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McIntosh, Club to bundle $1M for Marlin which currently total Stutzman will get $848,853 in cash on TV ads to help hand, according to the Federal Election fend off Young Commission. In the fall, the and Holcomb Club For Growth super PAC, Club For By MARK SCHOEFF JR. Growth Action, will WASHINGTON – An develop television influential conservative organi- ads for Stutzman zation that has endorsed Rep. that tout his vot- Marlin Stutzman (R-3rd CD) for ing record and offer Senate will soon launch an ef- contrasts with his fort to increase substantially his two major opponents campaign warchest. for the GOP Senate The Club For Growth nomination, Rep. political action committee will Todd Young (R-9th start sending letters to its CD) and former state approximately 100,000 mem- Republican Chairman bers over the next week or Eric Holcomb. two asking them to donate to In an HPI in- Stutzman, according to the terview, McIntosh organization’s president, David U.S. Reps. Todd Young and Marlin Stutzman chat at the Republican said that Stutzman is the McIntosh. The group hopes to National Convention in Tampa in 2012. The two will be in a dog fight bundle $1 million for Stutzman, for the U.S. Senate nomination. (HPI Photo by Randy Gentry) Continued on page 4 a big boost to his coffers, Gregg bucking history By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – John Gregg is poised to achieve something that legendary Indiana governors Oliver P. Morton and Thomas A. Hendricks did, which is to win a gubernatorial nomination after losing a prior race. With Supt. Glenda Ritz “If ... I am faced with a vote to and State Sen. Karen Tallian exiting the Democratic guber- authorize military force against natorial race over the past two Iran, I owe it to the men and weeks, Gregg is now a clear frontrunner for the right to a women of our armed forces ... to rematch with Gov. Mike Pence. It is an opportunity that have exhausted every other has been elusive in Hoosier option to stop Iran.” politics over the past 75 years. In modern Indiana politics, - U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, who defeated nominees have often will support the Iran deal faced a one-and-done dynamic, Page 2

though in the 19th and early 20th Larry Conrad, Robert Rock, Wayne centuries vanquished nominees often Townsend, Stephen Goldsmith, and had a second or even third shot. John Mutz won nominations, lost elec- Since Indiana changed and tions and never returned to the top allowed governors to serve two con- rung of Indiana politics. secutive terms, there has not been The Democratic gubernato- a rematch. Pence defeated Gregg in rial race took a decisive turn during 2012 by 1,274,424 to 1,200,016, or by the first two weeks of August when a 49.49 to 46.56 margin. Only Govs. Ritz and Tallian dropped out, giving Evan Bayh (1,382,151 in 1992) and the beleaguered super minor party a is a non-partisan newslet- Frank O’Bannon (1,232,525 in 2000) chance to avoid a costly and divisive have received more votes than Gregg primary. Tallian told the NWI Times ter based in Indianapolis and among Democratic nominees. Gov. that she was ending her campaign Nashville, Ind. It was founded Mitch Daniels holds the Indiana record saying, “I’ve got no choice.” That in 1994 in Fort Wayne. with 1,563,885 votes in 2008. came after the Indiana Steelworkers It is published by Among defeated nominees endorsed Gregg over the weekend, WWWHowey Media, LLC who received a only to be followed second chance, the by the AFL-CIO. 405 Massachusetts Ave., famed Civil War Gov. “I can’t fight all of Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN Morton lost the 1856 that.” Tallian, who 46204 governor’s race as a had hoped to find Know Nothing can- labor support, follows Brian A. Howey, Publisher didate, ran as the Supt. Glenda Ritz, Republican lieutenant who abruptly ended Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington governor candidate in her campaign on Jack E. Howey, Editor 1860 and won, then Aug. 7. Mary Lou Howey, Editor ascended to the gov- Tallian Maureen Hayden, Statehouse ernorship when Gov. explained, “After Matthew Butler, Daily Wire Henry Lane resigned, much consideration, only to be appointed I am announcing Mark Curry, photography by Morton to the U.S. my withdrawal as Senate. Morton won a a candidate for the Subscriptions full term on his own in Democratic Party’s HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 1864. nomination for HPI Weekly, $350 Democrat Thomas A. governor. My congratulations go out Hendricks lost razor-thin races to to John Gregg, and I support his ef- Ray Volpe, Account Manager Lane in 1860 (51-48%) and 1868 to forts to lead this state. I am humbled 317.602.3620 Republican Gov. Conrad Baker by just by the welcome I received from all email: [email protected] 961 votes, before finally defeating corners of the state over the last few Republican Thomas Browne by just months. I will continue to build on my Contact HPI over 1,000 votes in 1872. In 1900 decade of experience as a state sena- and 1904, Democrat John Kern lost tor, fighting to ensure equal rights, www.howeypolitics.com to Republican Govs. Winfield Durbin well-paying jobs, and quality educa- [email protected] and Frank Hanly. And in 1920 and tion for all Hoosiers.” Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 1924, Democrat Carlton McCullough In a statement from AFL- Washington: 202.256.5822 lost races to ignoble Govs. Warren CIO President Brett Voorhies, the Business Office: 317.602.3620 McCray (who was indicted, convicted 300,000 member union is standing by and served a term in federal prison), the 2012 Democratic nominee, say- and Edward L. Jackson (the Ku Klux ing, “John has spent his entire career © 2015, Howey Politics Indiana. Klan governor). Republican Ray- standing up for working families and All rights reserved. Photocopy- mond Springer lost consecutive races we know that he will continue to do ing, Internet forwarding, fax- against Govs. Paul McNutt and Clifford that as our next governor. John Gregg ing or reproducing in any form, Townsend in 1932 and 1936 at the will not only bring some much needed height of President Franklin Roos- balance back to the Statehouse, he whole or part, is a violation of evelt’s New Deal. will bring the right priorities and right federal law without permission Since then, notable political temperament to the office. He will from the publisher. figures such as Richard O. Ristine, focus on improving working people’s Page 3 lives instead of a partisan agenda that does nothing to cre- Ritz also quickly discovered that Gregg had cut off poten- ate jobs, improve schools or fix our infrastructure.” tial funding and support. “We are proud to support John Gregg for governor After Ritz pulled out of the race on Aug. 7, Gregg because we know that he will work to rebuild our economy burnished his list with endorsements from the United and unite Hoosiers with common sense policies that im- Steelworkers last Saturday, and from the AFL-CIO on Mon- prove the lives of everyday working people like us,” said day. The United Auto Workers will gather in French Lick on United Steelworkers District 7 Director Mike Millsap. “From Saturday to make an endorsement decision. Then came crumbling roads and bridges, challenges in public educa- the support from 37 mayors, including Gary Mayor Karen tion, to an economy that is failing far too many Hoosier Freeman-Wilson on Wednesday. Of that group, Gregg families, we can’t afford to continue to be distracted by the picked up endorsements from Crown Point Mayor David radical ideological fights that Mike Pence has engaged in.” Uran, East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland and Whit- The unions have played a traditional role in ing Mayor Joe Stahura, potentially depriving support from Democratic gubernatorial politics, though that has dimin- potential rival Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. ished in the past decade. In 2008, key unions such as In addition to McDermott, former Evan Bayh sheet metal workers and building trades actually endorsed aide Tom Sugar is weighing a bid. But if either Sugar or Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, even as their banners McDermott gets in, he will find a frontrunner with a big projected sponsorship of the Democratic Jefferson-Jackson money advantage, and widespread and growing union and Dinner that featured Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. municipal support. v The Indiana State Teachers Association has not been as prominent due to field problems, though the UAW and Steelworkers are still prodigious in field operations and phone banking. The result were GOP super majorities that passed Right to Work and repealed the common construc- tion wage since 2012. How did Gregg claw his way into the position to Region intrigue as sideline a modern trend? Gregg certainly used the Republi- can encroachments into the labor portfolio as he appealed Tallian exits gov race for early support in the 2016 cycle. But it goes deeper than that. By RICH JAMES “A couple days after the election, he put together MERRILLVILLE – It has been a terribly interesting a list of things he did right and things he did wrong,” said week for Northwest Indiana in terms of statewide politics. Jeff Harris, who is voluntarily handling media for the Gregg And, what transpired has left several questions unan- campaign. “He learned it is quite a leap running statewide swered. than for state representative. I think he learned a lot from News accounts surfaced on Tuesday that state four years ago. He is a completely different candidate.” Sen. Karen Tallian of Ogden Harris continued, “I’ve heard him say over and Dunes was dropping out of the over again that losing an election that close was a person- Democratic race for governor, al disappointment, and even more so after watching the and that retired Lake Circuit way Gov. Pence has governed.” Judge Lorenzo Arredondo of “He’s got a good team around him and he’s listen- Crown Point will seek the attor- ing to them,” Harris said. “He’s doing the the things he ney general nomination at the needs to do to build a team and do things better. He’s a Democratic Party’s state conven- very focused candidate. He’s on the phone a lot. When tion in June 2016. he’s not in a fundraising mode, he’s calling county chairs The two announcements and elected officials. He’s fully in.” had inquiring minds wonder- In talking with Gregg over the past few ing a number of things. Did the months, the humor is still there, but the jokes that have party force Tallian out of the made Gregg a popular political figure have fallen by the governor’s race with the promise wayside. He has had a singular focus on fundraising. it would support her for attorney general? Gregg has declared himself to be in an improved posi- Interestingly, Tallian declined comment on whether tion. “I’m a much better candidate this time, I’m running she is being urged by some party leaders to seek the at- a much better campaign,” Gregg told HPI last week. “Gov. torney general nomination. And, Tallian said she hasn’t Pence is running on his record and he’s vulnerable.” had a discussion with gubernatorial candidate John Gregg Gregg set the stage for becoming the frontrun- about being his lieutenant governor. ner when he raised $1.7 million during the first half of the One thing seems certain, the last thing party year, convincing key labor unions