Tuesday Open Thread [3.15.16]

Tuesday Open Thread [3.15.16]

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Does the GOP Primary end tonight or is it just beginning? “The Republican presidential campaign will not end next week, or even next month. But voters in the five states casting ballots on Tuesday will go a long way toward determining whether Donald J. Trump can win the 1,237 delegates necessary to claim the party’s nomination,” the New York Times reports. “If Mr. Trump loses Ohio (possible) or Florida (less likely) and wins less-than-commanding victories in Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, he would face the strong possibility of falling short of a delegate majority and entering a contested Republican convention this summer. But with victories in the home states of two of his rivals, he could end the campaigns of Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio, leaving Sen. Ted Cruz as the only candidate still standing in his way.” I think Cruz will win Illinois and Missouri, Trump will win Florida and North Carolina, and Kasich will win Ohio. Contested open convention here we come!
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues. March 15, 2016

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues. March 15, 2016

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This entire session has been one giveaway after another to the corporate behemoths.  Thursday's session continued the trend with the Senate voting unanimously to fatten the corporate coffers (at the expense of the state's coffers) by $10.6 mill by FY 2019.  Look, I understand that we don't want to lose any more jobs, but the state has essentially become a one-trick pony in recent years.  And, for all that we've doled out in corporate welfare, we've only retained a small fraction of the jobs that once were the backbone of our economy.  And now the county is jumping on the bandwagon.  And all the public officials are praising each other for moving so swiftly to 'save' the paltry number of DuPont jobs that were 'saved'.  What is lacking is the 'vision thing', to quote Bush the Elder. Plus, a thoughtful discussion as to whether the millions we're tossing to the companies extorting us would be better spent elsewhere.  Thankfully, we've got John Carney bringing his inspiring vision to--uh, never mind.
DL GOP Fantasy Pool Update – Beware the Rubes of March

DL GOP Fantasy Pool Update – Beware the Rubes of March

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Because I set up a uniquely glitchy system for picking, I ended doing some auto picking for Delaware Dem based on the chalk last year when we made our picks. Surprisingly Jeb! remained on the board late into the drafting. Less surprisingly, so did Donald Trump. Nobody paid much attention to Trump back then as the result of his threats to run in three prior Presidential races. My hand hovered over my keyboard and I literally said, "I can't do that to him" when I passed on Trump and gave Del Dem Bush instead. Sorry about that DD, but who knew? Flash forward 12 months and Trump is about to wrap up this thing up and if picked, would be sitting on 365 points. Crazy old world. I'll update the standings sometime tomorrow. In the meantime, if you want to sit on the edge of your seat, consider this: If Rubes crashes and burns in Florida (as expected) and quits prior to (around) March 29th - then I win. If he drags his ass into April, then Newton wins.