Archive for February, 2015
President’s Day Open Thread [2.16.16]
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The conservative Wall Street Journal is less than pleased with the GOP Majority in Congress:
Republicans in Congress are off to a less than flying start after a month in power, dividing their own conference more than Democrats. Take the response to President Obama ’s immigration order, which seems headed for failure if not a more spectacular crack-up…
If Homeland Security funding lapses on Feb. 27, the agency will be pushed into a partial shutdown even as the terrorist threat is at the forefront of public attention with the Charlie Hebdo and Islamic State murders. Imagine if the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of DHS, fails to intercept an Islamic State agent en route to Detroit.
So Republicans are facing what is likely to be another embarrassing political retreat and more intra-party recriminations. The GOP’s restrictionist wing will blame the leadership for a failure they share responsibility for, and the rest of America will wonder anew about the gang that couldn’t shoot straight… It’s not too soon to say that the fate of the GOP majority is on the line…This is no way to run a Congressional majority, and the only winners of GOP dysfunction will be Mr. Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.
Democrats deserve to lose every election from now on
This could be anywhere in the United States of No Tax Increases Ever for any Reason. It happens to be from from Detroit via former Delawarean Chad Livengood.
Detroit — There’s a statewide election less than 80 days away on a plan to boost funding for roads, schools and municipalities, but you wouldn’t have known it at the Michigan Democratic Party’s state convention over the weekend.
Dem Primary for Congress: Townsend Vanquishes All
Bryan Townsend is the run-away preferred choice of Delaware Liberal readers to be the next Congressman from Delaware should John Carney seek the Governorship. Drew Fennell came in a strong second. I still prefer Bryan seek state statewide office, but the voters cannot be denied. We will be resuming the Game of Thrones tomorrow with […]
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Sunday Open Thread [2.15.16]
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Today we have a big poll out from NBC Marist on South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Iowa. We have the primary and general election numbers, but I find the issue results most interesting. As for the GOP Primary, it’s Bush and Walker as the frontrunners. That is the key takeaway:
“Seven different possible Republican candidates get double-digit support in at least one of the states. But only two candidates — Jeb Bush and Scott Walker — are in double digits in all three states.”
Sunday Daily Delawhere [2.15.15]
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“Not quite sunset on Waples Pond” in Milton, by Michele Dorsey Walfred on Flickr.
Saturday Open Thread [2.14.15]
Here are the ten best political skits on Saturday Night Live, as compiled by Jonathan Cohn at the Huffington Post:
More inside….
The Weekly Addresses
President Obama lays out his plan to ensure more children graduate from school fully prepared for college and a career in his weekly address:
Governor Markell highlights his Pathways to Prosperity Initiative, a statewide program intended to better prepare students for high-demand fields and careers.
Here is Senator Brian Bushweller on the contributions towards civil rights of Rueben Salter as the General Assembly commemorates Black History Month.
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The “Just cut everything by 1% and meet me at Wild Quail by noon” plan
What to cut? What to cut? That is the question. In these days of bipartisanship, we can all agree the government is bloated. A huge festering blob of puss. It is disgusting really. Governments…yuck! All full of losers who couldn’t hack it in the private sector, sponging up all our tax dollars. Lazy shitbag bus drivers, and stupid park rangers with their dumb hats. Christamighty, get a real job! And teachers, ugh…don’t get me started. How can we pick “winners” out of this sad sack collection of losers?
And yet, we need a balanced budget. What’s that you say? Raise taxes? Oh please. How much can we really ask of smokers before they start leaving for Pennsylvania? It is a quandary. Enter Brian Pettyjohn. He is the man with the plan. And it is a plan you can fit on a Wawa receipt, even if you have large childish handwriting.
1) A 1% across the board cut to everything (but not jobs or state payroll).
2) A “right-to-work” law.
I’m not sure how a right-to-work law that would allow non-union members to enjoy the benefits of being in a union, would help balance the budget, but Republicans seem to view “right-to-work” as some kind of economic development miracle cure.
Wilmington kids being taught the lesson of failure
As I sat down to draw a cartoon about the ongoing feud between Governor Jack Markell and the Christina School District, I realized pretty quickly I had a problem.
Friday Open Thread [2.13.15]
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Republicans are getting a taste of their own medicine and they do not enjoy it. From the AP:
A month into their newfound control of both chambers of Congress, it wasn’t supposed to be like this for Republicans. Instead of advancing a conservative agenda and showing voters they can govern, they are confronting the very real possibility of a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department later this month. That’s because they can’t overcome Senate Democrats’ stalling tactics in a dispute over immigration.
“I suppose elections have consequences except in the United States Senate,” complained GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, summing up the frustration for many House Republicans. “Tell me how it would be different if Harry Reid were still running the place,” he added, naming the Senate Democratic leader who was booted into the minority in November’s midterm elections. […]
The predicament is so frustrating to House Republicans that some conservatives have begun advocating changing Senate rules to limit the use of the filibuster, an idea several Senate Republicans have already dismissed. For many, the fear is that their deadlock over the Homeland Security bill is merely a taste of things to come for the next two years.
Here is a crocodile tear for ya. Democrats are pleasantly surprising me in their use of their recently discovered spine. Don’t become cowards now. Stand up to these treasonous assholes and continue to demand a clean DHS Funding bill.
Poll Results for Dem Primary: Carney over Kowalko
As Jason said yesterday, the Gordon forces did not get notice to freep this poll. Carney wins.
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