This might not be a real debate, but the GOP candidates are gathering on stage in Dover on Thursday to be able to talk about their positions (no way am I calling them ideas) and field questions. Kevin Wade, Carl Smink and Ken Simpler have agreed to go, but Sher Valenzuela?
Meanwhile, treasurer candidate Sher Valenzuela has opted out of the event, with her campaign telling state GOP officials she would not feel comfortable.
So what’s up with that? Not comfortable? Seriously? And she is asking voters to put her in a job where she can’t be comfortable in a venue where the public may actually speak to her? Really?
I wonder if she is just telling us that she is not prepared. The other thing I wonder if this run isn’t basically a visibility exercise for Valenzuela, an effort to not disappear from the voter’s minds while she gets geared up for something bigger in 2016. Still, this is really disrespectful of voters — especially here in Delaware where voters expect to see you everywhere and expect you to be accessible. But Not Comfortable? When do you get comfortable talking to the people you want to vote for you?
A campaign that runs away from talking to voters AND runs away from her party’s events? Hey, I guess she did build that.