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Delaware Political Weekly: January 21-27, 2012

Anyone expecting Sen. Mike Katz (4th) to go gently into that good night against Greg Lavelle are bound to be disappointed. Katz already has almost $200 K in the bank, much of it from Delaware’s medical community, with $73K in the form of a personal loan. Lavelle has $82K, $25K of which is in the form of a personal loan. This is one race where finances will not do the Democrat in. Meanwhile, neither Dave Sokola nor Liane Sorenson are rolling in dough. Time to toss some $$’s Sokola’s way.

El Somnambulo | January 27th, 2012 | 9 comments | Continued

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012

Wednesday’s session illuminated precisely why properly-functioning committees are essential to the legislative process. Or not, depending on the committee and/or your point of view. Here are arguments for either side:
The House Education Committee tabled legislation that would raise the mandatory age of school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age.  It doesn’t mean that [...]

El Somnambulo | January 26th, 2012 | 0 comments | Continued

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 25, 2012

A pretty active day in Dover yesterday. The Senate passed legislation doing away with five agencies you never heard of. In addition to passing two City of Dover charter changes, the Senate also passed Colin Bonini’s annual ‘contribution’ to the legislative mix. That’s right. Recognizing Feb. 6 as ‘Ronald Reagan Day’ in Delaware. I got [...]

El Somnambulo | January 25th, 2012 | 14 comments | Continued

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Breaking News: It’s Official! Bryan Townsend Files to Challenge Tony DeLuca in Primary

Yes, it’s on! Bryan Townsend has filed the paperwork and paid the fees to run for the 11th Senatorial District seat currently held by President Pro-Tempore Anthony J. DeLuca.. Here you have a well-qualified enthusiastic candidate taking on the person who embodies the worst of the Delaware Way.

El Somnambulo | January 24th, 2012 | 39 comments | Continued

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SOTU — Put Your Pundit Hat On

This evening, President Obama goes to the House and delivers his State of the Union Address, and address that is widely advertised as either a bookend to the Osawatomie speech from last month, or an extension of it.

cassandra_m | January 24th, 2012 | 17 comments | Continued

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Friday Open Thread [1.27.12]

Two major polls from NBC and ABC show the same thing: Mitt Romney’s favorability has dropped dramatically over the course of the Republican primary. In one poll, among independents, 51% don’t view him favorably while just 23% do. That is mind-blowingly bad. Sarah Palin bad. Dan Quayle bad. Jack the Ripper bad. So in the end, it doesn’t matter who is the nominee of the Republican Party anymore. Whether it is Romney or Gingrich, both are going to lose, and probably lose big, to President Obama.

27Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 2 comments | Continued
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My Thoughts On Last Night’s GOP Debate

I’ve always known Mitt Romney was going to be the nominee – whether the Republican base wanted him or not. They don’t, btw. That said, he may wrap it up sooner than later. So what happened last night…

27Jan2012 | pandora | 12 comments | Continued
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Delaware Political Weekly: January 21-27, 2012

Anyone expecting Sen. Mike Katz (4th) to go gently into that good night against Greg Lavelle are bound to be disappointed. Katz already has almost $200 K in the bank, much of it from Delaware’s medical community, with $73K in the form of a personal loan. Lavelle has $82K, $25K of which is in the form of a personal loan. This is one race where finances will not do the Democrat in. Meanwhile, neither Dave Sokola nor Liane Sorenson are rolling in dough. Time to toss some $$’s Sokola’s way.

27Jan2012 | El Somnambulo | 9 comments | Continued
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Friday Daily Delawhere [1.27.12]

27Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 3 comments | Continued
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Me No Speaka Da English

Apparently, you need to speak the Queen’s English in order to run for office in Arizona. At least that’s what some county judge ruled in Yuma today.

27Jan2012 | MJ | 0 comments | Continued
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Here They Go Again… GOP’s 37,586th Debate

Will Newt bring an ice bucket? Yes, I will be watching, because… because… because… I think I’m waiting for Newt to explode.

26Jan2012 | pandora | 27 comments | Continued
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Campaign Finance Reports – KWS Edition

End of year campaign finance reports were due by January 20, 2012, and of course, KWS filed hers late. It makes for some interesting reading.

It seems that a number of individuals and law firms with an interest in the captive insurance industry like KWS enough to give her money. Now mind you, captive insurance does nothing for the consumer. It isn’t to benefit Delaware consumers; captive insurance is insurance for corporations. It isn’t to benefit our state, and, despite her claims to the contrary, the captive bureau does not fill the state’s coffers. So why does KWS push the captive bureau so hard? Because it makes her donors (lawyers and law firms who work in captive insurance) more money. And in turn, they kick-back money to her campaign.

26Jan2012 | MJ | 11 comments | Continued
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Thursday Open Thread [1.26.12]

Two polls yesterday indicated two things: 1) that the Democrats are heading for a takeover in the House, and 2) Romney now has toxic favorability numbers that make him, and Gingrich, unelectable in the general. Meanwhile, President Obama has a 53% favorability rating.

26Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 20 comments | Continued
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Soylent Green is People

My guess is that it was a slow day in the Oklahoma State Senate. Why else would this rethuglican legislator introduce this bill?
An Oklahoma Republican is pushing a bill to outlaw the use of human fetuses in food, because, as he says, “there is a potential that there are companies that are using aborted [...]

26Jan2012 | MJ | 11 comments | Continued
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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012

Wednesday’s session illuminated precisely why properly-functioning committees are essential to the legislative process. Or not, depending on the committee and/or your point of view. Here are arguments for either side:
The House Education Committee tabled legislation that would raise the mandatory age of school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age.  It doesn’t mean that [...]

26Jan2012 | El Somnambulo | 0 comments | Continued
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Today is Budget Day

Today we find out Medicaid is to be “reformed?” Will it be reformed by punishing those who need it through the cutting of benefits? Or will it be reformed through the cutting of waste and costs. Governor Markell will release his recommended Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget and Capital Improvements Budget today [...]

26Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 2 comments | Continued
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Miss Manners Would Be Appalled At Jan Brewer’s Classless Behavior

Jan Brewer obviously wasn’t raised right.
“I asked him if he had read my book, ‘Scorpions for Breakfast.’ And he said that he read an excerpt and he didn’t think that I was very cordial,” Brewer said in the phone call to KFYI’s Mike Broomhead. “I said, ‘Well, we’ll just agree to disagree.’ And [...]

26Jan2012 | pandora | 28 comments | Continued
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Thursday Daily Delawhere [1.26.12]

26Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 4 comments | Continued
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Wednesday Open Thread [1.25.12]

From the files of “What Could Go Wrong:” Romney’s new debate coach is Brett O’Donnell, who had been working as a strategist for Michele Bachmann. Gingrich has raised $2 million since South Carolina. Which was only this past weekend, but for some reason feels like a lifetime ago now.

25Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 13 comments | Continued
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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 25, 2012

A pretty active day in Dover yesterday. The Senate passed legislation doing away with five agencies you never heard of. In addition to passing two City of Dover charter changes, the Senate also passed Colin Bonini’s annual ‘contribution’ to the legislative mix. That’s right. Recognizing Feb. 6 as ‘Ronald Reagan Day’ in Delaware. I got [...]

25Jan2012 | El Somnambulo | 14 comments | Continued
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Gabby Giffords Last Night

She is resigning this week from Congress, so this is perhaps the last time we will see her at a State of the Union. She says she will return after she focuses on her recovery, but you never know. Knowing that, these scenes were very emotional:

25Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 0 comments | Continued
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George Romney And Saul Alinsky – Not Kidding

When slum organizer Saul Alinsky, with the West Side Organization’s militant Negroes and clerics, wanted to meet with the white Detroit rulers, Romney indirectly arranged the meeting, and attended. That’s not all….

25Jan2012 | pandora | 8 comments | Continued
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Wednesday Daily Delawhere [1.25.12]

25Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 4 comments | Continued
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My Reaction

I enjoyed the multiple digs at Romney, whom the White House clearly thinks will still be the GOP nominee this fall. But the way he wrapped tax fairness as patriotic (and it really is, because the selfish greed of the 1% is not in any way patriotic), for the first time making the Democratic case that if you give tax cuts to the wealthy you have to take away a hell of a lot from everyone else, was brilliant.

24Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 33 comments | Continued
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Change Happened

But there is more to do.

24Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 0 comments | Continued
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State of the Union Live Blog

We will be live blogging the State of the Union. Where do you join the Live Blog? Come inside and find out….

24Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 11 comments | Continued
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Breaking News: It’s Official! Bryan Townsend Files to Challenge Tony DeLuca in Primary

Yes, it’s on! Bryan Townsend has filed the paperwork and paid the fees to run for the 11th Senatorial District seat currently held by President Pro-Tempore Anthony J. DeLuca.. Here you have a well-qualified enthusiastic candidate taking on the person who embodies the worst of the Delaware Way.

24Jan2012 | El Somnambulo | 39 comments | Continued
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Tuesday Open Thread [1.24.12]

We got a new poll out of Florida that shows Gingrich up 5. Meanwhile, Republican leaning Rasmussen has President Obama leads Mittens by 2 and Gingrich by 9. We also have an update on the Florida ad war, if you can stomach watching it.

24Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 1 comment | Continued
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“It’s Not My Job.”

To John McCain’s credit, and Sarah Palin’s chagrin, John McCain did correct people in the audiences of his speeches and town halls who wrongly believed that the President was a Muslim. To someone like John McCain, where integrity, honor and truth seem to matter a great deal, I suppose not doing so, and allowing such malicious disinformation that is fostered on many corners of the right to grow, was a rubicon he could not cross.

Rick Santorum has no such trouble.

24Jan2012 | Delaware Dem | 40 comments | Continued
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Mitt Romney And Self-Deportation

Romney was asked how he would reconcile his pledge that, as president, he wouldn’t order mass deportations of undocumented immigrants with his promise to crack down on illegal immigration. His answer: “self-deportation.” I guess they’ll just load up their SUV, strap the dog to the top, and go somewhere else.

24Jan2012 | pandora | 11 comments | Continued

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