Pence off the Fence
Terry Burns over at the Indianapolis Times is blogging this morning that Linda Pence is withdrawing her name from consideration for U.S. Attorney.
Pence tells the Times that the move came after very careful consideration, however there may be another side to this story.
I reported back in April that Pence’s bid for U.S. Attorney was in trouble because of an attempted coup to oust Dan Parker by Marion County Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy which failed miserably.
The story, which has apparently been circulating for weeks, is that Pence won’t be getting appointed to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District. The way the story goes, Pence has tied to Ed Tracey who reportedly backed Voorhies’efforts to oust Dan Parker as State Chairman. Voorhies backed out of the race when there was virtually no support for his candidacy.
And as you all know in politics, to the victor goes the spoils. Senator Evan Bayh apparently didn’t like the Parker challenge so any opportunity for Pence to be U.S. Attorney went out the window.
