Tag: DE-AL

A Team Of Moderates

Filed in Delaware by on April 26, 2010 14 Comments

The NJ decides that Michelle Rollins is a moderate using their own magic formula.

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More 1Q Numbers

Filed in National by on April 12, 2010 13 Comments

Republican Glenn Urquhart, running for the GOP nomination for the open Congressional seat has announced fundraising numbers for 1Q of $512,000. $500,000 of that money comes from Mr. Urquhart himself. This number is certainly more impressive than Rose Izzo’s $700 fundraising number. Will Urquhart make a race of it with Michelle Rollins?

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The News Journal Admits Delaware Liberal Is Correct

Filed in National by on March 28, 2010 29 Comments

The News Journal has obviously been poking around DL again. They wrote an article about DD’s post on Michelle Rollins “Millionaire Michelle Rollins Takes Bonus From Wilmington Trust TARP Funds.” The News Journal represents this as a partisan attack but also admits that the post is accurate. The numbers being tossed around at DelawareLiberal are […]

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Michelle Rollins Speaks

Filed in National by on March 24, 2010 8 Comments

Thanks to commenter John Manifold for pointing us to this post at Delaware Grapevine. Sussex County Republicans celebrated a belated Lincoln Day event and Michelle Rollins was one of the featured speakers. She sounds like she’s going to run: “Four score and seven days ago, I awoke with a dread that said I can throw […]

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John Carney Chosen For DCCC’s Red To Blue Program

Filed in National by on March 10, 2010 10 Comments

Former Lt. Gov John Carney has been chosen in the first group of “Red to Blue” candidates by the DCCC. This is good news for John Carney, because that means his race is being placed in high priority by the Democratic party. Chairman Van Hollen joined DCCC Vice Chair Bruce Braley (IA) and Red to […]

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Psst! Your Shallow Bench is Showing

Filed in Delaware by on February 20, 2010 8 Comments

Potential Republican Congressional candidate, Anthony Wedo dropped out of the race Friday.  I believe that this leaves only Fred Cullis, the guy who had a half dozen people (mostly family and volunteers) at his announcement.  They really have no one. I asked Charlie Copeland if he was running and he was pretty clear that he […]

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PPP: Carney Win Almost Guaranteed

Filed in Delaware, National by on December 7, 2009 27 Comments

While PPP polled the Delaware U.S. Senate race, they also polled the open U.S. House seat. Carney holds a commanding lead, and has somewhat low name recognition: Former Lieutenant Governor John Carney leads announced Republican candidate Fred Cullis by an overwhelming 47-24 margin and holds a solid 44-32 lead against better known potential Republican candidate […]

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First Looks at Fred Cullis, DE-AL Candidate

Filed in National by on November 13, 2009 14 Comments

From WDEL — Mr. Cullis is a Hockessin republican that no one has heard of apparently. From WDEL’s video — he was not happy with Castle’s vote on cap and trade, but he is making the “independent voice” noises which bears alot of watching.

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Because It’s Irresponsible Not To…

Filed in National by on October 28, 2009 20 Comments

We’ve spent a lot of time discussing the Castle/Biden race but what about the other big race in Delaware – the U.S. House race. More specifically – who is the shallow bench going to sacrifice run against John Carney? Let’s examine the bench. First, here are the elected Republican officials: State Auditor Tom Wagner Senator […]

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Down With Tyranny Evaluates John Carney

Filed in Delaware by on October 19, 2009 52 Comments

…with help from Progressive Democrats of Delaware and Delaware Liberal contributors. The writer here also runs the Blue Progressive PAC and was looking for some input from the locals on John Carney’s progressive cred. You can see the full blog post over at Down With Tyranny here. The key evaluation comes from Rebecca, I think:

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