ARCHIVES -- DECEMBER 2003
GOOD-BYE TO 2003
Posted: Dec. 30, 2003
Delawareans had a lot to talk about in 2003 --
the smoking ban, speculation about U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. and
a presidential bid, a frightening flood, and federal indictments
that never came, among them. Here is a summary of some of the prime
political topics of the year.
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POLI-TICKING
Posted: Dec. 23, 2003
It's the little things that make politics
tick. This is a column about that. When no one was looking, former
Secretary of State Glenn C. Kenton made himself an unconfirmed
bachelor. When everyone was looking, Delaware's top officeholders
showed up to cheer for the University of Delaware's champion
football team.
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"ALL OF DELAWARE WILL
MISS HIM"
Posted: Dec. 21, 2003
Delawareans came out for one last public event
for former U.S. Sen. William V. Roth Jr., who dominated the state's
public life for so many years. At a memorial service Sunday at the
University of Delaware, that notable bipartisan mosaic for which the
state is known was on display for this Republican legend.
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PRESIDENTIAL INTERLUDE
Posted: Dec. 19, 2003
Joseph I. Lieberman, the Democratic
presidential candidate, paid his respects to William V. Roth Jr.,
his Republican ex-colleague in the Senate, while campaigning Friday
in Delaware. Lieberman's appearance was part of a surge of political
action that also included events this week for Wesley K. Clark and
Howard B. Dean.
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"I AM BILL ROTH"
Posted: Dec. 16, 2003
With an oversized campaign button reading, "I
Am Bill Roth," and a Saint Bernard puffing clouds of hair over the
voters, William V. Roth Jr. hardly had the look of a U.S. senator
and one of the quintessential figures in Delaware politics for the
last half of the 20th Century. It was, however, vintage Roth.
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WILLIAM V. ROTH JR.,
1921-2003
Posted: Dec.15, 2003
Former U.S. Sen. William V. Roth Jr., a
Republican whose 34 years in statewide office set a record unmatched
by any other Delawarean, died Saturday at the age of 82. Read an
account of his tenure adapted from Only in Delaware, a modern
political history written by Celia Cohen, the political writer for
Grapevine.
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ROTH: OBITUARY
Posted: Dec. 15, 2003
Bill Roth's family has scheduled a public
memorial service for the senator on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m., at
Clayton Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark in
remembrance of the man and his accomplishments, from his
governmental principles to his beloved Saint Bernard.
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ROTH: HIS COLLEAGUES
MOURN
Posted: Dec. 15, 2003
Gov. Ruth Ann Minner ordered U.S. and Delaware
flags be lowered to half-staff Monday for Bill Roth. The governor,
U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper and U.S.
Rep. Michael N. Castle all offered statements on the death of their
colleague.
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TAKING PUERTO RICO BY STORM
Posted: Dec. 11, 2003
When the Council of State Governments has an
annual meeting in Puerto Rico, somebody has to go. In this case it
was Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and 25 state legislators, jetting off just
as Delaware was having its first snowstorm of the season. Funny
thing about the weather . . .
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TEAM BUSH
Posted: Dec. 9, 2003
Delaware Republicans made their move Tuesday
to elbow their way into the state scene on presidential politics,
setting up their leadership for George W. Bush's re-election
campaign as a counter to the multi-candidate Democratic field that
has been getting most of the attention.
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DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN
FOCUSES ON BATTLEGROUND DELAWARE FOR 2004
Posted: Dec. 8, 2003
Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic national
chairman, paid his second visit to Delaware on Monday. Edward W.
Gillespie, his Republican counterpart, has come here, too. It is a
sure sign that the 2004 presidential election is going to be as hard
a fight as the last one, and Delaware will be in the thick of it.
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MIKE CASTLE'S SENIOR MOMENTS
Posted: Dec. 4, 2003
U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle spent two days
this week taking the political pulse at Delaware senior centers as
he held town meetings there on the new prescription drug benefit
being added to Medicare. He encountered interest, curiosity,
perplexity, some frustration and a little worry.
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TO ENDORSE OR NOT TO
ENDORSE
Posted: Dec. 2, 2003
Among Delaware's top officeholders, U.S. Sen.
Thomas R. Carper and U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle have said early and
often which candidates they want for president. U.S. Sen. Joseph R.
Biden Jr. and Gov. Ruth Ann Minner have left people guessing about
their choices -- or even whether they will endorse at all.
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