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.
Remember, Wolf is the challenger. Roberts’ record is on the record. He’s playing it the same way many incumbents do, not wanting to give more exposure to the challenger (yes, it’s frustrating, but he’s not the only one to do it. Many good members and bad members alike often refuse to debate).
I again find it odd that no one here yet can outline anything substantive about Wolf, and this has been a problem for months since he declared. I do give a lot of attention to challengers (especially in these times when so many need to be ousted from power), but there’s nothing that stands out about him that says “this is the guy that MUST be elected.” Many of the challengers to the worst offending RINO incumbents DID have something that spelled it out, but Wolf just doesn’t seem to (and playing up his relations to Zero is simply bizarre).