Why Pennsylvania looks like Democrats' best hope of flipping a Senate seat this November

[Demsrule86]

I think both John Fetterman in PA and Tim Ryan in Ohio have a chance for open Senate seats




"With one month to go until the primary election, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is leading in the polls for the Democratic Party’s nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat, while the Republican race has narrowed to an expensive two-person contest.

The retirement of Republican Sen. Pat Toomey has opened up two primaries in what might be the Democratic Party’s best chance to gain a Senate seat in the fall. The Democratic frontrunner since the beginning of the race, Fetterman is looking to maintain his polling lead through the May 17 primary.

Fetterman has been a prolific fundraiser, building on a reputation he established in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election when he loudly rebutted claims of election fraud leveled by Republicans. The tall, goateed and tattooed Fetterman has a distinctive look for a would-be senator, standing out in crowds as he campaigns though rural areas where the GOP typically enjoys wide margins of victory.

Fetterman has campaigned on legalizing recreational marijuana use and ending the legislative filibuster in the Senate, and has been an outspoken supporter of gay and transgender rights, including flying a pro-trans flag from his Harrisburg office."

https://news.yahoo.com/why-pennsylvania-looks-like-democrats-best-hope-of-flipping-a-senate-seat-this-november-192558007.html

[msongs]

1. bet he doesnt need a blow dry 10 times a day or a makeup crew nt

[Demsrule86]

2. No, Big John wears the uniform of the average Rust Belt guy...a hoodie and cargo shorts...

My husband wears them most places too. He doesn't blow dry his hair...more like scalp!

[Demsrule86]

3. I posted new poll numbers in a different thread... Big John has gained 13 points!

"Mr. Fetterman now leads the Democratic primary with 41% of registered Democrats saying they’d support him in the upcoming May 17 election and 26% who are still undecided, according to the poll. Approximately 17% of voters said they’d support Mr. Lamb, while only 4% said they’d support state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216609841

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Excellent news! Now if we can pick up WI, and keep Warnock in GA and Kelly in AZ, it's party time!

[Demsrule86]

6. True that...I do think we have a shot in Wisconsin...we have a shot in Ohio too but honestly

Tim Ryan has not run a good primary...but I still think he wins and needs to step up his game for the General. The GOP are tearing each other apart. We also have to watch New Hampshire. My sister in Georgia says she thinks Warnock can pull it off in GA...Stacey Abrams running for Governor will help.

[Celerity]

11. and hold NV (more troubling) and NH (more likely than NV we hold it), which are far from settled

We dodged a huge bullet (the biggest so far) in NH when Sununu passed on running, I am fairly sure he would have won.

[Demsrule86]

15. I think in the end, we hold Nevada and New Hampshire.

[Demsrule86]

18. I think Sununu would have been hard to beat.

[JI7]

5. We really need this one

[Demsrule86]

7. I agree. We could hold the Senate...and the House if we all get out and vote...

[a kennedy]

8. What about Wisconsin.....can't someone beat ROJO?? Will contribute heavily to make sure

that happens……totally despise ROJO. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Demsrule86]

9. Taking down a sitting Senator is hard. But if Democrats show up I think we can do it...

ROJO is underwater.

[Emile]

10. He is impressive! Working class hero!

[Demsrule86]

13. He is very impressive. And the campaign

Is an example of how a modern Democrat wins. Campaign everywhere.

[Demsrule86]

25. He is a big union guy and really want stuff made here...that is so important to the rustbelt

He wants to make green energy happen with American manufacturing...if we can pull this off...the GOP will be in the weeds for years.

[budkin]

12. We'll flip PA and WI I feel

Ron Johnson is in the cellar.

[Demsrule86]

14. Yes we can! Fired up and ready to go. I used to live in Wisconsin too...so as campaigns get closer

I can make GOTV calls...I do the same in PA where I used to live, Georgia where I used to live (my sister is still there) I now live in Ohio so Tim Ryan is close to beating the GOP trash...honestly, the primary has been very bitter and angry....almost descending into physical fights at the debates. Lots of GOTV...door to door also...probably offering lifts to the polls too.

[newdayneeded]

16. We'll do our

best to rid WI of RoJo. I like the ads placing him in Russia during a past 4th of July.

[Demsrule86]

17. It is unbelievable that these folks are colluding with Russians who are and always have been

the enemy of Democracy.

[newdayneeded]

19. What's more unbelievable

is cons will see these commercials and just shrug their shoulders.

[Demsrule86]

20. I know right and yet call Democrats Communists...I saw on another post that some are angry

at Netflix for showing Hitler documentaries...I guess they love Fascist now...Damn my Dad's older brother came home from WWII and his wife promptly ditched him because she regarded him as a 'killer' ...some weird religion. My Dad said he was never the same after the war...once I ran away back to our old house -a couple of miles away- how my 7-year-old self found her way I don't know...he came after me after my friend's Mom called and yelled at me the entire way and then hugged me and said, "didn't I know how important that I was to my Him and the rest of my family? I could have been killed".

He wrote in a diary for years and detailed his war experiences...he had been through a great dead (from D-Day where he parachuted to Omaha Beach to the liberation of Berlin...and was one of the American soldiers who liberated Buchwald...he told my Grandmother he lost his faith after seeing the horrible camp and what people were capable of... These right-wingers are not just wrong, and stupid. I think they are evil.

[newdayneeded]

21. Wow

Thank you for sharing this! I have watched a lot of Hitler documentaries, I think everybody should watch and shudder at the stories and views. I think a trip to the camp museums should be mandatory too. People need to see and feel the full evil of this man. They need to realize how absolutely inhumane the whole operation was!

[Demsrule86]

22. You are welcome...there is great evil in the right at the moment.

[Demsrule86]

27. Honestly, These people on the right...many of them are NAZIS or white supremacist's...

Racist POS...

[Saboburns]

23. I LOVE Democrat John Fetterman. He's my favorite Democrat.

I don't live in PA but this man is a STAR!

Go John Fetterman!

[Demsrule86]

24. I think he is also. I live in PA...now live in nearby Ohio so I can get involved in GOTV in both

Ohio and PA.

[Demsrule86]

26. Seriously, I could see Fetterman running for president maybe as early as 28.