Race for SoS looks likely to heat up

Who is.... (0.00 / 0)

Vop Osili?  Sounds like a comedy routine.

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by: LafayetteLib @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 13:31:12 PM CDT

On the other side... (0.00 / 0)

The only Republican who I have heard of running for SoS is Charley White, member of the Fishers Town Council and chair of the Hamilton County Republican Party, who actually has a committee and is making appearances around the state.  While some on both sides in HamCo would love to get rid of Charley, the thought of a SoS worse than Rokita (and even possibly more partisan) is more than a little frightening.

And this is the first I have heard of any serious Democrat candidate.  With the Mayor of Evansville running for Governor, I wonder if it is supportable to have two statewide candidates from Vanderburgh County (and yes, I know they are not in the same election).  

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by: FishersDemo @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 15:13:39 PM CDT

Look at the Democrats who... (0.00 / 0)

have won statewide office in the past 20 years and they've tended to either be from the southern part of the state, or have done very well in the southern part of the state.

But she's going to be seen as a South Bend candidate by most people.

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by: Hank Scorpio @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 17:29:26 PM CDT

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OK, I'll bite (0.00 / 0)

Why is she viewed as a SoBend candidate?

And Vop Osili, you twit, is a very talented engineer who served with distinction on one of Indy's zoning boards for quite some time.  He is, I believe, of Indian descent, but I could be wrong.

How positively Xenophobic of you.

After eight years of Field Marshall Rokita anything is better.  We can do a lot worse than a smart engineer.  And we have.

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by: Blue State Blues @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 22:26:48 PM CDT

Hm (4.00 / 1)

I consider myself pretty well versed on Indiana politics and spent no small amount of time in the hinterlands.  But I guess I'm no big-time cityslicker.  And even though I come to Indy like almost every week, I guess i don't know nothin' about your fancy people's from other places running for office in Indiana.

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by: LafayetteLib @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 06:54:34 AM CDT

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Because... (0.00 / 0)

...people see through transparent moves like that.  Her husband, home, and current job are all in South Bend; she's established there.  It's a lot easier to be upfront and say you spent the vast majority of your life in Evansville but moved to South Bend to get married then say you grew up in Evansville, but moved to South Bend to get married, and now you're back in Evansville just in time to run for SoS.

This isn't a knock on her, she appears to be a formidable candidate, and an obvious improvement over Rokita; but one of those scenarios is easier to explain then the other, and makes a less inviting attack ad for her Republican opponent.  It's not hard to imagine the ad they'll run if she moves back now.  

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by: Hank Scorpio @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 18:42:26 PM CDT

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I happen to know them both... (4.00 / 1)

...a bit, and for different reasons I would say that Dems should keep on looking.  

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by: thinker867 @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 23:56:04 PM CDT

Can we get a REAL candidate please? (4.00 / 1)

I hate to say it but someone named Vop is not going to get elected here.  Our bench is pathetic right now.

Hoosier Progressive

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by: Vox Populi @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 10:37:19 AM CDT