March 5 Open Thread: Carper, Coons Sell Out for Handful of Magic Bipartisan Beans
Delaware’s underwhelming Senate duo makes an appearance in this story of how Dodd-Frank was doomed by Democrats eager to appear bipartisan. All the other Democrats featured are in red states that back Trump; glossed over are the reasons for Carper’s and Coons’ perfidy. These Democrats, Politico declares, are hungry to show they can make Washington work again, no matter what it costs.
Primary season is upon us — not in Delaware, but in places like Texas and Illinois, where some incumbent Democrats and “mainstream” challengers are feeling the heat from upstarts who are tired of being told progressives can’t have nice things.
Will Bunch looks at corporate leadership on the gun issue and states the obvious: Our corporate overlords are bypassing the politicians in determining How Things Will Be. We have a voice not as citizens but as consumers.
Josh Marshall surveys the wreckage of the John Kelly-Jared Kushner war in the White House and concludes that if Kushner’s business interests really set off a war in the Middle East, the rot and corruption go deeper than we dared to imagine.
Also, too, Axios has an article based on Cowen & Co.’s Washington Research Group analysis of the midterms, and they make an interesting point: Trump’s voters, like Obama’s, probably won’t turn out to vote for generic members of the president’s party. As the report puts it, “You do not drain the swamp by reelecting the establishment and the deep state.”
I’ve always said that Trump will stand for reelection and possibly win. I’m backing off that now. Right now I think that outcome is 50/50 with a full and far reaching pardon (the greatest pardon ever!) by President Mike Pence.
So, Jason, do you think Trump will resign and, therefore, not run for reelection?
Trump will resign for his crimes rather than be impeached…just like Nixon.
Why the hell are Coons & Carper supporting this legislation? They join dems (republicrats) who are facing re election in red states? BS on their voting for bipartisanship reasons? We need progressive ‘s to run against these cretins.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/9/1747615/-Cartoon-Senator-squish-and-senator-stalwart
So… Which one is Senator Squish?
LE: That was AWESOME!