Radical Right’s “Traitors Spring” Fails Miserably.

Radical Right’s “Traitors Spring” Fails Miserably.

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So, if all had gone to their deluded plain, 10 to 30 million people who rush the White House and the Capitol Building and force the President, Vice President and the congressional leadership from office. How exactly is not said, but one can assume that they would not have gone willingly, since all were legitimately elected to their terms of office less than two years ago. So we are left to assume that they will be violently forced from office. But as the picture shows, only a few hundred, if that, showed up. Coup organizers said that the 10 to 30 million expected were scared off by the rain on Thursday and Friday. Which seems reasonable. Because if you are going to violently topple your government, it better be a sunny day.
Delaware Political Weekly: May 10-16, 2014

Delaware Political Weekly: May 10-16, 2014

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Robert Keesler has filed to take on incumbent Gerald Brady (D-4th RD) this fall. While the district is more hospitable to an R than the other city-based districts (the bizarrely-gerrymandered district goes from Wilmington to Hockessin) it’s still a D-leaning district. Registration figures show 8200 D’s; 5097 R’s; and 4537 I’s. Keesler is a new name to me. He has written a couple of entries on the blogs, including our own. IMHO, Gerald Brady is a hack, but he's in a district that has elected him a few times now, and my first impression of Keesler doesn't make me think that he'll have any better luck than Tyler Nixon did vs. Brady. Colin Bonini Files... ...for reelection to his State Senate seat in the district drawn just for him by Tony DeLuca. His official listed name on the ballot is Colin RMJ Bonini. Which, of course, raises the question, what does RMJ stand for? It's contest time!
It isn’t often that Celia Cohen has a good point…

It isn’t often that Celia Cohen has a good point…

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...but...
Coons has $3 mil in the bank, no opponent, and he keeps asking for money, anyway? Inquiring minds of irked Democrats want to know why
His campaign has basically taken over the Del Dem HQ building in New Castle, and they have been phonebanking every Wednesday and Saturday since February. In fact, I was in a meeting in the conference room at the Del Dem HQ last week, and I got a fundraising call from the Coons campaign from the next room over. There is being prepared, and then there is overkill.

Thursday Open Thread [5.15.14]

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If you oppose immigration reform, you should be forced to take the US Naturalization test. Like these idiots below, it is quite likely that you will not pass. In my perfect world, you, the idiot American citizen, would be deported.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 15, 2014

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 15, 2014

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Today's House Agenda features HB 308(M. Smith), 'create(s) an Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman' to address disputes between developers and residents in communities 'created by legal documents drafted by the developer and...intended to be managed by those living in these communities. As someone who did a lot of constituent service work, I can tell you that there were a lot of issues that could have used this mechanism to resolve w/o going to court. I think this is a real good bill. Once again, excellent legislating from Melanie Smith, one of the General Assembly's best.

Big Dog Hits Back

Famed Ohio Vote Counter Karl Rove tried to say that Hillary Clinton is brain damaged, all the while lying to American people about the nature of Hillary's hospital stay (Hillary was in the hospital for 4 days, not 30, for a blood clot, not for brain injury). This is a typical Rovian Republican manuever: say something outrageous about a candidate just to get people talking about the candidate negatively. But you don't talk about the Big Dog's wife that way:
"First of all, I've got to give [Rove] credit," Clinton told moderator Gwen Ifill. Rove's smear "embodies that old saying that consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. First they said she faked her concussion. And now they say she's auditioning for a part in The Walking Dead."
Damn. Now that is an insult.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 14, 2014

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 14, 2014

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Here we are in mid-May, and it's been weeks since we've heard anything about a gas tax for transportation funding and/or a revenue stream to clean our water. Is this a game of political chicken, or has everybody chickened out? Assuming no new revenues for transportation projects, there will be roughly $70 million less to spend next Fiscal Year on fixing our roads and bridges than has been allocated in the current Fiscal Year. This after one of the most brutal winters in recent memory. This also means $70 million less to invest in our workers and our state's economy. Is this really (not) going to happen? What a pathetic demonstration of what passes for political leadership in Dover.  There's still time, but is there political will?