PA Freepers: can this be right? No way for either Mastriano or Barnette to win?
No it’s not impossible….
But it is true that the GOPE of Pa will do everything in their power to make sure they lose
PA GOP are swamp..
OZ nor MCCormick can beat Fetterman, both have spent 30
Million each and have each been floating in thr 20% the entire election..
These are 2 dogs that won’t hunt.
Only way either one of them 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.
This argument is just more establishment nonsense. OZ nor MCCormick have any political base to draw from.. and they have show. They are both no sale candidates.
The party will back whoever wins if it’s those too, but the rank and file have no desire for either of them. OZ is a fraud and MCCormick is a Wall Street Bush Republican.. they won’t bring out the disenfranchised voters or large rural turnouts that Trump did here. They are at BEST two boring non descript R candidates. Fetterman is a beast for thr D’s. He will eat both of them for breakfast and crap them out by lunch.
This “Barnette and Mastriano can’t win” is the same crap that the establishment always claims when their guys are losing…
We will see how it goes. Have to get past Tuesday first.
It’s pretty clear Mastriano will win the Governor nomination.. and based on momentum And fact neither OZ nor McCormic has been able to move the needle in months after spending 60 million combined.. odds are pretty strong Barnette will get the democrats nomination.
The GOPe has done nothing but attack Barnette with all kinds of crap over the last 4 or 5 days… so they know she’s winning.. will find out in a few days if their crap worked or not.
Just imagine if the GOPe fought against democrats 1/2 as hard as they do against conservatives…
I won’t sugar coat it, the party will do nothing more than token support for these two if they win, it will require the grassroots to put them over the goal posts in November… but the idea they “can’t” win is nonsense..
Much like Trump, if they are to win they will have to fight the Dems and the Establishment/Uniparty/rino wing of the GOP as wel.
Obviously, she’s not an “unknown” if she gets the most votes, ya dumbass.
What a horribly biased article.
Nothing that’s not wrong with Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and every state..
The Dims cheat.
And the Rinos surrender.
What’s wrong with Salena Zito is the question.
It’s hard to beat the massive voter fraud in Filthadelphia and Pittsburgh.
The Republican dominated legislature unconstitutionally passed Act 77, Universal Mail In Voting, BEFORE the CCP Virus was on the radar.
PDJT won PA, in a landslide, but after the shenanigans with the mail in ballots, Xiden was declared the winner.
The legislature had 2 years to get rid of Act 77, but didn’t.
The GOPe has been trying to tamp down the expectation within their electorate to actually oppose Gov. Wolf or investigate the election shennangigans in 2016. People are mighty pissed off to begin with. And then DJT gives us Dr. Oz? WTF?
I have a lot of respect for Salena Zito. I am voting for both Mastriano and Barnette. The leading Dem. Candidate for Seante just had a stroke but says he is staying in the race. I DO think Barnette can beat Fetterman...but if he drops out, I’m not so sure she could beat Lamb. Fetterman is left of Bernie Sanders...Lamb is viewed as more of a moderate. Shapiro is a slimy little Poindexter. Matriano would be a good governor and I think he can win. Time will tell.
Same problem in PA as there is every election cycle somewhere in America, a conservative/populist outsider enters the race, picks up some support, and the party insiders tell the rubes that it is they who have to compromise because that candidate is unelectable. Again and again, forever and ever.
If one wins a primary, as Wagner and Barletta did in 2018, (both were running in winnable elections) the state party acts as if they never heard of them, sits on its hands and pretends there is nothing that can be done. They don't want to work for their bloated salaries, they don't want to actually win elections, and they certainly don't want to put in the hours to convince the urban and suburban potential republican voters to actually vote for a conservative for once.
That is all known, and its true even if Barletta and Oz are the candidates. The positive thing about Mastriano is that he can attract a crowd for grassroots events and possibly make an end run around that incompetence. It will be an uphill battle, but it doesn't need to be, and it shouldn't be.
Apr 17, 2022
She sounds like a Concern troll.
Who’s payroll is Salena Zito on? This is her second hit piece against candidates not named “OZ” in the PA senate election.
“two capable candidates”
What makes Oz a capable candidate? Name recognition is all he’s got. He’s certainly not strong on issues with conservatives, he’s not pro 2A, in the least. He’s never held office, but he’s capable and Barnette is not?
Dr. OZ is muslim.
Is the other guy a RINO?
Yes, becausr Trump lost in 2016 and he lost in Pennsylvania.
It may not even be a reflection of Barnette. The powers that be pushed two terrible candidates on the voters. The voters Are doing the only thing they can do to send a message. I guess they think why have a Democrat in that senate seat that’s pretending to be a Republican, at least if it’s gonna be a Democrat it should be a Democrat who’s open about it. What’s the benefit of having an anti-American Hollywood left wing wood left wing woke senator as a Republican?
I think both of those candidates will struggle to get even 40% of the vote in November.
First some said she had little chance to win the primary, now it’s she has little chance of winning the general. Well maybe, that would be the conventional take on things. But many American voters are p*ssed off, and when they get like that surprises can happen.
Being an outsider attacked and shunned by the establishment could lend her a certain advantage. What can voters look forward to with either Oz who will most likely be wishy washy at best, or McCormick who just seems like a McConnell clone in many respects? So damn the torpedoes, it’s full speed ahead!