to get on board early, leaders want to do is encourage Tallian to run for attorney depriving Sen. Tallian an expected source of support. Supt. general. Lake County Democrats, who could play a major Page 4 role in deciding who will be the state’s next governor, are labor leaders at a Buncich fundraiser a month ago. unified in support of Arredondo, knowing he could be a There was little doubt that the union support for key player in bringing out the Hispanic vote. And, a North- Gregg was solid. west Indiana battle for attorney general makes little sense, During the first six months of this year, Tallian particularly because it’s rare to have someone from the raised $23,700 while Gregg brought in $1.7 million. Much area on the statewide ballot. of Gregg’s money came from state and national labor Tallian’s decision also shows that labor unions organizations. remain king in Indiana Democratic politics. For the record, All that likely had Tallian shaking her head. If any Tallian said she ended her quest for governor because candidate deserved union support, you’d think it would be the AFL-CIO and the United Steelworkers of America both Tallian, who has been a voice for labor as the top Demo- endorsed Gregg’s candidacy. Tallian said that without crat on the Pensions and Labor Committee in the Republi- volunteer and financial support from the labor unions, she can-controlled Senate. That leaves one to think the unions had little chance of winning the nomination for governor. didn’t see Tallian as electable against Pence. Tallian’s Sen- “I can’t fight all that,” Tallian said. ate term runs through 2018. v Curiously, Northwest Indiana unions, which are the most extensive in the state, are not backing Tallian, who is Rich James has been writing about state and local considered one of their own. government and politics for more than 30 years. He Gregg stood with Lake County Sheriff John Bun- is a columnist for The Times of Northwest Indiana cich, who also is county Democratic chairman, and NWI

Hoosier congressman who took the reins of the Club in McIntosh, from page 1 January. “In particular, Marlin has thought about how to run statewide and win the Senate race in candidate who best represents the Indiana.” Club’s “free market, limited govern- Among the things that attract the ment principles.” Club to Stutzman is his willingness to The group was deeply stake out a position on budget cutting involved in the 2012 GOP Senate and stick to his guns, even though pow- primary in Indiana, playing a leading erful lobbyists may be on the other side. role in ending Sen. Richard Lugar’s McIntosh highlighted Stutzman’s effort a 36-year Senate career and propel- couple of years ago to separate the farm ling former state treasurer Richard bill from the food stamps program. The Mourdock to victory. Mourdock lost House voted once to bifurcate them, but the general election to Democratic ultimately they were combined in final Sen. Joe Donnelly in part because legislation. Stutzman owns a farm in of comments he made about rape Howe. “That type of strength of charac- during the fall campaign. ter makes Marlin appealing to the Club,” Stutzman, a Tea Party favor- McIntosh said. ite like Mourdock, also at times has So does Stutzman’s 93-percent stumbled rhetorically. During the voting record on tax-cut, deregulation government shutdown two years and other bills targeted by the group. ago, he was quoted as saying he Young’s 68 percent Club scorecard, wasn’t sure what Republicans were which McIntosh called “disappoint- trying to accomplish but that it was ing,” got him passed over. “He ran as a good idea anyway. A member of a conservative; he’s got a conservative the far-right faction in the House district,” McIntosh added. that has at times tormented House The Club also points to a vote on Speaker John Boehner, Stutzman is an energy and water appropriations bill sometimes a rabble rouser. on which Stutzman and Young split. An But McIntosh is not worried amendment would have banned the use that he will veer off the road in his of funds in the bill for renewable-energy Senate campaign the way Mour- Club For Growth President David McIntosh is and wind-energy programs. Stutzman dock did. “He’ll be a really good preparing to help bundle $1 million for Marlin supported the amendment and Young candidate,” said McIntosh, a former Stutzman’s U.S. Senate campaign. (HPI Photo by opposed it. McIntosh said that the vote Mark Schoeff Jr. Page 5 shows that Young favors “tax credits for windmills.” with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., than “If a special interest group comes asking for a Stutzman, a consistent thorn in Boehner’s side. tax benefit, he’ll work on that rather than lower taxes “I want Mitch McConnell to be doing more for everybody,” McIntosh said. “I like Todd. He’s a good conservative things so that we’re all in the same camp,” man. But he wouldn’t do as much work for the pro-growth McIntosh said. “Part of getting there is to have senators agenda as Marlin.” like Marlin who will stand up in the Republican caucus and The renewable-energy measure was part of a say, ‘Let’s do the right things. Let’s be conservatives.’” larger appropriations bill that would have cut off funding But that doesn’t necessarily mean that Stutzman for a whole spectrum of energy-efficiency initiatives. It will automatically become an acolyte of firebrand conser- was not specifically about wind-energy tax credits. Rather vative Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who often clashes with Mc- it was a response to a proposed regulation related to wild Connell. McIntosh said that Stutzman has told McConnell birds being killed by wind-energy equipment. that he is not running as a rebel. “That was a smart thing