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Polly Adams/Herman Holloway, Jr.: Separated At Birth?

By El Somnambulo August 4, 200938 Comments

In late spring of 1994, Herman Holloway, Sr., the avuncular dean of the Delaware State Senate, passed away. The Democrats, not exactly staring at an A-list of potential candidates, chose…

Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-Aug. 2 Edition

By El Somnambulo August 2, 20094 Comments

LEAD STORY-The (UK) Independent: Secret Life of Sperm--Do Eggs Have a Built-In 'Loser' Code? While definitive ejaculations on this story might be premature (and might cause the ink to run),…

‘Bulo’s Desperate Offer to Copeland: Will Unmask for Transparency

By El Somnambulo July 31, 20097 Comments

Image courtesy of www.sonambulo.com (Various & Sundry Disclaimers: This likeness may or may not resemble that of El Somnambulo. Rafael Navarro and El Somnambulo may or may not be…

Kay Bailey Hutchison: Rick Perry Gay?

By El Somnambulo July 30, 200911 Comments

Oh those wacky Rethugs. Talking Points Memo, by way of the Austin American-Statesman (if Texas secedes, can we please keep Austin?), reports that the campaign of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison,…

Charrrr-lie…Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are…

By El Somnambulo July 29, 200931 Comments

El Somnambulo's article on the Caesar Rodney Institute, while answering many of the questions he had going in, have raised several more. 'Bulo's favorite Geezer wrote: If all these people…

CRI An Honest Broker?-Part 2

By El Somnambulo July 28, 200954 Comments

Please allow El Somnambulo to apologize to the (presumably) fine folks at the Caesar Rodney Institute. Yesterday's article was, by necessity, incomplete. He feels confident that, upon further examination, the…

Caesar Rodney Institute an Honest Broker? We Report–You Decide

By El Somnambulo July 27, 200953 Comments

PART ONE: The Caesar Rodney Institute, aided and abetted by the usual suspects like David Burris, has been working overtime to portray itself as some sort of non-partisan good government…

Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-Non You-Know-Who Edition

By El Somnambulo July 26, 20093 Comments

Since others are covering a certain landmark in the History of Narcissism today, the only narcissism running rampant here will be that of El Somnambulo, the Ne Plus Ultra (remember,…

‘Non-Partisan’ Health Care Research Group Owned By…Health Insurance Company

By El Somnambulo July 23, 200923 Comments

The Washington Post blows the whistle (and a hearty Tip of the Sombrero to Americablog for picking it up): The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers,…

The Democrat Who Would Kill Health Care Reform

By El Somnambulo July 23, 20095 Comments

No, it's not Tom Carper, although, based on his verified ties to the industry, he likely would if he could, and he's doing his best as a junior obfuscator. It's…

A Musical Salute to the Scopes Monkey Trial

By El Somnambulo July 21, 20096 Comments

On July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The conviction was later…

Breaking: Markell to Veto ‘Bottle Bill’

By El Somnambulo July 20, 20099 Comments

The Office of the Governor has just released a statement announcing that Gov. Markell will veto the 'Bottle Bill', which would have rolled back the nickel deposits on certain bottles…

Carney’s Fundraising Garners ‘Pleasant Surprise’ Nod from DKos

By El Somnambulo July 19, 200912 Comments

Steve Singiser's Daily Kos featured blog on candidate fundraising gives props to John Carney's efforts for the quarter ending June 3o: 4. John Carney (Democrat/DE-AL)--$262K Raised, $235K On Hand Carney…