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In reply to the discussion: I'm not thrilled at the Fetterman campaign's current strategy [View all]MerryBlooms
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In banking, there is something called KYC (know your client). Fetterman is playing to his audience.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2022
#114
If we have learned nothing else, we should learn that there is a wide swath of voters
Scrivener7
Jul 2022
#2
We do need more candidates like this...a change is a coming...unions are up and new manufacturing
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#137
I personally think 538 sucks these days. But I digress...kind of surprised by this post...I had
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#31
Better read fiverthirtyeight.com before assuming you know what it knows
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2022
#142
He does talk policy and everyone knows what he supports...it is on his website too and he
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#19
Me too...honestly, Fetterman doesn't look like what some think a Senator should look like and
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#54
I am watching from outside and my interest is because this is one of the seats we most need to
Scrivener7
Jul 2022
#57
That is exactly right and what Howard Dean did in 08..the most successfull year we had in
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#84
That is not longer true...post your stuff on the website and single out a few points to run on...
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#51
I've seen DNC outsiders flush state campaigns because they didn't understand local mindsets.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2022
#116
He DOES talk about issues. I live in PA and see ads in which Fetterman addresses issues.
PA Democrat
Jul 2022
#107
Trolling strategies are, at least to some extent, a hipster iteration of "preaching to the choir"
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#6
That is not the case. I have never seen any election that is won with laundry lists
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#15
Merry I am sorry...I have been whining about my health challenges. Yours are worse. Can you
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#121
Oh Merry I had no idea. Have the cultured you? That is just awful...and you are amazing to be
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#134
What a lovely wedding...I called her yesterday...better days ahead...you deserve it.
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#135
Yes, he has and he is PA through and through...unlike Oz who is a guy with dual citizenship who
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#86
From everything I've heard, we've got a great shot at picking up that Senate seat, so GOTV!
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#91
Lol tell that to all of the candidates whose campaign died by trolling by Johnny Carson no
grantcart
Jul 2022
#62
Sorry but no comparison between the withering assault on Ford and Dukakis and the others
grantcart
Jul 2022
#69
OK, well if your point is that Johnny Carson's trolling was a key factor in the defeat
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#75
I think it was...Dukakis lost because of the ridicule he endured with the helmet shit...and
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#138
Fetterman visited evey county in PA during the primaries...even the reddist and he begins in
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#13
It is very effective...you have to understand PA...I know you lived there and all...and it is
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#11
Perhaps because he is not Connor Lamb or maybe we are just nervous in general...who knows
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#20
I think...there are not many polls out there yet and Mastriano is going to destroy himself with
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#88
The GOP here are worried...Vance is an idiot...Ryan is up by five!!!! Who knows how it turns
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#63
Translation: My guy lost in the primary so I'm taking shots at the Democrat who is running in the GE
Doc Sportello
Jul 2022
#24
I mean no disrespect and I know you lived in PA some time ago. But you live in New York now
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#46
I think it's smart to be talking about legalization. He seems to have done a mathematical
Scrivener7
Jul 2022
#32
This...since I no longer live in PA (boo) I can't vote but I am making calls and health permitting
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#34
Then you aren't going to be happy with the fact that he has just been nominated for NJ Hall of Fame
grantcart
Jul 2022
#33
Nah...that is not true. One of my friends in PA asks me what I thought...she is an independent
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#93
When battling a "celebrity" candidate you must fight them on a different level
ZonkerHarris
Jul 2022
#38
People know OZ lives in NJ because Snooki told them, though. And they WILL vote for
Scrivener7
Jul 2022
#60
I disagree. Fetterman is managing to turn his campaign into a celebrity-like affair and, sad
Vinca
Jul 2022
#106
His opponent is Dr. Oz. If it was someone else then I might agree. But with Oz I think he can get
JI7
Jul 2022
#122
He is up 11 points in one poll...Fetterman is the perfect candidate in PA...a dream come true.
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#132
Personally, I think the trolling was funny the first few times but it's got to stop
Polybius
Jul 2022
#139
No...laundry lists of of policy will not get you elected...Fetterman is up 11 points according to
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#144
Sorry you aren't thrilled with his campaign's current strategy. It seems to be working well since
Autumn
Jul 2022
#148