The Young campaign disputes the Club For for Marlin to say,” McIntosh said. Growth’s assessment of Young’s conservatism. Unlike The Stutzman campaign did not directly respond Stutzman, Young was the author of bills that have been to a question about whether he had spoken to McConnell. approved by the House, such as legislation that would re- “Marlin has always had the courage and conviction to do store the definition of a work week to 40 hours under the the right thing for Hoosier families and will continue to health-care-reform law. do so as Indiana’s next U.S. Senator,” Stutzman campaign “Todd Young has a record as a conservative can- manager Brendon DelToro said in a statement. didate who has proved he can win tough races, and as a All parts of the party will back Stutzman, should conservative legislator who has proved he can get legisla- he emerge as the primary winner, McIntosh said. “The tion to move,” Young’s campaign manager, Trevor Foughty, establishment is willing to help us get conservatives said in a statement. “That sets him apart in this race, and elected,” McIntosh said. “When he wins the primary, it will it’s the sort of effective leadership Hoosiers are looking be helpful to Marlin to have Republican Party support to fo r.” win the general.” McIntosh said that it often takes years for a bill to First, though, Stutzman is going to have to get pass. Stutzman’s effort to separate food stamps from the through a tough primary. farm bill may come to fruition down the road, and may Unlike 2012, when the goal of stopping Lugar become a talking point in the race for the White House was as important as electing Mourdock, in this cycle, the in this cycle. “I would predict that you would see some Club For Growth must elevate Stutzman above the oth- Republican presidential candidates saying that’s the right ers. “One of our roles will be to promote the positives of approach,” McIntosh said. Marlin,” McIntosh said. Holcomb, a former top aide to former Gov. Mitch In order to give him a boost, the group is trying Daniels, does not have a voting record. But that won’t stop to target postal mail and online ads at voters who are the Club For Growth from targeting him in contrast ads, mostly likely to vote for Stutzman. It is buying data from too. the Republican National Committee and outside groups. McIntosh also described Holcomb as a good man “We’re pushing ourselves about being sophisticated in us- before criticizing him. “My sense is Eric would be more in- ing that data,” McIntosh said. clined [toward] corporate cronyism, the use of government Stutzman, as well as Young and Holcomb, is look- to help big business,” McIntosh said. “He would end up be- ing for every edge he can get in a tough primary battle. ing part of the problem when Congress ends up voting for a wind-mill tax break or the Export-Import Bank. We want Holcomb adds Milo, Noel to campaign a leader who says, ‘Let’s get the government out of these Republican Senate candidate Eric Holcomb an- businesses.’” nounced Wednesday that LaPorte Mayor Blair Milo and Holcomb’s campaign said that he would con- Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel will join the campaign as centrate on keeping major company operations, such as co-chairs. those for Roche Diagnostics Corp. and Cummins Inc., in Milo and Noel said in a statement, “Eric Holcomb Indiana. “Holcomb spent a decade, alongside former Gov. is a next generation leader. He offers Hoosiers a solu- Mitch Daniels, championing the very pro-growth economic tions-oriented approach to addressing our nation’s tough- policies that helped Indiana go from broke to a triple-A est challenges using the record of results he has compiled credit rating, created a private sector driven infrastructure right here in Indiana. While there are many talented program that built a record number of road projects year individuals vying to serve, Eric Holcomb stands head and after year, and built an environment that allowed entrepre- shoulders above the rest.” v neurs to flourish,” Holcomb spokesman Pete Seat said in a statement. “Sadly, over that same period, we’ve witnessed Washington, D.C., founder. “ Young and Holcomb may be better able to work Page 6

to protect the right for people to love and live and marry Dickerson to challenge with whomever they choose.” Upon the March announcement that current U.S. Sen. Dan Coats would not seek reelection, the open Sen- Baron Hill for Senate ate seat has created ripples throughout the Hoosier politi- By MATTHEW BUTLER cal landscape. It is currently a two-man race for the Dem- INDIANAPOLIS — Longtime disability advocate ocrats; former congressman Baron Hill announced he was John Dickerson announced his candidacy for the Demo- running for the nomination earlier this spring. State Rep. cratic nomination for U.S. Senate Saturday morning. Christina Hale of Indianapolis told HPI several months ago Before 50-some supporters at Shapiro’s Deli on the south she had seriously considered a bid. There were specula- side of downtown Indianapolis, Dickerson was introduced tion and rumblings that former occupant Evan Bayh would by former Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis. Dickerson, enter the fray with his $10 million campaign warchest. His until recently, was the executive silence on the matter, many observers thought, froze the director for The Arc of Indiana Democratic field for several months. since 1983. HPI asked Dickerson if there was something about “I am running for the Hill he found unsatisfactory and led him to run. “Well, this U.S. Senate,” Dickerson said. all started with a conversation about nine months ago, “When I’m asked, ‘Why are long before Baron got in the race and actually before Sen. you running?’ It’s to bring this Coats decided to retire,” Dickerson told HPI. “And, I will voice to the political discussion. tell you it started with a lunch conversation with Kathy I’ve been honored to work with a number of wonderful Davis when I was encouraging her to see what her future people. And, I’ve learned and demonstrated that we can was. She turned the tables on me and said, ‘You’ve trav- change government to change lives.” Dickerson referenced eled the state of Indiana and worked together and made the revolution in how government, society, families, and change. Why don’t you think about the U.S. Senate?’” schools treat those with intellectual and developmental “Three things happening shortly after that really disabilities since the 1970s. “I want to be your senator; I want to take your attitude to Washington,” he told cheering supporters. Dickerson said “a strong and vibrant economy” is his top goal. “We’ve got to make tough choices,” he remarked. “We can use data, we can use information to move our resources into things that work and move them from things that don’t work. When we make stra- tegic investments we know where we are going.” Dickerson touched on the timely issue of infrastruc- ture. He said a friend heading to the rally was stuck on I-65. “It’s great that we’re ex- pushed me toward this decision,” Dickerson said. “One was panding and building I-69, but if we have a bridge falling Sen. Inhofe throwing the snowball in the U.S. Senate. We down on I-65, we need an infrastructure bill enacted that cannot deny the facts of climate change. We’ve got to plan puts Hoosiers to work building things again.” He also said for it. the No Child Left Behind Act was implemented without full “The second thing was that Sen. Leahy working funding for schools to make interventions for struggling on the Voting Rights Restoration Act could not get one students, such as summer school programs. “We didn’t do Republican senator to cosponsor. We have not only got that,” Dickerson said. “We have to live up to our promises.” to restore the Voting Rights Act, but we need a modern Social issues, such as marriage equality, were also act that makes it easier for people to vote and gets more addressed. “Too often, we are dividing ourselves on how people involved in democracy. we look and who we love and it is wrong,” Dickerson said. “The third thing was watching discussion of the “We have to fight for racial and income equality. We have budget. We have fought two wars without asking the Page 7

American people to help with that at all except to go shop- 9th CD: Yoder first Democrat to declare ping. We need to figure out a path forward.” Monroe County Councilwoman Shelli Yoder is the Addressing his lack of political experience, Dick- first Democrat to declare for the open 9th CD (Howey erson told reporters, “As I’ve talked to people across the Politics Indiana). She unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. state, it’s encouraging people that someone who isn’t a Todd Young in 2012, then was elected to the county career politician is out there willing to put themselves council in 2014. “I’m a different kind of Democrat, and I forward and talk about things. I’ve been involved in local will always put common sense over partisan ideology,” said politics as a precinct committee person getting people out Yoder, a former Miss Indiana who lives in Bloomington. “I to vote.” believe good government and a strong private sector can “It was those things that I saw that I could do work together without leaving hard-working Hoosier fami- rather than looking at Baron or anyone else,” Dickerson lies behind, and I have a proven said. “That’s what drove me to this decision.” track record of working across The campaign has launched a rather sharp-looking the aisle to solve tough prob- website and is on social media. Aaron Ketzenberger, Dick- lems as a public servant. More erson’s campaign manager, told HPI they have a finance than anything, I understand as director and other senior staff selected. “Next, we’re going the mom of three young chil- to start all the necessary fundraising that all campaigns dren that you can’t fix anything have to do and start heading out around Indiana. John has if folks are always fussing and people who want to sit down and talk with him in living fighting. It’s time to put petty politics aside and move all rooms all across the state,” Ketzenberger said. communities and Hoosiers in the Ninth District forward.” Dickerson told HPI he chose Shapiro’s because Yoder lost to Young 165,332 to 132,848. in 2012. Young is it’s been a meeting spot for political leaders spanning the seeking the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Yoder is a ideological spectrum to chat and tackle problems. That still as a senior lecturer at Indiana University’s Kelley School of appears to be the case. After the Democrat’s nomination Business. event, HPI spied current Indiana Republican Party Chair- man Jeff Cardwell having lunch with a friend and former 3rd CD: Brown signs spending pledge chairman Mike McDaniel getting carryout. State Sen. Liz Brown has signed the Coalition to “I have worked with Democrats and Republicans Reduce Spending’s pledge to reduce spending. The pledge alike over the course of my career, and have been navigat- stipulates that Brown will not vote for any spending with- ing those sometimes-tricky relationships for the benefit of out offsets elsewhere in the budget and will vote only for Hoosiers,” Dickerson said. budgets with a path to balance. Davis said she worked closely with Dickerson when she headed the state’s budget agency and the Family and Mayors Social Services Administration under the Bayh and Frank O’Bannon administrations. She said they worked together Fort Wayne: Coats fundraiser