Indiana, Is it Just Another ATM?
Mitt Romney was in town yesterday raising money for his Presidential campaign. He had his fundraiser at the Columbia Club. I’m told he did pretty well. John Edwards raised $75,000 his last trip. Rudy Giuliani made $250,000. Hilary Clinton may be coming on May 5 and Lord knows how much she’ll raise? It’s got me thinking that for most of these candidates, Indiana is an ATM machine.
Let’s face it. The primary is in May, long after the primaries in the bigger places. It’s a state that hasn’t voted for a Democrat for President since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. And it only has 11 Electoral votes. I’m actually surprised they show up at all.
I guess the good news in all this is on the Republican side. With Governor Mitch Daniels supporting John McCain, Secretary of State Todd Rokita endorsing Mitt Romney and Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi backing Giuliani, we can’t say Indiana won’t have a connection to the White House if one of those guys becomes President.
