Democrats’ Senate Path Is Complicated
by Fetterman’s Rocky Debate
Posted By: NorthernDog, 10/26/2022 1:13:36 PM
Democrats’ path to maintaining their razor-thin US Senate majority in the final days of the midterm campaigns was narrowed by John Fetterman’s rocky debate performance in Pennsylvania on the heels of an underwhelming showing from Raphael Warnock in Georgia earlier this month. Fetterman, the Democratic lieutenant governor, struggled to string together sentences in his debate against Republican Mehmet Oz for a US Senate seat, putting on display his challenges in recovering from a May stroke. He also had trouble articulating his policy positions, which left him unable to blame his health entirely. Less than two weeks ago, Warnock, a senator
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Suddenly 'candidate quality' is a big problem for the Dems, not the Republicans.