Karl Baker at Spotlight Delaware dove into the 2024 Delaware Bond Bill so you don’t have to, and he found lots of specific projects under vague descriptions, obscuring the total of $50 million the state, Gov. John Carney, will spend on buildings in Wilmington, future Mayor (he hopes) John Carney. Lots of other nuggets in Baker’s summary. I’d quote you some, but they deserve the clicks.
Tim Alberta of the Atlantic says the Trump re-election team miscalculated, believing Biden would never step aside, and was caught flatfooted when he did. They’re worried because their own polling showed that Biden was a drag on the ticket. A hurdle for them, sure, but it shows that their control of the media allows them, given enough time, to determine the narrative. They were so successful drumming home Biden’s age and frailty that, in the Wile E. Coyote tradition, it blew up in their faces.
Meanwhile, in a clear sign of what Democrats should run on, polling on Project 2025 shows that when people learn about it, they hate it. Progressive polling firm Navigator Research found familiarity with the radical right plan to destroy America doubled in the past month, and its favorability was underwater by 43-11. That means a plurality has heard about it, but too little to form an opinion. Could the path forward be any clearer?
J.D. Vance, the Ted Cruz of the North, has set a dubious record: He’s the first VP pick of this century to have a negative approval rating after being named to the post. CNN’s Harry Enten pointed out that Vance was elected to the Senate from Ohio despite underperforming the rest of the Republicans on the ticket.
Not that anyone would be surprised by, or even remembers, the enormous number of lies Trump told in his acceptance speech, but the New York Times has a bunch of handy charts illustrating the many, many whoppers he told about both his performance and Biden’s. But you’ll notice the headline says no such thing.
The floor’s yours.