We matter! They like us! We matter! They like us! With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all but deadlocked, Indiana isn't ignored this year. Obama hit Indianapolis, and Clinton is swinging through several Hoosier cities on Thursday. And Fort Wayne will be Blessed With Bill tonight at the Grand Wayne Center:
Morrone said there are no tickets for the event. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis for the “Solutions for America” rally.
You get the impression listening to the Democratic presidential candidates (especially Obama) that they would never go to war anywhere, at any time, for any reason. You get the impression listening to McCain that he would make war first and ask questions later. I doubt this is quite true, but that's how the candidates sound, so that's where the debate tends to be steered.
We tend to focus on the current war:
OK, that last post was a cheap shot, and shooting fish in a barrel and beating a dead horse, too. Demonizing politicians is good, clean fun, and we are more likely to induge in it as tax time approaches. But we should be careful not too go too far in demonizing all public service, which I'm sure I've done on occasion and which the governor succumbs to once in a while:
The idea in this country was that ordinary people would go into public service for a time, then return to real life. We would not have a permanent political class, and those who served would have to live with whatever they foisted on the rest of us. It hasn't exactly worked out that way:
If you're keeping score, mark this one for McCain:
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, changed his campaign schedule Wednesday to return to Washington for Senate votes Thursday morning.
The Arizona senator will be on Capitol Hill for several votes, including a measure that would ban earmarks for a year.
The Mob continues to strong-arm the competition:
If you ever find yourself in a friendly game of poker that involves betting at any type of bar or other establishment in Indiana, it might be time to fold. That's because the Indiana Gaming Commission is taking a tough stance against illegal gambling. And one bar owner in Scott County, Indiana has already been busted. WAVE 3 Investigator Lindsay English has the details.
Eliot Spitzer was caught using the services of a prostitution ring. Eliot Spitzer, as attorney general of New York, busted a prostitution ring. This has gotten him denounced from all sides for what apparently is the greatest sin today:
There will be those who argue — cynically — that Mr. Spitzer's personal hypocrisy has discredited his calls for good government.
So, to get your kid through college, you could start saving money now, perhaps get a second job. Your kid might also have to get a loan that will take years to pay back, and hope and pray for a scholarship. Or, you could just tell your kid to get arrested:
Conservatives have felt betrayed by Persident Bush over a lot of issues, but this is the one that will be felt the most:
Good riddance to bad rubbish:
Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York state embroiled in a scandal of his use of prostitutes over many years, was poised to hand in his resignation as the political, media and public pressure for him to stand down became irresistible.
