We interviewed Janet Rowland, Bob Beauprez's Lt. Gov. choice, on the show Sunday night, and I have to say, she came off extremely well. Naturally, she had the right demographics: woman, blonde, middle-aged, Western slope. But she also got all the talking points right, never stumbled, hit the post twice when she knew we were short on time.
One of the problems with late-in-life politicians is the lack of "seasoning," not having trained themselves to self-censor a little bit. Usually this happens either early on, robbing the candidate of credibility, or the third week in October, so the candidate catches his foot on the chalk at the finish line. Mrs. Rowland still has plenty of time to let fly with one of those candid comments the press loves so much, but the preliminary tests are encouraging, as the pharmas say.
She took the chance to point out differences between Barbara O'Brien and herself, and put the "barnyard" comment in context. Lest anyone think she isn't right about this, the Weekly Standard just this week wrote about the polygamy-to-polyamory lobby. Liberals and leftists (and their fellow travellers, this means you, Mr. Duffy) will sneer at the thought that this is the agenda, but their either being naive or disingenuous. And Jim Spencer (hat tip: To The Right) can talk about state law all he wants. When the Supreme Court decides to change it at its will, he'll be the loudest one cheering.
All the more reason to make sure that it's a Republican appointing the next set of justices.