After a little experimenting and looking around  I have a new radio home.  In conjunction with my website Indy Politics, I’ve relaunched my public affairs program, “Politically Speaking”. It airs  Saturdays at 1 p.m. (starting today) on WITT 91.9 FM in Indianapolis.  It will be a half-hour show, and occasionally one hour when warranted. Our inaugural […]

As we get ready to hit the Labor Day mark of the 2012 gubernatorial race, I’ve been watching the candidates a lot more closely than I usually do.  I’ve been closely watching their speeches, reviewing their policy positions and vigorously monitoring the Internet to keep track of their comings and goings. One thing I’ve noticed […]

Okay, it’s time for an intervention.  When I saw John Gregg’s first TV ad, I scratched my head trying to figure out what was going on.  Now I definitely think we have a problem. I ran this ad by my wife, the most apolitical person in the universe.  She has voted for Democrats, Republicans and […]

Somehow I get the strange feeling that “Lugar Republicans” are in pretty high demand these days.  Democrat Joe Donnelly mentioned how he worked with Richard Lugar to save  Indiana’s automotive industry.   Richard Mourdock does in a roundabout way when he talks about working with Governor Daniels to keep Indiana on track.  And Democratic gubernatorial candidate […]

As of today, we are 100 days out until Election Day.  So I figured what better time to sit down and do a little political pontification and handicap the big political races here in Indiana. Now granted, the caveat in all this is the old adage that a day in politics is a lifetime and […]

Indiana GOP Statewide candidates not only grossly out-raised their Democratic opponents but had a lot more cash on hand. In the Governor’s race, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence out-raised his opponent John Gregg by nearly 2-1 in the second quarter of 2012, taking in more than $3 million to Gregg’s $1.7 million. Pence also has […]

It’s been an interesting week in Indiana politics and it’s only Wednesday.  Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg came out and offered a plan to “reform” the Department of Child Services and ISTEP test scores came out.  Why are these two related?  Grab a seat and just follow me on this one. Gregg, a very good […]

I originally had planned to attend last week’s  Indiana Democratic Convention in Fort Wayne but unfortunately – or fortunately depending on your perspective – I had to attend a conference in Las Vegas. I did make it a point to follow my media colleagues on Twitter as well as read what they wrote when I […]

I have never been a good golfer, so mulligans and I are good friends.  Luckily, my role in a round of golf is to bring the cigars and jokes, while the other players bring the actually game.  Unfortunately, politics doesn’t work that way.  A big mistake can totally derail a political campaign, so can a […]

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