Greg Zoeller won his party’s nomination by more than 1000 votes. Here’s why. 1. Jon Costas ran a campaign that was slow to get out of the gate. 2. Zoeller built a lot of good will over the years and worked his butt off. 3. Some County chairman had an axe to grind with the […]
4;45 p.m. We have a winner in the Attorney General’s race. It’s Greg Zoeller. This is major embarrassment for the Governor who supported Jon Costas. Zoeller won by more than a 1000-vote margin out of the 1768 votes cast. 4:15 p.m. The voting is over. The results are expected shortly. 3:45 p.m. The voting has […]
Scratch another name off the list of potential Democratic candidates for Lt. Governor. Former Speaker of the House John Gregg told me this morning me that he has taken his name off the list of possible running mates for Jill Long Thompson. Gregg is the second Southern Indiana Democrat to say no the the lite gov […]
That’s the number to look out for at today’s State GOP Convention in Indianapolis. It’s the number of Ron Paul supporters who are expected to show up and throw a potential monkey wrench into today’s nomination process. The Paul supporters are mad that the state party changed the rules for selecting delegates to the national […]
Despite my best efforts, my significant other and I made it back from the wilderness in one piece. Now granted, I will admit that as I headed south I was expecting something out of the “The Hills Have Eyes, but no Teeth.” Fortunately, I was wrong. I met really nice people and in fact, not […]
As strange as this might seem, I am heading off on a naturesque camping trip today. There is something about Abdul being in the woods that reeks of a really bad horror film, i.e. “The Blair Underwood Witch Project.” But even though I’ll be in the wilderness, I’ll still be keeping an eye on a […]
It looks like City-County Council Minority Leader Joanne Sanders is going to keep her title, for now. As I told you a few weeks ago, some of her fellow Councilors were not happy with her support of David Orenlichter in the May primary so a move was a foot to get rid of her and […]
Politico has an interesting story this morning on a new book by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan takes several shots at the Bush administration over its handling of the War in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. What makes it so fascinating is that McClellan was truly considered to be the “loyal soldier” of the administration […]
Plans to change the name of the Indianapolis International Airport have been grounded, for now. A proposal to change add H. Weir Cook’s name to the Airport failed to garner a do-pass recommendation from the Council’s Rules Committee. Cook was a World War I aviation hero, shooting down more than a half dozen German planes […]
With June right around the corner, both Indiana Republicans and Democrats are getting ready for their state nominating conventions. Normally, these are periods of party unity and togetherness, however this year may be a little different. Both Marion County political parties could be going into the state conventions with some “family issues.” On the Republican […]
