Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Managing Editor of the Journal Inquirer Chris Powell may be right . Even on their best day, Republicans running for office do not know how to frame an issue so that it will appeal to those not born to the purple. A story written by Steve Collins of the Bristol Press  provides a case in point. Governor Dannel Malloy had just disbursed $10 million in urban tax credits to ESPN, a well-known and prosperous sports broadcasting network that very likely did not need a handout from Mr. Malloy. Tucked within Mr. Collins' story, one finds this line: “It’s not clear, though, that the state money made much difference to the project’s completion, since ESPN had already said it would build the center before Malloy picked it to receive state financial aid.”