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OMG, OGD, How could I mix up

Ramona — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:51:57 +0000

OMG, OGD, How could I mix up Rhode Island with Delaware?? You caught it and I appreciate it. Wouldn't want such a blunder to go down into posterity--even in a comment.

Geez ... I hear an echo

oldenGoldenDecoy — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:39:48 +0000

In reply to Are there really any

Geez ...

I hear an echo bouncing around here but I'll be damned if I can find where it's coming from...

Oh well, just another lonely tree falling in the quiet of the forest

Paddlin' on...

~OGD~

Are there really any

Atheist — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:31:07 +0000

In reply to Rhode Island?Christine

Are there really any differences between Rhode Island and Delaware? Other than Rhode Island being an island, that is, and Delaware being land-locked and in the midwest.

Rhode Island?Christine

oldenGoldenDecoy — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:23:55 +0000

In reply to Christine O'Donnell just won

Rhode Island?

Christine O'Donnell did win the GOP senatorial nomination but it wasn't in Rhode Island, try Delaware.

And yes she did send another moderate Republican down the tubes.

If you are looking for a silver lining in this outcome, the follwing from HuffPo may help:

Specifically, Christine O'Donnell's upset of Republican Congressman Mike Castle flips Delaware from a seat that looked comfortably in the Republican column this year, to one that now looks comfortably (if tentatively) Democratic. Four polls conducted since July all showed Castle leading Democrat Chris Coons by double-digit margins, while the most recent Rasmussen poll had Coons leading O'Donnell by 11 (47% to 36%).

Public Policy Polling (PPP) fielded a general election survey in Delaware over the weekend that they plan to release today, though they teased results yesterday that imply an even bigger Coons lead. They reported Coons "polls 26 points better" against O'Donnell than against Castle, that O'Donnell's personal rating is 29% favorable, 50% unfavorable and that only 31% of Delware's voters think she is "fit to hold office."

While we are on the topic, congratulations to PPP for going where all other pollsters feared to tread and producing an accurate forecast of the O'Donnell surprise in Delaware.

~OGD~

pray.

anna am — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:30:30 +0000

In reply to Christine O'Donnell just won

pray.

Christine O'Donnell just won

Ramona — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:49:58 +0000

In reply to Liberals for Obama: What a Concept!

Christine O'Donnell just won the GOP senatorial nomination in Rhode Island, sending another moderate Republican down the tubes. There are 49 days before the mid-term elections and it's looking more and more like the Republicans, even while embracing their crazies, may sweep back into power, leaving Obama to fend for himself.

So we either sit back and say "that'll show 'em", or we work to keep whatever successes we've accomplished in force so that we can build on them and move ahead.

Forty-nine days is a short amount of time to establish a new party. I'm not saying it can't be done (yes, I am), but I'm looking everywhere and not seeing any concrete solutions to our monster of a crisis.

Fun and games in the candidate department might be okay when times are good, but this is getting serious.

Ideas?

You're welcome. John is

EmmaZahn — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:53:58 +0000

In reply to Emma, thanks for turning me

You're welcome. John is always interested and no one rants better.

Hear, hear. Sometimes I

Jamie Friedland — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:31:54 +0000

In reply to Stilli, I'm afraid you and I

Hear, hear. Sometimes I wonder about just how much in the minority we are, though. True, a lot of people are disillusion about the President (largely on account of having such impossibly high expectations), but I don't know if the real anger towards him from casual Dems is really as hot as it seems in the blogosphere. Hard to say, though.

god yes. who'd'a thunk

anna am — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:57:33 +0000

In reply to Lordy, who would have

god yes. who'd'a thunk it?

love the rich in love quote.

Emma, thanks for turning me

Ramona — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:53:15 +0000

In reply to Maybe my favorite

Emma, thanks for turning me on to Balloon Juice. I've added them to my blogroll. And yes--John Cole has quite a way with words. Perfect.