Tag: DE-Sen

Christine O’Donnell’s Legal Woes

Filed in National by on March 20, 2010 22 Comments

Poster anon brings our attention to this article in the News Journal about Christine O’Donnell. The article details O’Donnell’s various legal and money issues. But while she was courting voters, she amassed thousands of dollars in campaign debt, was confronted by the IRS about unpaid income taxes and sold her Wilmington home to a campaign […]

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Warren Redlich Speaks

Filed in National by on March 13, 2010 1 Comment

Warren Redlich, who owns the campaign domain for the Christine O’Donnell’s 2008 Senate campaign website gives us the scoop on his interactions with the O’Donnell team. Comment by Warren Redlich on 13 March 2010 at 8:04 am: Hi – I’m Warren Redlich. There isn’t much of a connection. Here’s the short story: One of my […]

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Christine O’Donnell Announces — A Good Look at the Hypocrisy Train

Filed in National by on March 11, 2010 39 Comments

So have you had a chance to see this announcement? (Link opens up to WDEL video.)

It is completely choice: nonstop wingnut dog whistles and none of it made any sense. AND we see Ms. O’Donnell try to spank Mike Castle for his age, his liberalism, and for not being a real conservative. The best bit, though, is when she takes questions.

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New Senate Poll Gives Castle A 18 Point Lead (Updated)

Filed in National by on February 26, 2010 16 Comments

Coons has obviously increased his name recognition, but still lags behind. This race will be an uphill battle for Coons and I think he can win, but he needs to start generating some excitement. I think that excitement starts with the grassroots Democrats.

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Castling

Filed in Delaware, National by on February 17, 2010 10 Comments

[Ed. note – cassandra_m contributed considerably to this post.] 2009 presented quite a dilemma for Mike Castle. The Republican party required obedience from all its members for their policy of no to succeed, but Mike Castle needed to keep his moderate credentials for his voters in Delaware, a blue state. Mike Castle knew what he […]

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Mike Castle Flip Flops on Stimulus Funds

Filed in National by on February 16, 2010 18 Comments
Mike Castle Flip Flops on Stimulus Funds

Flip Flop. Anybody remember when you couldn’t fire up the news without hearing this about John Kerry? And even though that charge was mostly untrue about Kerry, Flip Flop is a good description of Mike Castle’s position towards Delaware stimulus projects. He votes against them, then shows up to take credit for them. He put […]

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Free Advice For Chris Coons, Part 2

Filed in National by on February 16, 2010 27 Comments

Like we discussed yesterday, we at Delaware Liberal are offering absolutely free advice to Chris Coons in his Senate run against Mike Castle. Unlike a lot of people, I believe Castle is beatable. In fact, I think Coons could be in a great position if he plays his cards right. Castle is the de facto […]

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Absolutely Free Advice For Chris Coons, Part 1

Filed in National by on February 15, 2010 14 Comments

Part 1 – New Media On the blogs, we all act as armchair pundits. Many people think our advice is worth what you pay for it, but the blogs do provide an insight into what the netroots is thinking. The netroots is fairly small compared to the whole Democratic party, but it does have outsize […]

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My Favorite News Journal Headline Ever

Filed in Delaware by on February 12, 2010 14 Comments
My Favorite News Journal Headline Ever

“Castle fights hypocrite label” Gee, I wonder why people would think that?

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Governor Markell Surveys the Political Landscape on CBS News

Filed in Delaware, National by on February 6, 2010 1 Comment

…and pretty much owns this interviewer. He talks about the Coons-Castle race at about the 5 minute mark and says nice things. The Gov is quite good at this kind of thing, I think — he needs a better questioner than this reporter tho. If you hang until the end, there is a piece on […]

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Did Biden Screw Over Democrats In The Senate Race?

Filed in Delaware by on February 3, 2010 14 Comments

Asked on MSNBC whether Beau had bowed out of a Senate campaign because the political terrain was just too unfavorable for Democrats, the vice president said that’s not how things went down: “He basically made that decision at Thanksgiving. It’s a question of how it got rolled out.”

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Rasmussen Gives Castle A Big Lead

Filed in National by on January 27, 2010 35 Comments

Rasmussen polled the U.S. Senate race in Delaware on Monday, and found a 30-point advantage for Mike Castle. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Delaware voters shows longtime GOP congressman Mike Castle leading New Castle County Executive Chris Coons 56% to 27%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and 13% are undecided. […]

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Beau Biden Doesn’t Want to Run for Senate? — UPDATED x2

Filed in National by on January 24, 2010 61 Comments

That is the teaser headline in an article in today’s NJ — VP Biden: Beau doesn’t want to run.

Vice President Biden sat down for an interview with Harry Themal and at then end, Themal reports this exchange:

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