I can't figure it out. That is, I can't figure out what kind of campaign Mike Sodrel is allegedly running.

Weeks and weeks and…weeeeeeeks ago I attempted to contact the campaign of  Iron Mike. It was a difficult, since there was no contact email on Mike's website. Another thing I found weird was that Mike had no outline for his campaign platform on his site. To date, he still hasn't outlined his key positions online…or, to my knowledge, anywhere else. I just can't imagine what he could be thinking. This kind of "behavior" sends a very negative message to voters. in the 9th District.  But wait…it gets worse.

After a friend of mine at the Corydon Tea Party provided me with Mike's email, I sent a message to his campaign. I suggested that he correct the two considerations I mentioned above by adding a contact page and a platform page to his website. Then I waited, and waited some more.

Finally, much to my satisfaction, I logged onto the internet one day to not only find a totally revamped homepage for Mike, but a contact page as well. Yay Mike! So I took the opportunity to use it and sent a query to Mike concerning free trade. Specifically, I wanted to know what, if any, action he would take regarding NAFTA and the WTO, should he get elected.  Next, I sent the same questions to Todd Young's campaign. It took a few weeks, but Todd did get  back to me and answered my questions in a satisfactory manner, for which I am extremely grateful.

Mike, on the other hand, never did get back to me. Not even a form letter from one of his staffers. In the intervening weeks since I tried to contact his campaign, I found out that he refused to be vetted by the 9th District Independence Caucus.  I also found out that he has been ducking "the weekly public debates he agreed to in January," with Republican candidate Todd Young.

The Madison Courier notes that the Madison Area Chamber of Commerce offered Mike Sodrel nine different scheduling options for the debate, and his campaign declined each one. The Courier quotes the Chamber's Executive Director, David Collier, as saying, "we had everyone lined up. Everyone agreed. Then I got one email back from his (Sodrel's) office saying they declined. We had moved the date twice… we offered nine different options."

You have to wonder why Mike is running a "How not to run a political campaign" uh…campaign. Does he think that voters will support him, when he seems so…(How does one say it?) aloof? Why wouldn't he allow the 9th District Independence Caucus to interview him for the office he expects to win in November…an office where We The People are in the position of employer, while those running for the office are in the position of employee? Why is he dodging his debate obligations? Because he's too busy? I don't get it. It just doesn't make sense.