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Howey Political Report Is Published 40 Times a Year by Newslink, Inc Thursday, Oct.12, 1995 • Volume 2, Number 6 Page 1of8 Racial polar1zat1on new 10th CD twist? Deep safety net cuts,Simpson verdict reaction THE pose interesting post-Jacobs era questions INDIANAPOLIS - By 11:45 a.m. Oct. 3, the lunch crowd in Filibusters, a pub across the street from the Indiana Statehouse, swelled to historic proportions. HOWEY The mostly white crowd - many state bureaucrats, as well as a former columnist and a state ticket candidate - packed the place to watch the O.J.Simpson verdict, while several black restaurant work­ ers filled their orders. POLITICAL There was a fear that should the verdict have been guilty, a cheer would have burst forth, which could have been perceived as a slap in the face of the blacks present. When the not guilty verdict was read, the crowd quietly melted away. REPORT A week later, at the Skyline Club a few blocks to the north, U.S. Sen. Dan Coats met with several writers. He expressed his The Weekly Briefing On Indiana Politics amazement that the overthrow of the welfare state by the Republican Congress has been met with so little outcry from its constituency. The backdrop to these two scenes is Indiana's 10th The Howey Political Report is published 40 times a year by NewsLink, Inc. The Howey Political Report is an independent, Congressional District, which radiates five miles out from Monument non-partisan newsletter analyzing the political process in Circle in each direction. It is Indiana's most racially diverse district at Indiana. It neither endorses candidates nor advocates positions 69 percent white, 30 percent black. Its voting percentage is 27 percent of public policy. black. If U.S. Rep.Andy Jacobs decides to retire next month, as many Brian A. Howey Democratic observers are predicting, it could be the scene of the editor and publisher most intense 1996 congressional campaigns in Indiana. Howey Political Report Office: 317-685-0883 Former State Sen. Virginia Blankenbaker announced her GOP POBox44168 Fax:317-692-1032 candidacy this week, telling district supporters, "I've lived it. I've also Indianapolis, IN 46244 CompuServe: 75141,51 lived the problems of the district:' She is expected to face 1994 nomi­ For Subscription information call: 317-685-0883 nee Marvin Scott, a black Butler University professor who polled 50,988 votes (46.5 percent) in his race against Jacobs. © 1995, The Howey Political Report On the Democratic side, if Jacobs steps down, the primary continued on page 2 ((QUOTE" OF THE WEEK INSIDE F E A T U R E S 0 0J.Simpson has broken new ground • Horse Race: Anderson, Evansville races page2 in celebrity- becoming a zillion times • Play of the Week: Aboost for Witwer page3 • "Two-race"issue bugs Goldsmith page4 better known than he ever was.A • Columnists Howey, Rohn, Buckler pages gorgeous mon st er.... II • HPR Interview: U.S. Rep. Mark Souder pages6-7 -Maureen Dowd, New York Times Thursday, Oct.12, 19'9:; Page 2 of 8 Buffer for 10th CD raciat issues gone v1~dth the 1wind? M L L From page 1 (30/50); and Bob D·~,[e (.23/44). 1, ,1 n1 1 , 1 111 battle may well be as racially c ivcrse with black Modisett 01.cupies unique vantage • How's IU's football m1sc1n car.cEdates like Center Township Trustee Julia point when it comes to racially diverse politics, g<l1ing? Well,tlhe Hoosi mare- Carson and, possibly, Attorney General Pamela the Congressional reforms,and the criminal Carter, facing stror_g white canc1dates like Ann justice system. Like ~;en. Coats, he expressed tied with Pen111 State ~in 1the Enormous Eleven. Delaney and Jeff Modisett. surprise at what the former Marion 'County While none of thes 1e politicians has prosecutor calls the "muted" response to the Bloomington Herald-T.imes ever played the political "race card:'the next two Congressional reforr::i.s of Medicare/Medicaid columnist Rose Mc/llveen election cycles may bring Ec1ally diverse issues and welfare. recalls the 191)4 election in to the forefront of these campaigns. "There is a gen1~ral consensus that some M11>nroe Country as mem 1>rable. Even President Clinton has expressed reform is necessary;' ),fodisett explained. "But it One reason was that tile votes his "astonishment" over racial polariza .Jo~ in could be a real shocker for some. vVhat w~re the aftermath of the Simpson \'erdict." I tt ink seeing now is the most sophisticated players - of Salt Creek lownship1 didn't what has struck all Americans in the aftermath the doctors and the Iobbyists - are getting what count.Why?"ln malkin~ up tile countyvote,above each col­ of