Delaware Liberal

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who helped organize a bipartisan letter backing up the legislative filibuster in 2017, said he’s “seriously weighing” what to do. “Part of the point of this…

Me: Let's go out to dinner one last time. Ms: One last time? Me: Yeah. One last time before things, you know,  go ka-plooey. Ms: Ok.  Mexican?

True story.  Things had already gone ka-plooey of course.  Mexican restaurants are a trailing indicator. In today's Open Thread please find; the tyranny of President Manchin, mask mandates, recalcitrant dummies, and solo hiking the ADT.

Well, the news blackout was in fine form this weekend, so just a couple of important items made it through the filter:

• • Ending debtors prison in Delaware

  • Holding unvaccinated dipshits accountable through health insurance, and

  • Delaware's most mediocre Dems

We know the good ones. We know the bad ones (The Dems that have sold their souls and votes for a few measly bucks, or for a spot a little closer to power [Coons, Longhurst, Poore, Pete, KMcG etc]). But there is a whole layer of Democratic elected officials that don't get much mention because they do just enough to stay off the radar. I know. That is  "bad" from an objective perspective. I mean, they've been elected to get shit done for ordinary Delawareans not just mark time and collect a pension. But that style of failure isn't aggressively bad like the terrible office-holding shitheads like Chris Coons. And while a few of these Dems were dis-invited by voters to continue using up Leg Hall oxygen in the last round of Democratic Party primaries, many continue to hide in plain sight. My list of the top mediocre starts with the overly ambitious Bethany Hall Long. What does she stand for? That's easy, she truly believes in the next rung of the ladder. I'd also put the terminally-uninterested John Carney on the "bad through sheer mediocrity" list. Who are your top picks?

Lani Guinier Dies.  Clinton Threw Her Under The Bus In Clintonian Fashion: Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomination by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice…

What's the missing ingredient in the Delaware left? I agree with Rob that it is a killer instinct. I already listened this episode of the Highlands Bunker, but I'm revisiting it this weekend. If you a an incorrigible lefty like me, it is really worth a listen.

Praising "good Republicans" is a popular pastime among media and Dem elites. The Good Republicans Political journalists are forever promoting the supposed "good Republicans," who weirdly, are always, at least…

January 7th is the one year anniversary of my peak optimism! I honestly and foolishly thought that Republicans would be able to shake off Trump once and for all after the failed coup.