It looks like Caroline Kennedy isn't the only would-be Senator out there who has a problem with letting the public knowing their positions on the issues. Colorado actually has seven potential senators who don't feel like talking to the public about their positions.

The Denver Post emailed out brief questionnaires to eight politicians rumored to be on Bill Ritter's list to fill Ken Salazar's senate seat. Only one, Rep. Diana DeGette, bothered to answer. These weren't difficult questions either. They covered basic topics like the bailout plans, Roe v. Wade, and the Iraq War. In other words, things that anyone who has watched the news or read a newspaper in the last decade should be able to answer.

Their lack of response was disappointing to say the least. Anyone remotely involved in politics should be able to answer these questions. Reps. Salazar and Perlmutter can save face a little by pointing to their voting records instead of directly answering (for the record, Perlmutter supported the bailout). Andrew Romanoff offered only a hackneyed, political dodge by saying only he is "confident" in the governor's decision.

Hickenlooper, who has never held federal office and has no record on the issues he would face, had the most crass and tone-deaf response of all:

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said he would respond to the questions "if appointed to the Senate."

Hickenlooper has confirmed his interest in the appointment. Republicans might want to root for him if this is the sort of hubris he would execute his 2010 campaign with.