Super PAC signals Pennsylvania primary could get rough

[JoeOtterbein]

Politico

The Democratic Senate contest has been a relatively tame affair so far. A memo suggests that's about to change.

By HOLLY OTTERBEIN

03/21/2022 04:30 AM EDT

A super PAC backing Pennsylvania Senate candidate Conor Lamb is warning prospective donors that he is trailing frontrunner John Fetterman by 30 percentage points in the Democratic primary — and that the public’s perception of his opponent’s ideology must change for Lamb to have a shot.

“[P]rimary voters don’t yet see Fetterman as the liberal he is,” reads a memo circulated by the pro-Lamb group Penn Progress, which was obtained by POLITICO. “For Conor Lamb to have a path in the primary, this dynamic needs to change.”

Unlike the bloodbath taking place in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary, the contest on the Democratic side has been a relatively tame affair. Fetterman and Lamb haven’t laid a finger on each other on TV, and no outside Democratic groups have aired attack ads on television either.

The nine-page slide deck disseminated by Penn Progress after a recent fundraising call with donors suggests that could soon change.

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[empedocles]

1. The big issue in the Dem primary is - November

[gab13by13]

4. What does that mean?

[gab13by13]

2. Sorry DNC, Lamb is a good man, good candidate,

but I can't wait to vote for Fetterman. What does this mean? "Primary voters don't yet see Fetterman as the liberal he is"? I hope the DNC isn't stuck to the idea that only moderates can win elections? I really hope you aren't saying because Fetterman was mayor of Braddock, a poor city, that makes him a liberal?

Fetterman is a lock in both the primary and the general.

[JoeOtterbein]

5. Me too!

I made two donations to Big John already, so I have two lawn signs. I'm calling the borough tomorrow to find out when I can put them up. Although, I still see some *rump 2020 signs up!

[msongs]

3. oh dear fetterman is a liberal. is that a crime in the connor club? nt

[YorkRd]

6. You can't point a shotgun at a black jogger. Very bad look.

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[gab13by13]

7. Why not just say you can't point a gun at an innocent jogger?

If he did point the gun at him? One doesn't get elected mayor of Braddock if he/she is a racist.

[Sugarcoated]

10. The jogger was wearing a facemask

so there was no way to tell the color of the guy's skin

[BradAllison]

8. Fetterman has won statewide office (LT Gov).

Sorry, folks. Comparing him to Nina Turner is a bullshit argument, and a sign of your own "purity test".....

We know Joe Manchin doesn't want him.....but he doesn't want Tim Ryan either.

[YorkRd]

9. That video makes him unelectable.

Nobody pays attention to Lt Governor candidates but the whole world will pay attention to this race and everyone in the state will see this video.

[JoeOtterbein]

11. Big John...

...is crushing it on the polls.

He is a good man. And will be a great Senator from the great state of Pennsylvania!

[Sugarcoated]

12. I disagree

Fetterman admits he acted rashly, that he made a mistake.

[ZonkerHarris]

13. Really? In the parts of the T that I know that might get him some crossover votes

[Budi]

14. Imagine if Lamb had tracked down a black man into the next district, on an assumption..

Imagine it suddenly wouldn't be so forgiven by some.
But no need to worry. Lamb's not the vigilanti type anyway so that's why he will bring humanity, reason & dignity to the Senate.

And this is why Lamb has the many endorsements he has.

[BradAllison]

17. Are you saying Fetterman doesn't?

Care to back up that implication about a Democratic elected official?

[Budi]

19. Doesn't what?

[BradAllison]

20. Humanity reason dignity....?

Please proceed.....

[Budi]

21. Jfc.

What are you implying here?

[BradAllison]

22. You're the one trying to diminish someone in the Democratic party

I will support whomever wins the primary in PA. I hope you will as well. I won't diminish one of them to get my personal choice.

Even if Joe Mansion would prefer neither, in case it messes with his mojo.

[Budi]

24. I'm not in PA so I probably won't be voting anyway.

I just really dig Connor Lamb & he doesn't dress like a 50 yr old gamer.
But that's just me.

Plus Lamb's endorsements speak to my favs as well.

Later 👍

[Budi]

15. Actually... Tom Wolf won the Statewide office. They run together, not seperately.

Fetterman did NOT win state-wide office, Tom Wolf did. They run together in Pennsylvania, not individually.

[BradAllison]

16. Wolf must be a left wing "nut" too. n/m

[Budi]

18. What's a left wing nut?

[blue neen]

23. Actually, Fetterman had to defeat the incumbent Lt. Governor in the Primary in 2018,

before he could run in the General that November.