Wilson vs. Romney

On Tuesday night we watched the only televised debate opposing Mitt Romney to Jenny Wilson for Utah's Senate seat vacated by Orrin Hatch.

We don't like Romney, won't vote for him as we feel he's an opportunist and a hypocrite, but felt her opponent was ill-equipped and ill-prepared to make a significant dent in the current polls that give 55 to 64% for Romney against 26 to 29% for Wilson.

The former Massachusetts Governor was well dressed, had presence and was pretty skillful at dodging challenging questions, like most seasoned politicians are.

In contrast, the at-large member of the Salt Lake County Council was dressed like a housewife (a sober business suit would have been nice), had very little charisma, and at times, was deferential to her opponent.

The only way she would have stood a chance was by taking a strong aggressive and dogged demeanor. She didn't and probably was not capable of doing so. Who is to blame? Jenny Wilson? No; quite simply the Utah Democratic Party that just wanted to participate and go through the motions with no real intention of winning.

I'm convinced there must have been some male or female iconoclasts able and willing to take on Romney, but they didn't show on the Utah Democratic Party's radar, or were judged to be “too much”.

The money spent on behalf of Ms. Wilson would definitely have been better invested buttressing the candidacy of McAdam vs. Love, among other Democratic candidates standing a chance to prevail in the November elections...