Comments on: Karen Peterson Endorsement of Markell Telling

By: Mike Matthews

Mike Matthews — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:51:43 +0000

I do agree with Liz. KP backed away from Carney — now all she needs to do is un-endorse Gene Reed.

By: June

June — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:44:56 +0000

It does look like Carney is winning!! He’s ahead by 10 points — or not?

By: jason330

jason330 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:00:54 +0000

I agree with any good thing anybody wants to say about Karen P.

….But the fact remains that she is a politician and if it looked like Carney was going to win I don’t think her switch would have been so public.

By: P.I.

P.I. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:45:09 +0000

June is absolutely right on this one. The reality is that Karen could’ve continued to keep a low profile on the Carney side and vote for Markell behind a closed curtain. That would’ve been the ’safe’ thing to do to avoid all of the blog conjecture that has been going around the last few days. Fortunately, for her constituents, that’s not how she does things. She went with Carney because he assured her he was going to break free of the cycle of weak governing and he simply hasn’t distanced himself from all of the things we all loath about this current administration. In the meantime, Markell is out there standing for all of the ideas she stands for and she needed to be honest and true to herself.

By: June

June — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:30:51 +0000

Jason, Karen doesn’t know anything we don’t know about the Primary. She’s been thinking of changing over for some time now and kept waiting and waiting and waiting to hear John Carney break with Ruth Ann’s bad decisions on the prison and psychiatric center problems. That’s all. For sure, she doesn’t support someone because she thinks they will win. Needn’t read something into this that isn’t there.

By: liz allen

liz allen — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:43:53 +0000

No, Al….Karen Peterson great, except on health care! “Corporations shouldn’t have to pay a dime into health care”!

By: Delaware's Toughest Blogger

Delaware's Toughest Blogger — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:49:01 +0000

I’m keeping score Al!

By: larry

larry — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:37:44 +0000

“This Peterson endorsement of Markell signals a major shift in this primary election.”

Now that’s funny…

By: Al Mascitti

Al Mascitti — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:09:47 +0000

For those scoring at home, the Liz Allen endorsement card goes like this:

Tom Gordon, good

Karen Peterson, bad

By: liz allen

liz allen — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:06:14 +0000

Oh my, I guess bringing up an issue re: the “Godess Queen” upsets some. You think “it will all be under the bridge by the time she comes up for re-election”, she will have to do a back flip on her corporate support for health care or it will be “huge” issue confronting her.

By: P.I.

P.I. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:55:56 +0000

RickJ—She’s not up for re-election and she’s not seeking any campaign donations. By the time she’s gearing up to run again, all of this will be water under the bridge. She’ll have to raise her funds the good old fashioned way…by doing the what’s right for her voter base.

Liz – you’re still not worth answering.

By: liz allen

liz allen — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:08:10 +0000

Will she now back away from Gene Greed?

By: Al Mascitti

Al Mascitti — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:46:54 +0000

Or that Markell is a lot more likely to share them.

By: RickJ19958

RickJ19958 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:44:44 +0000

To be mercenary about it, there are a humdred reasons to endorse Markell over Carney that don’t have anything to do with the qualification of either man. It’s entirely possible that Peterson believes (and rightly so) that there are more campaign donations to be enjoyed if Markell is standing next to you than if Carney does.

By: Mike Matthews

Mike Matthews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:29:28 +0000

Wow…this could get very juicy in the next six weeks. I chided Peterson’s endorsement of Carney months ago. I should have known she would have eventually turned from the Dark Side.