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Civil unions a signature away from law in Delaware

By | 04.15.11 | 1:07 pm

Delaware will likely soon join Hawaii, Illinois and New Jersey in allowing same-sex couples to enter civil unions. Same-sex marriage advocates and critics alike often view civil unions as a stopgap measure on the path toward marriage rights for all, regardless of sexuality or gender identification.

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Christine O’Donnell to create new super PAC

By | 12.08.10 | 10:36 am

Christine O’Donnell lost her U.S. Senate race in Delaware by seventeen points — but she had $924,800 still left over in her campaign account after the election was over, odd for a candidate who complained that the national Republican Party was not doing enough fundraising to help her. She’s More…

In defense of the Tea Party’s role in 2010

By | 11.04.10 | 9:03 am

If the GOP had just run Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware, Sue Lowden in Nevada and Jane Norton in Colorado, they’d be looking at an evenly split Senate right now. At least that’s the message that establishment Republicans, frustrated with the Tea Party and its Senate cheerleader, Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), More…

The Palin Factor in Today’s Elections

By | 11.02.10 | 9:05 am

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to lavish perhaps her last endorsement of the election cycle yesterday evening on former GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo, who’s now running for governor in Colorado as a member of the American Constitution Party and has pulled within striking distance of Denver mayor More…

DCCC Starts Cutting Loose Struggling Candidates

By | 10.13.10 | 8:52 am

Yesterday came the news that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has begun practicing some tough love, canceling all remaining ad reservations in eight districts in order to save money for more competitive ones.

Six of the districts — including those held by Reps. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.), Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.), More…

Pawlenty Stands Behind O’Donnell, Hints at 2012

By | 09.29.10 | 9:29 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) appeared this morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” where he remained coy about his decision to run for president in 2012 but stuck to his guns in his support for Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell:

Campaign Watchdogs: O’Donnell’s Spending ‘Flat-Out Illegal’

By | 09.20.10 | 1:51 pm

Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s GOP primary victory might be old news, but her campaign’s financial improprieties dredged up during the primary contest continue to haunt her candidacy going forward. Melanie Sloan, executive director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, says that even cursory reviews of O’Donnell’s More…

Christine O’Donnell Tells Conservatives To Charge Ahead

By | 09.17.10 | 5:29 pm

After her surprise victory over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary, sudden national figure and social conservative heroine Christine O’Donnell gave her speech to the Washington media and a crowd of social conservative activists Friday afternoon here at the Values Voters Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. More…

O’Donnell Raising Funds Like Wildfire Since Her Primary Victory

By | 09.17.10 | 5:16 pm

Christine O’Donnell’s campaign might start off down in the polls against Democrat Chris Coons in Delaware’s Senate race, but as of this afternoon she’s no longer the underdog in terms of fundraising. O’Donnell’s website, which now consists of nothing more than one big fundraising request, reports that she’s More…

Christine O’Donnell, Circa 1998: A Wife Should ‘Graciously Submit’ to Her Husband

By | 09.16.10 | 5:35 pm

Since she won the Republican primary on Tuesday, tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell’s take on premarital sexual relations have become abundantly clear. But in a June 1998 CNN appearance, she indicated that her views are equally strong on the structure of relationships among married couples.