Delaware “Literally” Featured in Nate Silver’s “538”

I guess we are going to have to get used to it.   Any reference to Delaware will be preceded or followed by a reference to Joe Biden.  He is Delaware now.   At least to the nation at large.   Much like the scene in Wayne’s World defined Delaware to the popular culture for much of the 90’s.  

“I am in Delaware.  Delaware.  Yeah.”  

Or recent Simpson’s references to Delaware as an obscure and uninteresting place. 

Homer: “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!”  Lisa: “I want to visit Wilmington!”  Bart: “I want to visit the screen door factory!”

Now Joe Biden defines Delaware.   You can already see it happening on ESPN whenever Chris Berman shows the results of one of ESPN.com’s sports-related polls.  He always points out “Delaware, with the esteemed Senator Joe Biden, votes Yes” to whatever question is asked.    You can see the transformation at work in Sean Quinn’s post about Delaware in the “Road to 270” series at Nate Silver’s “538” blog.    I guess Joe Biden says the word “literally” a lot.    Count how many times he uses the word in this post:

DEwind: The Week That Was October 20th

Wherever Kavips is getting his amphetamines it is fine with me, because right now he is Delaware's Most Prolific blogger. But today, I'll only focus on his Workforce Housing post from…

I Just Love Homemade Signs.

It is rumored that Delaware's own Donviti has a homemade sign in his front yard, stating his rather conventional political opinions.  Well here are some other homemade signs in Bear,…

Live Blogging: John Clatworthy Tele-Forum

Just finishing up dinner and the phone rings. It’s John Clatworthy. I’ll listen so you don’t have.

7:10 – John Clathworthy sets up the call.

7:11 – Delaware is sliding to mediocrity: schools, state spending, roads, Psychiatric Hospital. He’s dad grew up in government housing(?). Went to Regent University.

7:13 – The Clat says he can grow jobs.

7:15 – The Clat works with the guilty, the Republican Party. 😉

7:16 – The Clat’s ideas spell out DELAWARE. Thank goodness he didn’t live in PENNSYLVANIA.

7:17 – The Clat is for open government. Who isn’t?

7:19 – The Clat is for choice. Our test scores are low; apparently our students suck. The Clat wants to get rid of problem kids, put them in an alternate track.

7:20 – Limit spending. The growth is out of control.

7:20 – First caller is  Jacob who doesn’t ask a question. Apparently he is star struck.