Ron Johnson’s defenders are, for the most part, people who do not know the man.

His most powerful critics, on the other hand, are the people who know him best.

The millionaire candidate who is trying to buy a Wisconsin Senate seat without actually coming into contact with Wisconsinites keeps getting bad reviews from folks in Oshkosh.

His hometown newspaper summed things up in a profile of the candidate that ran Oct. 3.

“Little is known about the millionaire Oshkosh business owner outside of details released by a carefully scripted campaign and a small number of public comments and interviews granted by Johnson, whose campaign did not respond to multiple requests for interviews for this story,” observed the Oshkosh Northwestern.

The Northwestern is a fine paper that covers Oshkosh seriously and well.

So how can they say that “little is known” about Johnson, a man who has spent his adult life in the community? In truth, Johnson has taken it easy for most of that adult life.