Tag: Election 2010

More Signs O’ the Times

Filed in Delaware by on August 25, 2010 2 Comments
More Signs O’ the Times

There is a message in this someplace, I’m certain of it. This sign is up at 4th and Adams St (the I-95 RoW) and has been laughing at me all week. Some weisenheimer put this sign up at this intersection late last week — before all of the other signs got up: It was the […]

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Final Appeal – 2Q Fundraising

Filed in Delaware, National by on June 30, 2010 1 Comment

Today is the 2nd quarter deadline for giving to candidates. Help make Congress progressive!

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Two Weeks Out – Who’s Running?

Filed in National by on June 29, 2010 43 Comments

It’s two weeks out from the filing deadline. Where are the races?

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Political Hot Stove Chatter-Delaware General Assembly Edition

Filed in National by on April 28, 2010 47 Comments

Lotsa stuff percolating on the stove. Let’s try to bring ’em to a boil… 1. Democratic Primary for Oberle Seat Two D’s have filed in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Bill Oberle in this blue-collar Newark-area district. The D registration edge is so daunting that the winner of the primary almost certainly will win […]

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Jim Westhoff Announces Run for 35th District Representative

Filed in National by on April 27, 2010 16 Comments

Jim Westhoff — from Greenwood, DE — announced his run as the Democratic candidate for the 35th State Representative seat.  The seat is currently held by first-term GOP Rep David Wilson.  He may seem vaguely familiar to lots of people — he is a spokesman for DelDOT and was the person speaking for them during […]

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Chris Coons’ Senate Announcement Events — Live Reports

Filed in National by on April 19, 2010 36 Comments

So today is the day and Chris is making the traditional 3 county announcement today, ending up at a celebration event in Wilmington. Have you been to any events? If so, tell us about what you saw and who was there and what you think about this pending race in the comments below.

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Chris Coons Kicks Off His Campaign

Filed in National by on April 18, 2010 28 Comments

After spending the first two months since his announcement proving that he can certainly raise money, Chris Coons is officially ready to click off his campaign this Monday 19 April 2010. From an announcement in my in-box from the campaign: Our Sussex County event will be at 10 a.m. on the boardwalk in Rehoboth. Our […]

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I’ve Just Met the New State Senator from the 5th District–I Think

Filed in National by on March 29, 2010 9 Comments

Some of you will recall that #2 on my list of Most Vulnerable Delaware Republicans is/was  State Sen. Cathy Cloutier. For those of you who missed my Magnum Opus on this race, or who just want to relive the snark, here is my analysis. That seat is far more vulnerable today as the Democrats have […]

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Memo to Michele Rollins: Bring It On!

Filed in National by on March 10, 2010 49 Comments

Rethugs are virtually wetting themselves (except for the octogenarian Vicmead Hunt denizens, who really ARE wetting themselves) over the possible entrance of Michele Rollins into Delaware’s US House race. Michele Rollins earned her entree  into Greenville gigagazilionaire circles the old-fashioned way: She married into it. A dewy-eyed 1963 beauty queen (the dew formed in the […]

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Coons Campaign Commercial #1

Filed in National by on January 29, 2010 7 Comments

CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL # 1: A series of photos of Mike Castle with those giant faux Federal checks. (Wacky Warner Brothers-style cartoon music in background). COPY: (Light-hearted voice redolent of faint ridicule) “What two things do these pictures have in common? One, each shows Mike Castle presenting a giant  check for a Delaware program. And, two […]

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