Nominating her this time would be like nominating a rookie like Lynn Swann to take on another entrenched incumbent-Rendell. Hindsight being 20-20 Swann was used as a sacrificial lamb-no chance. In a red state it might have worked. Let’s not be condescending.
Hopefully Trump or DeSantis gets her into a position where she can get national exposure and maybe a bit of mentoring and coaching in behind-the-scenes stuff that help her move forward. Strong Black Conservative woman who doesn’t quit when the knives come out; no one’s perfect but she could be pretty good with a bit more polish and organization and backing.
Well you can’t say her tweets didn’t talk the talk (we all mostly talk).
If Kathy Barnette has any interest in a political future, she had best get working on running for a political office at the state level, or in a House district at most.
I don't mind political neophytes running for office -- even for a seat as important as the U.S. Senate. But for a position in government as important as a seat in the U.S. Senate Barnette's background was -- to be generous -- borderline embarrassing. Her resume reads like something I'd expect to see from a low-level corporate manager.
I don’t want her in my party. She’s not a team player. Right before the primary election, she said she would not support the winner if it wasn’t her. That’s ridiculous. Then she went on to bash Trump. She’s a RINO at best and a subversive at worst. No thanks.
BTW, PA is a red state but the democrats steal elections.
See 2000 Mules.
Trump only said positive things about her and that she will be elected later.
DITTO...
she SHOULD HAVE quit before splitting the vote Oz would have gotten.
and she has been nasty in her defeat
I thought she had promise, but her jumping in from nowhere to try to win was a bad move.
And the media pushing her, telling us how we were all panicking because of her, did not help anyone but the democrats and Mitch McConnel.
I wonder what would have happened if we Pennsylvanians had just been left alone to decide the Senate race for ourselves.
The attack on Kathy Barnette started after she did well in the debate and began to surge in the polls - and it came largely from outside PA.
Ironically, the big argument for why we shouldn’t elect her was that she was supposedly unelectable.
Talking heads like Sean Hannity, Greg Kelly, Karl Rove and even our beloved President Trump saw what was happening and felt the need to explain to us simpleton PA voters what a strategic mistake it would be to vote with our hearts.
They call it “vetting”, but bombarding the airwaves with out-of-date and out-of-context tweets - in the final days when it’s too late to answer - that’s not vetting.
We let the Republican establishment railroad us again. MAGA got rolled. Unfortunately, it all started with the MAGA King being rolled - someone convinced him to endorse the wrong candidate.
Thank heavens he didn’t make the same mistake in the PA Governor’s race!
No, don’t clear the decks. All that does is keep the oppo research and cheap attacks fresh for the general election. She is owed nothing.
Two years is enough time for her to get two years’ wiser and better so she can win a contested statewide primary by her own efforts.
I wish her luck in that endeavor and hope she makes clear steps to do just that in a way that gets people excited to vote for her next time. It’d be very easy for her to cash in on her notoriety for the next teo years, push out a hastily written book and go on a little speaking tour of friendly echo chambers before entering the grift game by forming a PAC. I also hope her candidacy in this year’s primary serves as an inspiration for dozens of other nontraditional candidates to get involved in public life and run for office.
Beware of the ‘Omarosas’ in politics.
If the RINOs are fixing the primary so McCormick wins the Republican nomination, she can run as the Patriot or Constitution Party nominee. RINOs must be exterminated!
A little late to this thread but she was on Timcast just this week and I was highly impressed with where she is going. She still thinks Hannity is a jerk (which I understand) but she will support DrOz.
I feel she will be a very strong conservative in the years ahead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqrCd2dAY54