Democrats are pinning their hopes to hold onto the Senate on a big ol' boy from Pennsylvania,

not my words.

Well, like that big ol' boy to be governor.

Uh, no sir, he's running for a senator, but you're right, he is big.

People have been trying to label me my entire life.

I do not look like a typical politician.

I don't even look like a typical person.

And this Pennsylvania Senate race is kind of wild.

Heart surgeon versus stroke, Krute versus car heart, New Jersey versus Bratik.

Dr. Oz versus John Fetterman.

How Pennsylvania's big ol' boy could upend progressive American politics coming up on today's flight?

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Today's explained Sean Ramos from here with Katie Meyer.

She's a reporter at Spotlight PA and she's been covering John Fetterman's campaign against Dr. Oz and there's been planted a cover, including maybe a new template for progressivism in the United States.

Yes, the idea behind Fetterman's campaign is that he can cross the aisle in these ways that other politicians can't.

And so you have him now charting this course that is populist and it's successful in a way that a lot of other democrats haven't been able to achieve this marriage of progressive policy and working man every man appeal.

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