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Doug Israel's avatar

The problem with the "Scranton Joe" canard is that even if someone swing voters continued to believe it (doubtful) it is perfectly clear to anyone with eyes and ears that "Scranton Joe" was not making policy for the Biden administration to date and would certainly not be doing so in the future. Democrats have this belief that they can fool all of the people all the time just by saying things as if actual observation plays no role.

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Jim Dueholm's avatar

I think it possible the Dems could have won if Biden had elected early not to run, and if Josh Shapiro had run and, as I think quite possible, had beaten Harris and other candidates for the nomination. Shapiro would have had a very good chance of carrying Pennsylvania, his home state, and Michigan and Wisconsin, both of which were very close, and I don't see him losing in any states Harris carried. If Shapiro had carried those three states, he would have in all likelihood been president. It's true Pennsylvania lost a Senate seat, but it's unlikely that would have happened if Shapiro had carried the state. Jim Dueholm

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