If you don’t know much about Ron Johnson, you’re not alone:
No Wisconsin candidate in modern times has been so inaccessible to the press or to the voters of Wisconsin.
Who says? Johnson’s hometown paper.
In a column published Sunday, the Northwestern’s managing editor, Jim Fitzhenry, wrote: “Despite the millions spent on these precision strikes delivered over the airwaves, I’m struck by how little we know about Johnson and where he stands on dozens of issues he may be voting on over the next six years.”
Comparing Democrat Russ Feingold and Republican Ron Johnson, the managing editor wrote: “What’s the difference? I will be able to look Russ Feingold in the eye and hear his answer to those questions Monday afternoon when he visits the Northwestern’s editorial board. Can’t say the same for Johnson. His campaign turned down a request for a meeting with the board along with an invitation to debate Feingold at the (Oshkosh) Grand Opera House.”
See, John Nichols: Oshkosh recognizes the ‘plastic packaging of Ron Johnson’.