Delaware County Democrats are feeling pretty full of themselves these days.
Amazing what a 600-vote edge in voter registration will do for you.
It's true. Delaware County is now Democratic, by the slim margin of 664 voter registrations.
But don't tell anyone in the county courthouse that, they still live in a world dominated by the Republican Party that has ruled this county forever.
GOP leader Andy Reilly notes that while the numbers may shift toward the Dems, he's confident that Republicans will continue to hold sway because of their superior ability to get their voters out to the polls and actually exercise their rights, in particular in the off-year municipal elections coming up in two weeks.
Democrats have been on the attack in recent weeks, bringing in some "names" to help in their battle to make a dent in the county courthouse. Last week it was Ed Rendell talking about transit funding, which by the way is now not going to happen, at least until later in November.
Yesterday the state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale was on the steps of the courthouse to push the Dem ticket. You can read that story here.
Dems are feeling so good about themselves, they apparently are falling into some of the same habits they once complained bitterly about to their Republican foes.
Democrats backed out of a planned debate for candidates seeking two seats on County Council after they insisted that all candidates - including those seeking county row offices and two seats on the county Court of Common Pleas - be included.
It's not a particularly wise choice. It smacks of exactly the same thing they always used to accuse Republicans of doing. We make that clear in our editorial today.
Tomorrow we will weigh in officially in election season, making our endorsements.
We will feature the races for Court of Common Pleas, and the row offices of controller, sheriff, and register of wills.
On Friday we'll make our recommendations for the two seats up for grabs on County Council.
Don't miss them.
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