Category Archives: Indiana

GOP mega-donors look toward 2012

POLITICO By MAGGIE HABERMAN & KENNETH P. VOGEL  As the 2010 campaign draws to its raucous close, the Republican Party’s biggest donors are slowly beginning to choose sides, with some still looking for a strong alternative to a populist conservative movement that makes them uneasy. The big New York, Texas, California and Florida donors who [...]

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At Least 17 Republicans in 2012 Presidential Election Field

USNEWS.COM By Paul Bedard When Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told us this week that the 2012 GOP presidential field will be “wide open,” we had no idea just how many Republicans might be marching to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada for the opening caucuses and primaries. Including Barbour, who will decide after the [...]

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Romney Outraises Potential 2012 Rivals

From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby Washington (CNN) – Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney raised $1.8 million during the second fundraising quarter of this year, far outpacing the other Republicans he may face in the next presidential race. Romney has also devoted considerable money to building an extensive national political network, doling out more than [...]

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2nd Lt. Cronin Reports for Duty: USMC ‘The Basic School,’ Quantico, Va.

We had a plume of smoke rising from the Weber kettle Saturday afternoon and the aroma was not only the familiar smell of charcoal, there was a pile of hickory chips on top of the coals, so that made it even more attractive. Four two inch thick NY strip steaks were on a serving platter that rested on the [...]

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Republican Dan Coats Wins Indiana Primary

(AP) Voters in Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio kept their incumbents and voted for an old Capitol Hill hand – Republican Dan Coats – in Tuesday’s primaries despite the nation’s bottom-barrel support for Congress and frustration with the Washington establishment. In Indiana this fall, Coats – who was recruited by the National Republican Senatorial Committee [...]

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Wanted: short, fat white man to succeed Barack Obama

I wanted to repost this article from the British paper The Telegraph.Co.Uk because I thought it was an interesting take on our political situation from a European point of view. I am most assuredly not endorsing the opinion that our next American President be white, short, bald or any other physical characteristic. Competent? Oh, yes. [...]

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Senator Bayh’s Domino Effect

WSJ.com By JOHN FUND Political handicappers Larry Sabato and Nate Silver both projected recently that if the November election were held today, Democrats would wind up with only 52 Senate seats, a net loss of seven. Evan Bayh’s sudden retirement yesterday is prompting most observers to give Republicans an edge to capture his vacant seat, [...]

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Five ways to lose the Senate majority

By:  David Catanese Sen. Evan Bayh’s stunning decision Monday to pass on a reelection campaign in Indiana is the latest blow to a Senate Democratic majority that is suddenly within striking distance for the GOP. While the retirements of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) had a clear political logic to them—both [...]

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Indiana Senate 2010: Pence (R) 47%, Bayh (D) 44%

RASMUSSEN REPORTS Indiana Senator Evan Bayh is another Democratic incumbent who could find himself in a tough reelection battle this fall. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds that Bayh attracts support from just 44% or 45% of voters when matched against his top potential Republican challengers. [Editor's Note:  [...]

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