Can you find someone with a “Bacon Number” higher than 4?

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Good luck finding anyone with a bacon number greater than 2 when you leverage google's new search by typing “bacon number” followed by the name of any actor. I found one that is 4, but don't want to give it away until others try this thing. WARNING: 3 hours will race by, so if you have to pick up the kids from music lessons - DON'T TRY IT!

Starkey’s thin reporting includes a few quotes

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If Jonathan Starkey's candidate forum report from the Siegel Jewish Community Center in Talleyville was any thinner it could be measured in microns. Here are the reported facts:
- Carper, Markell, Cragg, Pires, Kovach, Mobley, Wade and some other people who didn't say anything quotable took part in a "mostly friendly event" hosted by the Jewish Federation of Delaware at the Siegel Jewish Community Center in Talleyville.....

BOOM goes The Polling Report [9.14.12]

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Three new NBC/Marist polls came out yesterday in Ohio, Virginia and Florida, giving the President 5 point leads in Virginia and Florida and a 7 point lead in Ohio. Mitt Romney must win all three states or there is no conceivable mathematical way he can be elected President. The President can win without these three. And that really is the story of this election. In Mitt Romney's best case scenario where he wins all his swing state targets, his ceiling in the Electoral College is 291. The President's best case scenario is 399 (winning all the usual suspects plus Montana, Arizona, Missouri, Indiana, Georgia and Nebraska's 1 congressional district). Here is the map:

Delaware Political Weekly: Sept. 8-14, 2012

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What we learned from the Primary: 1. The Gordon machine was the single most effective game-changer during the primary; 2. For once, Wilmington really made the difference this year; 3. Grassroots campaigns work, and they cost a lot less than the alternative; 4. Jack Markell is in danger of becoming a Drawbridge Democrat; 5. Tons of lit cannot compensate for personal unpopularity; and 6. Primaries are GOOD;

Losing When Only Winning Was Possible

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Mitt Romney has had another self-inflicted, tough week/ So as Romney's campaign begins it's Goodbye Tour, we're looking for titles for the upcoming HBO movie about the plummeting 2012 Romney Campaign. We will take the best titles from the comments and vote on them next week.

The Polling Report [9.13.12]

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We have a lot of polls, but nothing in a state changing from Romney to Obama or vice versa. Instead, we have a map that is getting darker in some expected sports and lighter in some unexpected spots. Meanwhile, we have a Fox News poll that is most likely being ignored on their own air. Here is the map.

The 62 District Strategy: The General Election Preview

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Let's see how each party fared in their efforts to find candidates for every race. Hint: one party failed miserably, and in so doing, severely damaged whatever small chance it had to win control of either chamber of the General Assembly. So come inside for the large chart and my predictions on how the races for the General Assembly will play out.