Tuesday Open Thread [11.3.15]

Tuesday Open Thread [11.3.15]

Jane Sanders told Yahoo News that her husband’s presidential campaign is less about winning than about setting the agenda.
Said Sanders: “He’s doing what he aimed to do… The last election the candidates didn’t talk about inequality, they didn’t talk about fairness, they didn’t talk about climate change. He’s setting the agenda. That’s what it’s about.”
EXACTLY! And should stay in until the end.
Delaware: The Next Colorado?

Delaware: The Next Colorado?

We are at a tipping point in the movement for legalization of marijuana, just as the Hate Amendment in California was the tipping point in the marriage equality movement. The latest Gallup poll shows that 58 percent of American favor pot legalization. Kevin Drum predicts that marijuana will be generally legal by 2019. And 24/Wall Street is now out with an article that predicts the next 11 states that will legalize marijuana. Where does Delaware rank among the most 11 most likely states?
CarperBot Marshall Lauds LGBT Hero McBride: It’s a Trap!

CarperBot Marshall Lauds LGBT Hero McBride: It’s a Trap!

Carperdyne Model T1000, otherwise known to us mere Democrats as Mat "Only One T" Marshall, recently highlighted a New Statesmen article in a Facebook post regarding the future of transgender politics, saying simply (yet deviously) that Sarah McBride "won't share this because she knows it doesn't stack up to my Delaware Liberal coverage, but I'm happy to take the high road."
"Lesbian and gay politics advanced on the shoulders of courageous trailblazers like Harvey Milk, Barney Frank, and Chris Smith. Georgina Beyer allowed trans people to dream big dreams when she was elected the first transgender national parliamentarian in New Zealand in 1999. Who will be the first out transgender person elected to high office in America and Britain? Sarah McBride has all the right credentials in the United States—former student body president at American University, staffer for Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, White House intern, campaign director at the Center for American Progress."
Emphasis mine. Surely this is some sort of evil plot by Emperor Palpatine... er ah, I mean Senator Carper to cloak himself in Sarah's accomplishments and glory. Nevermind that Sarah and Mat[t] have been friends since high school.