Know-nothing Mark Green

For a guy who wants to be governor, Congressman Mark Green doesn't seem too up on the issues.

He's already refused to take a position on President Bush's Social Security plan because no bill has been introduced. "I haven't had much of an opportunity to look and see what that actually means," Green said. So how could Green possibly know what he thinks -- especially when he knows what he thinks is in sharp disagreement with most of Wisconsin's voters, who oppose Bush's position.

Now, the Journal Sentinel's Craig Gilbert writes, there's a big issue looming in next year's governor's race -- embryonic stem cell research. It's another case where Green, who voted recently against a House bill to expand stem cell research, knows he is at odds with the majority of the voters.

Gilbert reports:

Green campaign aide Mark Graul, when asked about a recent proposal by some GOP lawmakers in Madison to ban the use of state resources and employees in research that destroys human embryos, said Green had not studied it or taken a position on it.

Isn't that convenient?