for Harper to streamline funding toward those in need. “Nobody U.S. Sen. Dan Coats will host a fundraiser for Re- cares more for all of us than John Dickerson,” said Davis. publican mayoral nominee Mitch Harper from 5 to 7 p.m. “John Dickerson is a champion. He is a thoughtful, patient, Monday at Hotel Fort Wayne. Sponsorhip levels range from persistent leader. He has trained hundreds of state legisla- $100 to $2,500. tors, FSSA secretaries, and FSSA staff on what it takes to get results for people. He has a lot of heart and a lot of skill and he is ready to bring all of that to move the coun- Elkhart: Neese, Moore spar try forward.” Elkhart Mayor Dick Moore is lashing back after State Rep. John Bartlett of Indianapolis was Tim Neese, his challenger in the November election, among those in attendance at the rally. criticized upkeep of the RiverWalk east of the city center There has been far more activity and knock-on (Vandenack, Elkhart Truth). Neese’s “lack of experience in effects on the Republican side of the Senate equation. Eric managing anything remotely like a city can’t be disguised Holcomb, a former state party chairman and top advisor by walking the city and pointing out every weed,” said a for both Mitch Daniels and Dan Coats, entered the race be- statement Moore issued Thursday. Moore, a Democrat fore anyone in late March. Since then he has been joined seeking his third term in office, went on, noting heavy by U.S. Reps. Marlin Stutzman and Todd Young. Their can- rainfall so far this year and a recent storm in Elkhart, didacies have spurred five Republicans all currently holding seemingly suggesting that quick plant growth from the elected office to announce congressional campaigns. State rain and damage caused by bad weather has hampered Sens. Jim Banks and Liz Brown seek to follow Stutzman upkeep efforts. “Near record rainfall this year has tasked whereas Attorney General Greg Zoeller and State Sens. city resources as well,” said Moore’s statement. “And not Brent Waltz and Erin Houchin are vying for Young’s seat. too long ago, a storm came down on Elkhart.” v Page 8

believers, I don’t believe he can win the general elec- Microburst showdown tion. Democrats, independents, blacks and Latinos would restore equilibrium. History is instructive here. In the summer of 2011, as Trump, Sanders Republican midgets such as Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann were leading in the polls at various points. In feed on inflows the summer of 2007, Hillary Clinton was the presumptive Democratic nominee. The mirages of summer always seem By By BRIAN A. HOWEY to hit the hard wall of reality. INDIANAPOLIS – A friend sent me a spectacu- On Wednesday in Derry, N.H., Trump insisted, “I’m lar time lapse video clip of a wet microburst collapsing not going anywhere.” over Tucson recently. It brought back vivid memories Indiana Republican Chairman Jeff Cardwell looks of a microburst that hit my neighborhood while living in on this whole circus with the kind of wonderment most of Elkhart. The skies glowered us do. He went to Cleveland for the first Republican debate and blackened. There was and found an “electrified” city with Republicans “excited a high-pitched squeal, fol- and engaged.” And Cardwell dreams the dreams of pun- lowed by a thunderous roar, dits, envisioning a May 2016 Indiana primary with the and then Mayhem appeared post-Trump survivors crisscrossing the state, just like Clin- with a bandage over his eye. ton and Obama did in 2008 when there were more than When we emerged from our 150 candidate and family appearances. There could be a basement, about a dozen very straw poll at the fall dinner, and big candidate confabs at mature trees on our block had been uprooted. At a nearby the Indiana State Fair grounds next April. intersection, all the stop signs where twisted, cranked into So Donald Trump is the microburst. He is spec- a bizarre clockwise position. tacular and impressive, and then lethally dangerous when Thus, my metaphor for the current Republican he collapses. If, perhaps when, this occurs, there will be presidential race. a torrent of wind that will rearrange the Republican field. Donald Trump is our microburst. He is impres- Some will have died after Trump gobbled up all of their sive, dominating and vulgar. He is celebrity, or as Club For Growth’s David McIntosh described him, he is a “showman.” Washington Post columnist George Will termed him a “counterfeit Re- publican.” And in this late summer of 2015, Trump has impressive leads in national, Iowa and New Hampshire polling. He is nipping at the beleaguered Hillary Clinton’s heels, trailing her by just 6% in a CNN Poll. A Fox News Poll earlier this week had Trump leading Ben Car- son 25-12%, while assumed frontrunners Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker were at 9 and 6% respectively. In swing state Quin- nipiace Polling today, Trump leads Bush and Marco Rubio in Florida 21% to 17% to 11%. For the pundit class, Trump is fun, wily, narcissistic and completely unpredictable. oxygen and fundraising potential. Others will find them- Trump is shredding conventional wisdom. And some, like selves standing in places they do not recognize, some may Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin, have come to a similar con- have skulls impaled by straw and emery boards. Trump’s clusion that I have, which is that Trump has the potential helicopter may end up in Tijuana. of winning the Republican presidential nomination. “Most There will be survivors. Who, you ask? Despite importantly, we’ve reached a turning point with Trump, Jeb Bush’s willowy performances and his weird hugs of the major establishment campaigns of both parties now Iraq War 2003 stars such as Paul Wolfowitz, he