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Hpr 1998 07 09 Thursday, July 9, 1998 • Volume 4, Number 29 Page I of 8 ••••• Helmke won't press; .••.... • •. ...•.. THE ·-·­::..-::--· Bayh ain't talkin' Former governor is elusive on the big issues HOWEYT INDIANAPOLIS - Where does Evan Bayh stand on Clinton's trip to China? Or global warming? Or fast track? Would he have sup­ ported the tobacco bill? Hoosiers don't know because Evan ain't talkin'.And his oppo­ POLITICAL nent, Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke, isn't pressing him on the issues. The last time a gathering of reporters saw Evan Bayh was at 7 p.m. on primary night.He said then that he would likely be in bed before his opponent was determined. The former governor was REPORT nowhere to be found the day after the election. It has been almost a month since HPR tried to sit down with The Howey Political Report is published 40 times a year by NewsLink, Inc. Founded in 1994, The Howey Political Report is Evan Bayh for an interview to find out where he stands on an array an independent, non-partisan newsletter analyzing the political of issues. When we got back with Bayh spokesman Tom Sugar last process in Indiana. week, we were told,"Evan's had a hectic fund-raising schedule during Brian A. Howey the last part of June?' editor and publisher Therein lies the strategy that Paul Helmke has afforded him. Evan Bayh will report more than $4 million when the FEC reports are The Howey Political Report Office: 317-254-1533 0 Box20877 Fax:317-254-2405 released on July 15. Helmke will probably report less than $200,000 . • miianapoils, iN 46220 l>[email protected] Bayh's strategy is simple: keep aloof and out of sight (except for his campaign donors), accumulate hundreds of thousands of additional Business office: 317-926-0204 dollars, then bomb the hell out of Helmke after Labor Day with a Washington office: 202-775-3242 total airwar based on 30-second soundbites. Daytime number: 317-254-2400,Ext.273 Helmke will be hard pressed to compete. His spokesman, NewsLink Home Page: http://www.inoffice.com/hpr Peter Sien, will only say, "We exceeded expectations" with regard to the June 30 FEC report. Slen did report there was a $500 check that Subscriptions: $250 annually via fax or first class just came in from retired Gen. Colin Powell. The problem facing the mail. Call subscription office at 317-926-0204. Helmke campaign is that his failure to press Bayh on the issues has © 1998, The Howey Political Report. All rights reserved. minimalized the race as far as most reporters are concerned. Photocopying.faxing or reproducing in any form, in whole or in HPR has learned that U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar urged Helmke part, is a violation offederal law and is strictly prohibited to "go out and make some news" after his I percentage point primary without consent of the publisher. victory on May 5. Helmke made news by introducing President Continued on page 2 ccQUOTE"OF THE WEEK INSIDE FEATURES "I don't shake hands with a man I don't respect. ... " • Bob Lang draws a bead on Bob Kern page2 - State Rep. Jerry Bales, to GOP primary oppo­ • Ticker Tape: Previewing Demo convention page2 nent Jeff Ellington, who approached him after win­ • Carson, Hofmeister talk about gays page3 • Horse Race: Bales' virtulent swan song pages4-5 ing the rec unt, t the Bloomington Herald-Times • Official contested primary results page6 Thursday, July 9, 1998 Page 2 of 8 • primary: "Indiana cc11u111t afford to cancel Dick Bayh, from page 1 Lugar's vote in the Sem1L:!.Make no mistake TICKI~R Clinton a few days after his vic1tory,foHowed b1· about it, the combina tfon of Evan and Albert a garbage rate increase in Fort Wayne, thie sign­ and Bill will not fit tr1e 1.1 adition of Lugar and ing of an anti-smoking ordinance (and override Quayle and Coats:' H~l 111 ke said. ;;lJJ of a companion bill), and ruminations ol lc b 11 ·­ • The lncliana Democratic co-style legislation against ha1,c.guns.Al the Helm kevs E~!1r1!'~~:11:ions Convention wlll meet Republican convention, Helmke attempt·e·d Lo 1 ie 1 Satmday,July 11, with th~ slo­ Bayh to Loral and the Chinese missile contra· 1980 4th Con qi in !1 sional Diistrict gan "Progress Not i>artisarils­ versy.But Bayh didn't even m.ponc to that Dan Coats 18,794 hip."The gathering ret~rns to charge - Sugar did. Paul Helmke 8,217 the Indiana Conventiou1 {enter On Wednesday, Helmke had his first McDonald 7,426 after meeting in 1996 at the press conference in weeks concerning the 1987 Fort Way1r11 !1 Mayor Pepsi Coliseum at the Indiana Senate race and pressed Evan Bayh on how Paul Helmke 26, 194 State Fairgrounds. Speakers many debates have been proposed. Winfield Mose~i Jr. 24, 179 will include Evan Bayh,, (iov. Missrng is any notion of smokin:! lh.'11 1991 Fort Way1ni1r.