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David Broder said in today’s column at the Washington Post that some states would kill to have two candidates for Senate like Castle and Coons.  After the Disclose Act, I agree, and if any state wishes to adopt them they can call me at 302-555-1111.  I would be glad to facilitate their adoption.

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Democrats pushed through the latest gambit to extend unemployment benefits.  I have no objections to the extension, but I do object to a 34 billion dollar bill costing  around 83.4 billion and 50 billion in new taxes.  Democrats use the unemployed like a human shield to push through spending and pork that would not make it [...]

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UPDATED with Statement by O’Donnell at the end: The argument for Congressman Castle is that he is inevitable.   Rasmussen has just changed Delaware from being safe to leaning GOP.  Congressman Castle still looks safe, but he dropped below 50% for the first time against Tax hiker Chirs Coons who is still mired in the 30′s versus [...]

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New Castle County Government Thwarts Taxpayers Once Again Joe Oddo, Vice Chairman NCC Republicans “Absurd!” That’s what today’s News Journal appropriately labels New Castle County’s requirement that duly elected members of council must submit Freedom of Information Act requests for public information. Can they be serious? New Castle County Government has long struggled with ethical [...]

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Read this disgusting politicization of Memorial Day by Senate Candidate Chris Coons. We are in the middle of two wars but he can not even resist the impulse to allowing a study before starting social experimentation on the military in the name of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Late Thursday night the House voted on [...]

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Over the last couple of months there have been posts on this site that use campaign finance figures from the Organization Opensecrets.org They are posted here http://www.delawarepolitics.net/who-supports-chris-coons/ here http://www.delawarepolitics.net/follow-the-money/ here http://www.delawarepolitics.net/rep-mike-castles-conflict-of-interest-pt-ii/ and here http://www.delawarepolitics.net/rep-mike-castles-conflict-of-interest/ In certain instances, allegations of conflict of interest and corruption are made. Opensecrets.org. is a great resource for the politically savvy. [...]

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Republican Senate Candidate Mike Castle leads Democrat Chris Coons 55% to 32% in the latest Rasmussen Delaware Polling Report. According to Rasmussen “The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Delaware shows Castle picking up 55% support to Democrat Chris Coons’ 32%. Seven percent (7%) of the state’s voters prefer some other candidate, [...]

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FYI Mr. Chris Coons shares his schedule for the three county announcement as follows. It’s been almost two months since I entered the race for the United States Senate to make sure Delaware continues its tradition of strong Democratic representation in Washington. In those two months, the support Delawareans have shown me has been humbling, [...]

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This is an interesting article on where they stand in the aftermath of the Health deform Law. I am always struck by the lack of leadership by Congressman Castle even when he comes down on the right side of the issue. He is right that repeal is hopeless this year. I do not care if [...]

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New Castle County Executive Chris Coons (D) has sent an email to supporters saying that he is running for Delaware’s open senate seat.  Our friends at Resolute Determination have this priceless reaction.

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