When making a decision to attend a political party slating convention, the big thing I ask myself is which one will be more interesting.   This year the winner was the Marion County Democrats.  They had four contested races which in turn led to a lot more drama.  My Republican friends only had a couple contested […]

Here’s who got slated today.  I’ll have some perspective tomorrow. Republicans Mayor: Greg Ballard City-County Council At-Large: Jackie Cissell At-Large: Mike Kalscheur At-Large: Barb Malone At-Large: Angel RiveraDistrict 1: Susan Blair District 3: Ryan Vaughn District 4: Christine Scales District 5: Ginny Cain District 6: Janice McHenry District 8: Stu Rhodes District 12: Mike McQuillen […]

Sam Carson, the son of the late Julia Carson, told me Thursday morning that he is running for Mayor of Indianapolis.  Shortly after formally announcing, Marion County Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy put out this statement. “The entry into the mayor’s race of the unemployed Sam Carson brings an interesting development — a candidate with neither […]

I’m doing the morning show live from the Indiana General Assembly today, so this will be short and to the point. Politico is reporting that Governor Mitch Daniels will announce later this Spring whether he will run for President.  The article is pretty interesting.  Of course looking at the current field of contenders, Daniels would […]

I attended the Statehouse teacher (union) rally Tuesday afternoon and stayed for the subsequent charter school vote in the House.  The measure passed 59-37. What was most interesting was the reaction of the teachers.   I have honestly never seen so many people so angry and afraid like that in a while.  I’ve embedded their comments […]

In today’s episode of the battle over education reform, two of the state’s biggest teachers unions have scheduled rallies in Indianapolis, Anderson and East Chicago to protest what Indiana lawmakers are doing at the statehouse. I think it’s rather ironic the Indiana Federation of Teachers and the State Teachers Association chose two school districts that […]

There’s a joke I tell in my comedy routine about same-sex marriage.  Once you get married, the sex is always the same!  (Rimshot here)  Now I make it a point not to tell that bit with my lovely wife in the audience, otherwise sex won’t even be a question when we get back to the […]

Since today is Super Bowl Sunday and politics is probably the last thing on your mind, I’ll try to be as brief as possible while talking the latest gossip, rumor and blatant innuendo. Mark February 22 on your calendar at Republican State party headquarters in downtown Indianapolis.  That is reportedly when and where Indiana State […]

I always say this kind of weather brings out some bizarre behavior in people, particularly some of my Democratic friends. Over at Indy Democrat, Jon Easter bemoans the fact that the Superintendent of  Public Instruction, Dr. Tony Bennett, is not granting waivers for schools that were closed due to the weather. Easter must have forgotten […]

In the debate over education reform in Indiana schools, it took a little while to figure out exactly how the opponents of education reform would try to frame the debate, but they have finally tipped their hand.  They are calling it a “war on public education and a war against teachers”. I find that somewhat […]