Erie, Pa. – Here in one of Pennsylvania’s swingiest counties late last month, Erie Democratic Party chairman Sam Talarico didn’t hesitate to acknowledge that it’s hard for his party to compete with Donald Trump on the airwaves.
“He just tends to suck up all the oxygen in the room,” the tall, mustachioed former high-school science teacher and local union president told National Review during a sit-down interview here in his party headquarters last week.









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