Delaware

As expected, industry advocate Paul Gallagher did not fare all too well around these parts. 66% view him unfavorably, and I think that might rival Karen Weldin Stewart's numbers. Another 18% are undecided or unsure, and 16% view him favorably. Now onto polling the party leadership in the General Assembly. House Speaker Bob Gilligan is up today, and next week, Senate President Pro Tem Tony Deluca, Senate Majority Leader Patti Blevins, Senate Minority Leader Gary Simpson, House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf and House Minority Leader Greg Lavelle.

Officially, the only two filed candidates in the Democratic Primary for the Insurance Commissioner's Race are incumbent incompetent Karen Weldin Stewart, Mitch Crane, and in Kent County, this Gallagher fella. Where is Vince White? Who is Vince White? You can find out here. Whomever he is and wherever he is, he has a 44% disapproval rating, and another 33% who don't know who is or don't care. He has only a 24% approval rating.

On March 7, 2012, there will be a meeting of the City's L&I Committee that will take up changes to City Ordinance 12-010 that look specifically targeted at the Occupy Delaware folks and will generally restrict the freedom of Wilmington residents to assemble, unless the government pre-approves your assembly. It also lets them pre-approve the time, the place, the duration, the financial capability of the group (in getting the insurance), and other factors that might restrict your ability to protest or even to petition the government for redress.

Tune in this morning to WDEL 1150 AM from 10 am to 12 pm to hear our very own El Somnambulo on the Al Mascitti Show. He tells me the name of John Atkins just might come up. He also tells me that another Democrat has filed to run in the Insurance Commissioner's race. And it's a new name. Tune in to find out.

Tomorrow, at their monthly meeting, the Progressive Democrats for Delaware will be hosting a panel on the state budget process. The guests expected on the panel will be: State Representative Dennis P. Williams, State Representative James "JJ" Johnson, Office of Management and Budget Director Anne Visalli, and DEFAC member Bob Byrd.

Who is Ben Mobley? All we know is what is posted on his campaign website. There is a video interview of him that Charlie Copeland conducted, located here, if you want to learn more about another rather anonymous candidate the Republican Party has chosen to run for office. Since he is rather anonymous, his poll ratings reflect that. 42% of the respondents are undecided or unsure when asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him. 34% have an unfavorable opinion of him, probably because he is a Republican, though that number is lower than the other anonymous Republicans we have polled. And he has a higher approval rating than the others too: 24%.