Hoskins struggles to explain why he keeps finding himself out of the mainstream
If you haven't seen it yet, Show Me Progress' pair of weekend posts on Rep. Denny Hoskins' (R-Warrensburg) town hall meetings are good examples of citizen journalism.
In the first, Hoskins struggles to give a straight answer as to why he both supported and opposed a proposed consumption tax (a/k/a "Fair Tax"). When a constituent asked Hoskins why he changed his mind -- from support to opposition -- Hoskins didn't really have a good answer.
Here's an exerpt:
Question: What did you know, why did you vote for it in the first place though? What did you say just now that is different from what you knew on April 14th when you voted for it in perfection?
Representative Hoskins: Obviously I must have gotten some more information on that.
Question: Why'd you vote for it in the first place?
Representative Hoskins: I must not have had all the information that I had when I voted, er, against it.
It's good to see that Hoskin's opposed the misguided policy in the end, but it would be great to hear more about what "new information" he received that convinced him to switch his vote.
Hoskins also really struggled to explain why he supported allowing concealed weapons on college campuses, given the strong opposition from student and faculty groups.
