The Fetterman-Oz Debate Was a Rorschach Test

why did John Fetterman’s group agree to tonight’s debate?

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Because declining it probably appeared as a worse option.

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For all of Mehmet Oz’s carpetbagger, scientific quackery, and popular charlatanism,

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he received that an awful lot proper close to the top of the first and solely Pennsylvania debate for U.S.

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Senate: Voters sincerely do prefer to see each candidate face off.

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Fetterman used to talk one way, he had a stroke, and now he talks every other way.

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In positive post-stroke interviews, with the assistance of captions and in the absence of a ticking clock,

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he has given robust solutions to journalists and battled hypotheses about his normal unfitness to serve.

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Tonight, as debate moderators reminded every candidate of strict time parameters (“60 seconds,” “30 seconds,” “15 seconds”)

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Fetterman prioritized velocity over lucidity, and his disjointed sentences made his struggles unmistakable.

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This evening, Fetterman might also have misplaced something swing voters are left in Pennsylvania.

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