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Internal polling shows Fetterman’s support is tanking with Democrats in his backyard: (even before the NYMag piece) politico.com/news/2025/…
“I’ve seen politics be hard on people so I’m concerned for the Fettermans,” Lamb said. “I think I share the feeling of many that I don’t know his true condition, but if he is …
Internal polling shows Fetterman’s support is tanking with Democrats in his backyard: (even before the NYMag piece) https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/senator-fetterman-poll-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-00337505
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/fetterman-island-new-york-article-00333777
“I’ve seen politics be hard on people so I’m concerned for the Fettermans,” Lamb said. “I think I share the feeling of many that I don’t know his true condition, but if he is okay, as he says, I don’t understand why he’s rarely seen in our state and he doesn’t answer constituent questions on things like his vote for Pam Bondi or his advocacy for war with Iran.”
Asked if he is weighing a challenge against Fetterman, Lamb said he is “not considering any campaign right now” and that his recent appearances at public demonstrations against Trump are aimed at “just trying to help others.”
At this point, Lamb entering the 2028 primary seems to the most plausible outcome. Anyways, it would be good for us to have another predictable vote and a normal moderate Democrat for our next presidential agenda. Hopefully, Bernie and AOC don't interfere in this one.
I'd support Conor Lamb!! 💙🇺🇲
Don't know about Sanders but AOC hasn't exactly been singing Fetterman's praises lately. Yeah, they endorsed him in the 2022 primary but I wouldn't make that into much of a mark of shame. Everyone thought he'd be in the more progressive camp. The people that preferred Lamb back then weren't doing so because they felt Fetterman's ideological appearance would prove to be a facade, but because they thought that ideology would be an electoral detriment and/or they disagreed with it as well.
AOC even made a public apology to Lamb over that primary.
I think we'd want AOC to "interfere" ...
No, like they might back a Progressive like Deluzio who now represents Lamb's district and split the anti-Fetterman vote.
The progressive media branded him as a Sinema which was not true. He had voted with Biden 100 percent of the time and espoused many liberal positions minus Medicare for All and the progressive version of Green New Deal (he supported BBB). Lamb was tailor made for representing a swing state like Pennsylvania.
In all fairness to AOC, she supported Fetterman because he was traditionally on the progressive wing like her. He was supported by Bernie for the Senate in the primary back in 2016 and supported Bernie for POTUS as well.
However, I think AOC’s wisely trying to stay away from Fetterman. He just keeps on melting down and is not practicing what he’s preaching.
Goodness, the whole 2022 Senate campaign made us all sympathetic for Fetterman. Now it’s like his mental health problems are making him to be a monster.
I don't think he was a monster before?
Re-edited for clarification.
No, Fetterman wasn’t a monster before. He was saner and actually quite socially conscious. Frankly, being a Senator has only worsened his problems, not made it easier for him.
As someone very against primaries in purple/red seats/states, especially in a state that just tossed a Democrat for a Republican Senator, it’s definitely time to primary Fetterman. The health problems behind the scene for him are scary and I question his ability to run a campaign to win if as the article states, he’s been MIA in PA during what is mostly the easy time period of being a Senator. I hope Lamb primaries him and he gets polling showing he can’t win a primary, leading him to retire after 1 term if he won’t leave himself.
Being a Senator at all is a major accomplishment and nothing to scoff at! Very few Americans ever get there as politicians. He should be proud and take that career capstone then spend time working on his health for his and his family’s sake instead of being an extremely high stress environment that makes all his symptoms and problems so much worse (and that’s without the added pressure of running a statewide campaign).
He's clearly not well, like who proposes to send US troops to fight in Gaza, support exploring the Trump's Riviera of the Middle East plan, which Gov. Shapiro denounced as a unserious human rights violation, and ask Trump to "waste that shit" (Iranian nuclear and military facilities). Seems like what people on 4chan write. Either that or he is more neoconservative than Dick Cheney himself.
My guess is he's angling for a Shapiro appointment not in 2028 but later this year. Hard to see Fetterman surviving nearly four more years.
Fetterman shouldn't be appointed for anything, least of all by a Democratic administration.
I meant that Lamb is angling for a Shapiro appointment to replace Fetterman, which I think will be needed well before 2028 as I can't see Fetterman surviving the year.
Gotcha.
Agreed.
The sooner Fetterman is out of the Senate, the better it will be for Fetterman's sanity and the Democratic Party's sake.