WARNING-THERE IS NO SURPLUS

John Carney views Corporate Welfare as a magic bullet that will someday rain economic benefits on the state...eventually....if we are patient.... trust our corporate overlords...if we give them enough...and are worthy supplicants. It is pure bullshit of course. John Kowalko has something to say on the topic.

Open Thread Jan. 23: How to Fold a Rat

So did Senate Democrats execute a simple, classic, cardboard-suitcase fold, or did Chuck Schumer craft some eleventy-dimensional origami? Lots of people are lamenting the seeming spinelessness, cursing the Gang of…

Coons on Morning Joe to Delaware Dems “Go f&ck yourself”

Kasey Hunt MSNBC: "Activists were on a call yesterday and some of them expressed anger with Amy Klobuchar...because they feel she betrayed progressive values and talked about potentially primarying her and said that this could spread across the map. Do you think Democrats are facing a potential insurrection like the one Republicans faced in 2010?" Coons: "...I'll say to Democrats, if you want to lose a guaranteed safe seat, have the kind of senseless devisive primary that happened here in Delaware..."
I call bullshit. The Dem primary in Delaware is the election. If Coons or Carper is knocked off, all we'll get is a Democrat that actually represents the interests of his/her constituents.

Dems folded a losing hand on DACA

You remember the Overton window, right? Well, it has moved. 538 reports that Trump has moved the debate on immigration so far to the right that Democrats are now scrambling…

Open Thread Jan. 22: Eagles and Catfights

As Philadelphia football fans continue chanting the longest word they've learned how to spell, life continues elsewhere, except in much of the federal government. The Jets and the Sharks in…