General Discussion

Though my issues relate mostly to his propensity to make stupid statements in public including criticizing the Democratic Party over some really dumb things. But ultimately, I'm most concerned about Representatives and Senators votes. And to this point, Fetterman's only made 2 real consequential votes - for the 2 CRs this year. I disagree with him on both votes but I think they are defensible as he made a pledge to never cast a vote which could result in a shutdown and he's kept that pledge. And while I disagree with those votes, I believe even if he voted against the CRs, some other Democrat would have taken his place in voting for them. Beyond those 2 votes, he could have voted the opposite way of his actual vote on every single piece of legislation and/or nominee and nothing would have changed.

I'd prefer a better candidate in 2028 , but in the meantime, Fetterman's record is nowhere near as bad as people here accuse him of and Conor Lamb would almost surely have had a worse voting record based on his actual voting record as a member of the House.

I had Tim Holden as my Congressional Rep for a number of years. He was a Democrat, but way too Conservative for my liking. He voted the wrong way many times as far as I was concerned. Yet I overall found him acceptable, because a real Progressive Democrat could likely not have won that District and I knew any actual Republican would be far worse. Now, I'm stuck with Scott Perry as my rep. Ooof. I long for a Tim Holden these days.