Gabriel Gomez runs for unknown reasons. Photo credit: Gomez Facebook page
We know that Gabriel Gomez can run, because Rep. Ed Markey‘s Republican opponent for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts spends a fair amount of his campaign time participating in road races. Based on photos posted to his campaign Facebook page, he’s run in no less than six since early April.
While it’s great to see a congressional hopeful modeling health and fitness, it’s also a convenient way for a low-information candidate to get positive public exposure without having to say anything substantive.
The special election is only 6 weeks away, and still Gomez’s Issues page is little more than a back-of-the-envelope doodle.
Almost two weeks ago, shortly after he won the Republican primary, I opined that Gomez was an unknown quantity regarding LGBT-related legislation beyond his support for the freedom to marry. I wrote:
With the June 25 special election quickly approaching, it’s time for Mr. Gomez to tell voters how he would turn his opposition to “discrimination of any kind” into legislative action, should he be elected to the U.S. Senate.
Here we are two weeks hence and we know nothing more today about Gabriel Gomez’s position on LGBT issues than we did then. We know that Gabriel Gomez likes to run in road races, but we don’t know why he’s running for U.S. Senate or what he would do if he got there.
…for when reporters ask awkward questions.
To me, this house story is a bunch of crap. However, I’m disappointed that somehow he made it through the primary without me knowing anything about what he would try to do in Washington. Is he out talking about the differences between him and Ed Markey and its just not being covered or does he just think he can sail in Scott brown style. If it’s the latter, it’s just not gonna happen. It’s one thing to run as the anti-whatever, but I don’t even hear him doing that.