Archive for April, 2008

Hartley-Nagle Outlines Energy Policy

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Congressional Candidate Pushes Green Power, Rejects Nuclear Wilmington, Delaware – Democratic Congressional Candidate Karen Hartley-Nagle released a policy paper outlining her stance on energy policy.The policy is centered around clean, renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, and speaks out against such bad actors as fossil fuels—including “clean coal”—and nuclear power.Says Hartley-Nagle, “Delaware has […]

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Please Let This Get To Court

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How awesome would it be if the RNC actually sued the DNC over the ad in which McCain responds to the statement, “president Bush has talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years.” by saying “Maybe a hundred. That would be fine with me.” The ad would be shown a million times on the TV […]

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“Iraq War…What Iraq War?” By The Numbers

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Number of time the word “Iraq” appears on Delawarepolitcs.net: 111 Number of time the word “Iraq” appears on Mike Castle’s Congressional Web Page: castle.house.gov: 60 Number of time the word “Iraq” appears on Mike Castle’s Campaign Web Page: castlecampaign.org : 2

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Foxy? Or not?

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There’s been a debate raging (on kos and move on) on whether Obama should have given Fox News an interview. As much as I can’t stand watching Fox, I think this was a smart move because: 1. He reached an untapped audience that up until now has seen more of Rev. Wright than the person […]

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Fraud Copeland Attemps To Distance Himself From Crook McDowell

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I’m not surprised that Senator “I was for Blue Water Wind before I was against it” is trying to move away from the transparently corrupt Harris McDowell. Statement by Citizens for Clean Power in response to Copeland announcement: Today, Sen. Charlie Copeland agreed with Citizens for Clean Power that Sen. McDowell should release all documents […]

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QOD

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Will Ron Paul end up being the Nader of 2000 for McCain?

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Lofink Pushes the Dennis McGlynn Checkbook Enhancement Act

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Attempting to further enrich Dennis McGlynn by allowing sports betting at Dover Downs is an ongoing project for Lofink. Today he is using the economic news to press for this windfall for his buddy McGlynn (HB190). (It seems to me that if we stopped putitng children (and husbands) of legislators in jobs where they can […]

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Ron Paul Surges in Nevada

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You have to admit that a Ron Paul action at the Delaware GOP convention would spice things up. Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention. Outnumbered supporters of […]

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The Same River Twice

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 27, 2008 12 Comments

Friday night’s interview by Bill Moyers of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright was another of those signature conversations that Moyers is rightfully so famous for. While Moyers is a skilled and erudite interviewer across a wide range of topics, he really seems at his best when discussing religion and theology. (If you haven’t seen Moyers interviewing […]

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Early Primary Over/Under Betting Lines

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Here is what the bookies are taking bets on right now. Please note that the totals for any given race don’t equal 100% because each outcome is an independent bet. [E.g. I’d bet $1.00 that Karen Hartley-Nagle gets more than 58% in the primary.] As with any betting line, if there is too much money […]

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Governor’s Debate — Wilmington Neighborhood Issues

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The latest Democratic Governor’s debate was held this morning at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington. It was hosted by the Interfaith Coalition Building Blocks for Wilmington. The ICCBW is an ambitious group of ministers and other stakeholders who are looking to develop and implement strategies to work with at-risk kids and get them on […]

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Breaking: Joe Flacco Picked 18th By Baltimore

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U of D quarterback picked in the first round of the NFL draft. Also – Welcome Taylor Marsh listeners. If you decide to make an uninformed vote for “Delaware’s Hottest” blogger, I really, really, really think you should vote for Donviti.

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Gen-Irrational Gap

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 26, 2008 9 Comments

My family, like many families, has split along generational lines during this primary season. My brother and I support Obama. Mom and Dad are in Hillary’s camp. However, to be fair, Mom is staying neutral by saying that she likes both candidates. My brother has the luxury of living in California, and, therefore, has not […]

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