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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 8, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 9, 2021

The initial Joint Finance Committee hearings are over (budget mark-up will come later), so the General Assembly will be working up until an Easter break. The House will not officially…

DL Open Thread Sunday, March 7, 2021

By Alby March 7, 20215 Comments

Interesting article at Daily Kos examining the congressional districts with the biggest voting shifts in the presidential race from 2016 to 2020. The Republicans made big Latino-fueled gains in south…

An Era Of Good Feelings?

By El Somnambulo March 4, 2021

It was more like 24 hours, but it was a good 24 hours. On Tuesday evening, Larry Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, and Sarah McBride hosted a Zoom meeting with DELDOT…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

By Alby February 28, 20213 Comments

Now that The Last Guy™ has been reduced to giving speeches to the clowns and rageaholics at CPAC (it stands for Clowns Playing At Competence), the media's theme for the…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021

By Alby February 25, 20216 Comments

You already know this, but the tendency of Republicans and other half-wits to hold super-spreader events appears to be the primary driver in the spread of Covid. Postmaster General Louis…

The Time For Paid Medical And Family Leave Is NOW!

By El Somnambulo February 23, 20212 Comments

It could happen, thanks in large part to the influx of progressive legislators over the past couple of election cycles. And the expansion of grassroots organizing. As WDEL reports, the…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021

By Alby February 18, 202110 Comments

The Delaware GOP, like state Republican parties across the land, has turned itself over to the dimmest among them. While Witless Lauren Witzke -- motto: "Cracked? Oh, I though you…

State To Delaware Latinos: Drop Dead Of Covid

By El Somnambulo February 16, 20212 Comments

Maria Matos is right: "Equity means that you have to do things differently. And it's OK to say 'I'm not happy with those numbers.' Then, do something about it...think outside…

I Agree With Greg Lavelle–

By El Somnambulo February 13, 20217 Comments

Or, to be more precise, Greg Lavelle agrees with me. The issue is when should parties hold their primaries for statewide, legislative, and local offices. Back in 2016, I wrote…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021

By Alby February 7, 20216 Comments

The challenges facing the country and the Biden administration are monumental, and some of them are not going to be undone as quickly as we all would like. Topping the…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021

By Alby January 31, 20214 Comments

Quote of the Day: The contract between a Trumpist politician and their voters runs a little something like, “I will enrich myself while exacerbating every problem that lands on my…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 28, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 28, 2021

It's Clean-Up Day in Dover. Both agendas feature bills that will head to the Governor after today, with the House mostly working Senate bills, and the Senate working House bills.…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 26, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 26, 20219 Comments

Yet another truncated session (wash, rinse, repeat) featuring (not highlighted by) Gov. Carney's State Of The State Address. For reasons I can't explain, most of Delaware's recent governors deliver these…