In an interview with Tucker Carlson, I asked Fox's top primetime host about this week's Pennsylvania Senate debate, and he did not hold back. Carlson explained why he's not a fan at all of Democrat John Fetterman, but said that as a human being, the forum was difficult to watch. Carlson said that watching the cringe-inducing exchange made him "angry" with the candidate's wife, and those around them, for allowing the campaign to go forward after Fetterman suffered a stroke in the spring. He said Democrats sticking with Fetterman, and the media covering up his condition, is corrupt and oligarchical in attitude (the relevant discussion begins around the 6:30 mark of the clip below):
"You know, I felt bad for Fetterman to be totally honest and angry at his wife for allowing this. You know, I’ve been married for more than 30 years, and if I tried to do something like that, my wife would be like, 'no, I love you. You can’t do that. Can’t run for Senate. You’re brain-damaged. What? No.' And, like, where’s his wife? Honestly, I thought it was humiliating. It was awful. I cringed. I mean, I don’t like Fetterman. I don’t support his views or whatever, but I’m a human being, and I just. I hated watching that.”
He had much more to say on the subject. Access the full interview here, or watch the YouTube video from the beginning. Carlson also marveled at the degree to which some in the 'news' media are going full Pravda over what happened. This excerpt (especially when juxtaposed with other news accounts) indicates that full-fledged Democratic partisans are sometimes less in the tank for their party than an alarming percentage of the journo class:
Read @NoahCRothman on The Reputations Ruined by the Pennsylvania Senate Debate https://t.co/pibdL5EvFs pic.twitter.com/WcOBWWv49s
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 26, 2022
As Democrats fret, the race is a pure toss-up, and Team Fetterman is pulling out all the stops. The cavalry is coming, but will this particular cavalry be helpful?
Democrats are betting that President Biden and Vice President Harris can put Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman over the top despite a faltering debate performance that has operatives more worried than ever they could lose the pivotal race. Biden and Harris will head to Philadelphia to campaign together on Friday, a rare occurrence for the duo who typically don’t travel alongside one another...The Philadelphia rally with Biden and Harris on Friday is an opportunity to energize Democratic voters to increase turnout, but not necessarily change voters’ minds, argued Ivan Zapien, a lobbyist and former Democratic National Committee official.
When you're outsourcing your talking to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, that may not be the best of signs. Will a joint presidential/vice presidential visit move voters in favor of a candidate who performed the way he did on the debate stage a few days ago? Especially when both the president and vice president are unpopular in the state? We'll find out very soon. Meanwhile, in the Tucker Carlson interview above, we opened with a conversation about Blake Masters and the Arizona Senate race, about which there have been some updates in the last 24 hours or so:
🚨@CookPolitical RATINGS CHANGE🚨#AZSen moves back to Toss Up from Lean D after a spate of tightening private polling has alarmed Dems.
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) October 27, 2022
The overall environment in AZ boosting GOPers, even weaker candidates like Masters https://t.co/BWXF9xjVST
Arizona Republic: "Blake Masters, GOP Senate challenger, getting late boost from $3.7 million Super PAC ad buy"https://t.co/sEun4sQqoR
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) October 27, 2022
It's a dogfight out in the desert, and the Arizona contest appears to have ended up where it always seemed destined to be, at least on paper -- a toss-up and a major pickup opportunity for Republicans. I'll leave you with this:
2022 Generic Congressional Ballot
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) October 27, 2022
Republicans 49% (+4)
Democrats 45%
Independents
Republicans 48% (+8)
Democrats 40%
Midwest
Republicans 52% (+10)
Democrats 42%
⦿ Suffolk/USA Today
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