Arizona's Republican and pro-life candidate for Governor has challenged his opponent, Gov. Janet Napolitano, to a blog-off. Apparently the Governor is too busy to debate Len Munsil in person (hmmm.... something doesn't sound quite right here).
Munsil proposed the technological solution after developing what has become a popular and growing blog. The online debate will save the governor time and will properly inform the voters by allowing the candidates to directly square off on the issues rather than through the lens of the media. Munsil writes:
In addition, you can take your pokes at me directly, rather than sending out your surrogates to attack me while you act like you are above the fray.I can't imagine the Governor of Arizona backing down from the challenge. Perhaps the two candidates would be open to providing an RSS feed that could be displayed elsewhere and take specific questions in real-time from Arizona's citizens?C'mon, Janet -- whaddya say?
Actually, according to the Arizona Capitol Times, Ms. Napolitano has already agreed to three debates - the Clean Elections debate in Phoenix and one each in northern and southern Arizona. I believe the sticking point is Mr. Munsil's request to debate every week. Don't know how Barry Hess has responded to the request.