will have think Trump could win Iowa, and most of them think he close to $200 million or more to spend. That can buy a lot could win the nomination, and a significant number think of gross rating points and smooth out embarrassing scars. he could win the White House,” Halperin said on MSNBC’s Perhaps Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz will survive, “Morning Joe.” The campaigns are in “full freak-out mode.” bringing along some machine gun bacon and a cigarette While I agree with Halperin that Trump could, boat for the homestretch. Maybe Carly Fiorina persists, un- maybe, win the GOP nomination even after dozens of less she completely loses grip on a right-wing wobble like flip-flops on issues that were once near and dear to true she did on the issue of mandatory vaccinations, choosing Page 9 parental choice over common public health, President Joe Biden gets into the race, mak- an issue that has already bitten the strange, ing South Carolina his first battleground. This strange campaign of Sen. Rand Paul. Perhaps could set up a similar dynamic to Iowa in the sanity and compassion of Ohio Gov. John 2008 where Clinton, Obama and John Ed- Kasich will prevail with the adults in the room wards battled it out. (any adults out there? Any? Show of hands?) How damaged is Hillary Clinton? The other fascinating aspect of this Other than Evan Bayh, who presidential race is that while Hillary Clinton doesn’t live in Indiana any more, I haven’t wallows in her classified emails and server heard of many Hoosier Democrats who have crisis, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is feeding endorsed anyone. There is a growing cadre of off the same inflows and moisture that fuel Indiana Democrats who doubt Clinton will be the Trump microburst. The Sanders campaign the nominee. It’s a similar dynamic that their is growing off the same types of populist sen- Republican counter parts are experiencing. timents, but from an angle 180 degrees away. Hoosiers are waiting. While Trump says he is so rich that no one They are watching in fascination as the can ever pay him off, Sanders decries the same big money storm clouds gather and billow. They are hearing the purchase of American politics all while telling Iowans that storm warnings and the ominous thunder off in the dis- he “forgot” his helicopter. tance. They see the lightning. They are preparing to seek Can Sanders win the Democratic nomination if shelter but don’t know who will provide it. And they are Clinton continues to grope? My theory here is that the transfixed on the awesome spectacle of politics and celeb- more wounded Hillary becomes, the more likely that Vice rity and the strange new realities that could transpire. v

support Fiorina’s inclusion in the debate and those who Fiorina emerges from would cast a vote for her to be the nominee. For instance, I would venture to guess that if you assembled 10 Repub- licans in a room and asked them if Fiorina should be on GOP second tier the main stage of the next debate the enthusiastic answer By PETE SEAT would be, “Yes!” INDIANAPOLIS – Carly Fiorina, the former In fact, that was one of the questions posed by Hewlett-Packard CEO and one-time U.S. Senate candi- Suffolk University in a recent poll of Iowa Republicans. date, found herself the talk of When asked, “Should Carly Fiorina be invited to future the town following an impres- televised debates against the top-tier Republican candi- sive performance in the first dates?” the affirmative response was a resounding 92.84 presidential debate of the 2016 percent. cycle. Her crisp responses and But that’s not the question that gets one onto the sharp critiques of Hillary Clin- debate stage. The money question, so to speak, is some ton, Fiorina’s go-to punching variation of “Who would you vote for to be the Republican bag, earned her major plaudits nominee?” from every corner of the media If the former question was employed, I have no and political worlds. And right- doubt Fiorina would be on the stage. It’s the latter ques- fully so. tion that might prevent her from getting there, however. But can she capitalize on She needs to move more Republicans from merely fans to this? full-fledged voters. There is undoubtedly a growing sense within the Republican primary electorate that Fiorina should be in- CNN’s debate requirements cluded on the main stage when the candidates next gather The host of the next two debates, CNN, released for two more rounds of debate at the Ronald Reagan criteria that vary from the requirements used by Fox News Library on Sept. 16. But to get there she must overcome for their two debates last week. Whereas Fox used an two big hurdles, turning fans into voters and CNN’s debate average of five national polls taken in the days leading up requirements. to the debate to determine eligibility, CNN’s rules state the network will use “an average of all qualifying polls released Fans equal votes between July 16 and Sept. 10.” By broadening the base There’s a distinct difference between people who of polls used, there will be multiple polls in which Fiorina Page 10 received zero percent of to clear these hurdles right now, the vote, results that could it’s she. Despite the rush of sto- diminish the impact of her ries about Donald Trump and the current post-debate bump in near constant swirl of controversy support. around his candidacy, Fiorina On this front, the remains in a position to earn the good news is that the cur- support necessary to crack the rent RealClearPolitics polling top 10 and shine in primetime. average puts Fiorina in 11th v place with 2.8 percent of the national primary vote (two Pete Seat is senior project days ago she was in 13th manager at the Indianapolis- place with 1.3 percent). The based Hathaway Strategies. bad news is when using the He was previously a spokes- nine polls that CNN would count (they exclude outfits such man for President George W. Bush, U.S. Sen. Dan as Public Policy Polling and Rasmussen), her average dips Coats and the Indiana Republican Party. He joins below 1 percent. Howey Politics Indiana as a regular columnist. Nevertheless, Fiorina has time. If anyone is poised

