Posted on June 4th, 2009 at 11:15 am by daltonsbriefs
Merely an opinion – Dumezich should run against Visclosky

I’ll start the conversation here, and then round robin to some of our other great conservative sites in the state.

Dan Dumezich for House District One

Dan Dumezich for Congressional District One?

I believe that Dan Dumezich should re-think his options and run instead against Pete Visclosky for the first district seat.

  • Dan can raise money, both inside and outside the district
  • Dan has a strong and well known name in the district and has recently put old turf wars with current Lake County GOP chair behind them
  • Pete is as weak as he’s going to be, with PMA lobbying money scandal and having to remove himself from position of earmark power
  • The voters in the first district are getting pretty sick of calls for increased taxes to bail out Gary and the northern Lake County communities.
  • If Dan wins, we pick up a seat no one thought would ever go R.  If he loses by 4-5 points, he is the logical successor to Senator Lugar who will I’m sure soon retire.

I’ll let you the readers tell me I’m all wet, that’s fine, since that’s the primary goal of this site and other similar ones.   But, before you cry ‘impossible’ think carefully about the possibilities.

2010 Election, Dan Dumezich, Pete Visclosky, Richard Lugar | 4 Comments »

4 Responses

  1. Man, did you just take a swim, because you’re all wet.

    Seriously though, the GOP needs to take some serious effort to erode the stronghold (this also goes for the strong supporters/activists associated with conservatism/the GOP – after all, they ask for enough action, it’s time to be PART of it).

    Are population centers like the first district statistically likely to go R? Maybe not. But that’s precisely the way we should think if we want to keep shrinking our boundaries and become regional (though I reject that we truly are southern/rural if you consider all the data)

    Posted by DerekTrovi on June 4th, 2009 at 11:48 am |

  2. While it would be nice to be competitive in the 1st District and field viable candidates there, it’s just not a competitive seat. It’s probably at least as much a Democratic safe seat as the 5th is a safe GOP seat.

    I think that Dumezich has a very good chance against Evan Bayh (the best of any of the possibilities, I think). He was at my Lincoln Day Dinner back in April and (after some prodding) got up and gave some impromptu remarks. He was very impressive, and the audience (rural and suburban conservative Republicans, mostly) took to him and liked him a lot more than I thought they would.

    Posted by Scott on June 4th, 2009 at 1:38 pm |

  3. $15 million from Weaver and Dumezich loses primary, not good for any of us

    Posted by Popcorn on June 4th, 2009 at 2:25 pm |

  4. I don’t think Weaver should be taken seriously, but I’d love to hear the guy speak and prove otherwise. He ought to do so well-before the primary though, so a good foundation and activist base arises early on like a freight train right over Bayh’s lackluster career.

    Posted by DerekTrovi on June 5th, 2009 at 1:59 pm |

   
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