PADEMS back Republican Mastriano. Nancy Pelosi is supporting Republican Candidates. John Fetterman could challenge corporate Democrats. I think Pelosi would rather have Republican Oz than Democrat Fetterman in the Senate.

Read the full Year in Hate report.

Democratic campaign strategists just don't understand that the old Republican Party is dead. Campaigning styles of the 1990s do not work. Democrats are running against a Republican Party and Republican base voters that do not accept rule of law and democracy. 

The Republican base and the Republican Party that represents them are part of an international trend towards authoritarian government and away from democracy.

SEE article from the Southern Poverty Law Center's The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021 below:

 “Nancy Pelosi is once again showing why she’s one of the worst politicians in the country right now by petitioning for a “stronger Republican Party to take back the party”. Pelosi also called on Democrats to try harder in persuading Republicans instead of defeating them, even though Congressional Republicans will NEVER concede on anything to Democrats, especially on women’s rights and environmental issues. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.” Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

“Democratic groups are buying ads touting some of the most extreme pro-Trump candidates in Republican primaries around the country — meddling in GOP contests to set up more favorable matchups in November.

Why it matters: The risky gambit assumes general-election voters will reject candidates who embrace conspiracy theories or lies about the 2020 election. But it could dramatically backfire by vaulting fringe Republicans into national office.

Driving the news: Ahead of last week's primaries, the Nancy Pelosi-affiliated House Majority PAC funded a 30-second TV ad promoting self-declared "Trump Conservative" Chris Mathys against moderate Republican Rep. David Valadao in California's 22nd District.The group has reserved at least $1.49 million in TV ad slots across Colorado over the next few weeks.

In the Pennsylvania governor's race, the state Democratic Party used campaign resources to boost Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano — who has been subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee for his involvement in the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" campaign.

• Mastriano won the GOP nomination over former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), prompting Cook Political Report to shift its forecast for the general election from "toss up" to "lean Democrat."
• But Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign shows how the strategy can backfire in devastating fashion: The team sought to elevate Donald Trump in the GOP primaries, believing he would be an easier general election matchup.”

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AXIOS

Democrats play with fire in GOP primaries

Jun 13, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Sophia Cai

Democratic campaign straights just don't understand that the old Republican Party is dead.

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"Shapiro narrowly leads Mastriano

Perhaps the most surprising result of the early poll is how close the governor’s race appears to be, given that Shapiro signaled he wanted to run against Mastriano and Republicans mounted a last-minute bid to stop the far-right election denier, fearing he couldn’t win a general election.

During the primary, Shapiro’s campaign ran ads that could have boosted him with GOP voters, introducing him to voters as an ultra-conservative.

“He wants to end vote by mail and he led the fight to audit the 2020 election,” an ad said. “If Mastriano wins, it’s a win for what Donald Trump stands for.”

» READ MORE: A look at Doug Mastriano’s ties to Jan. 6 and his efforts to throw out Pa.’s 2020 election

The ad buy suggested Shapiro hoped to face Mastriano in the general election, and many Democrats have speculated that such a match-up is their best chance at holding the governor’s mansion.

But with a lead of just 4 percentage points and a margin of error of just over plus or minus four points, Mastriano and Shapiro are essentially tied in the first poll of the race.

The governor’s race could have huge implications for abortion rights, voting rights, and myriad other issues. Republicans currently control the state legislature, and Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto pen has been a consistent line of defense for Democrats. The man who succeeds him will be able to sign or block conservative legislation if Republicans hold the statehouse.

Plenty of voters are still making up their minds. About a quarter of independent voters polled said they were still undecided in the governor’s race. Of those who leaned toward a candidate, Shapiro was beating Mastriano by about 5 percentage points.

Voters disapprove of Biden

Biden, who came to Philadelphia on Tuesday to try and put a positive spin on increasing economic concerns, remains unpopular in his one-time home state, with a 39% to 54% approval to disapproval rating.

Half of voters said they wanted their vote in November to change the direction in which Biden is leading the country. A quarter said they wanted their vote to support Biden’s agenda, and another quarter said their vote had nothing to do with Biden’s policies.

For Democrats, running ahead of those headwinds will be key. Fetterman is already pitching himself as someone outside the Democratic establishment, while embracing most Democratic positions. Shapiro, who ran unopposed in the primary and has a more traditional political profile, could have a tougher time distinguishing himself from the party."

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fetterman leads Oz in Pa. Senate race, while Shapiro and Mastriano are neck-and-neck for governor, poll says

The survey also indicated deep disapproval for President Joe Biden and concerns about the economy.

June 15, 2-222

Julia Terruso

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"In late April, the Southern Poverty Law Center and Tulchin Research conducted a poll of 1,500 Americans to examine the extent to which the extremist beliefs and narratives that mobilize the hard right have been absorbed by the wider American public.

We found that the ideas underpinning the white nationalist “great replacement” narrative recently cited by an alleged white supremacist terrorist in Buffalo, New York, have become thoroughly mainstream on the political right. Nearly 7 in 10 Republicans surveyed agree to at least some extent that demographic changes in the United States are deliberately driven by liberal and progressive politicians attempting to gain political power by “replacing more conservative white voters.” Across the political spectrum, we found substantial support for threatening or acting violently against perceived political opponents."

SPLC Poll Finds Substantial Support for ‘Great Replacement’ Theory and Other Hard-Right Ideas