A number of candidates have unveiled their latest Television ads either promoting themselves or attacking their opponents.   Here are a few of the latest ones.   Richard Mourdock – Republican candidate U.S. Senate Joe Donnelly – Democratic candidate U.S. Senate John Gregg – Democratic candidate for Governor Mike Pence – Republican candidate for Governor Tony […]

Somehow I get the strange feeling that “Lugar Republicans” are in pretty high demand these days.  Democrat Joe Donnelly mentioned how he worked with Richard Lugar to save  Indiana’s automotive industry.   Richard Mourdock does in a roundabout way when he talks about working with Governor Daniels to keep Indiana on track.  And Democratic gubernatorial candidate […]

As of today, we are 100 days out until Election Day.  So I figured what better time to sit down and do a little political pontification and handicap the big political races here in Indiana. Now granted, the caveat in all this is the old adage that a day in politics is a lifetime and […]

How can a political party that can’t pick a chairman win a race for Governor and the U.S. Senate in a political climate where the President of their party is polling at 38% heading into the 2012 elections?  That is the question Indiana Democrats will have to answer.  Following a weekend political family fight that […]

Although he announced last week that he was stepping down as Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party it looks like Dan Parker is  sticking around for a while. Parker withdrew his resignation today at a downtown meeting of the State Central Committee where his successor was supposed to be picked.  The early from runner was […]

Here are some numbers for your amusement and entertainment… 1.6  million – Amount raised by Mike Pence for Governor campaign. 900,000 – Amount raised by Dick Lugar for U.S. Senate campaign. 700,000 – Amount raised by John Gregg for Governor campaign. 930,000 – Amount raised by Jim Wallace for Governor campaign. 440,000 -Amount raised by […]

There’s nothing like taking a few days off to rest and recharge. Of course, I did none of that, I spent most of the time getting caught up on all my other jobs.  But apparently quite a few news event occurred while I was out. We all know what happened, so here’s my take on […]

Although we’re still quite a bit away from the 2012 elections, Democrats are slowly lining up to take on Republicans.  Former Speaker of the House John Gregg is forming an exploratory committee to run for Governor.  There is also talk State Senate Democratic Leader Vi Simpson may also make a run, appealing to the more […]

My political colleagues have started dropping predictions, so I figured I may as well get on the bandwagon.  My predictions are based on what I’ve been picking up this morning as well as over the past several weeks.  Of course, things can change if we have a late surge after 3 p.m. U.S. Senate – […]

I’ve got some work to do this morning, so I have to take a little break from the usual political discussion.  In the meantime, I’m opening up the forum for you to make your own political predictions.  Feel free to throw in the percentages. U.S. Senate – Dan Coats v. Brad  Ellsworth v. Rebecca Sink-Burris […]