~ Mayor Frank O'Bannon, Lt.Gaiv.Joe out on the controversial issues of the da/. Bo th Paul Helmke 21,415 Kernan, AG Jeff Modiseu, of Helmke's primary opponents - John Price and Charlie Belch 14,766 Speaker John Gregg,Sr~nate Peter Rusthoven - had plan 11;d to take Lugar's 1995 Font Way 111 :1 Mayor Minority Leader Richall'd Young advice in the weeks immed1atdy following the Paul Helmke 21,918 and the statehouse ca11di­ primary to "make some news~' Sugar told HH. dates. The keynote addlress that the Bayh campaign would have been mos. Thomas Essex [D) 11,042 will be delivered by U.S.Sen. uncomfortable wiLh Price because of his repu:a­ William Kempf OJ 1,029 1 1 Joe Biclen.Schedule fo1r the tion as a bomb thrower. 1998 U,S. Semtf ' events will be special intterest In contrast, Helmh s :ened almost su::­ Paul Helmke 138,960 caucuses at 8 a.m.; disltriict prised he won and appeared !o lack a rnh~!sivc John Price 131 ,327 caucuses at 10 a.m.; cc1ni1en­ post-primary strategy. He spent a day wlth Peter Rusthoven 124,711 tion gaveled to order ~1t 2 p.m. Lugar in the EvansviUe area la.st week ar~d hi1 a Continued on page 3 1 theme used often by all three candidJli: ; rn th1! I 1 Page 3 of 8 Thursday, July 9, 1998 PERHAPS ... w E WANDER TICKER By Brian Howey T A p E Carson, Hofmeister comment opposed to something inborn - and there lies on Lott's gay remarks another rub - is opening the door for this kind and adjournment at 6:30 p.m. of thing to happen:' INDIANAPOLIS - First there was Sen. Would Hofmeister oppose, say, city Trent Lott's assessment of whether homosexual­ State Rep.John Ulmer was ordinances that would allow benefits to gay cou­ ity was a sin."Yes it is:'he responded."In sworn in as representative ples? "I am not for that. Once again it's the slip­ from House District 49. He will America right now there's an element that wants pery slope. When society does something with to make that alternative life style acceptable?' complete the term of the late their laws - it offers tacit approval. The family Rep.Philip Warner, who died Those remarks set off a firestorm of does not need to be redefined.A family is a in June. both criticism and agreement. Rep. Dick Armey man, woman and children?' said, "The Bible is very clear about this?' Sen. Hofmeister added, "I hope you under­ Ellen Whitt has been named Don Nickles added, "I think it's immoral behav­ stand. This is not a personal attack; not campaign manager for ior?' an attempt to disenfranchise anyone. No one Secretary of State Sue Anne . And then there was Sen. Richard Lugar, wants to beat them up, kill them, take Gilroy. who told the New York Times, "I don't believe the away their rights. But a family does need to be party is likely to grow stronger or our voters confined. We want to protect our children?' Democratic auditor candidate more numerous through attacks on minorities Hofmeister s 10th CD opponent, U.S. Bob Hill expressed his "out­ whether they be sexual minorities or religious Rep. Julia Carson, had a different take on Lott's rage" that former deputy audi­ or racial minorities:' comments. "I was saddened by the comments tor Michael Bosworth was paid So, how does that play in Indianapolis? by one of our nation's individuals who holds $10,000 prior to leaving office Gary Hofmeister, the 10th CD Republi­ leadership position. I think that exemplifies a after pleading guilty to steal­ can nominee, prefaced his response by acknowl­ very ugly kind of attitude toward human ing $16,000."I can't believe edging that he had long been a contributor to beings. I wish we could say we moved on and be that a man who was convicted Theater on the Square, a downtown venue that more sensitive and tolerant of the difference of of stealing more than $16,000 often offers occassional gay and lesbian dramas. people." from the taxpayers of this "I'm not a gay-basher:'he said. Carson said the "glaring" part of Lott's state was given almost anoth­ In the next breath, Hofmeister notes that comments was when he compared homosexuals er $10,000 from Auditor leading gay and lesbian coalitions have advocat­ to kleptomaniacs. Wooden," Hill said."This is just ed presenting that lifestyle as an alternative Carson agreed with Hofmeister on the another example of the inept choice for students.
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