Delaware

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [2.15.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 15, 2012 • 3 Comments

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [2.14.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 14, 2012 • 5 Comments

Monday Daily Delawhere [2.13.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 13, 2012 • 2 Comments

Sunday Daily Delawhere [2.12.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 12, 2012 • 1 Comment

Saturday Daily Delawhere [2.11.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 11, 2012 • 6 Comments

Eye of Newt

Filed in Delaware, National by Rob Tornoe on February 10, 2012 • 5 Comments

Newt Gingrich might have called out Mitt Romney on his “pious baloney,” but poor Newt might now be classified as “desperate baloney” after being eclipsed this week by the frothy Rick Santorum in Colorado and Minnesota.

The Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 10, 2012 • 2 Comments

You may have noticed in the center column of the site, we have a poll question regarding the job performance of Governor Markell. Currently, the Governor has a 69% approval rating (27% approve, 42% strongly approve), and a 22% disapproval rating (17% disapprove, 5% strongly). And 9% of you either don’t care, don’t know or are “meh” when it comes to the Governor.

Now, an internet poll is in no way accurate (although, real polls of the Governor’s job performance have similar findings, with approval in the 60’s). We are not dealing with a random sample here. And the sample size is way too small (64 people at last count). Still, I thought it would be fun to have a new tracking poll feature each day that polls the politically motivated and passionate in Delaware. Each day of the week we will poll on a different office holder or candidate.

Let’s Do This Again

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 10, 2012 • 31 Comments

Yesterday we showed the new Delaware Democratic Party logo, but there was just a small problem with it. The vendor misspelled “Democratic” by adding a third “c.” And to be fair to the staff at the Del Dems, I missed it when I first looked at it, because my attention was drawn to the Hen. Click inside to see the revised new logo, and the secondary logo that we have not seen yet, that I love even better, and see how much better these logos are than the logos of the past.

Friday Daily Delawhere [2.10.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 10, 2012 • 3 Comments

NAACP Issues Charter School Resolution

Filed in Delaware, National by pandora on February 9, 2012 • 10 Comments

Here’s what caught my attention:

WHEREAS, in some cases, charter schools have become a school model that is used
to segregate students; and

Ya think? Charter Schools have also allowed School Districts to shift their responsibilities to these students to Charters. Which is why I’ve always wondered why Charter proponents wanted to serve on Public School Boards. Always struck me as being an employee of Pepsi, but promoting Coke. And you gotta love the way a Public School District Board’s plan for your public school is to give it away. It’s almost as if they’re saying, “Hey, we stink at this education thingy, so we’ll give it to someone else.”

The Delaware Dems Have a New Logo

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 12 Comments

As an aside, I post as Delaware Dem, which is a name I created in 2003 as the name I posted under when Daily Kos was launched. But just because my name is Delaware Dem here does not mean I have any connection to the Delaware Democratic Party. I don’t. In no way do I speak for them, and given the shouting matches I have had with John Daniello, he would agree. But I digress… Click inside to see the full logo….

An Interesting Paul Clark Move

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 6 Comments

New Castle County has halted sheriff’s sales for homeowners delinquent on their property taxes. County Executive Paul Clark said he issued the executive order Wednesday because of recently released statistics from Dover that show Delaware has the third-highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the country.