Post Primary Wrap Up Show on Hoosier Access Radio

It’s that time again folks! It’s time for a little Hoosier Access Radio. Normally we do these podcast recordings the first Saturday of every month, but since last Saturday was the last weekend to campaign, we put off the show a week so we could talk about what happened Tuesday night.

The Blogger Roundtable will include discussions on:

• What are JLT and the state Democrats to do now?
• Why won’t Hillary turn her key?
• What can Republicans do to minimize losses nationally
• ….and of course, talk about what happened Tuesday night (including Tony Zirkle getting 6,000 votes?!?!?)

We’re also going to try an experiment on making this interactive. So we’re going to open this podcast up as an interactive live blog as well. It works like Instant Messenger. So here are the details:

• We’re recording at a new location (Ft. Harrison VFW Post 7119)
• We’re recording at a different time starting at 6:30pm (b/c of pole day at the track)
• We’re live blogging right here on HA while recording so everyone can participate
• If you can’t participate in the live blog, just leave your questions in the comment section in this post.

Catch it all tomorrow night!

Walorski on “Change”

Anybody tired of hearing the mantra of “change” over and over without ever hearing what that change would be? For the last month we’ve heard the same empty message of change from presidential candidates and gubernatorial candidates, all of them Democrats, but have we ever asked ourselves what that change would be other than a different person in that particular office? So what is “change” exactly? Republican State Representative Jackie Walorski discusses in her recent blog post on Capitol Letters, what that represents.

It’s been fascinating to watch and listen to the Presidential candidates talk about “change”. Barack Obama is basing his entire campaign on “change”. I’m not sure if he’s talking about “change” for the sake of “change” or what, because he’s never really spelled out what exactly he would do to “change” anything in this country.

But, it’s equally interesting to read the editorials of several newspapers around Indiana. In Northern Indiana, the newspaper tone has been instructing it’s faithful readers to “embrace change” and to vote against Hoosier incumbents in November. Is that “change” for the sake of “change”? As a legislator, I’ve been involved in helping move Indiana forward in many areas. Indiana now leads the Midwest in job creation, we have our own “Big 3″ auto makers, employing thousands of Hoosiers. Our State has gone from bankrupt to having a cash balance on hand. We went from one of the worst child abuse States to one of the best in child protection. These “changes” weren’t easy.

Read the rest of Representative Walorski’s post here.

Help a Fellow Blogger in the Battle Against Leukemia and Lymphoma

This is off the political trail a bit, but I wanted to throw this out to our readers and fellow bloggers. Fellow blogger and friend, Mark Warner, is running his first marathon in Chicago, but is doing so to help in the battle to fight leukemia and lymphoma.

It’s a good cause and I would ask that you consider helping Mark out. The information is below in an email Mark sent out.

Hi there!

I am starting an amazing journey. I have committed to run my first full marathon (26.2 miles) in Chicago this October. To make this an easier experience for me and to help others, I am raising funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) as a participant in their Team In Training program, and I’m asking you to help by making a donation to my fundraising campaign.

Team In Training will support me as I train and even during the marathon with encouragement and people to literally run alongside me. In turn, I am helping them fight the battle against Leukemia and Lymphoma by raising money. Would you be willing to help me accomplish the huge goal of running a marathon along with fighting these awful diseases?

See my web page here.

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS’s mission.

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!

Mark Warner

IU Alumni: Support a Conservative for Trustee

I received this email today from Jim Holden addressed to IU Alumni.

Dear Conservative and IU Friends,

Do you believe IU needs a change from the same tired old left-wing administrators that have brought us such things as the Gay Culture Center, the Kinsey Institute, harassment of military recruiters, the banning of Christmas trees and handgun ownership in addition to spiraling tuition costs, a politically correct campus environment and a floundering athletic department?

Now is your chance to make a difference!  Once a year in May, all IU alumni (anyone with ANY IU degree from ANY campus) are eligible to vote in for an alumni member of IU’s Board of Trustees.  This year a solid conservative, Kelly Burton Smith, is a candidate for IU Alumni Trustee!  She needs your support if she is going to defeat the incumbent, a far-left trial lawyer from Evansville who is also a left-wing talk radio host.  Kelly is an intellectual property attorney in Indianapolis.  She holds a law degree from IU -Indianapolis and will make a great Trustee!  You can see Kelly’s candidate profile at http://www.alumni.indiana.edu/about/election/candidates/smith.shtml

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Congrats Robb!

