Delaware

Sunday Daily Delawhere [7.1.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on July 1, 2012 • 7 Comments

Saturday Open Thread [6.30.12]

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by Delaware Dem on June 30, 2012 • 12 Comments

Moving day for me. If I read my new redistricting maps correctly, my new representatives in the General Assembly are Senator Cathy Cloutier (R-5th) and Representative Debbie Hudson Capano or Debbie Capano Hudson (R-12th). Ugh. Quite a change from Margaret Rose Henry and Dennis P. Williams.

Well, perhaps in 2014 I will take out Debbie, if no Democrat files and wins this year.

Don’t know who your legistatlor is? Find them here. You have to be registered to vote for that link to work. If you are not registered to vote, then what the hell are you doing being interested in politics and reading Delaware Liberal and not being registered?? It boggles my mind. Go here now. Register. Don’t do anything else until you do.

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Sat., June 30, 2012

Filed in Delaware, National by El Somnambulo on June 30, 2012 • 5 Comments

To its credit, the House, as opposed to the shrouded-in-secrecy Senate, has an Agenda. Also to its credit, more specifically, Speaker Gilligan’s, the House has already gotten the retirement festivities out of the way. Former Speaker Terry Spence used to futz around for hours on end on June 30, with endless hosannas to retiring House members, said hosannas often sung by (I’m not making this up) an Elvis impersonator. Self-indulgence at its worst. I was working in the Senate at the time, and we used to stew at this turning the ‘people’s business’ into some freak sideshow for two hours every June 30.

Saturday Daily Delawhere [6.30.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on June 30, 2012 • 2 Comments

Delaware Political Weekly: June 23-29, 2012

Filed in Delaware, National by El Somnambulo on June 29, 2012 • 57 Comments

We get press releases from candidates all the time, as do every other media outlet. It is exceedingly rare, however, that someone’s campaign manager sends out a press release announcing that someone’s campaign manager will be someone’s campaign manager. And for good reason. Good campaign managers know that there is only one candidate and only one campaign manager, and that all the focus should be on the candidate. That, however, did not stop Ezra Temko from announcing that he, Ezra Temko, would be managing the campaign of Claudia Bock for State Representative in the 23rd RD. Perhaps fittingly, Temko spends at least the first 50% of the press release talking about himself, Ezra Temko, and his ongoing search for enlightenment.

Guest Post: Child Abusers Astroturfing

Filed in Delaware by liberalgeek on June 29, 2012 • 9 Comments

One of our readers, Brooke Bovard, has written this guest post. Delaware, as a ‘blue’ state, and without much to steal, is new to the game of being targeted by the Right. Sure, they tried to foist Christine O’Donnell on us, but they can’t be trying too hard, right? Sadly, wrong. A case in point […]

Friday Daily Delawhere [6.29.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on June 29, 2012 • 4 Comments

Late Night Video — Gov. Markell on TV!

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on June 28, 2012 • 3 Comments

Governor Markell will be on CNN co-anchoring with Soledad O’Brien tomorrow from 7 til 9 AM. Bad omen? Please Governor, DO NOT TAKE PART IN ANY BREAKING NEWS STORIES WITH THESE PEOPLE!

Tornoe’s Toon: Health Care Reform

Filed in Delaware by Rob Tornoe on June 28, 2012 • 54 Comments

For tea baggers, facts and constitutionality won’t change a thing – that bubble is too darn thick!

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 28, 2012

Filed in Delaware, National by El Somnambulo on June 28, 2012 • 16 Comments

Four Senate grandstanders voted against the Budget Bill. Won’t stop ’em from bragging to their constituents about what they’re bringing home to the district. Hypocrites. The four nos: Bonini, Lawson, Katz, and Booth. Meaning that Booth voted against funding for his beloved Sussex Vo-Tech although, to be fair, there sure is some wasteful spending there. In this case, every penny being paid to double-dipper Joe Booth.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [6.28.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on June 28, 2012 • 2 Comments

Baumbach to kick off campaign this Thursday

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on June 27, 2012 • 0 Comments

As you may know, PDD President Paul Baumbach has thrown his hat into the race to succeed Representative Terry Schooley in the 23rd RD. He will formally announce his candidacy for State Representative of the 23rd District at 11AM tomorrow, June 28th at the Newark Senior Center. The Newark Senior Center is located at 200 White Chapel Drive, and the announcement is open to the media and the public.