the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

Ie: his facial droop when he’s tired, his periodic slurred speech, and ataxic gait.

This could be a normal part of recovery, or it could mean further infarct / brain injury.

You do MRI’s on a schedule to measure further infarct VS standard recovery. This is why he goes to Walter Reed.