Holly otterbine is a national political reporter for politico. Holly says, this whole thing was supposed to go to some other guy. Many of us here in pennsylvania didn't even know he lived in penn Pennsylvania. She showed up and tied od and mc cormic for first place in the pulse.
This week Pennsylvania voters decide whether to give Dr. Oz a shot at the US Senate. To mark the occasion, Sean Rameswaram tries to understand what makes a celebrity candidate viable, from “the Gipper” to “the Governator” to “the Donald.”
This episode was reported and produced by Sean Rameswaram with an assist from Jon Ehrens, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and engineered by Efim Shapiro.
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