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Senator Tom Carper matched Governor Markell's approval rating of 61% in Morning Consult's job performance polling of all 100 U.S. Senators Delaware Tom Carper over the last few months. 22% disapprove of the CEO of Carperdyne Systems. Senator Coons has a lower rating, but still relatively high, at 58%. 23% disapprove.

Jeb! Bush is down to fourth (or lower) in most polls and seems to be about done. His style of pretending to be the grownup in the room is so…

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds Hillary Clinton is better-trusted on dealing with the terrorism threat, with her biggest edge over Donald Trump.

“By 50% to 42%, more Americans say they trust Clinton to handle the threat of terrorism than Trump, who leads the Republican field and responded to the Paris terrorist attacks by calling for heightened surveillance of mosques and redoubling his opposition to allowing Syrian refugees to settle in the U.S.”

David Atkins:

A bunch of Democrats who foolishly listened to Steve Israel seem to have wildly underestimated how pissed off the progressive base is over the Syrian refugees vote. There will be opportunities to make amends, though. This fight isn't over by a long shot.

Indeed, I am sure John Carney is a little taken aback by the outrage pointed in his direction. David speaks of opportunities to make amends. On the Refugee Bill, to even begin to heal this rift, the first, but not last, step is for all of them to sustain the veto. And of course, Senators Coons and Carper will be well advised to not repeat Carney's mistake. They must filibuster.

Our favorite local Sarah Palin, failed 2010 GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, says that the FEC lawsuit alleging that she illegally used campaign donations for personal expenses is actually a "witch hunt" and that she can't get a new attorney in Delaware because they are being intimidated.

She is also having trouble hiring a local attorney, she said, claiming that at least three lawyers she has talked to have received phone calls warning of "political backlash" if they represent her. Her former local attorney, Richard Abbott, withdrew last month, saying he hasn't been paid for his services.

Really???! Well surely these attorneys will swear out affidavits under oath supporting this shocking allegation! Yeah not so much.

Governor Jack Markell has a 61% approval rating. 25% disapprove. He is the third most popular Democratic Governor, after Minnesota's Mark Dayton and West Virginia's Earl Ray Tomblin, and the 12th most popular in the country.

Donald Trump “was repeatedly asked to explain the difference between requiring Muslims to enter their information into a database and making Jewish people register in Nazi Germany,” MSNBC reports. He responded four times by saying, “You tell me.” Alright, Herr Trump, I'll tell you. There is no difference.

I presume Marco Rubio means to close down places like the Westboro Baptist Church, Redstate.com and the NRA with his plans to close down places where "radicals are begin inspired."

Fox News' Megyn Kelly Asked Rubio about Trump's statement that the U.S. may need to close mosques. "Well I think we need to target radicalism — a lot of it is actually happening online, not simply in mosques," Rubio said in response. "The vast majority of mosques in America are not…" "But the mosque piece of it is the controversial piece, so where do you stand on that?" Kelly jumped in to ask. ADVERTISING "Well, I think it’s not about closing down mosques. It’s about closing down any place, whether it’s a cafe, a diner, an internet site, any place where radicals are being inspired," the senator said.