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Reality gap

Is this an indication of what Gregg would do as governor, waste his energy and our time on something that's not even a real issue?

INDIANAPOLIS | Democrat John Gregg has vowed that women in Indiana will earn equal pay for equal work if he's elected governor.

Reluctant stand-down

Making the only decision possible and feeling a little frustrated over it:

The United States Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Arizona’s immigration law as unconstitutional means portions of Indiana’s immigration law dealing with warrantless arrests cannot be defended, Attorney General Greg Zoeller said today in a legal brief filed in federal court.

A model race

The question in Texas isn't whether a Republican will succeed Kay Bailey Hutchinson in the U.S. Senate but what kind of Republican. It's beginning to look like  "extreme" tea party conservative Ted Cruz might knock off  long-term membr of the Texas GOP establishment David Dewhurst in the primary. If that sounds awfully familiar, it should:

Left to our own devices -- not

Snort, snort

This is one for the records

The Indiana gubernatorial race is getting downright ugly, and someone should tell the candidates to cut it out:

Indiana Republicans opened a line of attack on Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg on Tuesday with the argument that he spent too much of the state's money during his time in the General Assembly.

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Wankers

Good for Bruce Dickinson:

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson hit out at a fan who spent more time on his mobile phone than watching the band at a recent US gig.

The Quietus reports that a show at the Klipsch Music Center in Indiana, Indianapolis on July 19th was disrupted by the man, who lead singer Dickinson took exception to.

Dead bang

Here's a clear case of unfairness, disenfranchisement of a group of voters that will have a clear disparate impact:

— Several Southwestern Indiana counties are among those that have caught the attention of election watchers for failing to purge their voter rolls of people who have died or left town.

The gap

Suppose this will be used by opponents of school choice to argue that the voucher program is a bad idea?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Private Indiana schools that accepted students from low- to middle-income families using state-funded vouchers last year experienced a fall in their passing rates on the state's ISTEP test this year, a newspaper's analysis of test scores shows.

Truckin'

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