Archive for October, 2010

El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You*

Filed in National by on October 21, 2010 32 Comments

*Well, almost all. I have no clue about most down-ballot county-wide races in Kent or Sussex, so I’ll stay away. Still, there should be more than enough controversy to allow you to chew on my not-insubstantial hide and spit it out. U. S. Senate: Coons 62-38. Maybe big enough for a coattail effect. Don’t worry, […]

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Sarah Palin Disses Christine O’Donnell

Filed in National by on October 21, 2010 15 Comments

Delaware U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell (R), now running way behind in the polls in her race with Chris Coons (D), told ABC News she is still waiting on a promised campaign visit from Sarah Palin.

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Tea Party Founder: The Tea Party is a Joke.

Filed in National by on October 21, 2010 4 Comments

Karl Denninger is a financial blogger who founded the group FedUpUSA in early 2008, and is recognized as one of the original “founders” of the Teabagger movement. But he now he says what we have all said long ago, that whatever geniune small government libertarian protest that existed at the beginning of the movement have long been coopted by the very Republican Party Denninger and others were protesting, and now the movement is only the radical social conservative bigoted base of the Republican base with a new name.

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Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on October 21, 2010 9 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Christine O’Donnell Says…

Filed in Delaware by on October 21, 2010 11 Comments

Christine O’Donnell regrets her “I’m Not a Witch” ad and also was shocked to hear she lost the First Amendment debate.

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Shameless Name-Dropping

Filed in Delaware by on October 21, 2010 8 Comments

Chris Coons answers my question about health care reform. What a shameless suck-up! 😉

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Best Description Of Republican Candidates I’ve Read This Cycle

Filed in Delaware by on October 21, 2010 10 Comments

Muqtedar Khan describes Glen Urquhart’s campaign style in a column in the News Journal.

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This is My Favorite Political Candidate this Year

Filed in National by on October 21, 2010 6 Comments

Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is Too Damn High Party is running for Governor in New York. I wish we had a candidate like him in Delaware. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpu82Vato54[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz7yXjMmLhM&feature=related[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U-yW5eP8m0[/youtube] Maybe we can convince someone to start a Delaware chapter of this party. Because we all know, the rent is too damn high!

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Your WTF? Moment

Filed in National by on October 20, 2010 6 Comments

This O’Donnell race has been full of WFT? moments. Even so, this video stands out for its oddness.
It is feaky.

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Wednesday’s Asshat of the Day

Filed in National by on October 20, 2010 24 Comments

Drunk dialing. It’s what someone does when they’ve had one too many. Most of us have done it at one time in our lives, most likely when we were in college. But in a exercise of extreme chutzpah, Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, decided to call Anita Hill after 19 years […]

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Sierra Club Endorses Melrath; Christine Embraces Cole

Filed in National by on October 20, 2010 7 Comments
Sierra Club Endorses Melrath; Christine Embraces Cole

And now, for a change of pace, we have some breaking news out of one of the Sussex County Council races. In the 4th District, which surrounds the Indian River and Rehoboth Bays, Democrat Russ Melrath, who is challenging decades long incumbent George Cole (R), has been endorsed by the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club. Given the locale of the district, where environmental issues and over-development are top concerns, this endorsement is important. Meanwhile, George Cole got the endorsement of infamous constitutional expert Christine “really, is that what the First Amendment says?” O’Donnell.

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The Real Enthusiam Gap

Filed in National by on October 20, 2010 3 Comments

Although I am loathe to link to Politico, they got their hands on some hilariously desperate emails from the George Washington University chapter of the College Republicans: We are still DESPERATELY looking for people to sign up for the campaign trip to Delaware this weekend. Please attend! Our candidates in Delaware desperately need help! A […]

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WHYY Debate Live Thread

Filed in Delaware by on October 20, 2010 82 Comments

The WHYY-sponsored Senate debate starts at 7 PM.

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