It is pretty bad when an empty chair can do a better job than the candidate. Especially an incumbent. NC voters might want to remember that.
It’s being hosted by public television. So, viewership is not that broad, mostly political junkies. This won’t sway undecideds unless political hay is made out of her absence that bleeds over into local network news on tv, in print and online. Given the timidity of the Tillis campaign thus far, it’s not a given that this will occur.