I am hearing rumors that Indianapolis City-County Councilman, local businessman, and community leader Jeff Cardwell is looking at jumping into the 4^th Congressional District race.  Cardwell was first elected to represent District 23 on the City-County Council in 2007, and he has been active in Republican politics for some time.  In 2000 and 2004 he went to the Republican National Convention as an alternate delegate, and in 2002 and 2004 he was a delegate to the Indiana State Republican Convention.

Cardwell currently runs Cardwell Do-It-Best Home Center, a family owned business that he practically grew up in.  Apparently in the late ‘90s Cardwell was the first to prototype the Do-It-Best hardware store model which has since become a pretty common model for local hardware stores.

If he jumps into the race, Cardwell should have a pretty decent network to start off with due to his business ties, political involvement, and numerous charitable efforts in and around Indianapolis.  One thing is for sure, from the 4^th District race to the US Senate race, a lot has been happening that only a few months ago most would never have expected to happen.

That’s it? That’s all? This is the ad that the National Organization for Women and the Feminist Majority have been screeching about? This is the ad that the Feminist Majority has said will inspire terrorism? Are you kidding me here?

As cheesy as this video is  (and as creepy as the lead singer looks), if this song doesn’t get you hyped, I question whether you’re really alive.

And just for kicks….(thanks Kristee for posting this earlier)

GO COLTS!!!!!!!!

He was in Iowa last year, and will speak at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in April.

Now, he’s going to New Hampshire.

From the Indy Star:

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, who has left the door open to running for president in 2012, is heading to New Hampshire next month as the keynote speaker for a GOP fundraising dinner.

It will be the Indiana Republican’s first trip to New Hampshire, the state that typically holds the first presidential primary.

“We feel that he’s somebody in politics who is an up-and-coming voice for the Republican Party,” said Steve Stepanek, chairman of the Hillsborough County Republican Committee, which is holding the dinner. “We want to make sure we give our constituents and members of our party the opportunity to meet and converse with all of the important candidates who are coming to New Hampshire.”

Pence, the third-ranking member of the House GOP leadership, has said he is focused for now on helping Republicans in the 2010 elections and will consider other possibilities after that.

For my first nomination, Sarah Palin.  Can we think of anyone else?  I think most Indy 500 drivers, a few professional football players, perhaps even an actor or two would qualify.

For some background, from Hotline:

Bayh went home just 20 times in the last 2 years for which records are available — including just 7 trips home in ‘08. The NRSC has signaled it will also challenge whether it is appropriate for Bayh’s wife to be sitting on corporate boards, and to be raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process.

…they managed to get one right, this time.

Louisiana high school student, Brandon Frost, wore his Colts jersey to school on “jersey day”. Frost is from Indiana and proudly sported Addai’s moniker across his shoulders. Once, the fascist school principal, Steve Vampran beheld the shiny blue in a sea of black and gold it was all over for Mr. Frost.

“He said, ‘I don’t recall telling you that you could wear a Colts jersey,” Frost said. Frost said he tried to protest and pointed out he was just showing support for a team in the same manner at his classmates.

But, according to Frost, Vampran replied: “If you like Indiana so much, why don’t you go back?”

Brandon was sent home. Colts not welcome in Louisiana schools.

Now, the ACLU, to the rescue:

“The law is clear that students do not shed their rights to freedom of speech at the schoolhouse gates. Whether or not you approve of a student supporting the Indianapolis Colts, if a school opens itself up for students to wear shirts in support of one team, it must recognize the right of other students to support the opposing team,” Esman wrote.

Marjorie Esman, state ACLU director, has demanded that Frost’s record be cleared of any disciplinary entries from this incident.

(Read more after the leap)

Our leader can’t compete with the real Messiah and had to cut out before the actual prayer. Another FAIL, President Obama.

Reports indicate Obama left shortly before Tebow’s prayer — and the video of his prayer shows Tebow not mentioning Obama.

via LifeNews.com

Tim Tebow is a wonderful role model for America’s youth. Did the government schools create this fantastic bulwark of character? That would be, NO. He was homeschooled through 12th grade.

