SPEAKING WITH NETWORKS ABOUT
THAT.
>> Dana: WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
LET’S BRING IN KARL ROVE,
FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
ONE OF THE ISSUES IS
FETTERMAN’S HEALTH.
ANOTHER WAY THAT DR. OZ TALKED
ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT.
CALL FOR TWO.
>> I THINK HE IS INSULTING THE
VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA BY
DODGING THE DEBATE.
HE IS DODGING THEIR QUESTIONS
AND DODGING QUESTIONS FROM THE
PRESS.
HIS CAMPAIGN SAYS HE IS DOING
FINE AND HE SAID THAT AS WELL.
YET HE DOESN’T DEBATE.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO AVOID ANSWERING FOR
SOME OF THE FAR LEFT RADICAL
COMMENTS HE HAS MADE.
>> Dana: THERE WAS SOME
CONTROVERSY BEFORE WHEN THE
HEALTH ISSUE FIRST CAME UP
CRITICIZING DR. OZ FOR BRINGING
IT UP.
NOW YOU HAVE THE "PITTSBURGH
POST-GAZETTE" ALSO SAYING
SOMETHING SIMILAR, KARL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LOOK, ANYBODY WHO SAW THE FIRST
CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE THAT
FETTERMAN MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA
FOLLOWING HIS WEEKS OFF THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER HIS STROKE
WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
HE FALTERED.
HE COULDN’T PUT SENTENCES
TOGETHER.
IT WAS VERY AWKWARD AND PAINFUL
TO WATCH.
HE EVEN TODAY FOUR MONTHS AFTER
THE STROKE CONTINUES TO DISPLAY
PROBLEMS OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK
COHERENTLY AND ASCERTAIN WHAT’S
GOING ON AROUND HIM.
HE HAD AN APPEARANCE WHERE THE
COMMENT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE
MEETING WITH HIM HAD TO BE PUT
ON CLOSED CAPTION FOR HIM TO BE
ABLE TO READ BECAUSE HE HAD
PROBLEMS PROCESSING WHAT THEY
WERE SAYING.
LOOK, HE HASN’T SHOT STRAIGHT
WITH PEOPLE.
TURNED OUT HE HAD A SERIOUS
PRE-CONDITION THAT PUT HIM AT
RISK FOR THIS.
HE MISLED PEOPLE ABOUT THE
NATURE OF THE STROKE, THAT IT
WAS A MINOR ONE.
HE IS SAYING HE IS WILLING TO
DEBATE TODAY AND IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH NETWORKS
ABOUT IT BUT YET TO ACCEPT A
SINGLE DEBATE.
MY SUSPICION IS WE’RE NOT
LIKELY TO SEE HIM DEBATE AND AS
SENATOR TOOMEY SAID IF YOU GO
TO THE SENATE YOU HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO SPEAK, ARGUE,
CONTEMPLATE, HEAR AND DISCUSS.
HE IS NOT IN THAT PLACE RIGHT
NOW.
>> Bill: YOU MENTIONED A LOT
THERE.
NEWT GINGRICH IS TALKING ABOUT
HIS ENERGY POLICY SAYING IT
COULD COST 600,000 JOBS IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND MAYBE THAT’S
THE REASON WHY HE DOESN’T WANT
TO GO HEAD-TO-HEAD ON THE
ISSUES.
THE POINT YOU ARE MAKING.
TUOMIE.
HE IS A MODERATE SENATOR SAYING
I HAVE MY DOUBTS WHETHER OR NOT
FETTERMAN IS UP TO THE JOB.
THEN YOU HAVE RICH LOWRY
WRITING FETTERMAN SHOULD HAVE
TO SHOW, NOT TELL.
VERY EFFECTIVE LINE.
NOW DR. OZ COMES OUT WITH WITH
AN AD TODAY.
FETTERMAN WAS A SMALL-TOWN
MAYOR.
YOU COULD ARGUE THAT’S HOW HE
BEGAN HIS POLITICAL CAREER,
SMALL TOWN SOUTHEAST OF
PITTSBURGH WITH A POPULATION OF
NOT MORE THAN 2,000.
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHILE
MAYOR WHERE HE HAD A SHOTGUN IN
THE YARD OR ON THE STREET AND
HE WAS CHASING DOWN AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN.
PART OF THE AD OUT AS OF NOW.
>> AS A MAYOR WITH A SHOTGUN
AND SIX OTHER COPS SURROUNDING
ME.
>> I BELIEVE I DID THE RIGHT
THING.
I MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW
DURING THE COURSE OF IT.
>> FETTERMAN, RISKY, WRONG FOR
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> Bill: YOU GOT IT OUT THERE.
I BELIEVE I DID THE RIGHT THING
BUT MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW.
HIS WORDS FROM SEVERAL YEARS
AGO.
HOW DOES IT ALL MIX IN THE STEW
RIGHT NOW WHEN OUR POLL IN LATE
JULY SHOWED OZ TRAILING BY
DOUBLE DIGITS.
>> WELL, THE RACE HAS TIGHTENED
AS YOUR REPORTER POINTED OUT.
THE PUBLIC POLLING SHOWS A RACE
A LOT CLOSER THAN THAT AND IT’S
PRIMARILY BECAUSE DR. OZ CAME
THROUGH A BITTER PRIMARY AND
REPUBLICANS WERE DIVIDED AND
NOW STARTING TO UNITE BEHIND
HIM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA
KNOW ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.
THE THEN MAYOR SAW A BLACK MAN
ON THE STREET, THOUGHT HE WAS
ENGAGED IN SOME KIND OF
NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY.
GOT HIS SHOTGUN AND CHASED HIM
DOWN.
THE GUY WASN’T INVOLVED IN ANY
NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY AND
FETTERMAN WAS WIDELY CRITICIZED
AT THE TIME.
REMIND PEOPLE HE HAS BAD
JUDGMENT AND RECKLESS.
YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT.
A GUY AGAINST FRACKING.
MOST PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND
PENNSYLVANIA IS ONE OF THE
GREAT PRODUCERS OF NATURAL GAS
BECAUSE OF THE FRACKING
REVOLUTION.
ONE OF THE GREAT REASONS WHY
AMERICA HAD A MOMENT OF ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND FETTERMAN IS
OPPOSED TO FRACKING.
HERE IS A GUY WHO SAID ONE OF
MY COLLEAGUES SAID WE COULD GET
RID OF A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE IN
STATE PRISONS.
LET THEM OUT AND IT WOULDN’T
AFFECT THE SAFETY OUR COMMUNITY
AND A PROFOUND IDEA HE
SUPPORTED AND BELIEVES IN THE
ABOLITION OF PRIVATE HEALTH
INSURANCE AND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
ON AND ON.
EVERY LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE
THING FETTERMAN IS IN FAVOR OF
TO THE DEGREE DR. OZ IS ABLE TO GET A SHARP DISTINCTION HIS
GET A SHARP DISTINCTION HIS
VIEWS AND VALUES OF FETTERMAN’S
FOR BETTER WINNING.
>> I THINK FETTERMAN TRIES TO
AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS.
BETTER TO GO INTO A DEBATE
WHERE THEY HAVE SOME CONTROL ON
SHORT QUESTIONS, SHORT ANSWERS.
NOT A LOT OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN
THEM.
HE WILL TRY TO AVOID IT AT ANY
WAY HE CAN.
I THINK IT WILL BE PROBLEMATIC
FOR HIM.