As the title says.
Like, nothing against the guy, necessarily, but it is pretty clear that he cannot even speak with full mental function, let alone making important decisions and the like...
It just seems like a really bad idea to elect someone who is clearly... Not well. Let alone the likelihood that being in that position will make his health outcomes worse...
I understand that D's felt like he was their best chance, and that they needed to win that seat, but it just seems irresponsible all round, for all parties involved, no?
How are voters so dumb that they saw all that, and went "Yup, that's the guy I want representing me, right now!"
Sad...
Any boots on the ground in Pennsylvania? What was the vibe with yard signs and casual conversation?
For entirely anecdotal evidence, as a PA resident, I have absolutely no idea how this was the outcome of organic voting. Turnout was decent, but seemed reduced compared to the last election; I didn't even need to wait in line when I arrived at my polling location.
Of people I know in life, the overall shift in preference has been toward the Republican side. The people I know who are hardcore Democrats are still hardcore Democrats, and the stalwart Republicans are still Republicans. But of the people in the middle, I know several who shifted from Democrat to Republican this election, and zero who went the other way. Every fencer-sitter I know who watched the debate came away with the conclusion Fetterman is incapable of doing the job, and his only defenders at that point were the "blue no matter who" Democrats.
I've seen Fetterman signs in a few surprising places across the sate (Potter county is one), but even in my suburb closer to Philly, there are more Oz signs by nearly an order of magnitude. There are usually few signs on yards in my immediate neighborhood, but there were a huge number this year, and exactly one in my development was for Fetterman.
The watercooler talk today (with those on the red side of the aisle) is mail-in ballots. At least in my workplace, there seems to be a strong consensus that this is the result of mail-in ballots, combined with either an uninformed and lazy electorate, or leveraged for fraud. Even those who were previously moderate (including one who switched sides this election) have mentioned fraud, which strikes me as a fairly dramatic shift in view. Unlike what I've seen people from out-of-state say online, not one person has said this is the result of Oz being a poor candidate (many think he was a fair compromise), and not one person anywhere on the political spectrum has mentioned abortion. I think anyone boiling this down to a single issue rather than pointing at our voting process or the voters themselves is being dishonest.