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applegrove

(131,492 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:08 AM 18 hrs ago

Fetterman in Sinema territory:

Fetterman’s poll numbers are now in Sinema territory: sunk too deep with his party to win a primary, artificially inflated by Republicans who’d never actually vote for him, trapped in a negative-partisanship era that makes an independent bid implausible. His seat is up in 2028.

Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) 2026-02-26T03:09:41.612Z
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Fetterman in Sinema territory: (Original Post) applegrove 18 hrs ago OP
He's gonna switch J-9 18 hrs ago #1
I wish he would. Either way he's won't be reelected, if he even runs. 617Blue 11 hrs ago #20
Well I would tell Conor Lamb to run for that Senate seat again. Frasier Balzov 18 hrs ago #2
I'm thinking Conor Lamb will run Cha 16 hrs ago #9
here Celerity 13 hrs ago #17
Conor Lamb will be on the 2028 US Senate list for PA Inkey 16 hrs ago #10
Lamb is not going to run Deminpenn 13 hrs ago #15
He will be retired at the end of his current term. Nt Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #3
He looks kind of Evil in that photo Nictuku 18 hrs ago #4
Fetterman's 15 minutes have expired awhile ago Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #5
Maybe he'll run as a repub Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #6
I'll be surprised if he runs for re-election Deminpenn 13 hrs ago #16
What is with all those number tattoos on the inside of his arms? niyad 17 hrs ago #7
He got them when he Mayor of Braddock Inkey 16 hrs ago #11
Thank you. niyad 15 hrs ago #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Brother Buzz 15 hrs ago #12
Are Fetterman and his Hoodie Cha 16 hrs ago #8
Human garbage in a hoodie. Dunc 14 hrs ago #14
I think he's hoping to be Democrat 51 in the senate after the midterms Takket 12 hrs ago #18
Yep. Can't win as a GOPer or a Dem. 617Blue 11 hrs ago #19

Frasier Balzov

(4,981 posts)
2. Well I would tell Conor Lamb to run for that Senate seat again.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:20 AM
18 hrs ago

Once I am absolutely sure he isn't willing to run for President!

Cha

(318,098 posts)
9. I'm thinking Conor Lamb will run
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:27 AM
16 hrs ago

for the Senate in 2028.. I read on here that AOC has apologized to him.

It will be here before we know it.

Inkey

(506 posts)
10. Conor Lamb will be on the 2028 US Senate list for PA
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:44 AM
16 hrs ago

But I am certain that we will have several other Democratic contenders on the primary election ballot also.

Deminpenn

(17,374 posts)
15. Lamb is not going to run
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:09 AM
13 hrs ago

He did a few town halls in R districts and talked a good game, but at heart, he's a centrist.

The person to keep an eye on is Congressman Brendan Boyle, of NE Phila. He's the current minority chair/top D, on the House Ways and Means committee. He's a smart policy wonk like Sen Casey and is a clear and concise speaker. He knows his history, too. Boyle has very carefully built and mapped out his political career, one step at a time up the political ladder similarly to Shapiro.

Boyle's a guest with O'Donnell a lot if you've never seen him.

Deminpenn

(17,374 posts)
16. I'll be surprised if he runs for re-election
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:17 AM
13 hrs ago

The Senate is a big club where personal relationships matter. Fetterman has always struck me as a loner marching to his own drummer. Now he's in an organization that requires otherwise to have an impact. My sense is he's not really happy being a senator or in the senate.

He was like that as LtGov, too, doing his own thing, mostly related to his role on the state pardons board, and not much time presiding over the state legilature.

niyad

(131,263 posts)
7. What is with all those number tattoos on the inside of his arms?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:46 AM
17 hrs ago

He could have another stroke, could solve a problem or two.

Inkey

(506 posts)
11. He got them when he Mayor of Braddock
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:50 AM
16 hrs ago

His right forearm features dates of nine people killed by violence in his town, while his left forearm bears the ZIP code 15104.
He was against gun violence then.

Response to niyad (Reply #7)

Takket

(23,592 posts)
18. I think he's hoping to be Democrat 51 in the senate after the midterms
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:24 AM
12 hrs ago

Because he wants to parlay that into endless ass kissing for himself with way Manchin and Sinema did when they held the power to sink Democratic bills.

Or he may just switch to rethug.
Either way we as a party need to seriously look at how people like Sinema and Fetterman as slipping past the primary process and figure out how to stop it.

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