MONEY BOMBS AWAY

Posted: Jan. 27, 2012

The record for the most expensive legislative race in Delaware has gone up and up for the past 10 years, and there is reason to think it could go up again with the 2012 election. Oh, for the good old days when it took $200,000.

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FOUR GOVERNORS AND COUNTING

Posted: Jan. 24, 2012

It is up to Jack Markell to extend the streak of the past four governors, who share the distinction of getting themselves disqualified under the state constitution from ever running for governor again, because they all won their re-election for a second term.

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THE GREAT WALL OF SUSSEX

Posted: Jan. 20, 2012

The Delaware Republicans' arduous march to try to get to the majority in the state Senate looks like it will be a long one, a lot of it because of a couple of Democratic senators who keep running and winning in Sussex County.

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PARDONS ANONYMOUS

Posted: Jan. 18, 2012

When the Board of Pardons recommended that the death sentence for Robert Gattis be commuted to life in prison, it did not plan to disclose which members were on what side of its vote of 4-1, but one member talked, and that was all it took to figure it out.

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THE JOHN WILLIAMS RULE

Posted: Jan. 12, 2012

John Williams was a U.S. senator who decided to leave office before he turned 70. It set an example that became known as the "John Williams Rule." Decades later, politicians who take an exception to the rule do so mostly at their peril.

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HOW THE SENATE REPUBLICANS CAN GET TO THE MAJORITY

Posted: Jan. 9, 2012; updated: Jan. 10, 2012

A "Clip & Save" chart explains the steps the Delaware Republicans could follow to get themselves from seven seats in the state Senate to 11 seats and the majority in the 21-member chamber. A lot has to go their way, but it could.

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