No, I don't think that it has to do with fitness. If one candidate comes to debate and the other comes to insult and spend his time overstating his accomplishments rather than debate the issues, what is the point of debate?The only thing that brings into question is the fitness of the candidate who bowed out, Bobob! You can try and spin this all you want but it still looks bad for Biden! His own supporters don't trust him to speak in public. That's an awful optic!True. However, if the debate is taken off the schedule and only one guy shows up, then his mental faculties come into question.If you've got a debate scheduled and only one guy shows up...it doesn't say much for the other guy...just saying...Or can he send his VP as substitue? Has ANY person running for potus ever sent in a VP to do it for him? And is it mandatory for him to debate or can he pass the buck as I think his handlers plan to do?
My view is that it will be a repeat of the Republican debate which was a waste of time.