Returning to this thread concerning the next special election for the Representative seat of PA-18, word has it that private polls show the GOP candidate, State Rep Rick Saccone, with a lead of only single digits over the Democratic challenger, Conor Lamb. Lamb sounds like a conservative Democrat, vowing to not vote for Pelosi as House leader, unwilling to support universal Medicare or a higher minimum wage. In short, he’s not a progressive, which is a canny move for the Democrats in this conservative district.
Saccone, on the other hand, has clasped Trump in a bear hug, and so this makes this very much a election test of President Trump. In a district he might normally carry by 20 points, if Saccone barely wins, or even loses, it’ll be a clear flag of just how much President Trump has become a drag on the Republican Party.
There’ll be anguish the night of this election. The only question will be who has the groans that night. Impossible to say right now.
