Karyawan Umaya Gaji 1.4 JUTA

 HILADELPHIA — If a president’s most precious commodity is time, there is no place more valuable politically for the White House this midterm year than Pennsylvania.

The White House has showered attention on the Keystone State — Biden’s birthplace — in the final run-up to Nov. 8, with the president returning Friday for his 15th visit since he took office and officials preparing for another visit next week.

The open Senate seat in the commonwealth has for months been the most likely pick-up opportunity for Democrats in the evenly-divided Senate, but as prospects darken for Democratic incumbents elsewhere, a win in Pennsylvania is becoming an even more urgent insurance policy for the party to cling to Senate control.

Biden’s latest attempt to prop up Democratic nominee John Fetterman comes at a fundraising dinner for the state Democratic Party, where he’ll speak along with Vice President Kamala Harris, top party officials and the leading candidates on the midterm ballot in this presidential battleground state.

It comes three days after Fetterman — recovering from a stroke earlier this year that he says nearly killed him — had a shaky performance in his sole debate against Republican Mehmet Oz. Biden’s appearance at the dinner Friday will be a chance to buck up Democrats anxious after Fetterman’s uneven showing.

On Friday, Fetterman spoke smoothly before the crowd in his trademark hoodie, saying he wanted to bring all Americans the same kind of quality health care that saved his life. He said he may not say everything perfectly.

“But I’ll always do the right thing if you send me to Washington, D.C.,” he said to a standing ovation.

The dinner at the Pennsylvania Convention Center is the state party’s biggest fundraiser of the year, and the $1 million raised is the most ever for the dinner. Attendees included U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the party’s nominee for governor, and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, for whom Biden headlined

In his remarks, Biden will continue to sharpen his line of attack against congressional Republicans, focusing on the GOP’s “mega MAGA trickle down plan to raise prescription drug costs, cut Medicare and Social Security, and double down on Trump’s massive tax cuts for the rich,” according to a Democratic official who previewed the message on condition of anonymity.

Gov. Tom Wolf, who is term limited, set a strong contrast Friday between eight years of Democratic rule in the Commonwealth and the Republicans gunning to take over, saying the Democrats stood as a barrier against extremist views on elections, abortion and voting. In the race for governor, Shapiro has smashed state campaign spending records and led polls over Republican nominee Doug Mastriano, a far-right candidate who has alienated moderate Republicans and GOP donors.

“Do we wanna to go back to the dark and dismal times? Or do we want to elect Democrats at state and national levels?” Wolf questioned.

In the Senate race, polls show a close race between Fetterman and Oz. The Democrat’s debate performance shocked some viewers and sowed concerns among party leaders. A day later, he delivered a smooth 13-minute stump speech in Pittsburgh as his campaign tried to downplay Tuesday’s performance, saying Fetterman has always been lousy at debates and that the closed-captioning system he used as an aid was faulty.

Ravi Balu, a dentist who is the party’s vice chair in Westmoreland County, in western Pennsylvania, heard from a number of friends who were worried or surprised by Fetterman’s performance. He said he told them that, whatever Fetterman’s lingering issues from the stroke, that he will recover and will always be more “relatable” to regular people than Oz.

“It’s a thing he took a big risk on,” Balu said. “But I also think he got a lot of the sympathy from people.”

The White House stressed again this week that Biden – through his personal conversations with the lieutenant governor – believes Fetterman is physically capable to serve in public office, and cited analyses from independent medical experts who have said his halting speech did not indicate an issue with his cognitive functions.