A swath of Republicans decided they needed to support the only sane choice running for governor in Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro.
Republicans jump ship in Pennsylvania.
The media and election narrative always seem to trail what is getting reported. There is a genuine sentiment in the country that tells me if Democrats go on offense, they will keep the House of Representatives and gain seats in the Senate and governorships. They must disregard the mainstream media and define their winning narrative.
Republicans jumping ship in one of the most critical Senatorial elections is probative, as reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In what analysts are calling an unprecedented move in an era of extreme hyperpartisanship, a group of Republican leaders — including a number of former officials who have been stalwarts of Pennsylvania’s GOP establishment for decades in Harrisburg and D.C. — is bucking its party to endorse Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor.
Mr. Shapiro, the sitting attorney general, will roll out the endorsements of 10 Republicans on Wednesday as part of a continued effort to label his candidacy a reach-across-the-aisle aficionado who will unify the parties to get things done.
The list includes two former U.S. representatives, Charlie Dent and Jim Greenwood; former state House Speaker Denny O’Brien; former Lt. Gov. and longtime state Sen. Robert Jubelirer; and former state Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman.
The endorsements aren’t just vague odes to bipartisanship in a divided country; they serve as a direct hit against state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor, and it’s reminiscent of the effort before the GOP primary among Republican insiders to coalesce support around an alternative.
This act is no small endorsement. Democrats are running two relatively Progressive guys, Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman, for Governor and Senator, respectively. These Republicans effectively put a stake into Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was likely measuring the drapes to become Majority Leader after the 2022 election.
Americans seem to be making Joe Biden their sacrificial lamb as they buck the midterm curse. Many will believe this is wishful thinking based on historical norms. Hell, even some Democrats are already acting defeated. If they all run an assertive campaign concurrently as they define each Republican running and the party as someone who will take away their Social Security and Medicare as Americans know it, they will win.