Mike Castle’s TV Ads

If you live in New Castle County, you have probably seen Mike Castle's campaign commercials.   They continue the standard Mike Castle message: "Given all of the problems our country faces,…

KHN ALERT

Has anyone seen Karen pushing out Castle on his position of all things going wrong in this country right now? Maybe painting your differences and attacking how the other has…

Campaign Outreach

I hate to do this, because I geniunely want to Karen Hartley Nagle to succeed now that she is our Democratic nominee for Congress, just as I wanted Dennis Spivack…

New Feature: Get Local

In keeping with our commitment to providing more local politics, we have added a new widget on the right sidebar.  This widget will have the last five local stories easily…

Ron Williams Phones It In

This could be a continuing series, I'm thinking. Today, Williams tells us what we already know, that Joe Biden is well within his rights to run for both his VP…

Castle on the Bailout

Last night I was able to take part in one of the things that make Delaware a wonderful place to live.  I got to spend a few minutes having a…

Camp Obama Comes to Delaware

I was talking to a NJ Dem Party official a few weeks ago and she told me that the recent one of these held in NJ drew more than 200 people from all over South Jersey. And that this event was not only inspiring, but damned fun. I’m posting the entire invitation below the jump, but this is really an incredible opportunity to get some of the best organizing training in the business — training that would be useful for all of us looking to get more involved in working for more and better Democrats at the local level. And it is just fantastic that this opportunity is coming to Delaware.

Push Polling: Not Just for Florida Anymore.

The great Drew Volturo of the Delaware State News reports (sorry no link) about a push poll being used in the 32nd Representative District on behalf of incumbent Donna Stone (R) and against her opponent, Brad Bennett (D):

Details of who authorized the poll and how many resi­dents were called are unclear, but indications from those who received the call are that it could have been a “push poll” — a political campaign technique used to influence a voter by posing negative infor­mation about a candidate.

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The [poll] asked about Rep. Stone’s work in passing manu­factured housing legislation and whether her presidency of the National Conference of State Legislatures took away from her duties in Delaware[.]

“Then they turned around and started with questions about her opponent,” Ms. Cle­ments [a district resident who received a call] said. “They asked, ‘Did you know the only reason Brad Bennett is running is to help his father- in- law get elected to the Senate?’” Mr. Bennett’s father-in­-law is Brian J. Bushweller, a Democrat running for an open state Senate seat against for­mer Dover mayor James L. Hutchison.

Ms. Clements said the poll­ster also asked if she was aware that Mr. Bennett is running for his dad’s old seat — Edward J. Bennett served 18 years in the House until 1994, when Rep. Stone won the open seat — and that his security company could get more state contracts if he wins in November.

“It was really annoying how they just bashed him,” said Ms. Clements, a registered Republi­can who said she has voted for Rep. Stone in the past. “It sick­ened me to the point where I wouldn’t consider (voting for Rep. Stone) this time.”