There have been quite a few news items that have been on my radar screen this week that I’m finally getting a chance to chime in on, so with that said, here they are. Senate Stuff Is it my imagination, or is there a 9-11 subtext in the latest round of Dan Coats political commercials?  […]

I had a couple minutes today so I decided to do some cruising through Facebook just to see how some of Indiana’s candidates are doing with their social network worlds.   I tried to use campaign Facebook websites where possible.  Now this is not to say whether your “friends” will translate into votes, but I think […]

With 70+ days until Election Day, what polling data has been done is showing a bleak picture for Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Brad Ellsworth. The chart below, courtesy of pollster.com shows Republican Dan Coats with a very comfortable lead over Ellsworth and Libertarian challenger Rebecca Sink-Burris. And while polls are snapshots in time, take enough […]

This past week I spoke to all three candidates for the U.S. Senate here in Indiana.  I’m posting their interviews so you can hear them in your own words. Each interview segment is about 8-9 minutes long.  My ultimate goal is to get all three in the same place this Fall. Dan Coats, pt 1 […]

I managed to run into Dan Coats and Brad Ellsworth over the weekend at separate events.  I asked them about a number of issues, and oddly one thing they both seem to agree upon is that the race will be a lot closer than what the current polls are showing now.  You can hear their […]

Today’s blog post comes to you courtesy of  both state and local Democrats. Equal Time City-County Council Minority Leader Joanne Sanders told a recent gathering of Ds that the proposed transfer of  the city’s water and waste water facilities was was moving full steam ahead and Democrats were feeling run over.  She also alluded that […]

Indiana Democrats  are continuing their line of attack against Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dan Coats regarding his lobbying activity. State Chairman Dan Parker Tuesday called on Coats to fully disclose the list of lobbying clients that he worked for while in D.C.  and said Coats can’t hide behind attorney-client privilege for two reasons. First, attorney-client […]

The nice thing about a vacation, even if it’s a staycation, it gives you a chance to get out and clear your head.  While my wife and I were out on our weekend road trip I got the chance to pontificate about a lot of things.  Here are a few of them… Will Marion County […]

With just a few days to go before the Indiana primary, a new poll has former U.S. Senator Dan Coats leading amongst Republican voters.  The poll conducted by the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics has the following breakdown. Dan Coats – 36%. John Hostettler – 24%. Marlin Stutzman – 18%. Don Bates, Jr.- 6%. […]

The following is a list of all the little things I’ve been meaning to blog about this week, but didn’t get a chance to do so.   I’ll be doing some follow-up on these items next week. but for now they all fall into the category of good gossip, more and innuendo. I’m looking through […]