I thought the gossip, rumor and innuendo might slow down a bit this week, but it didn’t.  So with that said, here we go. With Eric Holcomb being named as the “front runner” to replace Murray Clark as the head of the Indiana Republican Party, speculation is being drawn that it’s a sign that Mitch […]

Here are the latest little political tidbits for your amusement and entertainment. My very reliable Republican sources are telling me the apparent front runners to replace Murray Clark as the head of the Indiana Republican Party are Ann Hathaway and 6th District Chair Ted Ogle.  Also mentioned in the running are Kevin Kellams, Cam Savage […]

By a vote of 202-27, Marion County Republicans Tuesday night chose Kyle Walker as their new County Chairman.   Walker ran against Lawrence at-large Council member Gary Conner. While I thought a number of Conner’s positions on issues were a bit unorthodox and incompatible with Marion County, I have to give him credit for running.  As […]

I spoke with U.S. Senator Dick Lugar this past weekend while he was visiting the University of Indianapolis.  We chatted about the tax battle in Congress, the START nuclear treaty, DREAM Act and of course, a primary challenger for 2012. You can hear his comments below.    The entire interview is about 7 minutes long. […]

You can imagine I stayed up all night thinking about that one.  Not really.  But when I saw the story break that Evan Bayh was not going to run for Governor of Indiana in 2012, I was somewhat surprised, but not really shocked at all.  Anyone who’s been paying attention since February should have seen […]

When my political counterpart Amos Brown of Radio One can’t yell racism and instead has to argue on the merits, you know something is going on.  Amos, like me and several hundred other people were at Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s re-election announcement Saturday morning at the Indiana War Memorial.  Ballard was introduced by Reginald Jones, […]

Indianapolis City-County Jackie Nytes told me Thursday night that she is not going to run for another term.  This is really bad news for the city because in my six years of covering city-county government I’ve always found Jackie to be thoughtful, articulate and overall what a good local representative should be. Jackie told me […]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett unveiled the details of school reform at Wednesday’s meeting of the Education Roundtable. The main goals include… Identifying and rewarding great teachers and principals. Empowering school leaders and bring success to failing schools. Offering equal educational opportunities to all children and give parents a […]

Well, I did it.  I got a job! You might recall less than a week ago I expressed my outrage at the thought of extending unemployment benefits because if you’ve been out of work for 99 weeks, then maybe the problem is you.    My criteria were pretty simple: no legal, governmental or media related work, […]

There’s a trick some comedians will use at open mic night contests.  If you’re playing a room you’re not familiar with, you invite all your friends, scatter them throughout the club and make sure they laugh loudly at all your jokes.   If they do it right, you win the contest.  David Bisard must be a […]