The big news in the Democratic effort to take back the Senate is the emergence of rugged guys running. In Nebraska and in Maine we see men who work with their hands — Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic, and Graham Platner, an oysterman — going after long-time Republican seats. And in Iowa another rugged-looking guy running for the Senate, Nathan Sage, is getting attention. He’s a veteran but not actually doing blue collar-style work, but he looks the part. As he put it: “I might be a little bit hairy, I might be a little bit fat, I might be a little tattooed.”
Democrats are getting authenticity wrong
The big news in the Democratic effort to take back the Senate is the emergence of rugged guys running. In Nebraska and in Maine we see men who work with their hands — Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic, and Graham Platner, an oysterman — going after long-time Republican seats. And in Iowa another rugged-looking guy running for the Senate, Nathan Sage, is getting attention. He’s a veteran but not actually doing blue collar-style work, but he looks the part. As he put it: “I might be a little bit hairy, I might be a little bit fat, I might be a little tattooed.”