John McCain laid out his case to be President.  He worked to re-brand the Republican image by telling the American people they can trust them again to lead on energy and the economy.  He gave more details in his speech than Barack Obama did in his last week. But whereas, Vice-President nominee Sarah Palin appealed […]

If you are a member of Jill Long Thompson’s campaign staff, you have my deepest sympathies.  A new Howey-Gauge poll of 600 likely registered voters shows Republican Mitch Daniels with an 18-point lead with 60 days to go in the Governor’s race. The poll showed Daniels leading 53-35 over JLT.  Libertarian Andy Horning had 3-percent […]

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is going on the O’Reilly Factor tonight on Fox News.  I think it will make for interesting watching.  Now only if I could get Marion County Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy to do the same and come on my morning radio show.  Oh well, I guess being brave and getting out […]

Like most of you I watched Sarah Palin tonight accept her party’s nomination for Vice-President of the United States.  Overall, you take away from the speech what you brought.  If you like her, she hit a home run.  If you don’t like her she took cheap shots. Regardless this was an address geared primarily toward […]

Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson says some students should spend five years in high school as a way to reduce Indiana’s drop out rate.  Excuse me?!  She says some students can’t finish school in four years and need more time to graduate. No offense JLT, but what you are proposing here is called “lowering […]

The GOP may have finally started to turn a corner last night at the Republican National Convention.  Joe Lieberman’s appeal to independent voters may just be what the Republicans need to stay competitive. Lieberman’s speech came on the heels of some badly needed good news.  Hurricane Gustav did not New Orleans,  oil is hovering back […]

A little piece of advice for the Mayor of Richmond, don’t use government stationary to promote a political event. On August 26, Mayor Sally L. Hutton put out a news release saying the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson was coming to town to talk with Master Brand Employees, 275 of which are losing their […]

A friend of mine who is a single mom and I were chatting last night about the Palin family pregnancy situation.   She shared with me the ten life lessons she wanted her daughter to know.  She gave them to her daughter at 16.   She is now a senior in college.  I asked if I could […]

Now that we all know that Vice-Presidential pick Sarah Palin’s daughter got pregnant by her  hockey player boyfriend we can take a step back and have an adult conversation. Now for those of you who think this is a private matter and nobody’s business, I think you’re right, to a point.  Where I disagree is […]

After a few days of pondering the nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for vice-president, that is my conclusion. She brings some big pluses to John McCain’s campaign, but she also brings some baggage as well. As a woman, she continues to add to the history making moments of this campaign, but I also don’t […]