Treed

Pittsburgh PA

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Tiger Beat on the Potomac.... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/14/gop-senate-candidates-thrash-each-other-00016900 "The parties’ approaches in money spent and messaging could hardly be more different so far, as is the mere number of contested races: For Republicans, there are more than a dozen states where GOP candidates are attacking each other in bids for Senate nominations, while Democrats have unresolved primaries in just two key states — neither of which have turned vicious." "As the Democratic frontrunners Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Rep. Conor Lamb run ads arguing why they can win in one of the nation’s top battleground states, GOP candidates there have dropped a record-shattering $35 million on TV — the vast majority coming from Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick, the leading Republicans, whose camps are framing the other as a “liberal RINO” and “Wall Street insider,” respectively." Ooooh, that’s great: the GOP has now defined both their carpetbagger candidates for us (neither live in Pennsylvania!) and spent $35M Ameros doing it. The DSCC, Connor Lamb, and John Fetterman should send them a thank-you note. A fruit basket would be nice. Now add onto that Rick Scott’s party platform that calls for a tax increase on everyone and killing Social Security and Medicare, and well, now we’re cooking with gas. "I think there is a lot of room for error for Republicans here — as evidenced by the fact that the chairman of the [NRSC] can put together a plan that raises taxes and eliminates Social Security, and everyone says, ‘Oh it doesn’t matter, we’re going to win anyway,’” said a Republican strategist involved in Senate races, who was granted anonymity to discuss internal party dynamics." Overconfidence is how you get stuck in the tree.