TPM Reader VS chimes in …
With the Vitter and Angle stories running side-by-side today, they bring up a question that has to be answered. Paul and Kirk went into hiding–in fact, it seems, all Republican candidates outside South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama seem to be hiding. Rubio has been quiet. Perry wants no debates, if he can get away with it. The theme seems to be that most Republican candidates want to win incognito. It’s not a party of NO–it’s a party of nothing.
I’ve never seen anything like this. Maybe one or two candidates that try to duck reporters, but the entire party?? And one has to wonder if Whitman and Fiorina will benefit from exposure too–they certainly have the (self)funding advantage, but will it also give an opportunity for immediate pushback? It would be interesting if Dem candidates organized an attack that questioned where the other candidates are… too much to hope for, I suppose…
