As of today, we are 100 days out until Election Day.  So I figured what better time to sit down and do a little political pontification and handicap the big political races here in Indiana. Now granted, the caveat in all this is the old adage that a day in politics is a lifetime and […]

Indiana GOP Statewide candidates not only grossly out-raised their Democratic opponents but had a lot more cash on hand. In the Governor’s race, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence out-raised his opponent John Gregg by nearly 2-1 in the second quarter of 2012, taking in more than $3 million to Gregg’s $1.7 million. Pence also has […]

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All political signs point to Indiana Republican Gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence picking State Representative Sue Ellspermann  as his running mate for Lt. Governor. Ellsperman meets a number of criteria that would help Pence.  She is from southern Indiana, representing Warrick, Spencer, Perry and Dubois counties. She is a small businesswoman, considered to a be moderate-conservative […]

It’s no big secret that political candidates like to record holiday greetings but sometimes you have to wonder if  Republicans Mike Pence and Jim Wallace are using the same media production companies. And just so you know, as soon I get a holiday greeting from Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian Rupert Boneham, I will post […]

I wasn’t planning to blog again until Monday, but never let it be said a little thing like an out-of-state trial would stand in the way of me picking up lots of gossip, rumor and blatant political innuendo.  You know you all have been waiting for it, so here we go… Last week’s debt ceiling […]

Now that we’ve cleared the Indiana Black Expo hurdle, I can post about some other things that have been going on. So here is all the gossip, rumor and political innuendo fit to print.  Take it for what it’s worth. The Decatur Township Small Claims Court has made the Wall Street Journal, and not for […]

Here are some numbers for your amusement and entertainment… 1.6  million – Amount raised by Mike Pence for Governor campaign. 900,000 – Amount raised by Dick Lugar for U.S. Senate campaign. 700,000 – Amount raised by John Gregg for Governor campaign. 930,000 – Amount raised by Jim Wallace for Governor campaign. 440,000 -Amount raised by […]

I’m in Chicago today taking care of some family matters; however I wanted to make sure I jotted down a few thoughts about political activities this past weekend. I managed to attend both the Indiana Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Friday night and the Indiana Young Republicans Convention this weekend. Both functions were well attended, […]