The immeasurable larp. the Know Nothings were a 1850s movement, not gilded age, and using the term liberal to refer to anything in this time period is idiotic. Furthermore, the northern know nothings who were anti-catholic were largely anti-slavery expansion.
Wearing my “I vooooooted” badge as I regale my fellow patriots about the harrowing experience of needing to *leave my house* and VOTE for the current government. Shit was hard but the proudest moment of my life.
The American Left did not meaningfully exist until DSA.
A bunch of scattered groups and unorganized leftists did not and never will constitute a movement, sorry to break it to you.
@big__chung 1939:
>far-right nationalists in germany
>far-right nationalists in italy
>far-right nationalists in japan
>far-right globalists in America
I don’t think PA will have a DSA senator for a long while. The only DSA esque person who has the name rec to run is Summer Lee, and I have doubts of her willingness to run in 28 when two other Pittsburgh candidates are running. 2030 will almost certainly be Shapiro if not 2028.
People need to be prepared for the fact that Josh Shapiro very easily could be the next senator for PA if he thinks a presidential run is not feasible. He would clear the field and beat any prog challenger.
@Awildschild From what I understand, much of the GOP caucus is furious by Pace-O-Matic’s primary attempts, especially on Gebhard. The bridge has been burned to the point that they are ok with letting skill games die and are instead supporting VGTs.
The moral of PA 2024 Senate isn’t that “candidates should campaign”, its that Democrats (or any party really) need to elect capable leaders within the party apparatus. The way you lose elections is the ground game as much as it is candidate quality.
Genuinely don’t know how you can come to this conclusion. The amount of misunderstanding that comes out of 2024 PA senate is insane. People talk about this campaign like they watched it attentively for the whole cycle. Which I know is false!
@jjabbott Bob Casey ran the worst campaign in my 40+ years of watching politics, and that includes Doug Mastriano’s, the previous title holder. I’m still not convinced he didn’t tank for unknown reasons. It was that bad.
He was more of a Washington negotiator (which has gone out of style), the real blame lies with the complete failure of the state party. Especially in Philadelphia, PADems could not get the votes out for any candidate in 2024. The leaders were incompetent, Brady and Street extra.
Bob Brady and Sharif Street jerked themselves off for 4 years as Biden drove the Dems off a cliff, cratering Philly turnout. Politics isn’t just who heads the ticket, it’s the guys who run the operations too. Blaming Casey and not the actual people at fault isn’t gonna fix it.
The Dems’ path back to a Senate majority would be a lot clearer if this moron hadn’t underperformed so badly that, as a moderate three-term incumbent, he outran Harris by less than Elissa Slotkin did in an open seat.
this is HUGE, Stacy Garrity is WINNING the predominantly conservative rural farmer vote in Lancaster county. Is Shapiro DONE FOR without this key vote?
HOLY COW
Our @EarlyVoteAction team spent 7 hours at the Green Dragon Farmers Market registering & polling voters.
🟥 Stacy Garrity: 95
🟦 Josh Shapiro: 45
If anyone lives in Lancaster County, please reach out to @ryansexton84 & @GradyGraphics.
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Its very important to know that Rabb is greatly disliked by all sides in Harrisburg. He’s seen as grossly incompetent and most are glad to see him leave.
Axios: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is quietly trying to derail a left-wing congressional candidate championed by AOC. #PA03
Shapiro and his team have privately told allies that he disapproves of Chris Rabb and has taken steps to block his path, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
Shapiro has privately advised Philadelphia's building trades unions to avoid inadvertently helping Rabb, the lone progressive in the race, by attacking one of his center-left opponents.
https://t.co/2j5GVf6iCR