By BRIAN A. HOWEY
CARMEL - Gov. Mitch Daniels speech to Indiana Republicans Monday night has reignited speculation that he has his eyes on the White House, something the governor has consistently denied.
Friends of the governor have told HPI that while 2012 is still off the drawing board, they wouldn’t rule [...]
Here are some blog posts from around the internet that I thought readers of Blue Indiana would find interesting.
This first one is about the nomination of Judge Hamilton, who has Indiana roots:
Senate Dems CRUSH GOP judicial filibusterI'm not sure why this isn't getting more attention in the media. Senate [...]
RealClearPolitics puts Gov. Mitch Daniels second on its list of five most likely GOP dark horses for the 2012 presidential nomination, just behind South Dakota Sen. John Thune (”a political giant-killer, knocking off then Minority Leader Tom Dachle in 2004.”) and just ahead of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (”rock-solid [...]
At a recent township GOP meeting, sources report Marion County GOP Chairman Tom John was the guest speaker for the evening giving a report on the “state of the county party”. At a previous township meeting, yours truly asked the Chairman about the status of the County GOP website which [...]
The Tea Party movement is a reaction against the Republican party. Sorry to keep beating this drum, but this truth needs to be said loudly and often. It [...]
A feature in yesterday’s Washington Post on how to grow a political party from the ground up focused on Republicans in St. Joseph County, a group more distressed than Democrats in Allen County. When Chris Riley accepted the unpaid job as GOP chairman in 2006, he says it was “maybe the [...]
Saturday, November 11th was no only a day to celebrate Veterans throughout the nation, down in Corydon it was a day to celebrate the history of this nation and to protest our current situation.A special election in New York to fill a vacant seat in Congress that normally would have flown under the radar instead became a battle for the soul of the Republican Party. After the GOP establishment picked a Leftist to fill the Republican spot on the ticket, Doug Hoffman decided [...]
The event's speakers [...]
By BRIAN A. HOWEY
INDIANAPOLIS - A neuro nurse. A medical supply store owner. A former sheriff. Three former Daniels administration cabinet members. A small town clerk-treasurer. A pipe fitter. A Lugar Series graduate. Two educators. Two city councilmen.
These are the emerging new faces of the Indiana Republican Party in the [...]
By CHRIS SAUTTER
WASHINGTON - Bob Dylan famously sang that you don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind blows. The wind from the November 2009 off off-year elections - like the 2008 presidential election - is blowing unmistakably toward change.
In 2008, Democrats owned [...]
Their national online town hall starts at 1pm and ends at 1am and can be seen at gop.com. This should be interesting to watch. If they allow embedding, I’m going to try to post their webcast here too.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Actually a referendum on the Obama Administration is exactly what it is. Hope and Change isn’t providing much hope and there’s nothing but change left in people’s pockets. The Obama presidency is rivaling the Carter Administration as the most inept in history, and there is still 3 years and about [...]
UPDATE : Republican Chris Christie take’s NJ governor’s race over incumbent Jon Corzine.
Republican Bob McDonnell just smoked incumbent Virginia Governor Creigh Deeds a whopping 61% – 38%, (as of this writing).
The tide is turning. NJ election results coming after 9:00 p.m. How’s that “Obama factor” working for you dems now?
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