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Announcing the Delaware Liberal Inaugural Weekend Festivities

We, the writers of Delaware Liberal, were bummed that there seemed to be no way of getting our team down to the Inauguration or to attend one of the prestigious Inaugural Balls in Washington.  So we have decided to celebrate the occasion of the inauguration of Obama/Biden and Markell/Denn right here in Delaware.

Jack Markell has urged Delawareans to give back to the community to celebrate his victory, so we wanted to do something to honor that request.  So, along with the Progressive Democrats for Delaware and Drinking Liberally, DelawareLiberal and it’s readers will gather at 9AM on January 24th at the Food Bank of Delaware off of Rt 72 in Newark to help the Food Bank with packing food for distribution to various organizations that provide sustenance to the less fortunate of Delaware.  We are asking you and your family to join us for three hours of rewarding work.  Please let me know by emailing liberalgeek at delawareliberal.net.  It will be a great chance to help the community and finally see Donviti do some work.  We only have 30 spots, so be sure to let me know as soon as you can.

After the work, we will have time to play.  We will be throwing our own “Taste of Victory” Inaugural Ball from 7-11PM at Deerfield Fine Wines in Newark.  We will be serving wine, eating tapas style appetizers and hobnobbing with the staff of DelawareLiberal and politicians.  Per Donviti’s request, there will be no dancing.

The price for this event will be $30 per person or $50 per couple.  The event will be upscale dress (no jeans) and will be limited to  21 or older (sorry Mat!).  The proceeds from the evening will go to support Autism Delaware to help them to serve the needs of children and adults with Autism.

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We anticipate a large turnout, including Matt Denn (and hopefully Jack Markell, too).  I suspect that Obama and Biden are off the table…

Over the next few weeks we will be profiling our charities and telling you their stories.  We hope you will join us in supporting these fine charities and the people that make them go.  We will also provide you with opportunities to contribute monetarily to these charities, even if you cannot attend the event on January 24th.

We have added a new link to the top of the site that will give you the rundown of the events.  Please be sure to check it out for more information.  See you on the 24th.

Here’s Why Donviti Isn’t Going to Work at The White House

Wow.  The New York Times has a story up on what the Obama administration (I loved typing that) is asking potential applicants for in the way of embarrassing stuff.  Emails, blog posts, Facebook, etc.  Could you make the grade?  I actually wonder if this will make a difference in the increasing level of connectedness and the vast archives that are being built.

The real bad part for donviti is that he would have to list all of his aliases used on the Internet.  He would likely need a bigger sheet of paper.

Barack Obama, Blogger Material?

The incomparable John Cole over at Balloon Juice documents some of the evidence that Obama is something of a geek (props to LG and Duffy). This is funny:

“That’s an interesting belt buckle,” he said to Michelle, mischievously. She feigned offense and said, “I am interesting, next to you. Surprise, surprise, a blue suit, a white shirt and a tie.” Obama grinned and bent down until he was almost at eye level with her waist. He jabbed a playful finger toward her belt buckle, and let loose his inner nerd. “The lithium crystals! Beam me up, Scotty!” Obama squeaked, laughing at his own lame joke as Michelle rolled her eyes.

(I think “the lithium crystals” is a translation error by the writer. Argue amongst yourselves.)

Cole provides other evidence, including a quick use of the f-bomb (not in public tho), and the Beastie Boys to point to the geekiness. And all of those ridiculed pauses are going to be heard alot differently, now that you know that he is asking himself this question: ‘You know, this is a stupid question, but let me … answer it.’

I’ll also add that Lenard Nimoy was on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me a few weeks ago and he told a story about seeing Obama somewhere in passing and Obama gave him the Vulcan handsign. (it is on the Not My Job segment and you can hear it within the first three minutes or so of the audio.)

It’s not important to anything at all, but there’s something really cool about a President who has the same cultural references you do.

UPDATE: What to Expect From DelawareLiberal This Week

Obviously, this is the biggest week on the calendar for political junkies.  We are here to make sure you get your fix of Delaware politics during the next few days.  So here is a rundown of what we will be doing.

Tomorrow, at least, Jason and I will be filing reports from the field during the day.  I’ll be doing some GOTV work from 10-2 and more reports as the day goes along.  Donsquishy will be out in the field meeting and greeting, so if there is a guy that wants to shake you hand that smells like diapers, say hi to Donviti.

DelawareDem will be reporting from the Democratic victory party from the early evening on.  From 8-9 I’ll be appearing on WHYY TV12’s blogger roundtable, opposite Jeff Mapson from DelawarePolitics.  Immediately after my stint on TV, I’ll be heading over to the victory party.  Hopefully, several more of our contributors will join us at the party later.

EDIT: The more interesting part of Delaware Liberal — Pandora, Cassandra and Nemski — will be here throughout the day, minding the store and making sure you have plenty of threads for observations and news of the day. Both Pandora and Cassandra may have some reports on local goings on in Wilmington and all three can be contacted via email of the Tip Line above to report on items of interest.

I hope to have live streaming video from the victory party posted online as well as interviews with candidates and politicians posted throughout the night.

On Wednesday morning, Jason and I will be appearing in-studio with Maria Evans on DelawareTalkRadio.  RSmitty will be joining us while we discuss how the election has changed the political landscape here and around the country.

On Wednesday afternoon, I’m going to pass out.

New Yorker Debunks Socialism Charge

Over at The New Yorker, Herdrik Herzberg lays out the socialism argument in all of its glory and they shows us that there isn’t much difference between McCain2000 and Obama2008 on that front.  Oh and the real socialist candidate is Sarah Palin.

Let me forewarn Dominique, the author uses the word cudgel.  For Dominiques’ convenience, here is the definition of cudgel.

Early Voting! Updated

Yes, it really is getting close to the end — people are now voting and this is when it gets really exciting.

The AP publishes a roundup of key early voting states from around the country.

The numbers are astonishing (and most early voting started Monday):

About 12 percent of the state’s [Georgia] roughly 5.6 million registered voters have already cast ballots for the Nov. 4 general election. Statewide on Friday 55,709 people voted.

Nearly 8.5 percent of Colorado’s 3.2 million registered voters have already cast ballots by mail or at early-voting polling places.

There are long lines and the state is adding machines and workers in Florida.

CNN suggests that the numbers of folks coming out now to vote suggest that this may be another record-breaking turnout year. Which has got to redound the the Dems benefit, since Ds have the registration advantage this cycle.

And why doesn’t Delaware have early voting provisions?

UPDATE: Gallup is tracking the numbers of people voting and so far 10% of registered voters have done so.