Lisa Blunt Rochester’s MIA Strategy Reduced to a Meme

Filed in National by on March 7, 2019

Pretty much sums it up.

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  1. donviti says:
    March 7, 2019 at 8:39 am

    She looks like she was photographed in an uncut patch of grass behind an abandoned shopping center.

    • jason330 says:
      March 7, 2019 at 8:41 am

      Coincidence? “an uncut patch of grass behind an abandoned shopping center” is exactly what people in the know call Tom Carper’s mentorship program.

  2. RE Vanella says:
    March 7, 2019 at 8:40 am

    I understand the “corporate” dynamic of laying back in the cut and flying under the radar to simply position yourself for the next thing.

    LBR wants no part of anything substantial so she can get appointed to the Senate seat when Carper retires in 2 years.

    I’ll have more on this next week. LBR is my new local focus.

  3. jason330 says:
    March 7, 2019 at 8:45 am

    “LBR wants no part of anything substantial so she can get appointed to the Senate seat when Carper retires in 2 years.”

    That checks out.

    • El Somnambulo says:
      March 7, 2019 at 8:50 am

      Or runs for governor should Carney retire to spend more time with his mattress. While my monicker is El Somnambulo, Carney is the Champ when it comes to looking like he’s on the verge of falling asleep.

      • donviti says:
        March 7, 2019 at 10:08 am

        Governor? oh dear god

        Can’t someone more qualified like a former sherriff/insurance commissioner at least step up? You know, someone that knows the ropes and can help the locals

  4. mouse says:
    March 7, 2019 at 9:21 am

    Ya know, Delaware used to have better representation when we had liberal republicans like Roth and Castle.

  5. Delawaredude says:
    March 7, 2019 at 9:58 am

    She wants to be senator lbr which means lay low and get the endorsements that matter. She is very calculating, interested in power not policy

    • Jason330 says:
      March 7, 2019 at 10:01 am

      Crap. Now I have to rethink this. The reverse barometer is nothing if not consistently wrong.

  6. Bane says:
    March 7, 2019 at 2:42 pm

    Has she been voting as a republican or something? Or is the issue just that she’s not running around DC putting her foot in her mouth?

    • Alby says:
      March 7, 2019 at 3:06 pm

      I think the issue was made pretty clearly, and you have managed to mischaracterize it twice in two tries.

      You’re better than that. Just say what you mean instead of setting up straw men.

      Or are you saying you prefer electing people who say and do as little as possible so they can move up the ladder with as little friction as possible?

      In an era of women of color leading a people’s platform, she’s nowhere to be found. Is that criticism of her really over your head?

      • Bane says:
        March 7, 2019 at 3:19 pm

        See, this is my point. I asked a question. The second question, yes alluded to my impression of the things that I assume that we are valuing from progressives today. Still, just a question; and its met with such aggression and spite. I ask again, in a less flippant way… Do you have an issue with her votes, ethics, or ideology or are you concern with her style?

        Is this important? Is there room in this party for people who are not bullhorn toting community organizers… not that theres anything wrong with that, but is that all we want out of our progressive reps?

        • Alby says:
          March 7, 2019 at 3:39 pm

          Well, you asked a loaded question and offered up two possible answers. I didn’t think either was asked in good faith, so yeah, I tend to respond in kind.

          Yes, I have concern that she will protect Delaware’s banking industry the way other Democrats have — by voting however they tell her to. I know of no ethical concerns, and if she has an ideology it’s being well hidden.

          “Is there room in this party for people who are not bullhorn toting community organizers?”

          Depends on what else they bring to the table. What does she bring? She is perfectly acceptable, quite blandly so. This is an almost entirely safe seat for Democrats, though one supposes the state party would not be pleased if she turned into Al O. Plant. Still, she’s gotta show me more than she has so far. It doesn’t have to be all that progressive, it’s just gotta be something. I realize that might not be her skill set, which is all the more reason to put her to the test before it’s time to run for the Senate.

  7. RE Vanella says:
    March 7, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    Cool false dichotomy, bruv.

    Also, not sure if you were alluding to something specifically, but if you think Ilhan Omar put her foot in her mouth, she didn’t. She told the truth.

    • Bane says:
      March 7, 2019 at 3:12 pm

      I wasn’t really alluding to her specifically; But take your pick of any of the new dems that are spending more time walking back their statements and apologizing for comments than anything else. I’m not even judging the substance of what they’re saying, but it doesn’t feel like we’re winning as much as we should be (especially with Trump in such hot water) in the public relations battle. I saw a poll that shows that Democratic voters are now heavily in favor of a moderate democratic candidate for president. I feel like its one step forward, two steps backward. I just don’t get the vibe that these young guns are making progressiveness a popular option, even for Dems, let alone for I’s and Rs.

      • Alby says:
        March 7, 2019 at 3:30 pm

        Old people are slow to adapt to change. They say they want a moderate because most people view themselves as moderate. When questioned issue by issue, they choose progressive positions.

        The “PR battle” you allude to is actually media framing, meaning you’re not engaging with the actual public, just the chattering classes. As has been noted, maybe by you, more centrists than leftists won for the Democrats in ’18, but that’s because the gains were in purpler districts. Democratic incumbents don’t include that many leftists, either.

        But — maybe you’ve noticed this — those young leftists are the ones generating energy among Gen X, along with Bernie the not-a-Democrat.

        Hillary lost most of all because of reduced urban turnout. It’s possible that was all voter suppression, but I think there was also a lack of fervor. People who aren’t in the bottom half of the economy don’t seem to understand the pervasive sense of hopelessness among people stuck there. Offering them the same warmed-over policies that put them there is not going to bring them to the voting booth, IMO.

        Further, game theory would argue that you press your advantage when the enemy is weakest. The GOP is badly damaged; fear is their only weapon, so they’re going to paint any Democratic nominee as a socialist. Therefore there isn’t much downside to actually nominating one.

      • RE Vanella says:
        March 7, 2019 at 3:34 pm

        spending more time…

        I saw a poll…

        doesn’t feel like we’re winning…

  8. mediawatch says:
    March 7, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    My big concern with LBR right now is that we may have to wake her up an hour before the impeachment vote.
    If she sleeps through the next three-six months, looks like DL readers are the only ones who are going to notice.

    • jason330 says:
      March 7, 2019 at 4:00 pm

      “If she sleeps through the next three-six months, looks like DL readers are the only ones who are going to notice.”

      That ‘s why coal mine canaries make the big bucks.

      Also, she blocked me on Twitter – so at least there is that.

  9. Spring says:
    March 7, 2019 at 9:03 pm

    LBR isn’t particularly smart and is certainly not interested in working.

    She would be a horrible Governor (not that the current guy is any good) but a bad Senator too.

    Why doesn’t anyone talk about the fact she actually wasn’t living here when she ran for office to begin with?

    Lots of other ethical lapses to look at. Though her and the rest of her grifter family will scare people into thinking they can’t actually call her on it because of “RaCiSm”.

    Will be a fun few years! Nothing like a lazy, ethically lapsed, entitled, grifter. Classic politician.

    • Alby says:
      March 7, 2019 at 9:49 pm

      “Why doesn’t anyone talk about the fact she actually wasn’t living here when she ran for office to begin with?”

      Because after she’s won it’s too late?

    • Harold says:
      March 8, 2019 at 9:11 am

      …Where was she living?

  10. jason330 says:
    March 8, 2019 at 10:14 am

    LBR wants everyone to know that she has emerged out of the bunker to vote for HR1:

    “To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes.”

    #Profilesincourage

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