DAVID MARCUS: Where does the blue tsunami leave old school Dems like John Fetterman?

On Tuesday night, the American people triggered a political earthquake by thrusting Democrats into power in both the House and Senate by overwhelming margins.The defeat has already left the GOP in a circular firing squad of recrimination, but Democrats, too, must now face their own party's new divisions.That’s where Pennsylvania Sen.

John Fetterman, D-Pa., comes in front and center.Fetterman in recent years has replaced former Sens.Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona, as the most vocal and pugnacious moderate on issues such as immigration enforcement, support for Israel and a refusal to shut down the government to achieve liberal policy wins.Sen.

John Fetterman sits on the steps of the U.S.Capitol on Oct.

1, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)MAVERICK DEMOCRAT SURGES WITH REPUBLICANS AS HIS OWN PARTY TURNS ON HIM, STOKING TALK OF GOP SWITCHFetterman's penchant for criticizing progressive shibboleths was one thing when Democrats toiled in the minority, but how will incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his leadership team deal with the Pennsylvania maverick now that they control the upper chamber?It is possible that Schumer just waits Fetterman out.

The latter is up for re-election in 2028 and currently, according to surveys, is more popular with Keystone State Republicans than with Democratic voters there, making his chances of retaining the seat, at least as a Democrat, rather remote.Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., pictured alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Heather Diehl/Getty Images)CHUCK SCHUMER AFTER SWEEPING DEMOCRATIC MIDTERM VICTORIES: 'I'LL BE RE-ELECTED AS MAJORITY LEADER'Fetterman, it should be noted, is not the only nominally moderate Democrat facing voters in a purple state in two years.

There are also Patty Murray of Washington, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada.But one must ask: Will they be more a...