Hooked on a feeling: How JohnFetterman won Pennsylvania Analysis from Salena Zito:
BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — It didn’t matter to voters John Fetterman had exaggerated his claims of rebuilding the borough Braddock, held an innocent man at gunpoint for jogging while black, barely showed up for his current job as the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, and has not been transparent about his heart health before or after his stroke.
Fetterman’s campaign manager, Brendan McPhillips, gloated over the win by taking the low road in a nasty swipe at the senator-elect’s own party members who had expressed concerns about his health in a vulgar tweet: “If you were an ‘unnamed Democrat’ who wet the bed to the press after the debate, I hope you stub your toe on the corner of your bed frame this morning, spill coffee on your shirt and then lock your keys in your car.
In March of this year ahead of the Democratic primary here in Pennsylvania, I reported that too many people in the press and in the Democratic party were underestimating the legwork that Fetterman had done ahead of this year’s primary and predicted that he would prevail over establishment favorite Conor Lamb.
“It's a connection," Rooney said."It's visceral and, in the case of Fetterman, at a very human level. Yeah, if you make a Trump analogy in the sense that the ability to appeal to the 'Everyman' and 'Everywoman' is a unique ability, and sometimes it can be packaged in very, very different forms. But the effect of the ability to move people in emotional ways, in addition to thoughtful policy-driven ways, is a unique gift, for sure.
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