I read through Jason's comments along with Mr. Glenn's comments several times and couldn't come up with a connection.

Well, dnlchisholm?

So far, unlike Hoekstra, these candidates don't have any skeletons in their closet (which I've found yet, anyway) that should automatically prelude them from running for office.

Yes, certain endorsements don't exactly help their campaign (read: Anuzis), but until that candidate has done something that runs counter to what we believe in, I say let them make their case here.

The only caveat I would include is that any other candidate should be required to at least drop in and respond to any comments and questions made after they post.

Unless they only want to use this site only as a platform for distributing press releases (which should be made very clear upfront to those of us reading it), I don't expect the almost real-time back & forth that happens from time to time.