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Blevins Does Superb Job on Senate Committee Assignments.

Filed in Delaware, National by on December 29, 2012 10 Comments

Really. This is not snark. President Pro-Tempore Patti Blevins has served up an almost ideal set of committee chairs/committees. Thank you, Senator.

I have only two caveats before I heap praise on her:

The Bond Bill Committee is too downstate-centric, IMHO.

With the perceived conflict-of-interest on the SEU, Harris McDowell should not chair the Energy/Transit Committee.

That’s it.

Here’s what I like/love (in committee alphabetical order):

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Delaware’s Most Intriguing 2012 Races: The Top 5!

Filed in National by on September 20, 2012 18 Comments

Counting down from #5: 5. SD 12:  Sen. Dori Connor vs. Nicole Poore. Easily the most likely Senate seat to flip from R to D this cycle. Dori Connor is a wonderful person and has been a wonderful senator, for the most part. She has always had strong labor support, and, up until now, D’s […]

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El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You*. Part 1…

Filed in National by on September 4, 2012 70 Comments

*Well, not all as in ALL. Just every primary where I think I know enough to make a prediction.  Some of which, invariably, will be wrong.

National Races:

U. S. Senate D’s: Tom Carper routs Keith Spanarelli. Over/under on Spanarelli: 12%.

U. S. House R’s: Tom Kovach routs Rose Izzo. Over/under on Rizzo: 11%.

Come inside for more, including, as the photo suggests, my prediction on the epic 11th SD race.

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Delaware Political Weekly: August 18-24, 2012

Filed in National by on August 24, 2012 38 Comments

‘I Don’t Need No More Steenkin’ Debates’. That’s the conclusion that Wilmington Mayoral candidate Dennis P. Williams has reached. He may be right. There have been something like 18 of them, and Williams has taken part in something like 17. However, recent surfacings of the famous Williams temper suggest that he may be staging a strategic retreat from the arena that often provides a glimpse into that temper.

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