> From what I understand, Barnette was really popular before Trump endorsed Oz? <
Barnette reminds me of Sarah Palin. Both ladies had many good ideas, and were very electable. But they were unpolished.
The GOP establishment left both of them twisting in the wind. And the really sad think is that Trump is not establishment. He should have went with the MAGA candidate Barnette in the primaries. But I guess Oz had more glitter.
Trump was far more charitable toward Oz than Oprah, his television mentor, ever was.
Oprah endorsing Fetterman was a knife in the back to Oz. But then again, had Oz decided to run as a Democrat and gotten the nomination of the PA Democrat party, Oprah would probably have endorsed him.