So says the American News.
If Sen. Tim Johnson was not recovering from a near fatal brain hemorrhage would South Dakota voters allow him a pass on engaging his opponent in a series of pre-election debates? We think not.
If Sen. Johnson wasn't the incumbent in this U.S. Senate race, would he be running at all? We suspect not.
Despite what the senator's fervent supporters claim, these are legitimate questions to pose to an incumbent senator who has experienced a debilitating medical condition that took him out of the U.S. Senate for eight months in 2007. Regardless of how uncomfortable these questions might appear and regardless that he returned to the Senate a year ago, they are well within the scope of a race for the U.S. Senate.
Unfortunately, the senator and his staff continue to demonstrate an almost arrogance about the senator's condition to South Dakota voters. He's been quick to trot out slick TV ads that might or might not have the authenticity of the Chinese Olympic opening night festivities. His recent decision not to participate in election debates is equivalent to throwing the South Dakota election process - and its voters - under the bus.
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