Barney joins LBR in airing television ads, but he repeats false Social Security claim.

Barney joins LBR in airing television ads, but he repeats false Social Security claim.

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It's your generic political ad, professionally produced, and it is likely airing only on cable and not over air out of Philadelphia (as that would be prohibitively expensive). Still, airing and producing this ad likely took a good chunk of Barney's cash on hand. The ad, though, repeats a false claim that Barney is the only candidate with a plan to protect and expand Social Security.

More Mailers

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A positive Bethany Hall Long piece, an anti-Gordon and pro-Meyer piece from Matt Meyer, and an anti-Koch Brothers issue ad on money in politics from the Townsend campaign.

Celia Cohen attended TEDxWilmington

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...at least I think she did. It is hard to tell because, as she eases into retirement, her blog posts are now 95% content free. Here is the substance: Chris Coons cracked a joke about how unpopular congress is. He had a constituent that stopped getting social security, but he fixed it. Coons also formed a congressional "Chicken Caucus," with a Republican from Georgia. That's, literally, it. I wonder if Delaware Today, Ramone Family of Business, Bonny Anderson, David Deputy, Lisa B. Goodman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Norman D. Griffiths, Laird Stabler, Carolyn Swayze, Frances M. West, S.B. & Katy Woo and Bill Wood feel like they are getting their money's worth.
Friday Open Thread [8.26.16]

Friday Open Thread [8.26.16]

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Here is Matt Flegenheimer’s write-up at The New York Times on Hillary's speech yesterday, which I consider to be one of her best speeches ever:
In a 31-minute address, building to a controlled simmer, Mrs. Clinton did everything but call Mr. Trump a racist outright — saying he had promoted “racist lie” after “racist lie,” pushed conspiracy theories with “racist undertones” and heartened racists across the country by submitting to an “emerging racist ideology known as the alt-right.” [...] ​With Mr. Trump’s rise, Mrs. Clinton has often struck a have-you-no-sense-of-decency theme in her critiques — warning sternly and repeatedly that the arc of his candidacy transcended standard political attack. But her effort on Thursday was remarkable for its exhaustive accounting of Mr. Trump’s controversial racial history in business and in his presidential campaign.
Thursday Open Thread [8.25.16]

Thursday Open Thread [8.25.16]

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Jonathan Chait: “The main difficulty Trump faces in dispelling the impression that he is a racist is that Trump is, in fact, a gigantic racist.” Meanwhile, the Daily Beast says Donald is in trouble: “Donald Trump used his campaign funds to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost, simultaneously diverting donor money back into his pockets while artificially boosting his sales figures. It’s a tactic that may be illegal, campaign finance experts say.”

Trump’s Campaign Manager, Kellyanne Conway, is not attractive

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Kellyanne Conway is not conventionally attractive, and judging from her politics her soul is a putrid mess as well. I only mention this because Trump puts so much stock in looks, mentions how attractive or unattractive people are all the time, and it must be killing him to have to work with Conway. Also, she is in the news today because she says that polls are "skewed" by the fact that people are embarrassed to tell pollsters that they are voting for Trump.