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'It's Never Been Joe.' At Maryland's Carroll County fair nobody thinks Biden is running the country
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Amid the gleaming classic cars and towering combines on display at Maryland’s Carroll County 4-H Fair, I found a bevy of voters to talk to. I was curious if they thought that President Joe Biden is still running the country. Nobody said yes. Not one soul.
When I asked Marge, a local in her 60s who works for a remodeling company, she just laughed at first and said, “No, not at all.” She was handing out American flags at her booth and I pushed a bit, asking when she thought he had stopped being in charge, “About a year,” she said, “but it’s gotten worse and worse,” referring to Biden’s decline.
Mark and Bob, on the other hand, two farmers manning the American Legion table, don’t believe Biden has ever been in control, though they admit it is far more obvious now. So, who do they think is running things? “I don’t know, “Mark said, “maybe Obama, or some cabal, it’s never been Joe.”
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“This is Obama’s third term,” Bob chimed in without quite interrupting, as old friends do, “and if Kamala wins it will be his fourth term.”
Mark told me that he had not always been a firm Trump supporter, and when I asked what had changed he told me, “When Trump spoke at the March for Life [in 2020] it meant a lot to me, no president ever had, we go almost every year.”
It was telling that what sold him on Trump was a personal choice by the former president, and a risky one, not a cookie-cutter focus grouped decision, but one that Mark believed was from Trump’s heart.
President Biden boards Air Force One as he departs Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on July 23, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
They explained to me that Carroll is the reddest county in the Old Line State, and it felt that way. There were Trump shirts here and there, flags everywhere, not a whole lot of vegan options at the food stalls, no kale was present unless on display, it certainly didn’t feel like I was in a blue state.
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Congressional candidate Kim Klacik is looking to take advantage of that by vying, as a Republican, for the open seat being left by Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger, and owing to redistricting in 2022, the website 538 has moved the district from strong blue to lean blue.
“This is Obama’s third term,” Bob chimed in without quite interrupting, as old friends do. “And if Kamala wins it will be his fourth term.”
It’s still a bit of a long shot, but as Klacik campaigned alongside Board of Education candidate Dr. Greg Malveaux it was clear she has a following in the area. “I hear you on the radio,” one middle-aged man came up and said to her, “You make a lot of sense.”
All politics is local, so the conversations included education — I spotted a Moms for Liberty tent nearby, they are becoming ubiquitous — as well as a controversial plan by Democrats to run power lines with giant towers through people’s farms, supposedly to save the environment.
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Time and again the folks I talked to came back to the national political scene. They have not moved on from the assassination attempt against Trump as much of the media seem to have, and at least one person I spoke to is suspicious about the role of the Secret Service and the FBI.
What was notable about the consensus that Biden had been put out to pasture, much like the prize Heifers in the livestock displays, is that there was no real sense of shock or fear or anger, more of a resigned attitude that we are simply governed by committee now.
Nobody I spoke to particularly liked Vice President Kamala Harris, but they also didn’t seem to hate her, it was more like she was irrelevant, just a figurehead who could almost be anyone.
I got the strong sense, not for the first time since Biden bowed out, that in some voters’ minds this has become a choice not between Trump and Harris but between Trump and the deep state.
I had brought my son along, it was a fair, after all, and back at my car he realized he’d lost his phone. I thought it was probably over at the picnic table where we ate, and sure enough, there it was. A gentleman there in a trucker cap with his family handed it to me and said, “We’ve been passing it off, figured someone would come back for it.”
I handed it to my son, and said, “Be more careful,” trying to sound stern, but kind of laughing to myself, thinking, you’re really not in Brooklyn anymore.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) – A water main break in Rocky Hill Sunday morning will impact traffic for much of the day on Grimes Road.
According to Rocky Hill Police the break happened at approximately 7:10 a.m. in the area of 40 Grimes Road between Louis Place and Hillside Avenue. Motorists are advised to take alternatee routes and avoid the area.
The Metropolitan District Commission is on scene making repairs which could take up to 8 hours.
