Tag: DE-Sen
Do Delaware Democrats Have A Plan B?
We are now more than halfway through the month of January and there is still no announced Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ted Kaufman. How much longer do we have to wait? If Beau Biden isn’t planning to run he’s really putting the Democratic candidate at a disadvantage, Castle has […]
Will The Real Mike Castle Please Stand Up?
Mike Castle is trying to have things both ways. He’s trying to reassure the rightwing the he’s their guy while trying to maintain his cred as a moderate Republican. Even the News Journal doesn’t really know what to think, running an article in Saturday’s paper with the headline: “Castle’s Moderate Reputation Questioned”. The subtitle of […]
Why Not?
I hope the DSCC is not unilaterally disarming in the U.S. Senate race. Democrats ousted Delaware’s popular longtime Republican Sen. William Roth, Jr. in 2000 after his age became an issue in the race but they are leery about playing the age card against GOP challenger Rep. Mike Castle (Del.). There is evidence that Democratic […]
Vote For Me, I Want To Do Nothing
Mike Castle wants to be a Senator. By all measures, he’s a great Republican recruiting victory, he’s a popular former governor and popular multi-term Representative. He has high name recognition and is considered a moderate which is probably a good fit for an overwhelmingly Democratic state like Delaware. So, he’s invincible right? Yesterday’s News Journal […]
Castle 45- Biden 39
That is the result of the Public Policy Polling poll that they completed this week (as we all voted on last week). From the PPP blog: Two major trends have shown up in both polls to give Castle the early advantage. The first is an overwhelming 52-23 lead with independents. That mirrors a national trend […]
Comment Rescue — Vote for PPP to Poll DE-Sen Race!
This is from xstryker in the Weekend Open Thread. Go vote to field a poll for Delaware and encourage your friends to do the same!
Does the GOP Purity Test Abandon Mike Castle?
Adam Nagourney at the NYT brings up this possibility in their political blog today:
Conservative Senators Love Mike Castle
Anyone who thinks Mike Castle would be some kind of moderate thorn in the side of the conservative GOP Senate minority leadership is fooling themselves. Among those senators who reported giving to Castle in October were Thad Cochran (Miss.), whose Senate Victory Fund PAC gave $10,000; Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), whose OrrinPAC donated $5,000; Pat […]
Biden Leads Castle In A Just-Released Poll
Whoa, big news! All-but-announced Senate candidate Beau Biden leads Mike Castle in a new poll by 5%. This is bad news for Mike Castle: In a hypothetical match-up of the candidates, Democrat Beau Biden leads GOP challenger and Delaware Congressman Mike Castle by a margin of 45 to 40 percent; 8% are undecided and 6% […]
Ted Kaufman, Rock Star?
Things I learned today when reading the New York Times article that featured Senator Ted Kaufman. Kaufman has reached rock-star status among Senate professional staff On a weekly basis, recognizes superior work by federal employees That I am sadden he’s not running for re-election in 2010
New Commercial Targets Castle on Health Care Vote
This excellent commercial is from the SEIU in conjunction with the Foundation for Patients’ Rights, and started broadcasting in Delaware markets last night:
Beau Biden – The Long Tease
Those of us who were hoping for a big announcement from Beau Biden at last night’s Jefferson Jackson dinner walked away disappointed. The conditions were perfect for an announcement – the party base was there, huge media coverage and a former president spoke. Still, no announcement. Let’s look at the evidence: Menendez from the DSCC […]
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