Push For Fiscal Pact Picks Up Speed, And Power

“This is a great group and they’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do… when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America.” — Donald Trump, talking about Project 2025 in April 2022. “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who’s behind it.” — Trump, earlier this week.

Just for members: The latest edition of Inside Elections. This issue includes an update on the state of the election post-debate. There’s also a deep dive into arguably the most consequential congressional district into the country — Nebraska’s 2nd — and post-primary analysis in key states, along with the regular House and Senate race ratings charts.

“Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) issued a statement Thursday raising concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and health and strongly implying that he should resign from office and drop out of the 2024 presidential race, although she stopped short of directly saying so,” KGW reports.

“A chorus of damaging new leaks about President Biden suggest that parts of his inner circle have been compromised by the same deep-seated anxieties roiling the Democratic Party,” Axios reports. “Pressure on Biden to quit the race has been steadily building on Capitol Hill. On Thursday, hours before Biden’s NATO press conference, the calls began coming from inside the house.”

New York Times: “A close look at more than two dozen radio and podcast interviews given by Mr. Biden over the past two years reveals a distinct pattern: In appearance after appearance, the president has been served up nearly identical questions, prescreened or suggested ahead of time by campaign staff members.

“As Joe Biden struggles to contain the fallout from his poor debate performance, a gulf is widening between how the president’s most inner circle and the rest of the Democratic Party — including some in his campaign and White House — view his political viability,” Politico reports.