Columnist David Marcus talks to residents of Doylestown, Pa., who indicate the Keystone State could be on the verge of tipping red.
The crowd lined up waiting for the meeting of the Bucks County Election Commission earlier this week was angry. The only thing missing was the pitchforks. The hullabaloo was caused when one of the commissioners, Diane Ellis-Marseglia, announced the week before that state Supreme Court rulings don’t actually matter, and she was going to count illegal ballots in the Keystone State's U.S. Senate race, anyway.
On Wednesday, she sort of apologized to the frothing crowd demanding her resignation, then on Thursday Democratic Sen. Bob Casey conceded his loss to challenger Dave McCormick. For all intents and purposes the controversy was over, but why had it happened in the first place? 'This is all about 2026,' Nick told me outside the government offices. In his late 20s or early 30s, Nick is one of those Gen Z conservative men you keep hearing so much about, hair slicked back, sunglasses just so.
If in four years the Democrats once again nominate a far-left San Francisco liberal such as Gavin Newsom, there is every reason to believe that Pennsylvanians will continue their march to the right. These were always Joe Biden and Ed Rendell Democrats, they were never Nancy Pelosi Democrats. For Republicans, the lesson of Pennsylvania couldn’t be simpler. Just stay the course, simply embody what President-elect Trump rightly refers to as common sense.
That is really why Casey tilted at the impossible windmill of a recount. It's not about him, it's not about now, it's about next time. It’s about maintaining that wiggle room in ballot counting that so often nudges Democrats across the finish line. But this time, the people noticed, this time they came out to protest, and next time, they may be poised to hand Republicans the key to generational power.
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