Some Friendly Advice for the Marion County GOP
On Saturday, Marion County Republicans will have their slating convention where they will choose their candidates for the upcoming election as well as a county Chairman. The smart pick for the GOP for Chairman would be local attorney Tom John. John has been active in the party and ran successful campaigns for Secretary of State Todd Rokita and City-County Councilmember Ike Randolph.
John and I sat and chatted recently and one concept he gets is that for Republicans to stop their spiral in the political abyss they need to understand that if they can’t win an election, nothing else matters. Just take a look at the last election and the number of Republican Council members who are fleeing city hall so fast I could hear Exodus playing in the background.
The demographics of Marion County are changing and last election there were 10,000 more Democratic straight-ticket voters than Republican. The GOP has no mayoral candidate and the party is divided into three factions, the old guard, the religious conservatives and the downtown crowd. Someone needs to bring this party together and get its head screwed on straight. If not, they better get used to being the permanent minority in this town.
