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A Very Special Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: Filing Deadline Day

By El Somnambulo July 9, 202421 Comments

Events, of course, will determine just how special, if at all, today's edition is. The deadline for candidates to file is 12 noon today. We already have some news!: BREAKING:…

Either BHL Or Kathy Jennings Is Lying. Correction: BHL Is Lying.

By El Somnambulo July 8, 202426 Comments

Her and her Opioid $$ Operators. If you haven't already, read Cris Barrish's story. Some choice excerpts: Delaware prosecutors are investigating how nonprofit Code Purple Kent County spent $290,000 from…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 7, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 7, 20248 Comments

For the purposes of today's Open Thread, I'm gonna assume that Joe will eventually realize he has no choice but to end his candidacy, so I will discuss it no…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 6, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 6, 20241 Comment

I didn't watch last week's debate. I dreaded it, and just tried to ignore it. Wasn't until the next day that I read the virtually 100% consensus that it was…

Delaware Political Weekly: June 28-July 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 5, 20245 Comments

1. Filing Deadline Tuesday. At 12 noon. We'll be providing countdown coverage, although perhaps the more notable deadline is Friday, July 12 at 4:30 pm. That is for filed candidates…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 5, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 5, 20245 Comments

The Third Way Comes To England. With a less-charismatic Tony Blair: Ben Riley-Smith, the Telegraph’s political editor, suggests it is “perhaps the most significant phrase” of the speech. He posted:…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 4, 202411 Comments

Typically one of the least-read Open Threads Of The Year. Will this year be different? I write, you decide. Every columnist everywhere has weighed in on whether Biden should step…

Memo To BHL: Opioids Hazardous To Your Political Health

By El Somnambulo July 3, 202438 Comments

Karl Baker captures Bethany Hall Long's utter incompetence in screwing up one of the only things she's responsible for. Featuring unusually harsh language from the Attorney General. State Auditor is…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2024

By El Somnambulo July 1, 20243 Comments

Best month o' tunes so far this year. By far. I also think I'm gonna nail Nathan Arizona's fave this time! Let's get ready to get down: Alisa Amador: I…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Sunday, June 30, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 30, 202410 Comments

The Big Story: Police Athletic League Of Delaware: $200,000 Jobs For Delaware Graduates: $1,395,197 (!!) That's the funding that these two agencies will receive through the Grants-In-Aid bill. Two agencies…

Pride Goeth Before The Gavel Falls

By El Somnambulo June 30, 20246 Comments

Guest Post By The MoMo: Happy Pride Month from the Delaware General Assembly! Horrified onlookers will see the sarcasm in that title, as the General Assembly has a long way…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 30, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 30, 20243 Comments

An Open Convention? I'm not always in tune with what Ezra Klein proposes, but this at least deserves consideration: In “The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of…

DL Open Thread: Sat., June 29, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 29, 20246 Comments

Josh Marshall: Only Alternative To Biden Is Harris. Makes sense to me: The one thing that seems clear to me is that there’s only one Plan B and that’s Kamala…