As Hillary Clinton formally exits (stage left) the Presidential race today, John McCain is scheduled to come to Indiana next month. I’m told McCain will be here for a lunchtime fundraiser on July 1. It will be at the Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. McCain was last here in February for a town hall meeting and […]
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch used to have a catch phrase, “How am I doin’?” He would ask that question to New Yorkers in just about any venue in an effort to gauge public reaction to his job as Mayor. I bring this up because June is the sixth month of Indianapolis Mayor […]
In an effort to put an end to politico and pundit speculation, a spokesman for Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson tells me she has picked her candidate for the Lite Gov spot and they will make the name public a week before the convention, which is the week of the 21st. “The long […]
Going, Going, almost Gone After finally being hit with a cold bucket of reality, Hillary’s Presidential campaign is melting away and her departure cannot come soon enough. Although I would like to think of her as gone and forgotten, that will not be happening unfortunately. I still see her trying to angle a VP spot. […]
Barack Obama is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States. Say what you will about his policies or disagree with his politics, but America made history tonight. For the first time an African-American has been nominated to head a major political party for the most important job in the world. […]
The dust is settling over yesterday’s State GOP Convention where current Attorney General Chief of Staff Greg Zoeller beat Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas. Zoeller beat Costas by more than 300 votes. There is a lot of speculation as to what happened. I mentioned some of those reasons in my last post; Zoeller ran a good […]
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 […]
