Philadelphia Inquirer-Conor Lamb is the best choice Dems have to flip a Senate seat. Endorsement
This is a nice endorsement
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Pennsylvanians deserve a senator who is more than just a plus-one vote for the Democratic caucus in the Senate; its crucial that voters elect a candidate who would add value by representing the commonwealth. Based on his history of winning extremely competitive general elections, his familiarity with Congress from his time in the House of Representatives, and his thoughtfulness on tough policy questions, we endorse Conor Lamb.
A former federal prosecutor and Marine veteran, Lamb won his seat in Congress in a special election in 2018 by a margin of fewer than 1,000 votes. In the process, he flipped a Republican-held seat in a district that favored Trump in 2016 by nearly 20 points.
Democrats may be wary that Lambs heavily pro-Trump constituency might make him an unreliable vote for the partys agenda and the White House (See: Manchin, Joe). The congressmans voting record, however, suggests otherwise. In just the past session, Lamb voted in favor of Build Back Better, the Womens Health Protection Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the For the People Act. Then theres the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, and the bill to make D.C. a state. There is no need to guess how he would vote on these bills; hes already done it.
Lamb, for Pennsylvanians, is the best choice in a talented field.
rso
(2,271 posts)Lamb certainly seems like a very good candidate, but I think that someone like Fetterman would do better against the GQP crazy that will run against him.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Honesty matters.
A LOT.
brer cat
(24,572 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,291 posts)The GOP has a ton of great negative ads ready to depress the African American vote that will be very effective. Unless Fetterman apologizes and admits that he was wrong, there is no way for Fetterman to win this race in the real world
Again, the GOP wants Fetterman to be the nominee. I would hate to see Dr. Oz be elected to the US senate because the party selected the candidate that the GOP wants to run against
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,291 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,000 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,291 posts)Fetterman would lose if he is the nominee. You need African American vote to win in PA and the GOP has some great negative ads on the shotgun incident that they would love to run
Elessar Zappa
(14,000 posts)All I care about is beating the GOP.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,291 posts)the negative ads about the shotgun incident together with quotes from Fetterman about this incident would be very effective negative ads in the real world
We need to pick up this seat if we want to protect Roe and voting rights