Archive for December, 2011

Thursday Daily Delawhere [12.29.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 29, 2011 • 2 Comments

Frothmentum.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 28, 2011 • 2 Comments

The Santorum Surge has begun, at long-frothy-last.

In Iowa, CNN has Romney leading the Republican presidential field with 25%, followed by Ron Paul at 22%, Rick Santorum at 16%, Newt Gingrich at 14%, Rick Perry at 11%, Michele Bachmann at 9%, and Jon Huntsman at 1%.

The Comedic Stylings of Arlen Specter

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 28, 2011 • 4 Comments

Wednesday Open Thread [12.28.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 28, 2011 • 9 Comments

The Blue Water Wind deal is dead for now. How nice. And how anti-climatic after all the hard work and effort to get that deal agreed to in the first place. Hopefully new financing and investors can be found in the coming year or two so that the deal can be revived.

In the fight for the Republican nomination, if only scientists can somehow combine Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann and Santorum into one ultra conservative super hero, that candidate would sweep every primary and caucas en route to the nominate.

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [12.28.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 28, 2011 • 10 Comments

For The Last Night of Chanukah

Filed in National by MJ on December 27, 2011 • 0 Comments

Ending this week-long celebration of the Festival of Lights with the latest video from the Maccabeats. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHwyTxxQHmQ[/youtube]

Tuesday Open Thread [12.27.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 27, 2011 • 6 Comments

Mainstream journalists are starting to pay attention to Ron Paul and his platform. Which is good, because why it is nice to investigate stupid racist newsletters from 20 years ago, the more important thing is to expose his actual radical ideas to scruntiny. Since he is a plausible Iowa caucus win away from being the frontrunner for the GOP nomination.

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [12.27.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 27, 2011 • 10 Comments

Oy, Are We Still Celebrating?

Filed in National by MJ on December 26, 2011 • 3 Comments

Yes, this is the next to last night of Chanukah. A little story. We were the only Jewish family on our street. Most of the houses were decorated for Christmas, so my parents, not wanting us to feel left out, did the same. Except we had blue and white lights framing the front windows of […]

Boxing Day Daily Delawhere [12.26.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 26, 2011 • 4 Comments

Yes, Chanukah is Still Going On

Filed in National by MJ on December 25, 2011 • 1 Comment

This is the sixth night of Chanukah. By this time when I was a young pisher, I was getting socks from my parents and a $10 bill from my grandmother. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeC8nTYEwQQ[/youtube]