Archive for October 18th, 2012

Some Hate from Downstate. Where Else?

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on October 18, 2012 • 18 Comments

We have a letter from the hateful bigots on the Delaware Family Policy Council, and it is your standard boilerplate anti-equal rights fare. But one of the last paragraphs is pure idiocy. As Matt Pazoles says on Facebook, “the only thing worse [than bigotry] is poorly written bigotry.” Click through to read and rant…

I just got pushpolled by the Renew Delaware PAC

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 18, 2012 • 9 Comments

The call came from a Colorado number (719-373-2265) and it started off saying that this was a survey from Renew Delaware PAC, and it was not affiliated with any campaign. It then asked me to push 1 if I was voting for anyone but Tom Carper. I did nothing. Because while I may not be a fan of Tom Carper and his extinct DLC ways, I am much less of a fan of Alex Pires and his evil rumormongering and mud slinging and teabagger ways, and even less of a fan of the Republican Kevin Wade (and yes, I can hear Green Party candidate Andrew Groff screaming for recognition right now). But I digress.

Come inside for more, including information on a mysterious Mr. Anderson being behind it all (including Kevin Wade and the Delaware Republican Party).

Looking To Buy A Binder? Reviews Are Important

Filed in National by pandora on October 18, 2012 • 6 Comments

Some people are really clever. Over at Amazon…

Thursday Open Thread [10.18.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on October 18, 2012 • 8 Comments

Housing starts are at their highest level in four years. The unemployment rate is at its best point in four years; consumer confidence is at its best point in five years; the federal budget deficit is at its best point in four years. Just this week, reports on retail sales, industrial production, and new housing construction showed sharp and unexpected improvements.

This probably isn’t what Republicans wanted to hear.

The Men Of Morning Joe Mansplain Women Issues To Mika

Filed in National by pandora on October 18, 2012 • 16 Comments

How Mika didn’t pull a Tagg Romney is beyond me. This morning Mika brought up the fact that Mitt Romney lied about the binders. Here’s the lie:

ROMNEY: And I — and I went to my staff, and I said, “How come all the people for these jobs are — are all men.” They said, “Well, these are the people that have the qualifications.” And I said, “Well, gosh, can’t we — can’t we find some — some women that are also qualified?”

And — and so we — we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet.

I went to a number of women’s groups and said, “Can you help us find folks,” and they brought us whole binders full of women.

Mika pointed out that this was a lie.

Whoa! That was simply too much for the men of Morning Joe. How dare she bring up something that the men declared unimportant; how dare she point out that Mitt lied again. Joe Scarborough declared the women in binders topic ridiculous and desperate – which tells me that he’s afraid of it. Mark Halperin stated that “that’s not what this election should be about” and how they “shouldn’t be parsing individual statements said live during a debate” and asked, wistfully, if we could just talk policy for the next three weeks. I intend to hold him to that.

The Polling Report [10.18.12]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 18, 2012 • 3 Comments

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the ratings for the cable network coverage of Tuesday’s presidential debate have numbers surged ahead of the first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney. That’s good. Now we have to see if the President repaired any of the damage he did to himself in the polls. Obama has regained the lead in all national polls but the Gallup poll (which is now looking like an extreme outlier when compared to the other tracking polls) and Rasmussen (although Obama is improving in that poll as well).

Looking at the Gallup poll, while I will not parse that poll like my conservative brethen, I will point out something that is extremely interesting: