As promised, Here is a copy of the opinion that the SEU attorney, Frank Murphy drew up at the request of the board (or probably just McDowell). SEU Authority Memo.
This document was handed out to most attendees yesterday. Let me know what you think. And don’t forget that Jason will be speaking at the PDD meeting Wednesday evening in New Castle to connect the dots on McDowell and the SEU.
So, I know someone here is connected enough to the story to tell the details. What are they?
Nancy Willing reported the advance notice last night.
The WNJ has abit more info.
I’m not yet backing a candidate here, but this whole business looks a little strange, and certainly smells as though there is more going on.
Step up and tell what you know!
Alternatively, step up and tell what it would take for one of the current candidates against Castle to get your vote.
This is the first debate of the primary season between Lt. Governor John C. Carney, Jr. and State Treasurer Jack A. Markell.
When: Thursday, March 20, 2008
Where: The Baby Grand
818 N. Market Street Wilmington, Delaware
Time: Doors open at 6, everyone must be seated by 6:45
Registration is required for this event. Seats are first-come, first-served.
To register and get more information, visit www.rodelfoundationde.org before 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, March 18.
A neighbor of mine sent this to me, and I expect that I am not the only person who needs some lead time to plan to go to stuff like this, so I am posting it now.
No idea if these campaigns are making arrangements for live blogging of these events, but they certainly should.
Who is going?
I thought I would try and bring this thread back to liberalgeeks’ orignal point with another example of John Carney’s hard work to try and get this sucker done.
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liberalgeek – if I didn’t know better, I’d say Carney reads your posts.
I was thinking the same thing as I drove home last night listening to WDEL. It is getting to the point that McDowell, Copeland and Adams cannot hide. Let’s hope that we can flush them out on this issue or else at the next election cycle.
Oh, and Hi John, thanks for the interview on Super Tuesday.
UPDATE: I almost forgot to mention perhaps the biggest compliment ever applied to this blog. From Robert Vanella:
“I have to tell you guys, the only places websites I visit are www.andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com, www.nytimes.com and The Richard Dawkins Foundation – www.richarddawkins.net and you guys”
Pretty good fucking company I must say. And I know a hell of a lot of politicians in delaware read this website too. Dave Burris does too, but he only thinks he’s important. Me, I know I am.
So read on about the wild night:
Listen I’m not gonna lie and say that you people that didn’t make it out have no idea what you were missing. It was incredible. I came out. No, no, not out silly, out. I showed up. It has been about 4 months but I did it and I have to tell you it was a stimulating evening to say the least. To my right people were discussing marxism. Across from me someone from Democratic Underground joined the small frey. To my left people were discussing Mrs. Blevins, Matt Denn and some other guy that supposedly is trying to distance himself from the governor as he hopes to claim the mightiest seat in all the land (over-built land I might add). In my opinion distancing himself much the same way that the GOP field is distancing themselves from Bush.
Minner doesn’t mind though, she understands that to keep the party in power she has to go party it up in Chile’ and keep her profile low. At least that is what her people are saying…..(Every time I go to a bar though I thank the governor and so should you. )
Lets just say that in this town when you compliment someones assistant or campaign aides or more generally speaking those people that work their asses off on campaigns the rewards to the complimenter are great. You can’t go wrong complementing beautiful young women. It’s part of my charm really. As hot as I am I have to make women feel that they too are just as hot as me. It keeps the vapors from happening I have found. Alcohol is a plus too.
Oh and a word to the wise when you show up at these things. The governor sends spies. Aka constituent relation people or some bogus tax dollar wasting title they come up with for a family friend. You know who you are and I have your number. (wink)
Delaware’s hottest blogger was in full effect. Dorian Gray and Von Cracker showed up in style but let’s be honest a candle can’t put out the fire I bring to a joint. If you know what I mean. None the less it was nice to see the fella’s, my pepes come out and wait for Chris or Art to show up. After all they use real names so what would preclude them from coming out? In the end I really do try to tone it down when I roll at the bar scene, but what can you do? It’s a blessing and a curse at the same time. Sorry DG, accept it buddy.
It’s the end of the day and the short weeks always feel the longest. But cheer up, tonight is Drinking Liberally at one of the finest Newark drinking establishments that hasn’t been turned into condos. The Deer Park is the place to be someone tonight at 8PM. Several of the contributors and commenters on Delaware Liberal make a point of getting out there and blogging in person. I’l promise to try to keep donviti’s banana hammock safely within the bounds of decorum, but there is only so much that one can do.
The U of D students have left town so we may have the run of the place.
Check out Alan Loudel on the notion that Tom Carper would really work for ANYONE (Sean Barney, Jack Markell, John Carney, Ted Blunt, Matt Denn, His Wife, Ghandi, Jesus) running against Michael Castle.
And speaking of Mike Castle, I realize some Delaware Democrats desperately want Senator Carper to broker a deal where Carney or Markell (it is assumed Markell) would run against Castle for ’08. Fat chance. They may be of opposite parties, but Carper and Castle are rather like Bush and Tony Blair… soulmates.
Sure, he’d mouth the words and express solidarity for the “D’s”, but I cannot fathom Tom Carper actively, energetically, enthusiastically working for the defeat of Mike Castle.
But I can think of one scenerio in which Carper would “actively, energetically, enthusiastically” work for the defeat of Mike Castle.” He would do it if it benefited Tom Carper.
Carper is at heart a Carperist. If it looked like he could benefit from helping defeat Castle he would do it in a blink. Alan Loudel seems to forget that Carper’s run against Roth came out of the blue and was regarded by Roth as treachery at the time in view of Carper’s many years of making public statements praising the elder statesman.
But when it was right for Carper – WHAM! He delivered the death blow with the all sentimentality of a shark ripping the head off a seal.
UPDATE: Mentioning Sean Barney reminded me that this song/video makes me happy. (Warning: the “F” word is used by John McClain)
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Just a week ago Bryon Short was elected in the 7th in a surprise to many in the Republic party. However, Today I start harping on Lynn Bullock for the seat of the ever-present John Atkins, State Representative of the fightin’ 41st. Lynn is a retired State Policeman (so he has probably met JA a few times) and former Mayor of Millsboro. We have a real good chance of wining this. The district has more registered D’s than R’s, JA is going to siphon off write-in votes, and I suspect that there will be some backlash on the R’s because of the whole JA debacle.
I’m not going to get all “redstate.org” on you about this, but Lynn does need help. I will be posting information about how to help as it becomes available, but for now, the best way to help is by contacting Kristin Dwyer at DelDems or sign up to help here. The election is May 5th and I am certain that they could use all the help they can get down in Millsboro.
This election is a Tipping Point. At the start of all of this business, we had a 5 vote deficit in the House. If we win this one, we cut that deficit to one. The Republic party isn’t cohesive enough today to hold most votes with a one vote majority. Plus this will put us on strong footing for the next election cycle where we will regain control of both houses.
The election is May 5th. Lynn Bullock is the candidate. Please give what you can (time, effort, money, lip service) to help Lynn Win.
Too bad. He was good.
Woody Allen has been quoted as saying, “80 percent of success is showing up.” This is particularly true in politics, and thus I am presenting two opportunities in which you can make a difference by showing up.
Delaware for Obama is organizing in Delaware, and the folks involved have asked that we help pass the word on their next orgainzing meeting:
Delaware for Obama Immediate Action Meeting
Monday April 16th 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
UUFN Fellowship Hall, 420 Willa Rd. in NewarkFor info, call 456-1199
I discussed this request with my fellow editors/contributors here at Delawareliberal, and we agreed that any of the Democratic candidates for president or progressive Democratic committees or candidates for any office are welcome to post meeting notices here. An easy way to reach us is by leaving a comment on the “About” page.
The adage that success depends on showing up is never truer than on an election day, and by the way, we have one on Saturday. The special election for state representative in the 7th district is this Saturday. Bryon Short is the Democrat seeking to replace Wayne Smith. This is our chance to replace a deeply conservative Republican with a true blue Democrat.
You can sign up to help, if even for an hour or two, at the DelDems website. or by calling (302) 328-9036.
i’m already over my 1 post limit, but that other one doesn’t count. “I’m a rebel Dotty!”
Mr Bush was doing his best to contribute to global warming by blowing more hot air for the plants in the Rose Garden. Bush by the way thinks the Rose Garden is a national park I kid you not.
So there he was, the Decider, uniting dividing the country again by playing blame villafy the democrats. But as the hypocrite in chief is learning his arrows are becoming more like boomerangs these days. We have a nice article today from Newsweek’s Michael Hirsh. Hirsh lays it out pretty good, slapping back each and every Chimpy attempt to join this country together. Hirsh doesn’t apparently understand his role. He is a reporter. Reporters in Washington bend over and take what the white house shoves them. No doubt he is a communist & abetting the enemy. Most likely he has Al Qaeda on speed dial and faxed this article over to them to proof read.
Let’s begin:
Bush began by complaining that it had been “57 days since I requested that Congress pass emergency funds for our troops.” He said that if Congress doesn’t give him a bill he can sign by mid-April, the Army will be “forced to consider cutting back on equipment, equipment repair and quality-of-life initiatives for our Guard and Reserve forces,” as well as training, so that money can go to “troops on the front lines.” And if he doesn’t get a bill by mid-May, Bush said, “the problems grow even more acute”—forecasting delays in funding repair depots, training active-duty forces needed overseas, and in forming new brigades. Yet previous Republican-controlled Congresses have left for spring recess without passing the sort of supplemental bill Bush was talking about. In 2006, the GOP Congress didn’t approve the supplemental until the middle of June. Sen. Jack Reed
Well lookie lookie. This god damned journalist must be one of them liberal elites that hates Merika! You mean to tell me the President aint “straight shootin” with Merikans? no, not Mexicans, MeriKans!
Let’s continue….
“It’s hard not to view this [Bush’s charges] as somewhat hyped up,” says Steve Kosiak of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington-based military think tank. “In addition to [the bridge fund], the Pentagon can tap its regular budget for the last quarter of the fiscal year, and shift money from procurements with a long lead time, like a new armored fighting vehicles. It creates some inefficiencies, but it’s part of the process.”
Carrying on….here is something you wont find in the Snooze Journal:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden, D-Del., called the supplemental a “shell game” and told “Fox News Sunday”: “If the president had been honest with what he needed for this war in his regular budget, then we wouldn’t be having this.”
Holy JOE! Making a point that wasn’t over 2000 words. Sadly, Joe wasn’t wearing a Princeton hat during this interview so it didn’t warrant coverage by the NJ.
This is the last Paragraph I will cut and paste for fear of wearing out my welcome on the first day:
The president also announced that thus far only 40 percent of the troops called up in the “surge” have reached Iraq. Bush said he found it “somewhat astounding that people in Congress would start calling for withdrawal even before all the troops have made it to Baghdad.” When will they get there? By “early June,” Bush announced. And yet the administration has previously made a point of suggesting strongly that this summer is a fair time to assess the surge’s effectiveness. Gen. George Casey, the previous multinational forces commander in Iraq, was asked in late December when he thought troops could come home. “I believe the projections are late summer,” Casey told reporters. At a congressional hearing on Jan. 11, new Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the surge’s duration would be “a matter of months.” Now, without quite saying so, the president seems to have pushed back the target date for the surge’s success—and withdrawal. Says Jack Reed: “Most counterinsurgency specialists talk about success coming in years, not months.”
To use a phrase I love by Cal from Taladega Nights…… “THAT JUST HAPPENED!”
The special election to choose the replacement for Wayne Smith has been set for Saturday April 14th. Mark your calendars. Let’s talk up Bryon Short. I’ll have the contact info to volunteer as soon as I get it. Feel free to post volunteer info in the comments here.
Last night the Democrats in the 7th selected Bryon Short to be their candidate to replace Wayne Smith. Short was a Carper aide for many years both in the House and while he was Governor. His opponent will be Jim Bowers.
We already know that the right has put out the word about this race on RedState to get “boots on the ground.” Let’s get behind Short on this and take that seat.