I am not a big fan of primaries but they can be valuable. I am still hoping for the NCC Executive deal.

In the immortal words of Rodney King, “Can’t … we all get along?”

Yes, I am a partisan, but that is not who I am. I believe one side more often than not has better solutions as do you. I don’t believe one side has all of the solutions or one side is evil or stupid and the other good and wise. I think that we are facing problems which affect all of us and all of us need to work together to solve them.

That is just me.

I have to take issue with you sometimes when you put on your partisan hat too tightly, as you might with me as well. However, you are solution oriented and not above working together to find middle ground.

As a committed Markell supporter, I look forward to a robust positive campaign from your party, as I believe this brings out the best from both sides, thus a potential benefit for the future of our state which is in the doldrums as we speak. There is much change needed, as we will be discussing here in the coming months.

I agree that Judge Lee was the best candidate in 2004 and in fact 2000. We would be in a lot better shape. It takes a lot of skill to run a campaign which looks backward and forward. If done well, it can be very effective. He may be will positioned to do it.

Bill Lee could say to the Democrats, when you said everything was great, I was right about it being a gathering storm. Who should the people trust to guide them out of the storm? The weather man who got it right and has a strategy for recovery or the ones who got it wrong and our still acting like it is just a sprinkle?

You guys enabled and ran cover for Gov. Minner. You don’t even admit half of the problems. The ones you do, the only solutions you have involve spending more money. In case you haven’t noticed, wasteful spending is part of our problem. We spend for a Lexus and get a Lemon.

I am at the end of my career. The only thing I care about is making this state great for my grandchildren. I am going to use my shot at this to do something which will make a real difference not build my resume. I am going to make this government work for people instead of the interest groups.

Back to my comment –I could see any Republican running giving a version of this. Of course it would be a lot more polished than this off the cuff stuff, but the Democrats can be vulnerable to this type of campaign. It is a tough strategy to implement because it doesn’t fit neatly into one 30 second ad or a billboard, but it may be the only one that can give a good probability of success.

He has a future politically in this state. He needs to do everything with a 5 year plan. I would hate to see him complicate it to the point where even his friends could not sustain a political association in the near term by falling into the spoiler trap. I think if the party treats him reasonably, he will be no threat of being a spoiler. I can’t blame him for feeling good about proudly associating with people who court him. They are good people who matter as much as any other voters. It has to feel a lot better than courting people who spurn you. I just think that you have to look at everything logically.

You can’t win as an Independent in Delaware, yet. It can help you win with another party by gaining you outsider street cred, but you can’t win only on its line. Mike knows that. His goal is to win not show. I don’t think he will do it just to spoil or show. He is trying to invite a lot of people into a winning coalition. Of course, I am not part of the campaign so this is my opinion based upon recent observations.

The GOP is in a position to control its own destiny in Delaware. I am curious to see if it will. Will it make a serious effort at NCC executive?

He certainly seems like a capable, well-spoken candidate; maybe just without the political suction to make a heavy run at governor.