Coons Better Watch Out

Encouraging news for those who want to see Sen. Chris Coons face a meaningful primary: Data for Progress, a progressive think tank, conducted polling in Delaware that found signs Sen.…

Coons on Morning Joe – Fact Checked (Dec 11)

Coons showed up on Morning Joe for his monthly tongue bath. Joe Scarborough - (Some dumb bullshit about baseball) Coons - Ha ha...(Some dumb bullshit about baseball) David Ignatious - Surprising comments by AG Barr denouncing the FBI's IG report, what do you think? Coons- Sad to see Barr continue fake conspiracy theories, I'm disappointed in Barr Willie Giest - You called for firing of Stephen Miller after white nationalist connections were discovered, how is that going? Coons- We don't use cruelty to children as a policy tool. [Fact Check - Turns out, We do.] Miller is a cancer at the heart of this Presidency. [Fact Check - Trump is a cancer at the heart of the Presidency.] Claire McGaskill - Back to IG report. There is going to be a heating in the Senate. Which Lindsey Graham do we expect to see "Groupie Lindsey Graham" or your Bi-partisan buddy? Coons- "I hope" my bi-partisan buddy, but we are more likely to see Trump toady Graham. [Fact Check - "hope" is the only tool in Coons' bipartisan toolbox.] Mike Barnicle - You confirmed Barr, what do you think about him now? What happens to Christopher Wray now? Coons - I voted against Barr, and for Wray. The FBI is good. Impressed Wray is standing up to Trump. [Fact Check - coons phoned in his vote aganst Barr because the Prayer Breakfast was sooooooooooo important.] XX - Use of FISA to surveil Trump is going to be a contenous issue in the hearing today. If there room for reform or is this going to be political theater? Coons - Politcal theatre.

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Coons Spouts More Absurd Nonsense About Biden & Revisits Promise to Give McConnell Veto Power if Dems Win

Campaigning for Biden in Las Vegas, Coons said that Republican Senators will magically decide to work with a Biden admistration, because...reasons.
One of Biden’s key talking points centers on his claim of being able to work with Republicans to pass legislation. Coons said Biden possesses the “greatest reserve of goodwill in the Senate.” Even if the Democrats flip the Senate, he said, it would almost certainly be a weak majority that would still require some level of compromise with Republicans. Vulnerable Democratic incumbents and promising challengers in the Senate are also secretly hoping for a Biden nomination, Coons said, as they believe he would be the best candidate to lift others on the 2020 ticket.

There Are Now 18 House Republicans Retiring. What Does This Mean For Delaware?

Since the debacle of 2016, voters have taken every opportunity to vote against Trump and Trump enabling Republicans in state and local elections.  The DEGOP has done nothing to distance itself from Trump, so it is entirely reasonable to expect another Blue Wave in Delaware.   And yet, there are only two probably Republican quitters in Delaware.  Part of this is because the DEGOP has already been decimated at the polls, but part of it is because Delcollo and Hensley are Teflon. The smear "he is a Republican" doesn't really seem to stick to them.  

Probable DEGOP Quitters:

 Cathy Cloutier is still leading the pack.  The district has shifted under her feet and her brand of 1990's style Michael Castle republicanism doesn't make very much sense anymore.   Mike Ramone is the next most likely to find a sudden desire to spend more time with his family.  He knows that he caught a break last time out.  

Should be DEGOP Quitters who aren't

If the world made sense, Anthony Delcollo would quit.  If Dems field a good candidate he may consider it given the composition of the district.   Similarly, Kevin Hensley should be in trouble but isn't.  

Substandard Open Thread by Jason330

Only socialism can save capitalism. I hate to break this news to socialist and capitalist alike. Anyway, listen and give yourself the gift of a patronage this year. It is less than you spend on automated red light tickets. Also take the sidebar poll today. -> "Fightin' Joe" getting raves. I say he didn't go far enough. Calling a Fox News viewer a fat idiot is a good start though. When your neighborhood is being gentrified by bears, you know the forces of gentrification are getting serious.

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Feeling the heat of a primary challenge, Coons (at long last) sees Trump’s abuse of power

There is no way in hell Coons releases this about-face statement without being pushed by Scarane.
Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a statement Dec. 3 on the release of the House Intelligence Committee report on the impeachment inquiry. “During two weeks of testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, career diplomats, decorated veterans and President Trump’s own appointees all presented a consistent, straightforward set of facts: the president clearly, intentionally abused his power to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political opponent — and he used foreign aid money as a bribe to do it,” said Coons. “The hearings made clear that this wasn’t ‘just a phone call,’” said Coons. “It was an organized, coordinated campaign by the president and his inner circle to pressure Ukraine into helping him win reelection, all while undermining U.S. national security in the process.” “The question now is how Congress will respond,” said Coons. “This isn’t business as usual, and it is profoundly dangerous for any of us to pretend otherwise. It is my hope that my colleagues from both sides of the aisle in the Senate will take a moment and think about what role they want to play at this moment in our country’s history. I hope the Senate will put fidelity to the country and the Constitution over loyalty to the president, consider the facts, and treat this inquiry with the seriousness it deserves.”
This is a remarkable statement from the GOP's favorite Democrat. He doesn't use the words "bipartisan" or "bipartisanship" at all and only mentions "colleagues from both sides of the aisle" in the second to last sentence.

Coons parrots GOP talking points to undermine Impeachment

Coons spends so much time trying to curry favor with Republicans that it is no wonder he adopted GOP talking points to try and undermine impeachment efforts in advance of Trump's trial in the Senate.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) told reporters this week that he doesn’t believe the Senate will convict President Donald Trump if impeachment moves to the upper Congressional chamber. “From what I’ve heard publicly and privately, I don’t think there will be the votes to remove him if this does come to an impeachment trial in the Senate,” he told CNN. 
This "I don’t think there will be the votes to remove him" is nearly a verbatim version of what Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has been saying with regard to impeachment. In Cornyn's case it is pure tribalism. For Coons adopting GOP talking points is part of a pattern of giving ground in return for nothing. And sure, it might be hard to find GOPers willing to admit the truth about Trump, what is the point of not even trying? What's the point of quitting the race befor the starter's pistol even fires? Isn't Coons the bi-partisan savior, who will use all the bi-partisan chits he has amassed to get those votes? If not, what has been the point of amassing such a huge pile of chit?