"But there's still a risk. If the project fails, if Pittsburgh defaults, it'll be a huge scandal for the Progressives."
"There's always a risk," Murphy immediately responded. "But the rewards are just as immense."
He took a deep breath and began to play his final cards.
"Senator, Pittsburgh's success won't just belong to Pittsburgh."
"It will be a beacon, illuminating the vast rust belt wasteland in the middle of Pennsylvania."
"Think of the workers in Erie, Scranton, and Bethlehem. The people who have been taken for granted by the Republican Party for decades and completely forgotten by the Democratic Party's Establishment Faction."
"When they see Pittsburgh's workers earning Federation-backed wages, moving into renovated communities, and even owning their own co-ops, what will they think?"
"They will see hope."
"We're not just carving up the pie within our own party, Daniel. We are forcefully snatching those votes right out of the Republican Party's hands."
