Bonini now Copeland’s failure sponge

Bonini now Copeland’s failure sponge

In his ongoing attempt to prevent any of his DNA from being found on the DEGOP's utter failure this fall, Copeland has appointed Colin Bonini to stand in front of the shit fan.
Dear Republican Friend, I am tremendously excited to announce that I have appointed Senator Colin Bonini as Chairman of the Delaware GOP’s Victory Program! The final weeks of the campaign are the most critical, and there’s no one I’d trust more with this operation than Colin.
That's how it reads to me anyway.
Matlusky Endorses Mayrack

Matlusky Endorses Mayrack

“I ran for the Auditor’s office because I wanted to see the office work for Delawareans and protect their interests instead of special interests. Brenda wants to see the same improvements made to the office. She is overwhelmingly qualified to run the Auditor’s office,” Matlusky said. “She has established her own solo law firm where she has focused on doing exactly what the current State Auditor’s office has not effectively done—auditing.”
That is a very nice and welcome statement from Ken Matlusky, who is also a very nice guy. I am surprised though that the statement was released today. And I will tell you why....
Red Clay Super’s Message Regarding The Priority Schools’ MOU

Red Clay Super’s Message Regarding The Priority Schools’ MOU

"Please be aware that the MOU and the planning process are not the same. The MOU is an agreement to collaborate during the planning process." So... is Merv saying that the MOU is simply an invitation to get-together and chat?  That nothing in it is binding?  It's just a "Hey, could you RSVP so we can set up a time to come up with a plan that doesn't exist - just ignore all that talk in the MOU about the school leaders' salaries and teachers having to reapply for their jobs, etc. because none of that means anything." Question... the 9/30 due date is today - there's a workshop scheduled tonight. Can the board vote at a workshop? If not, what happens if the deadline isn't met?
Crazy Sheriff Not Done Being Crazy

Crazy Sheriff Not Done Being Crazy

Sussex County Sheriff Jeff Christopher, who wasted untold taxpayer dollars trying to sue the state after the state refused to let him set up his own police force, and who embarrassed the citizenry with his sovereign citizen and sovereign sheriff nonsense (i.e. the highest constitutional officer in the land is God and then the Sheriff, and then the President and everyone else), just announced on the Dan Gaffney show downstate (is that still on the air?) that he is running a write-in reelection campaign.
ISIL Recruiting Incentives For Poor Youth

ISIL Recruiting Incentives For Poor Youth

IS (variously ISIS, ISIL) has recruiting centers set up, employing sophisticated social media to lure desperate young people from middle eastern countries with youth unemployment rates as high as 29%.

Monday Open Thread [9.29.14]

Ed Kilgore on what a Democratic win in Kansas should mean:
If the Republican governor of a very Republican state loses for undertaking a conservative political and policy revolution, complete with a purge of party "moderates" and reactionary legislation on just about every front imaginable, it may remind Republicans everywhere that there are limits to a meta-strategy of moving to the right, polarizing the electorate, and then winning on money and pure dumb luck. As a huge bonus, among the injured in a Brownback loss would be the Koch Brothers, right there in their Wichita lair.... Brownback has very publicly made his state a conservative "experiment station" and sought to stamp out any dissent in his party, all in the pursuit of a sort of intellectual rogue's gallery of bad ideas, from supply-side economics to the harshest attacks in the country on reproductive rights. He not only deserves to lose, but his regime needs to be remembered with fear and trembling by Republicans everywhere.
I guarantee you, if Republicans lose in Kansas, it will be because they were not conservative enough. Conservatism never fails, it can only be failed.
Sunday Open Thread [9.28.14]

Sunday Open Thread [9.28.14]

Earlier this past week, Ezra Klein wondered why Vice President Joe Biden was trailing Hillary Clinton by 44 points in the latest poll of a potential match up in the 2016 primary. Ezra said that it wasn't the Biden gaffes or the preception that he is a joke; it's that “Biden is an old-school, white, male politician in a party that’s increasingly young, multicultural, and female.” Seth Masket at the Monkey Cage has a different take, and it is the right one.
It is hard not to agree with the Satanists on this one

It is hard not to agree with the Satanists on this one

From the Orlando Sentinel:
A religious group called The Satanic Temple is making plans to hand out literature in Orange County Public Schools later this school year, following distributions by atheist and evangelical Christian groups. The New York-based Satanist group hopes to use a distribution as a form of protest. "If a public school board is going to allow religious pamphlets and full Bibles to be distributed to students, as is the case in Orange County, Florida, we think the responsible thing to do is to ensure that these students are given access to a variety of differing religious opinions," said temple co-founder and spokesman Lucien Greaves.[/blockquote]