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Monday Open Thread [8.4.14]

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Larry Sabato looks at his Crystal Ball:

“2014 is no 2006. The [2006] electorate had turned off to George W. Bush and would never again turn on. The Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina were two principal reasons. The full Democratic wave emerged in the fall, after some GOP congressional scandals, but even at this point in 2006, we were just debating how high the Democratic tide would rise.”

“2014 is also no 2010. All of the energy was on the Republican side four years ago, as Obamacare bombed, the Tea Party arose, and the poor economy that helped elect Obama lingered. The building GOP wave was so impressive that the Crystal Ball was able to predict a House switch from Democratic to Republican control by Labor Day even though Democrats held about a 75-seat majority at that time.”

No, 2014 will be most like 1998, where the incumbent White House party upends conventional wisdom and picks up seats in one or both Houses of Congress, mostly due to the overreach of the opposition party. And if the GOP goes full bore on impeachment, I am ready to predict that the Democrats will retake the House.

Monday Daily Delawhere [8.4.14]

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Delaware Memorial Bridge by Kristopher Arnold on Flickr.

Weekend Open Thread [8.3.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on August 3, 2014 • 3 Comments

Dana Milbank on the logic of the House Republicans, such as it is:

After conservatives on Thursday brought down House Speaker John Boehner’s bill to address the border crisis, the new House Republican leadership team issued a joint statement declaring that President Obama should fix the problem himself.

“There are numerous steps the president can and should be taking right now, without the need for congressional action,” the leadership quartet proclaimed, “to secure our borders and ensure these children are returned swiftly and safely to their countries.”

Just the day before, House Republicans had voted to sue Obama for using his executive authority. They called him lawless, a usurper, a monarch, a tyrant — all for postponing deadlines in the implementation of Obamacare. Now they were begging him to take executive action to compensate for their own inability to act — even though, in this case, accelerating the deportation of thousands of unaccompanied children coming from Central America would likely require Obama to ignore a 2008 law.

I personally guarantee that whatever Obama does in his executive authority with respect to immigration will be the basis for impeachment. It is just so fracking predictable.

Sunday Daily Delawhere [8.3.14]

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Delaware River shore from Kristopher Arnold on Flickr.

The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on August 2, 2014 • 0 Comments

President Obama:

Governor Markell:

The I’m Back Saturday Daily Delawhere [8.2.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on August 2, 2014 • 9 Comments

I would like to profusely thank everyone here who picked up the slack as I dealt with some health issues that required a prolonged visit to the best trauma center and hospital between Philadelphia and Baltimore. All is good now, so let’s continue…