There’s More To This Nefarious Bicycle Plot

Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate warns us of the slippery slope of bicycling.

C’Mon Delaware With Jason330 & Donviti – Episode 15 of 15

If you only listen to one “C’mon Delaware” this year – make it this one.

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Big News: California Prop 8 Overturned

Just breaking now–
A judge in California has overturned California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
Big news: According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Walker has ruled Proposition 8, the California voter-approved ban on gay marriage, unconstitutional under both the due-process and equal-protection [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Disparity Between Drug Sentences Reduced

For decades, it was a sign of unfairness at best, or racism at worst. Under a 1986 law, a person convicted of possessing five grams of crack cocaine got the same mandatory prison sentence as someone with 500 grams of powder cocaine, 100 times more. And of course, those using powder cocaine in the mid to late 1980’s were often rich and/or white, and those using crack cocaine in the mid to late 1980’s were often poor and/or black.

Constitutional Conservatives

The Republican Party now wants to officially investigate repealing the 14th Amendment through Congressional Hearing. Before we actually get to what is in the 14th Amendment, it is important to realize what this means. Sarah Palin and every other Republican candidate seeking the Teabagger (i.e. the Republican base) vote have declared [...]

Markell Gets Out His Veto Stamp

Governor Markell makes some news today in vetoing two bills. The first bill called for mandatory fines be imposed against uninsured drivers should they be cited for driving insured. Markell said he believes this infringes on a judge’s discretion in punishing first offenders. I must say that I agree [...]

‘The Lower 41′: Fool’s Gold

“Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream.” Gilbert & Sullivan
Inspired by DelDem’s incisive district-by-district analysis, today I focus on two districts where the conventional wisdom anticipates highly-competitive contests. The contrarian in me strongly disagrees. Feel free to express views contrary to the contrarian. Vociferously.
Many think that the 18th Rep . District [...]

Memory Lane

A little trip down memory lane.

The DE Senate [2010]

it is impossible for the GOP to win back the Senate. They need to pick up 5 seats, and the only toss up race I foresee is one they will be defending, Cathy Cloutier in the 5th. They may be able to make the 7th, 8th, and 15th Senate Districts competitive (where I have categorized the races as “Lean Democratic”). But to win the Senate, they would not only have to win those three districts, but also pull shocking and miraculous victories over Karen Peterson and Bruce Ennis to get to a pick-up of five seats they would need to capture the majority, all the while holding onto to the competitive 5th Senate District.

The DE House [2010]

The filing deadline has come and gone, and while the state parties can still nominate a candidate for the so far uncontested races until September 1, let’s handicap the contested ones now to see where the parties stand. Right now, the Democrats have a 24-17 majority. The GOP would need to win 4 seats to gain back the majority. However, the GOP’s hopes are so far hampered by four retirements of Carey, Oberle, Cathcart and Thornburg, three of which (Cathcart, Oberle and Thornburg) are in competitive districts where the incumbent Republican barely won in 2008.

UPDATED: O’Donnell Pimps Mike Castle’s Back Room Deal w/ Joe Biden WTF’s Ensue

O’Donnell’s new angle of attack is to portray Castle as in bed with Joe Biden on a plan so full of political rube goldberg machinations that you have to read it for yourself.

John Carney Carves A Niche For Himself

John Carney proposes action on Delaware’s water quality problem.