Blue Wave Watch – Delaware

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"Tossup, or D Pickup?" That's the main question to answer when looking at the November matchups. Some candidates are good and some are weak, but this election day, unlike any other, will come down to voter engagement. Right now all early signs point to the fact that "R Pickup" isn't a high probability outcome in any race. Primary day turnout is instructive. 83,000 Democratic voters were moved to vote in the primary. Meanwhile, Republican turnout went from nearly 70,000 voters in the 2016 primary to just under 38,000 on Thursday. Importantly, the Harris campaign and other primary candidates focused on reaching new voters, young people, and people of color. Keeping those new voters and adding to their ranks may not be difficult given Trump's poll ratings in Delaware. (Approve:36 Disapprove: 58 No Opinion:6.) Those numbers, and the bloody flag being waved by President Obama, allow EVERY Democrat in every race to make Trump an issue in this election. That will push Republicans to either run toward or away from the President. A Kevin Hensley (for example) running toward Trump provides ammunition for his challenger and increases Dem turnout. A "nice polite Republican" like Hensley running away from the Cheeto provides the GOP nuts an excuse to stay home.

NYT’s Jonathan Martin Clowns Coons

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“This (contested primaries) is relatively new to us and it means that a younger generation of candidates view themselves as not being willing to work their way up through elections and they want to go straight for primarying our most senior elected official,” said Senator Chris Coons, who took Mr. Biden’s seat after serving on the county council.
1) I thought Coons was chummy with the media? 2) It still kills me when Coons & Carper talk about "The Delaware Way" like it is a good thing. It is like listening to some Catholic Priests talking about how close they are with the parish's alter boys.

This is what momentum looks like: Part 2

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Kerri lives in Kent County, works in New Castle County, and advocates in Sussex County. Kerri is a working person, parent, and someone who is constantly improving. Here’s some of the stats on this race: - We’ve communicated with over 100,000 voters in Delaware - We’ve raised over $175,000 (which was ahead of our goal and allowing us to increase our budget and reach out to even more voters!) - We’ve developed over 800 volunteers - We’ve been averaging 2-3 press hits a day over these past few months (we even had to get a bigger venue for tomorrow’s election night watch party to accommodate all the press and volunteers coming) - Kerri won the debate with Sen. Carper (even his supporters told me Kerri won) What was once impossible, is now inevitable.

Ayanna Pressley Defeats Longtime Representative Mike Capuano in MA Democratic Primary Upset – Tom Carper, You are Next

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In a major upset, Representative Michael Capuano has conceded to Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’s 7th District. Though results were coming in slowly and the race had yet to be called, Capuano conceded just 80 minutes after polls closed. Pressley challenged Capuano, who has been in Congress since 1998, from the left, and the race drew comparisons to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset victory over Congressman Joe Crowley – particularly after Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Pressley.
We're coming for you Tom. You have more in common with Mitch McConnell than you have with ANY of your Delaware constituents, and you fucking flaunt it. It ends Thursday.