General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show, Thurs., May 10, 2012

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The Sheriff of Nuttingham and His Posse Comatosis could be nearing the end of their lawless reign. HB 325(Schwartzkopf), which would make clear that would-be Wyatt Earps can't mete out their own brand of frontier justice in the untamed badlands of Sussex County, cleared the House Administration Committee, and is on today's House agenda. It will pass overwhelmingly. The only question is whether any of the bill's original downstate House R sponsors will vote for the bill they had previously sponsored. My prediction? Most of them won't, and will go Not Voting, the ultimate cojone-less copout.

Mitch Crane kicks off his Campaign today in Dover

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It starts at 12:30 over at the Old State House on the Green in Dover. Mitch will be joined by a number of legislators who already support his candidacy to unseat the incompetent advocate for the insurance industry, Karen Weldin Stewart. Indeed, I am told that a few legislators plan to announce their support today at the kickoff.

Thursday Polling Report [5.10.12]

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So how does a President's embrace of same sex marriage play in our polling world? The real answer to the question is no one knows because it has never happened before. Will Obama lose states because of his support of same sex marriage? Maybe. North Carolina probably got a little harder to win, since the CW is "well they just banned gay marriage by 20 points, that must mean Obama will lose North Carolina by 20 points now, right?" Nope.