The reason?
Bad Candidates in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
Originally Posted by Jackie S
Trump's dead set on making sure that Democrats control the Senate. How else do you explain Herschel Walker and Mehmet Oz? They might not have run if not for Trump's encouragement.
Herschel Walker will be going up against Raphael Warnock. Warnock is formidable. He combines JFK's charisma with Bill Clinton's folksiness. Warnock is too far left for Georgia, but polls indicate he's likely to win. Trump's pick for the seat, Walker, is a jock who lied about his qualifications and his past. He'll probably lose.
Same in Pennsylvania. Mehmet Oz? Really? The Democrats have nominated a Bernie Sanders style progressive, John Fetterman, who would be easily defeated by the likes of someone like Republican Pat Toomey, the smartest SOB in the Senate, who Fetterman will likely replace. Why didn't Toomey run for re-election? Well part of it might be because he figured he might get primaried because he voted to impeach Donald Trump.
Mark Kelly in Arizona's more electable than Warnock and Fetterman. Still if Republicans put up a candidate like Jeff Flake or John McCain, they could win. Hell, Republicans might still have the Senate seats held by those two, Flake's in particular, if not for Trump. Masters, this years Republican candidate who's a Donald Trump favorite, doesn't have a prayer.