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.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Ya’ll gotta be down south, I didn’t see a post on Sunday, which means you probably didn’t have power, which means you’re probably in the sticks or at the beach??
February 9th, 2010 at 5:40 am
Finally someone said it!! They come out of the woodwork don’t they?!
February 9th, 2010 at 7:03 am
These people need to be on the 70’s tv show; The Gong Show.
Some are nice, some are smart but all are clueless about campaigning. Wade – the smartest of the bunch – has hired the equivalent of the 3 Stooges to help him, Cullis is nice but out there. Izzo is simply hysterically out of it. Spencer is nice as well but talking about transportation will get you nowhere.
It’ll be Carney-Wedo in a tight one.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:52 am
I think carney can pull this off, even with the d’s in the shitter, and especially with the circus show of candidates above who aren’t going to quit until nov 2 when they only get a few percentate of the vote. Delusional!
February 9th, 2010 at 11:38 am
New is the most effective word in marketing. Wedo is just that.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Maybe you can extract his ass from the fence, DL.
He cant be considered new till rolls into the showroom. Article coming up.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
And to wsjo
Nice try. Everyone’s guessin but we ain’t tellin”.
Besides, even God rested on Sunday.
Thanks for keeping up with us.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
admin, you’re either Ron Williams or he’s feeding you the intel
February 11th, 2010 at 2:20 am
Yo, wsjo,
You do love throwing the pasta against the wall, don’tcha?
Hate to disappoint, bro, but your colder than a well digger’s ass. And besides, Ronnie reads us. Ya ever consider we’re feeding him? Cha cha cha
And a lil FYI…we do our own legwork.
But thanks for playing
February 11th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Is that a copyrighted photo of The Pretenders on your home page (with this article)??
It would lend to your credibility if your authors would identify themselves instead of “hiding” under pen names and screen names…an interesting site but I for one like to know who’s opinion I’m reading.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I think the pretenders imagery reference is royalty-free, these guys aren’t idiots. The writing indicates they are lawyers but I could be wrong, need more samples to analyze. I think the author(s) of this blog, while very good at hiding their identity, are more politically connected and more loyal than they state and I think there are reasons for that, none of which are worth speculating at this point. They have gone to great lengths to protect themselves: private domain registration (which probably only leads to their previously referenced designer), secure server email, encrypted ad network, proxy servers in Denmark!?? Why would a typical blogger go through all these great lengths to protect their identity? Judging from these patterns, I would imagine the only way of finding out who is behind this is to catch them in the act. They’re most likely posting from coffee shops or open wifi networks to provide the additional barriers that would echo their previous protective layers of anonimity. Best bet, run around Wilmington and/or Rehoboth coffee shops around historical posting times and glance at the computer screens of anybody typing away.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Vic, I understand. Didn’t really mean the identity comment as a negative, rather a wish for full disclosure.
This site has good info and the authors may have potential “rock star” status, if we ever know “WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN”?
February 11th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
What’s wrong with a little mystery? Adds to the allure, I say. Got our own Clark Kent here.