PA-SEN 2024 megathread

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Casey is officially running again:
https://twitter.com/Bob_Casey/status/1645366032205324289

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Every single house GOPer besides Fitzpatrick is way too conservative for the state at large. Guy would've done terrible.

I don’t agree. Guy was the only potential candidate that I was really afraid of. He’s young, common-guy-esque, and he can appeal to the crazies without alienating some of the swingier areas in NEPA and central PA. Especially against Fetterman, the winning message (“out of state elitist”) would not have worked against Reschenthaler.

I think Reschenthaler probably would have lost, but it would have been because he was weighed down by Mastriano as opposed to anything being wrong with him as a candidate. I really do think Mastriano being the gubernatorial nominee probably tanked any chances Republicans had of winning this race, even if somebody better than Oz had been the nominee.

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Well, at least McCormick won't have to get through a tough primary:
https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1703919286140412242

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You know it amazes me how republicans are so quick to unite behind Dave McCormick, but weren't willing to do the same in just about every battleground race (except Georgia, North Carolina, and Nevada) last year.

I wonder if part of it is animosity towards Fetterman. GOP donors/operatives feel like losing to Fetterman was less justifiable than losing to Kelly, Cortez Masto, Warnock or Hassan and they only lost to him because Dr. Oz was a cartoonishly terrible candidate. They're rallying around McCormick because they think he could have beaten Fetterman, so they're willing to give him another chance at the Senate.

I'm not necessarily saying all of this is true, but it's worth considering as a possible explanation.

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https://twitter.com/DaveMcCormickPA/status/1744341201682047161

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McCormick may actually be worse than Oz, pt 10:

https://twitter.com/Bob_Casey/status/1748750602564227410

Uh...that's literally nothing new. All Republicans are against it, even those who claim to be for it.

Is that why 19 Republican Senators voted for it? Seriously, do you listen to yourself?