Question of the Day

Filed in Delaware by on February 24, 2017

Since Delaware has a sitting Republican governor that is the lapdog of Charlie Copeland, does the SD10 election have any actual importance?

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  1. RE Vanella says:
    February 24, 2017 at 9:14 am

    No. It’s manufactured importance because the Senate “will be in Republican hands” and also because of the national political disaster.

    Carney is a tax cuts for “job creators”, anti-marijuana, neo-liberal, Clintonesqe triangulator. This will not change. I see no evidence that Hansen holds views in any way more progressive than the Governor. Ergo the answer to the question posed is no.

  2. mediawatch says:
    February 24, 2017 at 9:15 am

    Yes, it matters, but the seat is not worth the million bucks being spent to hold it.
    It will give the Ds the 11 votes they need to avoid having to ask Cathy Cloutier for help in passing low-impact legislation.
    It’s a holding action, not the start of a progressive renaissance. But it does give disaffected Ds the opportunity to prep for the larger tasks ahead by rolling up their sleeves and getting involved in a down and dirty campaign.

  3. puck says:
    February 24, 2017 at 9:22 am

    Let’s have this debate the day AFTER the election.

  4. RE Vanella says:
    February 24, 2017 at 9:28 am

    I appreciate the concept of a “holding action.” I see what you’re saying. I’m just uninterested in holding this particular patch of ground. A Hansen win seems superficial. What would it accomplish, or better asked, what would it prevent? What’s a Senate including Marino going to do that a Senate with Hansen isn’t?

    All that said, I hope Hansen cleans Marino’s clock. I don’t mind a good ass whipping for its own sake. But the query was whether it’s actually important. I can’t see it.

  5. El Somnambulo says:
    February 24, 2017 at 9:38 am

    It’s important in the sense that a ‘reach-across-the-aisle’ type like Carney will be less able to shut the D’s out of the equation entirely. It also means that legislation from, say, Bryan Townsend has a better chance of passage than if the R’s control the place.

    R’s controlling the Senate means that good bills get buried. So, it means something.

    Plus, considering the degree of volunteer progressive support for Hansen, progressives could have some influence with her. If not, well, the seat’s up in two years.

  6. RE Vanella says:
    February 24, 2017 at 9:40 am

    Fair enough. I’ll concede the point that “it means something.” However, does that something “have any actual importance” as Nemski asks? Still unconvinced.

  7. chris says:
    February 24, 2017 at 10:00 am

    It matters in that Dems will retain majority control of the JFC. But it doesn’t matter in the sense that Dems won’t be able to raise taxes in a big way due to 10 Republican senators, and you need 13 votes to pass a budget. So R’s will have big influence on calling for more cuts and fewer revenue increases.

  8. Ben says:
    February 24, 2017 at 10:03 am

    Yes. With a GOP congress, Carney the Rethug has an excuse for not being a Dem. With a Dem congress, he may have to justify vetoing popular bills that would otherwise anger his Bannonite masters.

  9. ralph says:
    February 24, 2017 at 10:34 am

    Carney is doing exactly what he was expected to: very little. A Hansen win maintains the status quo, a Marino win worsens the situation. Delaware’s Senate Dems are at best underwhelming and at worst wolves in asses’ clothing.

  10. Jason330 says:
    February 24, 2017 at 10:46 am

    Well put. I think we have arrived at a consensus.

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