Delaware

DL Tracking Poll Results — Ben Mobley (R) (Round 2)

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 19, 2012 • 0 Comments

Last month, 42% of you had no idea who Ben Mobley was. (He is a Republican candidate for Insurance Commissioner). This month, that number drops to 30%, but that might not be good news for Ben, as his unfavorable rating increased from 34% to 43%. 26% have a favorable of the Republican, basically unchanged from last month’s 24%.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [4.19.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 19, 2012 • 2 Comments

The Fisker Echo

Filed in Delaware by nemski on April 19, 2012 • 9 Comments

I ran out of time the other day and didn’t get to post a link to Jason Starkey’s article on the state of the Fisk plant. As one laid off employee said, it’s “absolutely empty”. And, now, Romney’s campaign has gotten a hold of the Fisker story. I think it’s a stretch by the Romney team […]

DL Tracking Poll Results — Sher Valenzuela (R) (Round 2)

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 18, 2012 • 1 Comment

Last month, 44% of our poll takers did not know who Sher Valenzeula was. After her official campaign announcement with running mate Jeff Cragg, that number has dropped to 13%, and in so doing, raised her favorable rating from 11% last month to 25% this month. That’s the good news. The bad news is that her unfavorability rating has increased as well, from 48% to 61%.

Wingnut Blather Collides With The Real World on the Dover City Council -or- David Anderson Gets a Civics Lesson

Filed in Delaware by jason330 on April 18, 2012 • 6 Comments

Wingnut blather about tax cuts and “austerity” sounds good on the campaign trail, but as the Dover City Council’s resident Teapartier, David Andersen, just found out, enacting brainless wingnut economic theories is much easier said than done.

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [4.18.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 18, 2012 • 1 Comment

DL Tracking Poll Results — Jeff Cragg (R) (Round 2)

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 17, 2012 • 0 Comments

And we’re back. Republican Jeff Cragg got a little extra voting time in the spot light due to my hectic schedule. Let’s see if it improved his poll standing at all. Last month, the presumptive Republican gubernatorial challenger garnered a 48% disapproval rating, a 24% “who the hell are you?” rating, and a 28% approval rating. A full month of exposure to the Delaware electorate, and an official launch of the Cragg-Valenzuela campaign has increased Cragg’s disapproval rating to 51%, but also his approval rating, now at 33%. 15% are still in the dark as to who the hell he is.

Why Would FOIA Not Apply to the Wilmington Mayor’s Office?

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on April 17, 2012 • 15 Comments

DelCOG (and John Flaherty) informs us of something pretty alarming — that AG Biden’s office officially thinks that the Office of the Wilmington Mayor is *not* covered by FOIA. How can that be, you ask? According to the DelCOG letter, the AGs office has issued an opinion at the Wilmington Mayor’s office is not subject to FOIA because the Mayor’s office is a 1 person agency.

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [4.17.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 17, 2012 • 9 Comments

Campaign Debts – Who’s Responsible for Paying Them Off?

Filed in Delaware by MJ on April 16, 2012 • 40 Comments

Many politicians rack up campaign debts, especially when running against well-healed opponents. Some even loan huge sums to their campaigns. My question is, when a candidate mortgages their home or empties their retirement account, possibly jeopardizing the financial future of their family, do they have an obligation to do everything they can to repay that […]

Red Clay School Board Candidate, Kenny Rivera, Responds To My Questions

Filed in Delaware by pandora on April 16, 2012 • 13 Comments

Kenny Rivera is the second of two candidates (Other candidate post here) to reply to my questions concerning the upcoming Red Clay School Board Election. Kenny Rivera’s answers to my questions: Why are you running for school board, and what are the top three things you’d like to accomplish during your term? My reasons for […]