Dear Jesus, thank you for this daytoday. Thank you for bringing together so many people that have a platform to influence people for you.

Lord as we disperse today, let us be united in love, hope, and peace. Lord, let us come together as one and break down all the barriers in between us that separate us. Lord you came to seek and save that which is lost, and we thank you for that. Lord we don’t know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future, and in that there is peace, and in that there comfort, and in that there is hope.

Lord we pray for the people all over the world that are hurting right now.

The verse that comes to mind is James 1: 2-4, “Consider it all joy, my brethren, whenever you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete lacking in nothing.”

And we pray for the people in Haiti right now Lord, that you make them perfect and complete because you love them and have a plan for their lives, just as you do with our lives now.
So my prayer, as we leave today, that we are united as one because of you. We love you and thank you. In Jesus name, amen.

I have become a big fan of Mr. Tebow. Below is a segment from CPNLive.com with special guest Jedediah Bila. We discuss Tim Tebow, his Super Bowl ad, and the batty neo-feminists.

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cross-posted at KristeeKelley.com

Governors, Mitch Daniels and Bobby Jindal are gambling with the dignity of their beloved states. When the Colts defeat the Saints in the Super Bowl this Sunday, the Louisiana Governor will fly the Colts flag in humiliation over the Pelican State. If, the Colts lose…well, not to worry.

Clearly, Jindal is glutton for punishment. I have a great deal of respect for Governor Jindal and we can only hope this giant of conservatism will recover politically after bringing shame upon his beleaguered state. Such a folly could haunt his career for years.

We can trust these men to live up to their end of the bargain…however, Democrat Governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley disgraced the Old Line State when he reneged on a similar bet he lost with My Man Mitch over the Colts-Ravens playoff game. Did I mention he was a Democrat?

Go Horse!

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Soooo, the snow has been falling since about 10 am, I got to leave work at 1:30 and it starting sticking around 2.  It is really starting to get deep.  I would say at my house it is about 9 inches deep.  It is very very quiet and there is not a snowplow in sight.

I kid you not, they are forecasting a thunder snow overnight.  I guess this is what happens when Massachusetts sends a Republican to Washington, hell might literally be freezing over.

And I will leave you with a teaser picture, a view from my back porch.

I will post more pictures tomorrow as long as our electricity doesn’t give out. If it does, I will still be Tweeting away from my Blackberry till the battery dies.

…but not so now when Dan Coats is coming home.

The Indy Star:

Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker said that being a banking lobbyist could make Coats a tough sell to voters.

“The revolving door from Senate to lobbyist is one thing. Trying to revolve the door from lobbyist to the U.S. Senate is another,” he said.

State Democrats put out a news release mocking Coats for deciding to “come back for a visit.”

“A lot has changed since Coats abandoned the Hoosier state for the posh life of a Washington insider,” they said.

See, when Democrats come back to Indiana to run for office, they call it service (especially if they never lived here before, like Evan Bayh). When Republicans return to Indiana to run for office, that’s a revolving door.

Evan Bayh and Baron Hill better not let the revolving door hit them on their way out.

We were the first to break the news today on Twitter that Dan Coats is now paying his volunteers to collect signatures at $2 a signature.  The response to that news was nothing short of expected.  He was ripped apart by supporters of the other candidates.  Do I blame them?  No.  Do I think their anger is misplaced?   Yes.  Say what you want about the guy being a carpetbagging TARP funds acquiring lobbyist, but paying for signatures this late in the game isn’t a big deal.  In fact, if he wanted to get on the ballot this late in the game, it was a required move and a move he deemed worth paying for.

Consider, three weeks ago, Mike Pence was being courted.  I wrote that if he got in, Pence would have had to pay for signatures to get on the ballot if he decided to run.  Todd Rokita and his short lived consideration to challenge Evan Bayh?  He would have had to pay too.  And I really don’t think the outrage would have been as high octane for either of those guys as it has been for Dan Coats.

So put down the coffee and support your candidate by getting the signatures he needs.  You want to prove your candidate is better than Dan Coats?  Then get him on the ballot and prove it on May 4th.