PITTSBURGH Sen. Bob Casey's visit to Nicky’s Grant Street, the iconic diner in the shadow of the Pittsburgh city-county building where Democrats who have run the city for nearly 100 years have cut deals over dippy eggs, had nothing to do with sudden hunger pains. It had everything to do with what incumbents do when they are running for reelection: endorse a local Democrat, tout economic development projects they are bringing to the area, and hand out money.
BRADDOCK, Pa. Four days after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) tweeted he was driving to Michigan to join the United Auto Workers on the picket line, and two days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) eased the Senate's dress code so the junior senator from Pennsylvania could wear the gym clothes he favors, Fetterman issued a vulgar post on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in response to a news story about upending norms.