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Rob Arlett, Trump’s Guy, Running For US Senate
Sussex County Councilman Rob Arlett today announced that he would run for the Senate seat currently held by Tom Carper. Arlett helped lead the Trump campaign in Delaware, where Trump garnered just under 42% of the vote against Hillary Clinton and assorted other candidates. His website for his previous County Council race describes him as…’Principled. […]
Delaware Political Weekly: April 6-12, 2018
1. GOP Finds Its Sacrificial Lamb For Congress. Presbyterian first, Rethug second? A military chaplain who served in Iraq. This guy. Campaign hasn’t gotten off to a rousing start. He either did or didn’t violate Department of Defense rules when he announced his candidacy at a Kent County Republican candidates event. Seems like a nice […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 30-April 5, 2018
1. D POLITICAL MALPRACTICE OF THE YEAR. Had a conversation with a political friend of mine, and she convinced me that the biggest D fail of the year is the seeming willingness to let Blowhard Colin Bonini get a free ride to another term. The registration generally favors the D’s: 12,431 D; 10,560 R; 8797 […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 23-29, 2018
1. Outten Retires, 2 Candidates File in 30th RD. Nature and politics abhor a vacuum. Within 24 hours of Rep. Bobby Outten‘s retirement announcement, two candidates flied to run for his 30th RD seat. D Charles Groce and R Shannon Morris. Groce is a, stop me if you’ve heard this before, retired state trooper. For […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 29, 2018
The bill raising the minimum age for purchasing deadly weapons was voted out of Senate committee yesterday and is scheduled for today’s Senate Agenda. 3 of 5 members voted to release it, but the committee report doesn’t specify who the third vote was. The third person who voted to release the bill clearly opposes the […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 28, 2018
Karen Hartley Nagle’s dream of one day becoming New Castle County Executive is on its way to becoming just another of her delusions. The House passed legislation yesterday that would have the Governor fill a vacancy in that office, and that would also allow the Governor’s appointee to subsequently run for the position. The original […]
Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 27, 2018
A quick wrap-up from last Thursday, starting with the comprehensive Session Activity Report. I will only note the passage of HB 144 (Osienski) in the Senate. Why? Because even what appears to be a modest restriction on DELDOT’s ability to acquire property caused the downstate dead-enders to fulminate and foam at the mouth. Perhaps b/c […]
Dave McBride & Greg Lavelle: Twin Executioners Of Assault Weapons Ban?
Let’s first state the obvious: The so-called leader of the Delaware State Senate has given the finger to every student, family and person who took part in the March For Our Lives throughout the world. That includes Delaware and, yes, former VP Joe Biden. He ‘pulled a Schwartzkopf’, but, in this case, it was even […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 16-22, 2018
1. Two More For RD 16. One candidate, Jakim Mohammed, filed this week for the race to succeed retiring Rep. J. J. Johnson. I like him, perhaps the only ex-cop I would consider supporting. Why? Because he challenges the way that police interact with the black community (I’m using ‘interact’ as a euphemism here). He’s […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 22, 2018
With two session Wednesdays lost to the snow, there’s a backup of legislation in House and Senate committees. Meaning, there’s a paucity of legislation available to consider during regular session. More likely a good thing than a bad thing. Especially when one sees how the ‘Honorables’ have dealt with the limited number of bills they’ve […]
What If Tom Carper Doesn’t Run?
I’ve been thinking about this lately. You have a clearly diminished incumbent, one who will be forced to display that diminished capacity publicly this year. He has more pensions than Trump has women suing him. I can see him taking the money and not running. He probably can still remember Bill Roth’s campaign literally crashing […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
So, Rep. PAL Longhurst goes into high dudgeon over the weakening of her bump stocks bill in the Senate. These amendments passed the Senate and are now part of the bill: SA 2(Delcollo) and SA 4(Ennis). While I agree with her, she is the last person who should make that argument. Lest we forget, back […]
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