Parties and Primaries.

By now, we all know about the Delaware Democratic Party funding an ad lauding Carney and DeLuca as the true heros in the Bluewater Wind deal.   In essence, the Party…

One More Day to File

 The 62 District Strategy has been achieved in the Senate.   Democrats have recruited Michael Katz to run for Gavin Newsom’s…er ah… Charlie Copeland’s seat in the 4th.  He awaits the winner of a three way Republican primary.  We have recruited Gary Downes to face Republican Senator Gary Simpson in the 18th.    Democrats have a five seat majority (13-8), and with them defending three open seats, it is impossible for them to even gain seats this cycle.  Indeed, it will be a moral victory for the Republicans if they do not lose any more seats.   I say it is highly likely that the Democrats will pick up at least one, maybe two, of the open seats.  Probably the 10th, but the 17th is a possibility as well. 

In the House, we are apparently not challenging Lavelle (11th), Hudson (12th), Manolakos (20th), Miro (22nd), Oberle (24th), Outten (30th), Blakely (34th), Carey (36th), Hocker (38th), and Lee (40th).

10 Republicans that we are not holding accountable.  That is unacceptable, but I am encouraged by Representative Gilligan’s comments last week that by 2010, we will be challenging every seat.  And there is still more time to file.  The deadline is tomorrow.  

Below the fold there is a chart of all of the races this fall.   I am trying to find all the candidate’s websites, if they have them.   If you know of one that I do not have, post it in the comments.   Thanks.

Lifflander to Run Again

After Republican John Atkins was forced to resign from his office in disgrace, Democrat Barbara Lifflander and Republican Greg Hastings ran in a special election to fill the 41st District's seat.  …

Damn.

WDEL reports that a man was killed while kayaking on the Brandywine River yesterday.  A rotted tree fell on him.   What the hell are the odds of that???   I love…

County says NO! to Freebery.

Thank God.   I do not want my tax dollars going to a corrupt felons like Sherry Freebery or Tom Gordon.  Council voted 11-1 against the proposal [giving Freeberry $3.7 million…

Netroots Nation Wrapup.

First, in case you haven't heard, the annual conference of liberal and progressive bloggers is coming closer to our doors next year.   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will host Netroots Nation on August 12-16,…

Definitions

Words have meaning.  And when we use them in a sentence, we intend to convey a meaning.  Otherwise, all we do when we speak is just make a loud, annoying noise.  

In order for one person to speak, and another to understand what is spoken, it is essential that words have a common meaning.   Indeed, words cannot be allowed to have their meaning changed, for when words are intentionally manipulated to have a new meaning, it is an attempt to create a new reality.  

Yet, during the Bush years, and even prior to that, we have seen many attempts by Republicans and conservatives to take words and redefine them for their own purposes.  In fact, not only do Republicans redefine them, they give the words their opposite meaning most times.

The Republicans have been very successful at this exercise:
  • Healthy Forests Initiative = Cutting Down Trees in the Forest
  • Clear Skies Initiative = Allowing for More Pollution
  • Precision Bombing = Cluster Bombs
  • Pacifying a Town = Destroying a Town
  • Patriotism = supporting without question President George W. Bush in all he does and says.
  • Democracy = when Republicans win elections.
  • Fraud = when Democrats win elections.
  • American = Republican
  • Liberal = Terrorist and/or Fascist.

    • “This is Not a Race.”

    Those are the words of political analyst Stuart Rothenberg.  And he is talking about the race to unseat our supposed moderate Congressman Mike Castle.   And I wholeheartedly agree.  Karen and…

    Netroots Nation – Day One

    I arrived last evening, and did some hobnobbing (i.e. drinking) with some of the Blogosphere's illuminati.   The feel at these events is that of a reunion, as over the last…