Now that we’re a few days out from the Election, I think now would be the perfect time to take a step back, relax and provide most of you with a friendly reminder about what I do for a living. I am a political commentator who gets paid to offer up his opinions.   My opinions […]

One of the big things items this upcoming session will be the issue of education reform.   In order to move Indiana forward, this state is really going to have to step up its reform efforts.  One of the big things it can do is to revamp collective bargaining.  I’ve been reviewing some of the silly […]

Several years ago when I was going to law school part-time and working for the Illinois Attorney General during the day, an older lawyer who was getting ready to wind down his career gave me some of the best advice I’d ever heard.  He said Abdul; if you end up practicing regularly remember this, “some […]

While on the set of RTV 6 Election night, I got a message from a former Melina Kennedy campaign staffer who was still holding a grudge from the 2006 county prosecutor’s race.  As Terry Curry was solidifying his lead over Mark Massa, the staffer gleefully reminded me that Marion County was a Democratic County.  I […]

I’m writing this while still on the set of RTV 6, so bear with me.  Here’s my post 2010 Mid-term election assessment. Indiana is a Republican state. Marion County is a Democratic County. Mike Pence and Becky Skillman are running for Governor. Democrats are going to have some major soul searching to do if they […]

Although the polls are closing as I am writing this blog post.  I’ve been going through some interesting data on the early voting in Marion County. Out of the nearly 23,000 ballots already cast, 33% can be identified as Republican/Republican leaning; 28% Democratic/Democratic leaning and 38% undecided/unidentifiable. As expected, Republicans did well in the early […]

My political colleagues have started dropping predictions, so I figured I may as well get on the bandwagon.  My predictions are based on what I’ve been picking up this morning as well as over the past several weeks.  Of course, things can change if we have a late surge after 3 p.m. U.S. Senate – […]

It’s Election Day!  Go vote!  What more needs to be said?  Exactly!

Although there are 36 hours to go before the 2010 midterm elections are over and we still have  the 2011 elections to get through, it’s never too late to start talking about 2012.   To be more specific I’m talking about Indiana Congressman Mike Pence who is being talked about as a potential candidate for Governor […]