I heard the radio broadcast of Lamberg and Fahey during their Q & A at the City Club of Eugene. Lambert seemed like a nice enough person who was afraid to answer simple questions with her actual views.

Asked about a woman's right to choose, she responded that women should have the right to choose adoption; and that was as much sunlight on her real views as she allowed. Asked if she favored right to work legislation, or supported unions, she said that business should be unleashed to provide workers more benefits. Her answer was so inarticulate that it wasn't clear if she even understood "right to work," which is actually a hot-button issue for Republicans.

Eugene having a liberal reputation, it seemed that she felt that she must not say what she thinks.

Julie Fahey was a marked contrast: well informed on a great variety of issues, an excellent speaker willing and able to articulate her thought-out approaches to today's complex problems.