The electability argument is a non starter...
DJT wasn’t electable in 2016..
That’s the argument that folks fall back on when they know their candidate is poor.. and OZ and McCormick are poor...
and this idea that they are electable is absolute garbage.
Oz and McCormick have spent a total of 60 Million combined to both be sitting around 20% the entire election cycle... and that’s among purely republican voters... If that doesn’t tell you how AWEFUL they both are nothing will.
This foolish notion that you can plop Oz or McCormick down in the T, in rural and small town PA and get them to excite those voters, is foolish. Especially against Fetterman.
Only way OZ or MCCormick beat Fetterman is if the D brand is so damaged by Biden and the Economy that a ham sandwich would win as long as it has an R by its name.
Nothing, NOTHING about either of those two is going to excite and motivate the blue collar voters in this state... I have not met a single GOP voter in person who honestly is motivated and excited to vote for Oz, not one, and every single independent I speak to laughs outloud at the very idea that Oz could beat Fetterman.
The establishment are working under the false assumption that the GOP base will turn out solidly for any candidate equally, and that Oz’s celebrity will win enough suburban low information housewife voters that they can pull off a win....
This is a false premise. Oz turns off a large amount of the GOP base, and the disenfranchised voters who showed up in 16 and 20 to vote for Trump are not going to for Oz or McCormick.
I’ve said this since long before Barnette was being mentioned, if either one of them (oz or mccormick) is the nominee don’t be surprised in the least if the Dems take this seat.
Well... I'm not certain how "establishment" Trump is, and his picks do have a good track record for victories, even against what the polls predicted.
And Pennsylvanians often elect alleged Republicans only to learn later they were anything but.
At least with a Trump pick, there should be a measure of loyalty to keep Oz on the straight & narrow.
As for the other major contenders, I'm fine with them if they win, and I appreciate DiogenesLamp's views above on Barnette.
Of course, there's a lot of cr*p being thrown around about her too..