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Most Intriguing Primaries: New Castle County Council Districts 1, 4 & 6

By El Somnambulo July 25, 20183 Comments

We have two insurgent candidacies challenging back-benchers, and we have an outlier. Let's start with the outlier. Perpetual candidate and realtor Vincent White is challenging Penrose Hollins in Council District…

July 24 Open Thread: Stand Your Ground = License to Kill

By Alby July 24, 20181 Comment

The latest Florida outrage -- I know, it's a new one almost every day -- involves the cold-blooded slaying of another black man by another white man who apparently will…

July 22 Open Thread: Democrats in the Woods Looking for Their Balls

By Alby July 22, 20184 Comments

The timidity of the Democratic Party establishment has long been chronicled 'round these parts, but it's getting late in the election cycle and the mainstream pundits are starting to react…

John Atkins A Laughingstock No More

By El Somnambulo July 20, 20183 Comments

He is now a serial practitioner of domestic violence. There is nothing funny about that. There is not a single redeeming feature about him. Of course he claims 'self defense'…

Bipartisanship Forever! Coons Takes Wing With GOP Lame Duck

By Alby July 19, 20182 Comments

Don't accuse Sen. Chris Coons of doing nothing about Trump's treason. Yesterday he swung into bold action by -- INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION! Better yet, it's a BIPARTISAN resolution! The Republic…

Most Intriguing Primaries: SD 2 And SD 3

By El Somnambulo July 18, 201822 Comments

I first want to talk about how local Democratic primaries could impact the statewide primary races. For the most part, with just a few exceptions, the local primaries could well…

Open Thread For July 17: Russian Roulette

By El Somnambulo July 17, 20184 Comments

In this case, Trump is not pointing the barrel at his temple, but at us. He is, indeed, Putin's lackey. As are virtually all Rethug members of Congress. A couple…

Delaware Political Weekly: July 6-12, 2018

By El Somnambulo July 13, 201811 Comments

1. Best Week Ever For Kerri Harris Campaign. Finally, the battle is joined. Tom Carper has a record that is indefensible to real Democrats. We've chronicled that record here for…

July 12 Open Thread: Pizza For Perverts

By El Somnambulo July 12, 20185 Comments

I was gonna lead off with the news that Tom Carper has finally been engaged on the issue of his terrible record. But I can't emphasize it enough. Hey, read…

July 10 Open Thread: It Could Have Been Worse. Maybe

By El Somnambulo July 10, 201821 Comments

At least one right-winger wanted an all-out culture war, and so was hoping that Trump would nominate Amy Coney Barrett. I'm sorry, you can read all the tea leaves in…

Filing Deadline Countdown Thread

By El Somnambulo July 9, 201826 Comments

Was gonna wait until first thing tomorrow, but a lot happened today. First and, I believe, most important, Nnamdi Chukwuocha has indeed filed to challenge the ethically-bankrupt Charles Potter for…

July 9 Open Thread: Trump Vs. The Breast-Feeders

By El Somnambulo July 9, 201815 Comments

Yep, doing the bidding of the formula makers, the Trump Administration sought to deep-six a UN Resolution endorsing breast-feeding. Used 'gangster tactics' (threatened trade sanctions) to force Ecuador to drop…

Delaware Political Weekly: June 29-July 5, 2018

By El Somnambulo July 6, 201878 Comments

1. Actor Lee Murphy To Play Role Of Congressional Candidate. He's been a candidate before. He's almost been a candidate a couple of other times. He's been a teacher, an Amtrak…