Again Yertl has no clue .
"I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different, they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome."
He is doing the Dems job for them . Not only does he disparage the candidates on the slate ;he also disparages the Republican voters who chose them in the primaries .
He is supposed to be a party leader . Instead he rhetorically cedes the Senate to the Dems 3 months before an election. Is that leadership ? If he was so concerned about the quality of the candidates then why wasn't he out on the road promoting all these better "quality " candidates ?
My own 2 cents ; I think he is more content being a minority leader than head of the Senate . If so then by all means step aside for a Senator who wants to win.
This is what is at stake . There are 14 Senate seats that are in contention . 2 are safe Dem seats . 2 are safe Repub seats . There are 1 for each party that are considered leaning towards the party. The rest are all toss ups .
What is his real beef ? I believe he would've sung a different tune if the slate was a bunch of life time swamp critters . But the Repubs have a number of candidates who are not professional politicians .Like Cincinnatus they have a calling to serve . They have all made their mark in their chosen profession .
I'm talking about candidates like Hershel Walker ; Mehmet Oz, J.D. Vance, Blake Masters,Adam Laxalt.
Let's talk about Dr Oz. as non-traditional a candidate as you can get . He's running against the current Lt Guv in PA. John Fetterman who has never faced off against a Republican candidate in his career . Everything he has is due to being subsidized by his parent's wealth. He did not even collect a pay check until he was 49.
He is recovering from a stroke and I wish him well. But he has used his health as an excuse for running a Clueless Joe campaign from his bedroom ;attacking Oz through social media . His one campaign event was a disaster .
My favorite gum-shoe reporter Salena Zito writes more about his campaign here ....
Fetterman sponged off parents till he was 49 but attacks Dr. Oz’s wealth in PA Senate race (nypost.com)
Read about how he chased down Black a jogger in his shot gun and his pick up truck because he thought the guy was involved in a crime .
It turned out that the man, Christopher Miyares, was dressed in running clothes and doing exactly that — running, not from a crime but for exercise.
Given the proper support;and a fair election that is not rigged up the kazoo, does anyone think Hershel Walker would have any difficulty defeating Raphael Warnock in Ga ? . The slate of candidates for the Dems is as extreme as the party leadership.
All the Repub candidates won by running on policies ;not personalities .If the issues were just policies it would be a slam dunk. The turn out for Repub primaries was huge ;the voters enthusiastic .
Then you have this dour face Yertle putting both the quality of the candidates and the Repub voters down because the candidates are not the people he rubs elbows with at DC cocktail parties .
Except for judicial nominees ;which admittedly has been impressive ;Yertle has been a poor Repub leader in the Senate .
This is his last chance to step up to the plate ;to enthusiastically support the slate of candidates ....not just with his expansive war chest of $$$$$ ,but to passionately support the Repub ticket .. That endorsement brings $$$$$ ,but it also turns loose the local Repub activists that do the hard work in the counties and precincts. The time is getting short. OZ cannot both run a campaign and do the ground work He needs the help of the the Yertle organization.
I don't think he has it in him.