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – Good morning, and Happy Sunday everyone. Skies are on the cloudier side across Maine this morning with scattered showers for much of the state. A couple of breaks in clouds can be found here or there. Temperatures vary throughout the 50s for most, while reaching the 60s and low 70s in Southern Maine as more consistent sunshine is allowing for plenty of heating. Patchy fog remains across a good chunk of the state with some towns under one mile. Winds are on the calmer side this morning.
The morning hours will remain cloudier with showers and patchy fog for many. By the afternoon, showers will continue for most of the state, but will taper off from the NW to SE. This means conditions will dry out with sunshine developing across Northern Maine by the midafternoon. Showers will continue along the interstate until 3-4pm, with sunshine then filtering in by the later evening hours. Coastal locations will experience showers until the later evening hours, with clouds breaking by sunset, allowing for some sun to end the day. High temps today will vary from the upper 50s to low 70s. Dewpoints will become sticky in spots. Winds will be on the lighter side in the morning, before becoming breezy in the afternoon with WSW to NNW gusts reaching 25-35 mph.
Rainfall totals today will vary between a quarter to a half of an inch for most. Some pockets to the northwest, however, will only reach a tenth of an inch to a quarter inch.
Conditions will be quiet tonight. Besides a few clouds and light showers Downeast shortly before sunset, skies will clear with mostly to completely clear conditions and some patchy morning fog. Low temps will reach the low 40s to low 50s with North to NNW gusts remaining a bit breezy, reaching 20-30 mph.
Monday will be a dry day, and in my opinion, the pick of the week. Skies will be sunny with just a few clouds developing later in the evening. High temps will warm up, from the low 70s to low 80s. NNW/SW gusts will remain just a little breezy, reaching 20-25 mph.
Another beautiful day with mostly sunny skies is expected on Tuesday. However, temperatures will really start to warm. Highs will vary from the mid 70s to upper 80s. WNW/SW gusts will only reach 20 mph.
Above average temperatures will carry on Wednesday through Friday with highs throughout the 70s and 80s for most. However, this stretch of days is becoming increasingly unsettled. Showers and thunderstorms look increasingly more likely to develop during the afternoons as some frontal systems pass through. The greatest chance of showers and storms will be Wednesday night through Thursday. More cloud cover is thus expected, so temperatures aren’t looking to peak as high as they were originally expected to reach. Dewpoints will also become sticky towards the end of the work week, reaching into the 60s on Thursday and Friday.
SUNDAY: Highs from upper 50s to low 70s. Cloudier AM with showers. PM showers tapering off from NW to SE. Evening sunshine developing. Slightly sticky dewpoints. WSW to NNW gusts reach 25-35 mph during PM.
MONDAY: Highs from low 70s to low 80s. Sunny skies. A few evening clouds. NNW/SW gusts reach 20-25 mph.
TUESDAY: Highs from mid 70s to upper 80s. Mostly sunny skies. WNW/SW gusts reach 20 mph.
WEDNESDAY: Highs from low 70s to upper 80s. Partly to mostly cloudy AM. Cloudy PM with showers & storms possible. Slightly sticky dewpoints. SW gusts reach 15-20 mph.
THURSDAY: Highs from upper 60s to mid 80s. Partly to mostly cloudy. Showers & storms possible. Sticky dewpoints. South/SW gusts reach 15-20 mph.
FRIDAY: Highs from mid 60s to low 80s. Partly cloudy, few mostly cloudy spots. PM showers/storms possible. Sticky dewpoints. South gusts reach 15-20 mph.
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Sunday starts off dry with more clouds than sunshine, making for a pleasant start to the day.
Temperatures will climb into the upper 70s to mid 80s during the afternoon, running a few degrees above the normal high of 73.
As the day goes on, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will develop, especially across eastern Massachusetts. Not everyone will see rain, but it’s worth keeping an eye on the sky if you have outdoor plans later in the day.
By Sunday night, cooler and drier air begins moving in behind the system.
Monday will feel noticeably different, with a sea breeze along the coast keeping temperatures in the 70s. Plenty of sunshine will make for a comfortable start to the workweek before a summer stretch comes in midweek.
Temperatures begin a steady climb Tuesday and continue warming through the second half of the week.
By Wednesday, highs surge into the upper 80s and lower 90s.
There will also be a chance for a few showers or thunderstorms by Thursday.
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