i have to say, on some of the stuff, the crime argument is what it is, but if it doesn t pass the common sense test, i don t know how well it works. listen to what dr. oz said about fetterman. when he dresses like that, it s not an accident. he is kicking authority in the balls. i m the man. i will show those guys who is boss. fetterman taking that as an in kind donation tweeted this. d.c. could use a kick in the balls. in the very online way as eva put it if people are not awake now that s a tiktok for the record. oz seems to be teeing up some of the stuff for fetterman. in a weird way, if it were intentional, i could understand it. it s sort of like my criticism of democrats boosting maga types in republican primaries. you almost feel like someone paid fetterman to give that statement.
debate, i would be happy to engage in that. we have seen fetterman grant an interview on msnbc he hasn t done very many interviews but hit up some fundraisers outside of the state. the race, of course, so crucial to both parties. it could determine the outcome of the senate. dana. dana: mark, thank you so much. for more on this karl rove is a former white house deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor. john fetterman said this week that he blamed oz for making fun of his health and that was the reason he wasn t going to debate. now his campaign is saying one of the things they need to think about is how he have will deal with chaotic situation. perhaps a solution in a a debate like that is just oz, fetterman, moderator, no audience and you can have a debate. would that be a good compromise? absolutely. but actually the statement from the fetterman campaign was more in depth.
they referred specifically to some of the speech problems that he has had as a result of his stroke and said they have to take that into account. he doesn t want to debate for two reasons. one is he is still ill. he had a major stroke and kept him from appearing much on the campaign trail. he gave a speech in eerie, pennsylvania and it is painful to watch it because he is clearly laboring under the difficulties that stroke victims often has. the other reason he wants to debate he has wild views. this is a guy who said we can let 1/3 of the people in pennsylvania prisons out and our communities will be just as safe. he called it a profound observation that he supported. he is in favor of the abolition of private health insurance. he loves all the spending that has been done. the guy has got a lot of he is against fracking. most people outside of pennsylvania may not know this. this is one of the major sources of natural gas production in the country through the use of fracking and fet
pennsylvania i want there will be no fracking. he has got positions that the more they are exposed will create problems. this race will be interesting to watch. there have been four polls in august. one from franklin marshall university had the race at 13 points. the others had it at 4 points, 4 points, 4 points, 5 points. frankly i think the f and m poll is an outlier. this race is down to single digits and barely outside the margin of error with all the attendant concern that people have about geez, fetterman is such a good guy we hope he gets healthy again. it will be a barn burner to the end and fetterman will want to avoid debates and discussion of the issues and spend as much time as he can mimicking joe biden s 2020 campaign strategy of hiding in the basement. trace: expanding to the mid-terms you write partly in the wall street journal. the trumpeting from democrats and media allies appears to be
nation being billed as a political speech. republicans will offer their own speech from pennsylvania, house minority leader kevin mccarthy will be talking this afternoon. fetterman is not expected to be with the president tonight but with him on labor day in pittsburgh. the candidate says he will tell the president that now is the time to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level. polling shows that fetterman is gaining in the race. the candidate who suffered a stroke back in mid-may is also still facing repeated questions about his health. he has backed out of some upcoming tv debates with dr. oz. the senatorial committee says if you re too unhealthy to debate you are too unhealthy to serve in the senate. fetterman fired back. this is just a sad approach at this point because they are trying to not focus on the condition of their campaign right now. and when they want to get into a serious conversation and really talk about having a