Obama’s desire to cut Social Security looms large in midterms

Obama’s desire to cut Social Security looms large in midterms

Old people vote in midterms at a higher rate than young people. But until recently old people were solid Democrats. So, how did the GOP get a lock on the old people vote? Well, he is black and old people are notorious racists. (Yes, I'm looking at you Grampa Heinrich.) And the Democratic Party has recently been seen as the party of the gays, and old folks are nervous about that. But there is a much bigger reason the old folks a going R.
Wednesday Open Thread [3.26.14] – The DL Common Core Edition

Wednesday Open Thread [3.26.14] – The DL Common Core Edition

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I have mostly been ignoring the debate over Common Core education standards, pretty much because the opponents and proponents are all speaking in a language that is foreign to me. I don't have kids so I have not been confronted by these issues. So I have left education blogging to DL's expert, Pandora, and to Delaware's best education bloggers, Kavips and Kilroy, as well as Mike Matthews anbd John Young and others focusing on specific school districts like Christina and Red Clay. It is fair to say that I myself have ignored the debate because it did not concern me. That thinking is wrong but it is what has happened. And because of that, DL has gotten a reputation of being pro-Common Core or pro-Markell in this education debate, because we were less outspoken on the issue than Kavips or Kilroy or Nancy Willing. I don't that is a fair characterization. A more fair one is that we have been ignorant. So, I have a few questions....