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Dem Debates
I didn’t watch much. I don’t like the sniping, especially when they agree on all the important stuff if not all the details.
Anyway, I don’t have much to say about the candidates individually, I just love the stage full of such a diverse selection of Americans. Gays, Hawaiians, Old Dudes, Women Senators, Rich Guys, a Taiwanese-American… Pretty awesome. I’m old enough to remember when this type of thing would be composed entirely of white guys who went to Yale or Harvard.
Coons promises to give Mitch McConnell veto power in the Senate
This article in the Prospect does a good job delving into the elitism that is the crux of Coons unwillingness to represent regular Delawareans in the US Senate.
Coons does want the Senate to change – by becoming even more conservative than it already is. Along with Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, Coons organized a letter, signed by 61 senators, pledging to keep the filibuster in place, which would make any sort of progressive legislation that much harder should Democrats take control of the government next year. In September, during a discussion about the Senate and bipartisanship with former Senators Joe Donnelly and Jeff Flake, Coons suggested that it might not be possible to have a Senate that’s both diverse and doesn’t “produce irreconcilable discord.”
Someone’s Gonna Hafta Explain This to Me, I’m Not Sure What It Means
The other day Michelle Malkin, a longtime player in RWNJ circles perhaps best known for founding Twitchy, was dropped from the roster of Young America’s Foundation (YAF), an organization that books conservative speakers at colleges. She got the boot for her outspoken support of a white supremacist YouTuber named Nick Fuentes. Malkin is the daughter […]
Highlands Bunker – Death Knell of the Delaware Way
RE Vanella heads to Jessica Scarane for Senate HQ on launch day to talk with the campaign team, the volunteers, and the candidate herself. All of the organizing we’ve been talking about for the last year, all the infrastructure that is being built up, this is what it looks like in action.
Show Notes:
Gaslighting Now Standard Procedure in Politics and Media
The Hill, once a respected Beltway publication that has devolved into an attention-seeking rag that employs conspiracy theorists as “journalists,” asked a bunch of Republican senators — none of the asswipe fire-breathers, mind you, just the few excuses for “reasonable” ones — if they would work with Joe Biden should he be elected president. Guess […]
Coons in Primary Challenge Phase 1 (DENIAL)
As we saw with Mike Castle and Tom Carper when someone has the unmitigated gall to challenge a member of the Delaware Way elite, the first phase of response is denial. How do I know he is in denial? Well, he sent the same half-assed, photocopied press release to both the News Journal and WHYY in which he stands by his mighty bipartisanship skills and says that they are paying off in spite of no evidence that they are or will pay off…ever.
I’m…someone who works across the aisle to get done what we can in this environment to make our state and our community stronger.
He didn’t bother speaking to anyone at either outlet, because why bother? As far as Coons is concerned this primary rates lower on his list of things to think about than if his 7:15 train running behind schedule. And that’s a good thing for everyone.
Let’s hope Coons is like Mike Castle. Castle’s denial phase lasted up until about a week before he was beaten. By the time Castle woke up and scheduled his trip to the firing rage, it was too late. It would be awesome for Coons to maintain a similarly languid approach.
What is more likely however is that Coons copies Tom Carper. Navy Veteran, Carper was ever the cagey observer who noted Castle’s screw up. Carper moved to the left quickly (if only temporarily). SImilarly, I expect we’ll see lots of awesome progressiveness from Coons over the next few months. As with Carper, it will be a sham of course, but it will be nice to get a break from all the nonsensical “work across the aisle to get things done” blather.
Who was the last (non-incumbent) Republican to win statewide in a Presidential election year?
My cursory research* indicates that it has been 43 years since a non-incumbent Republican won statewide in Delaware in a presidential election year. Pete du pont was the last non-incumbent DEGOPer to in statewide in a presidential election year (1976) *someone please correct me if I’m wrong
Ryan Vander Wielen wins the clueless dolt of the day award
The News Journal must have really wanted this dumb bullshit in the story. I mean, they had to go all the way to Temple University to find “a political science professor” unfamiliar enough with Delaware politics to utter this bullsit:
It could also mean major consequences for the party, (Vander Wielen) pointed out. When the district or state isn’t uniformly left-leaning, a progressive primary win could backfire, he said, especially if the winner doesn’t have the networking and fundraising advantages of an incumbent.
