In private memo, Fetterman confronts a new obstacle: Getting outspent

Politico ^ | 09/16/2022 04:51 PM EDT | HOLLY OTTERBEIN

[conservative98]

PHILADELPHIA — John Fetterman continues to lead Mehmet Oz in the polls, but the Pennsylvania Democrat’s Senate campaign is privately sounding the alarm that things could change if he continues getting outspent on TV.

In an internal memo on Tuesday to big-dollar donors, Fetterman campaign manager Brendan McPhillips warned that Oz and his Republican allies are together investing more in television ads than Fetterman and Democratic super PACs that support him.

“I am writing with a wake-up call,” said McPhillips in the message, which was obtained first by POLITICO. “In the last three weeks alone, Republicans have spent nearly $12 million dollars — significantly outspending us and out-communicating on the airwaves. We cannot allow this to continue unabated.”

[conservative98]

Fetterman's problem isn't that he's being outspent - it's that his record is radical: more murderers, higher taxes, and he won't debate. Let's go win this PA!https://t.co/qjGTtho3JZ— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) September 16, 2022

Many politicians are soft on crime.

But John Fetterman may be the only candidate in history whose top priority (in his own words!) is to release murderers from prison. https://t.co/TFTJDOLHSi— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) September 16, 2022

[HandBasketHell]

No way is Lurch ahead.

[Wilhelm Tell]

I hope he doesn’t lurch ahead.

[Zhang Fei]

Fetterwoman way outspent Oz early on. That was the Jeb Bush strategy. But the tortoise (Oz) finally caught up with the hare (Fetterwoman), ad-wise.

[Travis McGee]

[JonPreston]

[ScottinVA]

Remember kids… inbreeding is a BAD thing.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Something tells me he did not communicate much in writing, before the stroke and now, after.

[nathanbedford]

Federman is such a misbegotten candidate for a seat on the United States Senate that he cannot win simply by buying more television time, he must so thoroughly dominate the media that the public goes to the polls in sheer ignorance. If Doctor Oz can maintain even a diminished media presence he will win, so-called "earned media" might be quite enough in this economic climate against an unattractive, addlepated Marxist.

[Brian Griffin]

Crony capitalism pays better than Marxism.