I just read a guest editorial in this morning’s paper by Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy. And after reading it, once again it would be nice if her campaign and I could put aside our differences and chat because I would love to know why any sane person would advocate more money for Indianapolis Public […]
If there are two things to take away from Tuesday’s primary here they are. First, there is something to be said about county organizations being able to deliver their candidates. Second, despite a 10-point Democratic lead, this November’s elections have the potential to be very competitive. Look at the numbers. With 98 percent of the […]
(I know this blog post is a little longer than usual, but it’s necessary. I’ve gotten conflicting stories from from very reliable people regarding the same event so I decided to print them both.) Imagine it’s a weeknight and you’re at the third meeting of your new organization with nearly 100 of your closest political […]
I recently wrote about a behind the scenes feud between 7th District Democratic Congressman Andre Carson and Marion County Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy. To put it mildly, the two don’t apparently see eye and would gladly get rid of the other one should the opportunity ever present itself. Well, less than 24 hours after that […]
There are lots of items to be on the lookout for this week. Here are a few of the more interesting ones. Expect new legislative maps to be unveiled, possibly as early as later this morning. Both the Indiana House and Senate have put their maps together based on new census data. Expect a new […]
The campaign for Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy has been forced to pull an Internet ad ad attacking incumbent Greg Ballard on job creation because the footage used violated federal copyright law. The campaign used clips from an RTV 6 newscast of reporter Kara Kenny questioning the Mayor on job creation numbers and him walking […]
If City-County Council Democratic candidates are expecting any financial help from their candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis, it looks like they’re in luck. According to sources inside the Kennedy campaign, she gave them the good news this past weekend during a strategy session. Kennedy reportedly told her fellow Democrats that she was skeptical that incumbent […]
I was hoping to make the former Deputy Mayor’s news conference last week on illegal firearms, unfortunately my other obligations kept me away. Luckily, I managed to get a hold of most what she said; the nice thing about also working in television. And for starters, let me give Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy […]
The saga that is Indiana’s political scene continues to play itself out. Here’s today’s assessment of events… House Democrats are entering into their fourth week of self-imposed exile. A number of us in the media think they will return this week, although it won’t be Tuesday. There are some positive signs; more talks on “procedural” issues […]
Lots of things to talk about this morning, so let’s get started… If anyone thought having a few days to think would change embattled Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White mind and he would step down, not so much. I communicated with White this weekend via text messaging and when I asked if he was […]
