THERE’S GOT TO BE A MORNING AFTER
Wow, that was fun. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a political nail-biter. Hillary got a slim victory over Barack 51-49 (White men saved her while Blacks kept Obama competitive). In the end, Clinton only won by 22,412 votes out of 1.25 million voters or a 1.78 percent difference. She needed a big win, but didn’t get it. It’s like a student who needed a high “A” on his exam to pass the class, but instead got a “C-.”
Jill Long Thompson is sitting on a victory over Jim Schellinger in the Democratic Primary. Two observations about that race were that in Marion County Schellinger won by less than 3 percentage points. Had his margin been bigger, he would be declaring victory right now. Also, Schellinger was the party favorite. With his loss, I can hear the bodies start to hit the floor over at One North Capitol in downtown Indianapolis.
Andre Carson is living proof the Carson name is a brand and still works. However, there is a chink in the armor. 54 percent of people who voted in that primary chose someone other than Carson. If the GOP can figure out a way to capture that discontent, they just might be able to win the 7th one day.
And Dan Burton is living proof that you can never overstay your welcome.
Now that all this is over, I’m going to spend the next few days with a martini in one hand, a beautiful woman in the other and a cigar in my mouth. And I might even switch them around a bit.
See you next week.
