The National Scene-The Sunday Political Talk Show Report on 7/12/15

It’s hysteria from channel to channel about this renegade named Trump. Even possible Democratic VP nominee chimes in while Republican Lindsay Graham’s disdain of Trump scares me.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Democratic presidential candidate; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., a Republican presidential candidate.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C.; Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; Sens. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., a Democratic presidential candidate, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Carly Fiorina, a Republican presidential candidate; Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a Republican presidential candidate; former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate; Alex Walker and Scott Walker, sons of Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., a Republican presidential candidate.

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Political Gossip and Tidbits Wandering About The Small Wonder That is Delaware-The 7/10/15 edition.

What is this “Convention of the States”? I attended a meeting on this topic and heard not one but TWO speakers on the issue.

And it only confused things more.
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The National Scene-The Sunday Political Talk Show Report on 7/5/15

Those who would be president show up on July 4 weekend. Donald Trump drives them all nuts!

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate; Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of the conservative Liberty Institute; Evan Wolfson, president of the advocacy group Freedom to Marry.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican presidential candidate.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate; Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate; Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Joaquin Castro, D-Texas.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican presidential candidate.

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We Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident

fireworks  It has been two-hundred and thirty-nine years since our nation’s Declaration of Independence, and it seems as though we are still trying to understand and define exactly what Liberty is, and how best to protect it. Continue reading →

This Isn’t Funny Anymore

sleeping senator   So, two days after, the final night of, the first session of, the 148th Delaware General Assembly, I have recovered enough to try to relate what went on from my point of view. Continue reading →

When You’re Not Looking

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What you are seeing here is just one example of what happens at the end of the General Assembly. Tomorrow night will be the last night, and today we find this. It looks like “SOME” state employees will be seeing raises this year. Is anyone surprised?