Lt. Governor Becky Skillman just announced she is not running for Governor of Indiana.  Here is the statement put out this morning… INDIANAPOLIS – Lt. Governor Becky Skillman today issued the following statement on a gubernatorial run in 2012. “With much disappointment, I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for Governor […]

I thought the gossip, rumor and innuendo might slow down a bit this week, but it didn’t.  So with that said, here we go. With Eric Holcomb being named as the “front runner” to replace Murray Clark as the head of the Indiana Republican Party, speculation is being drawn that it’s a sign that Mitch […]

Here are the latest little political tidbits for your amusement and entertainment. My very reliable Republican sources are telling me the apparent front runners to replace Murray Clark as the head of the Indiana Republican Party are Ann Hathaway and 6th District Chair Ted Ogle.  Also mentioned in the running are Kevin Kellams, Cam Savage […]

You can imagine I stayed up all night thinking about that one.  Not really.  But when I saw the story break that Evan Bayh was not going to run for Governor of Indiana in 2012, I was somewhat surprised, but not really shocked at all.  Anyone who’s been paying attention since February should have seen […]

As always there’s nothing like a few Sunday morning tidbits to get the week started.   I do plan to expand on some of these items this week, particularly the Mayor’s re-election bid and the Indianapolis FOP’s decision to pay for David Bisard’s legal defense. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard all but announced he is going to […]

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 […]

You have to admit that as  far as politics go, last week was a giant roller coaster here in Indiana.  Let’s recap. Mike Pence is out as a possible to challenger to Democrat Evan Bayh for the U.S. Senate.  Secretary of State Todd Rokita might get in the race or he might get in the race […]

It never fails, the day I have to go back to Illinois and practice law is the day anything and everything breaks lose.  Let’s do a quick run down… Pence off the Fence 6th District Congressman Mike Pence has decided to make my political pundit life a lot less interesting by deciding not to run […]

I’ve got some work to do today so I’ll just throw out a few issues for you to discuss amongst yourselves, hopefully in an intelligent manner. Schools say it would cost millions of extra dollars to do remedial education for 3rd graders who don’t know how to read.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t […]