Even so- this is a US Senate race. He should've excavated his own skeletons before announcing so he was prepared to face them. He's looking to unseat one of the top ten senior senators. If he's not ideologically dodgy, then he's woefully unprepared and naive.

I'm asthmatic and allergic to cigarettes smoke. Exposure to 2nd hand smoke sets of an attack that usually ends with going to the er and multiple prescriptions. I still had to like this out of pure exasperation.

In my mother's case, I'm pretty sure it was narcissism. I hated it, and yes it was creepy.