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ARCHIVES -- APRIL 2003
BENCH PRESS
Posted: April 29, 2003
The Delaware bench and bar are buzzing about
the names on the lists that Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has for openings
for a Supreme Court justice and Family Court chief judge. There are
said to be three candidates to replace Justice Joseph T. Walsh and
four for former Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti.
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SOMEONE TO RUN
Posted: April 27, 2003; Updated: April 28,
2003
Terry A. Strine, a Republican backbencher, is
ready to ride to the rescue of his party and become the state
chairman. The Delaware GOP found itself with a leadership gap after
J. Everett Moore Jr. unexpectedly stepped aside with no clear
replacement. Strine discussed his interest publicly for the first
time on
Monday.
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POLI-TICKING
Posted: April 25, 2003
It's the little things that make politics
tick. This is a column about that. Spring has been a time for new
beginnings. Vincent J. Poppiti got a sendoff from the Family Court.
A couple of Senate staff members, one from each Delaware office,
depart from government.
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SUSSEX GOP CHAIRMAN RESIGNS
Posted: April 24, 2003
Sussex County Republicans are looking for
someone to replace Keller Hopkins, who is resigning as their
chairman before his term is up to concentrate on his construction
company. Hopkins made his mark by setting up the most effective
get-out-the-vote drive in Delaware on Election Day 2002.
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ONE COUNTY, TWO COUNTIES,
BLUE COUNTY, RED COUNTIES
Posted: April 23, 2003
Delaware politics has turned into something
that sounds like Dr. Seuss. Political maps in presidential elections
are drawn with Democratic states in blue and Republican states in
red, and here in Delaware, upstate is voting blue and downstate is
voting red.
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EMPTY CHAIR
Posted: April 10, 2003; updated April 23, 2003
Some candidates play hard to get. Others
really mean it. The Delaware Republicans appear to have a crop of
the sincere types as they search for someone to run for state chair
at their convention next month to replace J. Everett Moore Jr., who
is getting out. Doesn't anybody want this job?
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SMOKE SIGNALS
Posted: April 8, 2003
The smoking ban is still intact after a state
Senate vote that put a bunch of Republicans on the same side as
Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner. It was a good day for the governor.
It was not so good for the Republican Party leaders who want to see
her defeated next year. For the roll call, click
here.
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WANTED: CANDIDATES
Posted: April 3, 2003
There's an old political saying, "You can't
beat somebody with nobody." The Democrats and Republicans already
are setting up their recruitment drives for the 2004 election and
targeting the races where they think incumbents are vulnerable.
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