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OPEN SOURCE dKos DRAFT: Featured speaker on RNC’s “WE BUILT THIS!” night

By jason330 August 24, 201273 Comments

[I'm posting this draft for comments and suggestions. I'm thinking I'll post it at dKos on Monday. Thanks to everyone who has chipped in so far.] It is easy to see why Delawarean, Sher Valenzeula was asked to speak on the RNC's “We Built This” theme night in Tampa. She is a woman, latino, and a successful small business person who built her business all alone without any government support whatsoever. Her story is a real rebuke to President Obama's take on capitalism, right?

Not Buying the Most Dangerous City in America Label

By cassandra_m August 23, 201225 Comments

You know by now that Parenting Magazine put out a piece yesterday that states that Wilmington is the most violent city in America, ahead of places like St. Louis, Baltimore and New Orleans:

Rommey is not hating women enough for the National Review

By jason330 August 23, 201213 Comments

According the National Review, if Rommey would only follow fake science, and be an even bigger a-hole, everyone would fall in line and vote for the alpha male. [Prepare yourself for level 5 GOP style misogyny] ...

On the Hustings With Bryan Townsend, Part II: Things I Learned.

By El Somnambulo August 23, 201221 Comments

Told'ja I'd go back, and I went back yesterday evening to campaign with Bryan Townsend, who may be running the best single state legislative campaign in Delaware this year. Well, his amazing staff is running the campaign, Bryan's the Incredible Campaigner. Here's what I learned.

It really is amazing….

By Delaware Dem August 23, 20128 Comments

The Polling Report [8.23.12]

By Delaware Dem August 23, 20125 Comments

Just when things were looking good for Romney, or at least trending in his favor..... President Obama has retaken leads in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida. And if you can believe it (I don't), made Georgia a competitive three point race. Meanwhile, the President maintains slim leads in Nevada, and is running up the score in New Mexico and Vermont.

Shar Valenzuela to headline “WE BUILT THIS!” night at RNC with… “I built it with government money!”

By jason330 August 23, 20127 Comments

It is easy to see why Shar has been asked to HEADLINE "We Built This" night in Tampa. She is a woman, latino, and a successful small business person who built her business all alone without any government support whatsoever. A THREE-fer!!! (If only she was wheelchair bound, and/or jewish!!)

How much does John Sigler suck at being DE GOP chair? Number… I’ve lost count

By jason330 August 23, 20122 Comments

John, I'm sure you are good at fishing and a great many others things. Being the DE GOP chair just isn't working. This is great stuff from Celila Cohen. I think she finds the old muse when writing about how pathetic the party that backstabbed Michael Castle has become.

Who’s Responsible for the Decline of the American Middle Class?

By cassandra_m August 23, 20124 Comments

The folks over at the Pew Research Center asked self-identified Middle Class Americans who they thought was responsible for the fact that they have has an especially tough go of it over the last decade or so. Here is what they said

What’s up with our Teabag Republican Sheriff ?

By jason330 August 22, 20126 Comments

This TPM story about a teabag Republican Sheriff in New Hampshire claiming outlandish powers under the Constitution (including the power to use deadly force to prevent doctors from performing legal abortions and the power to bring elected officials to trial in front of a "citizen’s grand jury") made me pine for stories about our own Republican Sheriff.

The President of Ireland Kicks Some Tea Partier Butt

By cassandra_m August 22, 20125 Comments

This is the President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, on a radio show of one Michael Graham (no idea who he is) clearly messed with the wrong Irishman this day:

Late Night Video — Stop Motion Excel Animation

By cassandra_m August 22, 20121 Comment

You read that right -- stop motion animation using an Excel spreadsheet. This is very cool, but how much work did this guy blow off to get this done? And am I the only person on the planet who had no idea you could do animation with Excel?

The Ascendant Michael D. Protack

By Delaware Dem August 22, 201227 Comments

I had forgotten that Mike Protack was actually, once again, running for something. This year he is a Republican candidate for New Castle County Council President. This is a change in the trajectory of his political career. For before this year, he had been on a downward spiral in the office he was seeking in any given year. In 2004, he ran for Governor and lost in the Republican Primary. In 2006, he ran for the U.S. Senate and lost in the Republican Primary. In 2008, he ran again for Governor and lost at the Republican convention. In 2010, he finally lowered his sights and ran for something that even I thought he could win: a County Council seat. But he lost in the Republican Primary. If he were to run again, I thought the next logical stop would have been Alderman or whatever similar office they have in Hockessin (or dogcatcher if they don't). But to my surprise, Protack, ever the poker player, is upping the ante once again. And this time, finally, at long last, after a long quioxitic journy, Michael D. Protack will be the nominee of the Republican Party for something.