Most of us remember the name of one of the most influential bands from the 70’s and their razor edged female lead, Chrissie Hynde.  The Pretenders were high octane and remain in spirit as relevant and revered as they were in their heyday.

This description hardy applies to our current crop of Congressional pretenders as they remain virtually anonymous and at times no more than a blip on the political radar.  While these figures are rife with ambition and good intentions, they can only dream at the moment of becoming what Chrissie referred to in one of the Pretenders earlier hits, “Talk of the Town”.  There would, or could be such talk if in fact any was being generated by any measurable buzz emanating from the respectful camps of Rose Izzo, Fred Cullis, Scott Spencer, Kevin Wade, Brent Wangen, and Doug Campbell.  To date only Fred Cullis (loaning himself the 5g’s to get in), and Kevin Wade with his 3 county declaration jaunt have even announced officially that they in fact are running.

The rest have seemed to be dabbling in the waters of a race with the obligatory Campaign photos – replete with stars, stripes and stock tag lines… nothing terribly creative – serviceable web sites, will anyone ever get a professional – I mean a real one – to orchestrate a serious web presence? – and some loyal followers giving it the old college try in efforts to hit the blogs in defense of their man/woman.  This is all well and good, but they (or most) are in essence giving us the non – run run.  They say they are running; have the campaign buttons on order (when they can afford to pick them up) and are by all accounts off and running… well, kinda

Hey, guys… if your genuinely serious then hop in with both feet.  That’s not too much to ask… is it?  Take out a loan or something.

So we will take a take a look at the extras on all these babies over the next week to better shed some light into the list of hopefuls.  We will provide each candidate our version of the “15 minutes”…DE2010 style over the next few weeks.  We feel that anyone who gives public office (especially the House of Representatives) a shot – even should there exist no logical shot at the job – deserves to be featured …at least a lil.   And if any should fall off the map in the meantime? …then it just wasn’t meant to be, now was it?

Since it is apparent the respective candidates are operating in somewhat of a vacuum, and what little the public – or anyone else – knows can be picked up on their site (unless you are already a strong supporter who has sat in a “Back Room” with one or more of this cast), we will present them to you in our own way.

Hey, we’ll be fair and balanced.  Now where the hell have we heard that before, eh?

AND IN THE ON DECK CIRCLE AND BATTING FIRST… ROSE IZZO.  See ya tomorrow, Rose.

A final note:  We will in addition over this time maintain our focus on the Big Ticket Names as those with punch, money, and excess of DRF, position themselves for the run at the roses.  Perhaps we may even be graced with an announcement or two from the Brooks Brothers.  We would love to feature y’all, that is when you guys actually become  candidates.  The fence must be a mighty cold place to be this time of year …lol.

This is a year that will once again see The Small Wonder rocket to the top of charts with candidates and races that matter; not just to the parochial Delaware “Hey Joe…Hey Beau…Hey Mike” political dynamic, but to the balance of power in DC and an Obiden White House now working desperately to repair the Emperor’s coattails and return him to relevance.

The names are all familiar as usual suspects as are their mugs – Biden (well, er, ah, maybe) Castle and Carney have no need for an American Express commercial,  and the provocative and seductive Christine O’Donnell –annoying political mosquito she is – has yet to meet a billboard that she hasn’t found to be her cup of tea.  There also may lurk a serious challenger for Mr. Carney who has yet to emerge from the shadows as well as a number of obligatory wannabes that are tossing their chapeaus into the ring as we write.

Will Beau chicken out?  Will John get a promotion without having to spend too much coin fighting off Scott Spencer? Can the dems get out of from under the cloud drifting in from the Potomac?  Will we ever get a peek at what’s under O’Donnell’s political skirt?  Is Castle spicy enough to beat Beau? We’ll get to the answers to these and many more queries, whether or not benign or highly controversial.  We are not going to back off and don’t want you, the reader, to back off either.  Chime in with your opinions, rants, and raves; whether you agree with us or not; we like a hot kitchen.

DE2010.com will be there for the weigh-ins through the Castle/O’Donnell undercard primary and onto November where we’re all gonna find out who the real players are.  Our take is unfiltered.  We call it like we see it and don’t have any stake in any candidate or party.  If they (the candidates) are doing something noble, we’ll call it; if they play patty fingers with the truth, bam!   Status quo politics isn’t gonna git er done here.

We will in addition be commenting on the general political (Global, national, and statewide) landscape.  It all ties into The Small Wonder at sometime, folks, so you ought to be paying attention.  We do.

So lace up the gloves and get ready for round one.