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Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs

Filed in Delaware by on August 24, 2010 15 Comments

The News Journal is obsessed with campaign signs.

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Kowalko Announcement Today

Filed in Delaware by on August 23, 2010 1 Comment

John Kowalko, the Democratic candidate in the 25th District, will announce his candidacy at 11:00 AM at the Newark Senior Center.  Come on out to hear John give ’em hell.

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Campaign Finance Open Thread

Filed in Delaware by on August 20, 2010 63 Comments

The 30-day before primary campaign finance reports are being posted on the state Department of Elections website.

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This One Is For The O’Donnell Fans

Filed in Delaware by on August 20, 2010 11 Comments

This one’s dedicated to all those Christine O’Donnell fans out there.

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Fundraiser Tonight in Townsend

Filed in Delaware by on August 18, 2010 2 Comments

If you are anywhere near Townsend this evening, swing by the Blackbird Community Center at 6PM to help support Rick Griffiths, the endorsed Democratic candidate to replace Dick Cathcart in the 9th district.  The cost is $20 per person and includes pizza, sodas and desserts.  There will be a few Democratic candidates in attendance and […]

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Chris Coons Hits Castle on Deficit Hypocrisy

Filed in Delaware by on August 18, 2010 3 Comments

Or maybe we could call this another float in the Mike Castle hypocrisy parade. From a recent Chris Coons press release:

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Suggestions On What To Wear

Filed in Delaware by on August 18, 2010 15 Comments

Michele Rollins and Glen Urquhart will have a debate on August 31 at Widener Law School. Your intrepid blogger plans to attend!

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Tuesday’s Asshat of the Day

Filed in Delaware by on August 17, 2010 7 Comments

Without a doubt, today’s recipient deserves it for many, many things he’s said.  But Bill Colley of WGMD, the self-proclaimed “Talk of Delmarva,” has totally lost it.  He’s lost all claims to being a voice for even those who call themselves conservative in our state.  He has exposed himself as the jingoist and demagogue that […]

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Pallin’ Around With Chavez

Filed in Delaware by on August 16, 2010 17 Comments

Multimillionaire Michele Rollins dumped a bunch of Venezuelan oil company stock right before she announced her run for Congress. I’m sure this is just a coincidence, right?

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The Logic of the Delaware GOP Purge

Filed in Delaware by on August 16, 2010 31 Comments

The Delaware Republican blogosphere has shattered again through the GOP civil war.

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Friday’s Asshats of the Day

Filed in Delaware, National by on August 13, 2010 66 Comments

Today’s award is a group award.  It goes to all of those self-righteous “patriots” who oppose the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”  You know who you are (locally we have Alfalfa and Curly from WGOP and nationally we have Abraham Foxman of the American Jewish Committee and Charles Krauthammer). I traded emails with my brother today.  […]

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Solving the Marriage Conundrum

Filed in Delaware, National by on August 10, 2010 12 Comments

Since it appears that neither the left nor the right are going to agree on who is entitled to enjoy the bliss of married life, I have a solution – get the State out of the marriage and divorce business.  No more state-issued marriage licenses (think of the money we’ll be saving taxpayers by getting […]

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Internal Poll Has Disasterous News [For Mike Castle]

Filed in Delaware by on August 7, 2010 15 Comments

Now, I preface this post with the fact that this is a story heard from someone who heard it from someone. But I like this story so I am running with it. So a Republican Minority Leader (either Boehner or McConnell) was in Delaware in the last two weeks do some quiet fund raising for Mike Castle among the rich Chateau crowd. The Minority Leader’s sales pitch: there is an internal RNC or RSCC polling for this race has Coons within 7 points of Castle.

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