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Trump Brings ‘The Show’ to Indiana Month V21, 32 Thursday, April 21, 2016 Trump brings ‘the show’ to Indiana month. As he Coming WTHR/HPI had in recent Poll will reveal if weeks, Trump complained billionaire’s momentum about a “crooked” and continues to build here “rigged” sys- tem, though By BRIAN A. HOWEY he didn’t INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosier voters, specifically fearful and angry about an uncertain point to allies future, were treated to a stream of of Gov. Mike consciousness from billionaire Repub- Pence, who lican presidential frontrunner Donald appear to be J. Trump Wednesday afternoon at the engineering Indiana State Fairgrounds. It kicked off an unfriendly what could be a volatile and historic pre- delegate slate. primary ramp But up with the Trump, who eyes of the met with Gov. nation on the Pence before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wows about 4,000 outcome. the rally at supporters at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. (HPI Photo by Mark Curry) A big the Gover- Trump win on May 3 will put enormous nor’s Residence, told the crowd, “You’ve got a governor, pressure on the Indiana Republican establishment, which Gov. Pence, who’s really fighting hard for you.” If the selected a slate of delegates that appear to be supporting Continued on page 4 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich earlier this A tough nation to govern By BRIAN A. HOWEY BLOOMINGTON – It’s hard to believe that Lee Hamilton was running his final race for Congress 20 years ago, coming two years after a near upset in the 1994 Republican tsunami. When he began his 34-year career in the U.S. House, America’s popu- “I think we’re going to see lation was 130 million people. Today, with a potential presi- unprecedented voter turnout.” dential nomination for Donald - Secretary of State Connie Trump, he surveys a nation of 320 million, with white Ameri- Lawson, noting that early cans poised to be in the minor- ity in just a few decades. voting in the state is double In a sobering conversation that of 2012. with editors from the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association on Saturday, Hamilton laid out a sprawling and troubling over- Page 2 view of what is driving politics today. Hamilton said he attended At the presidential level, there is the a national security conference and Republican Donald Trump, who hasn’t foreign policy experts agreed that always been a Republican, and the the No. 1 security threat against the Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders, who United States “is our dysfunction at up until this cycle had been a social- home.” ist. Both feed off a simmering stew of fear and discontent. And in Hamilton’s Modern politics old 9th CD, a Tennessee millionaire is As a candidate, Hamilton said trying to buy his way into Congress. the mood of the voter is the most im- Howey Politics Indiana If he succeeds, Joseph Albert “Trey” portant element to understand. “Politi- WWHowey Media, LLC 405 Hollingsworth III would be the richest cians ask, not ‘can I get elected?’ It’s Massachusetts Ave., Suite member. ‘what’s the mood of the voter?’ Today, 300 Indianapolis, IN 46204 “It’s a a big segment of voters little scary,” Ham- www.howeypolitics.com are mad. They’re really ilton observed of angry. Trump and Sand- Hollingsworth. “It ers have tapped into Brian A. Howey, Publisher shows you the that.” Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington impact of money. Fueling that anger Jack E. Howey, Editor It’s a big problem are fundamental changes in politics.” Mary Lou Howey, Editor in the economy as In the manufacturing processes Maureen Hayden, Statehouse presidential race, become more productive, Mark Curry, photography Hamilton observes require fewer people, what he describes and more and more jobs Subscriptions as a “breathtak- are automated. There ing gap” between has been wage stagna- HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 campaign rhetoric tion, the middle class is HPI Weekly, $350 and policy substance. “What they say no longer getting regular pay raises, Ray Volpe, Account Manager on the campaign trail can stick with and “the idea that our children will do 317.602.3620 them” in office, Hamilton said. better than we did has faded. A lot of With 200 million more people email: [email protected] that anger is about the future of the now than when he entered Congress country. But you can’t name another Contact HPI in 1964, Hamilton observed, “This country that is doing better than we [email protected] is a very tough country to govern.” are,” Hamilton said. In an echo from Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 The next president, he said, will “find President Jimmy Carter in 1979, Ham- 50% of the American people dead set Washington: 202.256.5822 ilton cited economic “malaise.” against him or her. Look at the num- And, as had faced Carter Business Office: 317.602.3620 ber of people who dislike her,” he said and every other modern president, of Hillary Clinton. “It’s well over 50%. the Middle East takes an overwhelm- © 2016, Howey Politics That’s astounding.” ing amount of time and energy from Indiana. All rights reserved. When President Obama took any president. “It consumes them,” office in January 2009, Senate Minor- Photocopying, Internet forward- Hamilton said of the post World War II ity Leader Mitch McConnell didn’t seek presidents. ing, faxing or reproducing in a partnership or areas of potential col- Hamilton walked through any form, whole or part, is a laboration. “He said the No. 1 priority what a president faces. “I once sat violation of federal law without was to beat the president,” Hamilton down the President Lyndon Johnson. permission from the publisher. said. “Obama has met with obsruc- He would say, ‘What are the facts? tionism like I’ve never seen before.” What are the American interests? And this from a Congress that hasn’t What tools do I have to deal with the been able to pass a budget since the problem?” mid-1990s. “And they get away with Harry McPherson, a senior it,” Hamilton said. “They fool you and aide to President Johnson laid out me.” Obama, in turn, has relied on such a scenario with the young Indi- governing via executive order. “So he’s ana congressman listening and watch- turned to what he can do, which is ing. “McPherson laid it out. He said, what he can do by himself.” ‘Now Mr. President, here are the pros Page 3 and cons.” And LBJ responded, “Therefore, Harry, what do President Reagan. “I didn’t think I could deal with him,” I do next?’” Hamilton said. But of the 60 recommendations, a third of “They have to act,” Hamilton said. “And it’s really them involved law enforcement “and Ed drew up most of tough.” them.” The commission found consensus. Facing President Obama today and the next presi- Hamilton called former Ways & Means Chairman dent in January is that very Middle East that now finds Wilbur Mills the greatest legislator of the century. When ISIS festering. It is a region with virtually no leadership, building the Medicare/Medicaid legislation in 1965, the no jobs, bleak living and no future for its children. “Even Arkansas Democrat reached out to Republicans, saying, if we defeat ISIS, something else will pop into its place,” “What are the 10 to 15 things the Republicans want in the Hamilton said. bill?” When his staff reported back, Mills reacted, “I think we can accept half of them.” The legislation passed with The 2016 election 70 to 80 Republican votes. “He could legitimately say it If Donald Trump isn’t nominated and the Repub- was bipartisan.” lican Party as we know cleaves into pieces, that’s good “Contrast that with Obamacare,” Hamilton said. news for Democrat, right? “There was no Republican support for it. It’s just been ex- “I don’t think it’s in our interest,” Hamilton said. ceedingly difficult to implement. The contrast is stunning. “I believe in the two-party system, but the parties have Building a consensus is a tough job.” weakened. They used to be a place where there would be Thus, in the twilight of his long and productive life, an array of views and then they would build consensus. Lee Hamilton finds a rapidly changing nation demographi- We’ve lost that.” cally, with the subsequent fear and loathing prompting all “If he becomes the nominee, they have a prob- sides to dig in, all listening to ideological media instead lem,” Hamilton said of Trump. “If he’s denied, they’ve got of the centrist voices of Edward R. Murrow or Walter a big problem. But many don’t want to solve the problem. Cronkite. They want to give an ideological speech. The hardest thing “How do you deal with immigration without talk- to do is build consensus.” ing to Mexico?” he asked. “Or nuclear armaments without Hamilton found himself serving with five Repub- talking to the Russians? Or climate change without the licans and five Democrats on the Sept. 11 Commission. Chinese? You can’t do it by yourself.” v One was Ed Meese, a former attorney general and aide to majority. Elections create storylines and myths, in part Lugar sees ‘outsiders because reporters and commentators need points of reference. This year, one of the dominant storylines has been the rise of the angry voter. Implicit in this storyline with no experience’ is that voter anger is justified and will only be relieved by By BRIAN A. HOWEY overturning the system. INDIANAPOLIS – The Hoosier elder statesman “I have no doubts that some voters are bookend to Lee Hamilton is former senator Dick Lugar, motivated by their anger and some of this is justified by who discussed the notion of anger and outsiders fueled by failures in our political culture,” Lugar continued.
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