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The Failure of Crony-Capitalism

By cassandra_m May 13, 201612 Comments

Will Bunch is always worth a close read, and his piece in the 12 May Philly Inquirer (h/t to anonymous in the Thursday Open Thread) is no exception. I've had this open in a tab since last night and have been thinking alot about his question: Money monster: What if the problem's not the candidates but capitalism?

A Self-Respecting Feminist?

By pandora May 13, 201651 Comments

Yesterday's comment section was, indeed, nuts, but when I went back and reread it several things jumped out at me. First, the incorrect use and expectation of feminism. Let's start…

Friday Daily Delawhere [5.13.16]

By Delaware Dem May 13, 2016

Markell is the Fourth Most Popular Governor in the Country.

By Delaware Dem May 12, 201614 Comments

Delaware's Jack Markell is the country's most popular Democratic governor, at least according to a new Morning Consult Poll.

A Quick Lesson in Clintonese

By nemski May 12, 201630 Comments

Turns out the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server is actually an investigation and not a security inquiry as Clinton calls it.

Thursday Open Thread [5.12.16]

By Delaware Dem May 12, 201622 Comments

“Joe Biden took months to decide he wouldn’t run for president — but he was sold on Elizabeth Warren as his running mate from the start,” people familiar with the situation told Politico. “And he still thinks the Massachusetts firebrand would be Hillary Clinton’s best choice to replace him as the nation’s No. 2 in January 2017.” I'm convinced it is going to happen. Warren solves the Bernie problem completely, and she has been auditioning for the role of attack dog during her Twitter War with Trump. And she is awesome. Clinton-Warren!!!

The Inauthenticity of So-Called Progressives Repeating Right Wing Talking Points

By cassandra_m May 12, 2016169 Comments

So let's take a look at where this "Clinton is inauthentic" talking point comes from. Because with the exception of one thing, we're going to be listening to so-called progressives lazily repeating bullshit talking points from wingnuts for a few months. For this cycle, it seems to have started as early as 2 years ago:

Thursday Daily Delawhere [5.12.16]

By Delaware Dem May 12, 2016

The Inauthenticity of Hillary Clinton

By nemski May 11, 20169 Comments

Thank you, Jon Stewart. Thank you.

Carney’s Town Hall – A Review

By jason330 May 11, 20163 Comments

Last night 3,000 other Delawareans and I listened to John Carney say some form of the word "bipartisan" eight times in his brief opening remarks. I shit you not. Then…

Wednesday Open Thread [5.11.16]

By Delaware Dem May 11, 201623 Comments

Donald Trump selected a white supremacist to be a delegate for him in California. Trump now says it was a database error, as in his database of white supremacist supporters got accidentally merged with a list of potential delegates. (I'm not sure that is a good excuse, Donald).

What if Joe had Run?

By Delaware Dem May 11, 201622 Comments

Vice President Joe Biden told ABC News on Tuesday that while he would have made for the "best president," he was not able to devote himself to a campaign after the death of his son, Beau Biden.

"I had planned on running. It’s an awful thing to say. I think I would have been the best president. But it was the right thing, not just for my family, for me," Biden told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview that aired on Wednesday. "No one should ever seek the presidency unless they're able to devote their whole heart and soul and passion into just doing that. And Beau was my soul. I just wasn't ready to be able to do that."

So he was going to run until Beau died last summer. Wow. That makes me wonder how the primary would have turned out in hindsight.

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [5.11.16]

By Delaware Dem May 11, 2016