The Marion County Election Board and U.S. Senator Richard Lugar have reached a settlement that would allow the incumbent to vote in the May 8 primary. Under a settlement reached just moments ago, Lugar and his wife will re-register to vote at their family farm in Decatur Township.  The Marion County Election Board ruled 2-1 […]

Will it ever stop? First it was the Indiana Election Commission, then it was the Marion County Court, now it is the Marion County Election Board Thursday that will take up a challenge against Lugar’s qualifications to be on the ballot. Indianapolis resident Greg Wright filed the challenge, saying that Lugar has failed to meet […]

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller outlined Monday some of the major issues the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the Constitutionality of the President’s health care plan. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the suit on March 26 in an unprecedented 3-day argument. According to the Attorney General’s Office […]

Opponents of U.S. Senator Richard Lugar are going to court to attempt to do what they couldn’t at the Indiana Election Commission, get him off the ballot. Indianapolis attorney Eric Bohnet has filed suit in Marion County Court asking the Court to overturn the Election Commission’s ruling that was Lugar was qualified to be on […]

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar goes on the offensive against primary challenger State Treasurer Richard Mourdock.  In a new television ad Lugar attacks Mourdock’s  attendance record at state boards and commissions on which he serves.  The Mourdock campaign called the ad misleading and a smear tactic .  

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar today says despite charges to the contrary, he is a resident of Indiana and meets all the requirements to be on the ballot for the May 8 primary. Lugar made his comments to the media shortly before speaking to hundreds of Republicans at the 22nd Annual Lugar in Excellence in Public […]

Things gave been a little busy as of late however, here’s a nice summary of what’s been going on lately with some decent links attached. The audio is courtesy of my other blog, IndyPolitics.Org. The Lugar Challenge Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has said he will not convene a special meeting of the Indiana Election Commission […]

Lots of little interesting tidbits of gossip, rumor and political innuendo to throw out there this morning,  so without further adieu… Freedom Works continues to sit on the fence when deciding whether to get into the Richard Lugar/Richard Mourdock U.S. Senate Primary, despite what’s said officially, the word is they don’t trust the local tea […]

The nice thing about being back from a tough road trip is the political gossip, rumor, innuendo and other political tidbits that are either waiting for you when you get back or you picked up over the last few days at political events and just didn’t get a chance to blog about.  So with all […]

I know 2012 is a still a ways off, but let’s face it.  Indiana House Democrats probably won’t be back until then anyway, so we’ve got plenty of time to look at some other things, like next year’s gubernatorial race. Of course the heavyweights in the room are Indiana Congressman Mike Pence and former Speaker […]