One of the hottest epithets to emerge this political season has a gender basis: “Man up.” “Man up, Harry Reid,” Nevada Republican senate candidate Sharron Angle said to her Democratic opponent. “You need to understand we have a problem with Social Security.” “Hey, politicians who are in office today you, some of you, need to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christine O’Donnell’
Why Is ‘Man Up’ This Year’s Political Epithet?
Posted in Politics, tagged Charlie Crist, Christine O'Donnell, Democrats, Harry Reid, Kendrick Meek, Man Up, Mike Castle, Republicans, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, Sharron Angle on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
O’Donnell: ‘Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?’
Posted in Law, Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware Dispatch, First Amend, Fourteenth Amendment, Seventeenth Amendment, Sixteenth Amendment, WDEL on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Delaware Republican senate candidate Christine O’Donnell is back in the news today, just two weeks out from the midterm elections, after questioning in a debate whether the Constitution calls for a separation of church and state. The debate with Democratic candidate Chris Coons, before students and professors from Widener University Law School, was aired on [...]
Christine O’Donnell vs. Chris Coons: Who Won the Debate?
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, CNN, Debate, Delaware Dispatch, Democrats, Post-Mortem, Republicans, Senate, Supreme Court on October 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last night Delaware Senate candidates Chris Coons and Christine O’Donnell debated live on primetime CNN (before cutting away to cover the ongoing miner rescues in Chile). The most widely talked-about moment came when moderator Nancy Karibjanian of Delaware First Media asked O’Donnell about which recent Supreme Court rulings with which she disagreed. O’Donnell fumbled the [...]
Morning Briefing: 21 September 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Archaeology, Christine O'Donnell, Hypertrichosis, Iraq, Wicca on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bearded Lady Reunites With Long-Lost Son [via AOL News] 33-year-old Kansan Richard Lorenc began searching for his biological parents, he probably didn’t expect to find this. Lorenc discovered his mother is Vivian Wheeler, who suffers from a disease called hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome. Wheeler (and her mother) were both born with inch-and-a-half beards, and she [...]
Delaware Dispatch: Primary Post-Mortem
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Delaware Dispatch, Mike Castle, Primaries, Republicans on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Wednesday, the day after the Republican primary for Delaware’s open Senate seat, and the smoke is starting to clear. “O’DONNELL IN SHOCKER,” my copy of the News Journal screamed this morning. Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell took 53 percent of the vote and the win. Mike Castle, her opponent, former Delaware governor and nine-term [...]
Delaware Dispatch: Deconstructing Senate Campaign Ads
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware Dispatch, Mike Castle on September 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There’s only a week to go before the Delaware Republican primary, and the two campaigns have really stepped up advertising. While Castle focuses more on his own legislative record and his fiscally conservative policies, O’Donnell has thrown out more negative ads as she has no legislative record of her own to promote. Only recently has [...]
Delaware Dispatch: Senate Candidate Steeped in Tea Party Dough
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Delaware Dispatch, Mike Castle, Senate, Tea Party on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tea Party Express, one of the major national Tea Party groups, will soon launch a $250,000 media campaign for Christine O’Donnell, a Tea Party candidate challenging longtime Congressman Mike Castle for the Delaware Republican senate nomination this fall. The primary is September 14, just two weeks away, meaning that money will likely have some [...]