“In a place like Delaware, if you had a situation like that, it’s very realistic that that hands the victory to the Republican,” Vander Wielen said. “Going from Democrat to Republican means that there could be seismic shifts in the ideological representation of the state.”
Very realistic? It is not even a little bit realistic. During a presidential year, the Dem primary is the general in Delaware. Why is that so hard to grasp? This guy is stealing money from Temple University.
Intercept’s Ryan Grim on the true loathsomeness of Coons style comity
It would be funny if Coons’ wasn’t so dedicated to screwing over Democratic priorities.
Though Coons is an obscure member of the Democratic caucus relative to somebody like the famously recalcitrant Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., Coons is no less a threat to the progressive agenda. He is an ardent supporter of the Senate tradition of bipartisan comity, and insists on only co-sponsoring legislation that is also backed by at least one Republican. His respect for bipartisanship is undiminished by the fact that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has not reciprocated. After holding open a Supreme Court seat for a year in order to swipe it for his party, McConnell eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees and has been rubber-stamping a record-breaking number of judicial appointments. He used the process known as budget reconciliation, which gets around the legislative filibuster, to attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to pass the GOP’s tax cut.
Yet even as Republicans implement their agenda with a 50-vote threshold, Coons is committed to requiring 60 votes for any Democratic agenda item. Coons was easily reelected in 2014 and is popular throughout Delaware. But if he wins reelection a second time, it is virtually impossible to envision him supporting the enactment of Medicare for All using a 50-vote threshold, as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has pledged to attempt.
What are Trump’s Ailments?
- Restless elbow syndrome
Fibromyalgia
High-fiber fibromyalgia
Hot tub foot
Lou Gehrig’s disease
Lou Barlow’s disease
Lucy Liu Flu
Puff Knuckle
Advanced moist shin disorder
Hyper-tolerance to lactose
Urinary tract infection
Urinary 8-track infection
Trickle nipple
Thick urine syndrome
Hapsburg cholera
Clogged arteries
Dropsy
Dry lip
Intestinal colic
Indoor toilet allergy
Milk leg
Loofah rash
Bone worm
Selective fatigue syndrome
Hepatitis R
Irritable bowel syndrome
Spastic ear discharge
Pubic lice
Amphibial rabies
Anglo-centric sickle cell anemia
Scabies
Rabies
Mickey Rooney’s Sugar Babies
Tarnished yam simplex
Swollen perineum
Chronic shame disorder
Larval penis
Dirt belly
Parkinson’s disease
Valet Parkinson’s disease
Parallel Parkinson’s disease
Parker Posey pox
Pere ubu
Canine derived hip dysplasia
Selective albinism
Scrotal migraines
Prolapsed navel
Diagnosed as “Hard to Kill”
Dusty Sperm
Carpool Tunnel Syndrome
Male FUPA disorder
Overactive Empathy
Human Contact Disorder
Late Onset-Turkey Revulsion
Internal Sneezing
Joe Van Winkle: “No Legal Weed”
Doddering loudmouth Joe Biden threw off his Blue Hens lap blanket and escaped his rocking chair to hold a town hall in Las Vegas on Saturday, and the only headline he managed to generate made him seem older and further out of touch than we already reckoned. Vice’s headline captured the right amount of snark […]
Comment Rescue – Statewide Primaries are Great for Dem Turnout Overall
Karl Stomberg on a popular social media site said: In 2018, there were three competitive statewide primaries, and that led to the biggest midterm primary turnout in Delaware history, which was followed by the biggest midterm general turnout in history. When people vote in primaries, they vote in the general, and competitive elections get new […]
Scarane shines in WHYY write up, Coons sounds like a broken record
Jessica Scarane sounds poised and polished in this WHYY coverage.
“Delaware deserves better, and that’s why I’m running,” Scarane said. “We need to hold true to our values as Democrats.” She pointed to Coons’ votes confirming President Trump’s cabinet and judicial nominees as signs he’s too chummy with Republicans.
“He has repeatedly made compromises with Republicans at the expense of Delawareans,” she said.
She adds it was Coons’ support for Alex Azar as Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services as a key moment in her decision to mount her primary challenge. “This is a man who has lobbied for Big Pharma and who is opposed to abortion rights,” she said. “That’s just unacceptable to me, and it made me realize that we have to be the leaders we’re looking for to change this power structure ourselves.”
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