I’ve had my beef over the years with how the Marion County Republicans are run and how the current and past chairmen have handled things, but Tom John made one of his smartest moves ever when he named Robb Greene the MCRCC’s newest executive director.  Congratulations Robb!

(Read the official press release below the fold)

Jillary - Post Primary

What a mess the Democrats are in right now. Hillary was supposed to win Indiana by a large enough total so that that nagging voice to concede in her head (i.e. the DNC) would go away and she could continue to campaign for president. And “Diamond Jim” Schellinger “Rocks!” was supposed to win the gubernatorial primary and make JLT go gently into that good night. Well, neither happened. Now post Indiana primary, Hillary is furthering her self induced national embarrassment by issuing racially insensitive remarks to USA Today, and the state Democrats are stuck with a candidate for governor who is broke and no one in the party structure even wanted running, much less winning.

(Read more after the leap)

Indiana State Chamber PAC Wins Big on Election Night

                               The Indiana State Chamber PAC might be the biggest winner of all on Election Night. After wading into several tough primary fights across the state, they emerged with a perfect election with victories for every one of their endorsed candidates. Within hours, not days, of the close of Election Day at 6pm on Tuesday, they released this informative guide to the Election results of important legislative races from across the state. Their victories include an unprecedented 70% victory for Wes Culver in House District 49 as well as 15 other high profile races in Indiana. It doesn’t get better than that.

New Mitch Ad

Lest we think that there would be a lag between the primary and the race for the Governor’s mansion…

I saw this tonight on TV. Thoughts? I think it does a nice job laying out the positives from the first term.

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Schellinger Finally Concedes!

The Indy Star reports:

Jim Schellinger, the Indianapolis architect who fought a campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor to a razor-thin finish last night, conceded the race to Jill Long Thompson this afternoon.

“Jim Schellinger just phoned Jill to concede,” Thompson communications director Jeff Harris said.

With all but two precincts counted out of 5,230 precincts across the state, Long Thompson led by 7,102 votes, according to unofficial figures from The Associated Press, which earlier declared her the winner.

Which allows me to use this again!

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Just When You thought she might get the hang of the job….

The incompetence of Beth White never ceases to amaze me. Just received an email that explained the Marion County GOP Chairman “lost” his Precinct Committeeman spot because the Clerk put him on the wrong precinct ballot. No worries because he could always appoint himself to any random open PC position anyway. But its the principle of it all - if she can’t get a PC position right, what makes anyone think she isn’t going to screw up something a little more important.

Never mind we had precincts not open up until late afternoon or not at all in May 2007.

Mike Pence for President…in 2012?

Jonathan Martin of Politico.com is reporting some interesting political news to Hoosiers:

Another entrant for 2012/2016?

Here’s a new one: Rep. Mike Pence (IN).

Upside: Evangelical, fiscal conservative, good with the media (he’s a former talk show host)
Downside: He’s a fairly junior member of the House and is virtually unknown beyond conservative circles in DC and voters in his eastern Indiana district.

But he seems at least curious about the national stage. Why else would he keynote the South Carolina GOP’s Silver Elephant fundraising gala later this month?

If he does eventually make a run, he’ll already have a toehold in the Palmetto State. Tim Cameron notes that his direct mail consultant is South Carolina-based Starboard Communications.

Congressman Pence would certainly make an interesting choice. His name has even been tossed around during this presidential cycle as potential Veep pick.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mike Pence not too long after Hoosier Access first launched last August at the Midwest Republican Leadership Conference. Knowing the “Hoosier Hysteria” would be hog wild for a Pence candidacy, I prodded him about any potential higher political endeavors he might pursue. Check it out after the leap.

More 5th CD Breakdown

I found the analysis below of the 5th CD race quite interesting:

The Crossover voting hurt Dan Burton more than John McGoff. Internal polling showed a 20-25 point victory on Election Day (also verified by polling done by a third part- Howey). Voter ID calls in the last 4 days showed undecideds going 60-40 for Burton. So what happened? Conservative primary voters who would have voted for Dan Burton instead participated in Operation Chaos. They won’t do that in 2010.

McGoff didn’t eat into Burton’s victories outside of Indy metro. Dan delivered 3 to 1 margins outside of Marion and Hamilton counties. This has always been Burton’s base (he lost Marion County in his last major challenge). He’s always performed well in the traditional Republican areas in the other 9 counties in the district. McGoff didn’t budge numbers there despite considerable effort (and some nasty mail in the last week).

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