Chicken
Douglas Henry will not debate his Republican opponent Bob Krumm. Says Bob:
Voters in the 21st Tennessee Senate district will be denied the opportunity to hear the candidates for that seat debate because Senator Henry apparently doesn’t think that people deserve to know where he stands on the issues.
Three weeks ago I mailed Senator Henry a letter asking for him to agree to a debate schedule. I pointed out to Sen. Henry that I knew how important debates were to his personal decision making process as evidenced by his attendance at the July candidate forum for the Metro Council district in which he lives. Uncharacteristically, he never even responded to the letter.
A week later I attempted to send him a registered letter. His campaign won’t even accept delivery of it.
Bob has also done a helluva job putting all his financial info, endorsements and questionnaires on line. Henry, mean while, an incumbent since I’ve been alive, says:
*crickets chirping*
Is it arrogance? Sure. But a long standing incumbent doesn’t really need to run the risk of getting schooled by a young upstart. It’s also cowardly.
