(Apologies to Chris Spangle) There has been a lot of blog chatter lately over the number of registered voters in Marion County. Blogger Paul Ogden writes about how the number of registered voters is greater than the number of eligible voters. There are 679,745 registered voters in Marion County, although the population over 18 is […]
A word of advice to my Indiana GOP friends, you are going to have your work cut out for you in November. Fresh off his debate in Tennessee Democrat Barack Obama hit the Indiana State Fairgrounds and about 21,000 supporters. His speech was pretty much standard with a couple new lines. He said he could […]
I’m about to watch the debate, but this space is for you. Was this a game changer or are we still where we started? What does this mean for the next debate or is this over? What would you have asked? Have at it.
Tonight was one of those Council meetings that should have only lasted a couple minutes, but it didn’t! It wasn’t the ad nauseum debate over whether the city should spend up to $500,000 on crime prevention grant monitors, but actually it was the opening prayer that did it for me. It was CCC member Doris […]
A proposal is being introduced at tonight’s City-County Council meeting which would censure former Council President Monroe Gray for ethics violations. An ethics hearing found Gray failed to file proper disclosure forms regarding his business interests. There are no penalties in the ordinance, but it does call for Gray’s actions to be publicly condemned. Expect […]
Here’s what my map looks like right now.
That is my prediction of the Presidential race with 30 days to go. Feel free to cheer, scream, whatever. I’ll still be here to explain my analysis. Welcome back. Okay, here’s my rationale. Although the national polls have Obama with a 5-7 point lead, it’s state polls that matter because of the Electoral College. By […]
I’m working on a project this weekend, but I wanted to let you all my producer at WXNT, Chris Spangle, will be leaving the morning show. Chris has taken a position at the new Executive Director of the Indiana Libertarian Party. Chris is bright and has a lot of ideas and will bring some new […]
Okay folks, it’s question and answer time? Who won the vice-presidential debate? Does it change the fundamentals of the presidential race? How much more important are the second and third Presidential debates? Have at it.
I wrote this post back in January. In the wake of today’s financial meltdown and subsequent baliout/rescue, I thought it was worth re-posting. ECONOMICS 101 With a recession breathing down America’s economic neck, the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington are scrambling to do something. They’re seriously considering giving tax rebates to people who don’t pay income taxes. […]
