I only saw about fifteen minutes of the Eagles game on t.v. yesterday because, you know, I’m running for Lt. Governor.  And I’m sure I’ve said this after at least a few Eagles home openers in the past.  But it looks like this could be a great season, and I am putting everyone on notice that after election day, the Denn household will not be answering the phone for at least three hours on most Sunday afternoons.  Being a political candidate, I must also take credit for predicting—in this very blog–that rookie wide receiver (and University of California alum) DeSean Jackson would be an awesome pick-up for the Eagles.  I got in the car and turned on the radio after his 60 yard punt return, and I thought they were going to have to defibrillate Eagles announcer Merrill Reese.

On a more serious note, we have a Democratic primary election coming up on Tuesday.  Primaries are really hard, and I speak as someone who had one back in 2004.  We will all be glad when this one is over.  But I want to note that whatever the outcome, one prediction that was almost universally made about our primary for Governor has not come true.  In mid-2007, all of the experts in Delaware predicted that our primary for Governor would be expensive, difficult, and ultimately nasty, resulting in a primary winner who would emerge on September 10^th as damaged goods, ready for a Republican assault.  Well don’t get me wrong, there have been some sharp elbows thrown here and there, but by national standards, by the more genteel Delaware standards, and as measured against the experts’ predictions, our primary for Governor has been remarkably positive, remarkably focused on the issues, and will result in a party nominee on Wednesday morning who will be our party’s most qualified candidate for Governor in a generation.  It has made us proud to be Delaware Democrats.