The Weekly Addresses

In this week's address, the President spoke from the Nuclear Security Summit on one of the greatest threats to global security-terrorists getting their hands on a weapon of mass destruction, such as a nuclear weapon. In his weekly message Governor Markell discusses Delaware's efforts to support entrepreneurs and grow Delaware’s economy by helping them enter new global markets.
Friday Open Thread [4.1.16]

Friday Open Thread [4.1.16]

Matt Yglesias says Bernie Sanders is making unrealistic promises about his free college plan.
The bottom line is that electing Bernie Sanders president is not going to eliminate tuition for most American college students. Not because Sanders's College for All bill probably wouldn't pass even if he did win, but because even if it did pass the bill simply will not lead to the elimination of tuition in most cases. This isn't Sanders's fault, per se — it's not sloppy legislative drafting — but it reflects the fact that the administration of public institutions of higher education in the United States is primarily a state matter. The federal government has a role, and it's an important one, but it's secondary. The fiscal cost of a total federal takeover of the system would be so prohibitive that Sanders doesn't propose it, and that means his ideas can have only a limited impact on what happens on the ground. That's all fine, except Sanders's rhetoric is raising expectations and mobilizing voters around promises of change that are completely at odds with what his policies and American institutions can actually deliver.
I'm telling you, if purist progressives thought they were disappointed by Obama, just you wait. They think the election of this one man will change everything, and everything Bernie has promised them will happen with the snap of his fingers. LOLz.