Daily News | Josh Shapiro took Harrisburg. Is D.C. next?
“He’s going to be a national figure because obviously Pennsylvania is a battleground state, he won a decisive victory and carried in the ticket from Senate all the way down to the state House,” said Larry Ceisler, a Democratic public affairs strategist from Philadelphia, and Shapiro supporter. “You’ve got to admit, the Democratic Party right now does not have too many prominent leaders under the age of 50.
But governors hold a different kind of appeal. Unlike cabinet members or senators, they can set agendas themselves. They can present themselves as outsiders to Washington, and point to work that’s often closer to voters’ everyday lives.Josh Shapiro was just sworn in as Pa.’s new governor. He promised to protect the state’s ‘real freedom’
Shapiro’s inaugural speech reflected the strengths that drove his success, and nods to pragmatism. He emphasized top Democratic concerns, but he also pointed toward the wider electorate, and parts of Pennsylvania that might not naturally support a tried-and-true Democrat from liberal Montgomery County.
Shapiro specifically spoke to the people who didn’t vote for him, promising to “be a governor for all Pennsylvanians,” signaling an effort toward unity in a dividedAnd the former attorney general made several prominent references to law enforcement. Among his guests were the wives of Martin Mack and Brandon Sisca, two state troopers who were killed in the line of duty.
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