It’s a simple question. As a supporter of his, you should be able to answer it. My whole point is you’re putting your faith in an unknown quantity with the hope that he MIGHT be better than Roberts. Again, we don’t know much of anything about this guy other than he’s NOT Roberts. For some folks, that’s enough. Not for me.
My whole point is that you're expecting a healthy defense of ideas and vigorous debate from other FReepers, but you don't expect the same from your candidate. If Roberts has so much going for him, he ought to stand up and defend his record. His failure to do so makes for very poor optics in a time when people are getting fed up with insiders with a sense of entitlement to the seats they've been elected to fill.