,…

Biden Destroys Wingnut Propagandist.

The media is liberal, how? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_wQgWviZ8[/youtube] Her name is Barbara West, and her questions sounded as if Karl Rove himself wrote them, as Biden eluded to.  My conservative friends here…