the trial is the apparent difierences of percep­ they want on Medicdd and Medicar•e. It's after it umn offigures, the clf:rks did tion of the same set of facts based on the race of is signed, sealed and delivered that we're going not write the names of the American citizens,"Clinton said Oohn f.Harris, to see who's in and who''s out?' Washington Post). On welfare, candidates to whom ~lw fig­ 1 ures were credited.Thim wais There are other forces at work that j[1 , which is more of could come into play as new political face:; come g · a state-by-state now no one to count for 1 9 6 them ... So Salt Creek ha!i as on the scene in the 10th CD after the reas~ uring W fli T r H revolution as well not voted for the county legacies of Jacobs ad Bill Hul nm fade into the ~ "-· opposed to a 1 ticket."The BloomingtD'f.' shadows. ---r-J,-,..JW~ll-J'llh ~- Congressional Telephone's Nov.15, 19014 edi­ U.S. News & World Report positicned one, Modisett notes,' [Is constituency is a more tion explained, "What oirdinari­ the uncertainty this way: "Afrkan-Americams' disenfranchised and d:.s,engaged group who isn't ly would have alm<l1st caused a growing disappointment is not confined tr) the even involved in the debate?' revolution passed by us a cops, the courts and Republican legislator:; who Modisett beli 1eves that 1996 "'might not jolke." are cutting back long-stand ins federal efforts to be a good year for Democrats" simply because combat poverty and racial discrimination. the impact of the chmg1es won't be fully real­ Devil's Dictioinary Increasingly, black voters and officeholders are ized. "But by '98 it will b1e. The pam will be felt voicing discontent with the Democratic Party acutely." By Ambrose Bierce and beginning to contemplate alternatives that The potentia. danger for Democrats, as Bildc, n. That part of yo1ur range from Nation of Islam le;lder Louis U.S. Rep.Mark Soud1!r articulates in the HPR friend which it is yoUi p1iivi­ Farrakhan's black nationalism to retired Gen. Interview on pages 11•-7, is that if the widows lege to contemplate in your Colin Powell's pos~ible carrpaign for the presi­ and orphans don't ap]pear on wintry street cor­ adversity. dency - even if he mns as a R~:publican?' ners, it could set off ffi minority migration away The fact that Scott polled 46 perc:ent - from the party. The US. News & World Report Auctioneer, n. The marn who nearly 20 percent above the 10th CD's black vot­ poll reveals that whi .ie :37 percent of African­ proclaims with a hamm,~r that ing bloc suggests open-mindedness on the part Americans question~d continue to bold a favor­ he has picked a pocket with of voters able view of the par11y, :29 percent h<~ire voted for his tongue. But who lands on top of the national a Republican over a Democrat, X2 percent have tickets in '96 also will have a major impact.In a contemplated switching to the GOP, and 26 per­ Wendellisms recent U.S. News & World Report polll,African­ cent have thought of switching to a Lhird party. By Wendell Trogdon, lndlan~1 ~11/ls News American voters gave the following The Simpson verdict is a much trickier Bm and Hillary Rodham favorable/unfavorable ratings to these top level political en tree in th rt no one can accurately ainton will celebrate 111 years public figures: Clinton (84 percent/10 percent); predict what kind o! p:)litical consequences it of marital bliss on their 20th Jesse Jackson (79/14); Powell (75/3); Farrakhan might have, if any. The polarization between 1 wedding anniversa.ry. (40/31 ); Clarence Thomas ( 36/41 ); Ross Perot black and white Amerkans as reyeaJed by • continued on page 8 Page 3 of 8 Thursday , Oct.12, 1995 Anderson, Evansville RA E TICKER incumbents look safe HORSE c T A p E Play of the Week STATUS COMMENTS Republican gubernatorial con­ tender George Wttwer gets an ANDERSON Safe D Lawler is expected to cruise to a third term. endorsement from U.S.Rep. Lawler (D) Why? His Republican opponent's campaign Mark Souder, adding credibili­ v. Graham (R) to date has consisted of lx2 ads in the ty to his campaign. Herald-Bulletin that read, "Two terms is enough:' Graham is also on record saying he ••• would begin his campaign in earnest 17 days out. Lawler for Congress in '96? ''Vice President Dan Coats?" Indiana's junior seantor isn't EVANSVILLE Safe D going to follow Dan Quayle's Lori Frary weighs in on the local convention footsteps and openly pursue a McDonald (D) center controversy, calling for an expanded spot on the 1996 GOP ticket v.Frary (R) Vanderburgh Auditorium instead of buying But he is positioning himself the Green Convention Center.
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