LIVE from the Red Clay Consolidated School District Special Board Meeting on WEIC

LIVE from the Red Clay Consolidated School District Special Board Meeting on WEIC

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Red Clay's Board of Education has called a special session public meeting this evening.  The lone topic on the agenda is WEIC. This will be my attempt at live blogging the meeting, start to finish. You can check out the agenda and related documents from Red Clay's BoardDocs site: http://www.boarddocs.com/de/rccsd/Board.nsf/Public Meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30pm.
Does Anyone Really Believe Reince Priebus Is In Control Of The Clown Car

Does Anyone Really Believe Reince Priebus Is In Control Of The Clown Car

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No way. No how. Via TPM:
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Monday morning said that the committee still has control over the Republican presidential debate process despite reports that the Republican campaigns want to reduce the RNC's role.[...] Stephanopoulos asked if the RNC expects candidates to propose changes other than demands for opening and closing statements, equal number of questions for candidates, and approval of graphics. In response, Priebus said that the RNC won't make changes to the debate contracts or schedules going forward. "The ability to sanction or de-sanction a debate is with the RNC. And the candidates want that to be with the RNC because we’ve got the leverage to make that happen," he said. He said that he will communicate with the campaigns and "fight for what the candidates want" when they reach a consensus. "When we started this process, we only wanted to do a few things: One, we wanted to set a reasonable calendar. We didn’t want 23 debates," Priebus added. "We wanted some say over who the moderators were. And we did all that."
Which is it? The RNC won't make changes to the debate contracts or schedules, or the RNC will "fight for what the candidates want" for the debates? Or is he saying that the RNC won't make any more changes once these yet unknown candidate conditions are implemented? Good luck with that. This appears to be the shiny new thing in GOPland. Contest everything and whine about how everything is a plot to make you look bad. Remember the skewed polls. This is the skewed debates.
Monday Open Thread [11.2.15]

Monday Open Thread [11.2.15]

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E.J. Dionne Jr:
Maybe our definition of the Republican presidential contest is a little off. It’s often cast, accurately enough, as a choice between “outsiders” and “insiders.” But another party division may be more profound — between Republicans who still view the country’s future hopefully and those deeply gloomy about its prospects. The pessimism within significant sectors of the GOP is more than the unhappiness partisans typically feel when the other side is in power. It’s rooted in a belief that things have fundamentally changed in America, and there is an ominous possibility they just can’t be put right again. This is one of the big contrasts between the two parties: Democrats are more bullish on the future.
The things that cannot be put right are not our economy or standing in the world, etc. Rather, affordable universal healthcare is an idea that is here to stay. Marriage equality is here to stay. You can't discriminate anymore, against anyone. Racism is openly and vehemently exposed and attacked. Women and minorities no longer know their place. Yes, the idealized Conservative America of the 1950s is gone forever. Destroyed. And that is a wonderful thing to celebrate, if you are a good person. Many Republicans, however, are not good people.