system and tax laws. We could craft a system that accom- Deportation follies modates more temporary workers and collect more taxes on these folks. We could even charge a fine or fee for By MICHAEL HICKS those who entered illegally, but who have afterwards been MUNCIE — Immigration is once again a policy law-abiding citizens. This would enable us to more easily topic, so it is good to apply a bit of arithmetic to proposed deport the folks who are actual criminals and allow us to solutions. It is best to begin with legal immigration, where support communities with high concentrations of immi- much of the later problems and costs accrue. grants. I don’t think that idea will be much talked about, Legal immigrants to the United States are general- though. It is too easy, sensible and cost effective. Instead ly better educated, work at higher we hear calls for mass deportation. Let me briefly analyze rates and earn more than native- such a proposal. born citizens. Given how hard it A commercial bus ride from Chicago to Browns- is to enter the U.S. legally, this ville, Texas can be had for $198. So, if all of our illegal im- should be unsurprising; only edu- migrants agreed to leave voluntarily, and Uncle Sam paid cated and relatively wealthy folks the bill, it’d be a bit over $2.1 billion. can afford to apply. This means This is high fantasy though. poorer folks with similar lofty and, By my calculations this trip will require about a dare I say, traditionally American third of the 840,000 registered busses in the U.S., most ambitions have little choice but to of which are those big yellow ones that drive through my come here illegally. neighborhood five days a week. So, we’ll have to plan this Most estimates suggest a exodus in the summer, and it’ll cost more than $200 per whopping 11 million illegal immi- deportee. The studies I have seen calculate the current grants are in the U.S. That is fewer than four in every 100 cost of deportation from between $12,000 and $24,000 people walking the streets, and here in Indiana that means per person. That raises the costs of deportation to be- a typical very large high school will have seven or eight tween $132 billion and $253 billion. This won’t catch the illegal immigrant students in each grade. bad guys though, they are too slippery. This illegal immigration has both benefits and Of course, most of those who argue for full depor- costs. The benefits should be obvious, as most of these tation know this is an impossible plan. So, when someone folks want to work. They pay sales and property taxes, li- tells you they support deporting all our illegal immigrants, censing fees on that work. Many, but by no means all, also it isn’t that they are stupid enough to believe it. They just pay payroll and income taxes. Like about half of native- think you are. v born citizens, the typical illegal immigrant costs taxpayers more than they’ll pay in taxes over a lifetime. So what to Michael J. Hicks, PhD, is the director of the Center do about that? for Business and Economic Research at Ball State We could, of course, revise the immigration University. Page 11

position. Unlike President Barack Obama, who didn’t leave Putting all the money any dirty footprints in the snow in his public life leading up to his 2008 presidential campaign, Clinton has a detailed record as First Lady, senator from New York and secretary on Hillary Clinton of state. She’s on the record and her words and actions By CRAIG DUNN are fair game for political combat. Any investment pro- KOKOMO – In poker, they call it “all in.” In the spectus will tell you, “Past performance is no indication of circus, they call it a “one trick pony.” As my dad used to future performance.” In politics, past performance tells you tell me, “Remember, Lady Godiva put everything she had everything that you need to know. Mrs. Clinton would pre- on a horse.” fer that she not have to defend her words, votes, behav- I’m referring to the increasingly perilous strategy ior and record until she squares off against the eventual of the Democrat National Committee to bet everything Republican candidate. they have on Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential Until that time, Hillary would prefer to talk sweepstakes. In the cotton-candy mind of DNC Chair Deb- about that old nasty Republican war on women, nasty bie Wasserman Schultz, the Democrats’ best chance at Republican attitudes about gay people, nasty Republican furthering the Obama agenda into the future is by putting attitudes about immigration and nasty old, wealthy white all their chips on Mrs. Bill Clinton. men who rob from the poor and give to 527 PACs. That’s why, when you see While most Republicans relish the opportunity 17 Republican candidates line to hear 17 pretty capable people debate issues, ideas up to duke it out in nationally and philosophies for the next few months, the national televised debates in August, Democratic leadership would prefer that Hillary Clinton you have to scratch your head waltz through the primary season without getting pinned and ask why the Democrats down in a “I’m more socialist than you” battle with Bernie aren’t debating anything, any- Sanders and Martin O’Malley or in a pragmatic discussion where at any time. There is a with moderate Democrat Jim Webb. She would prefer to method to their madness and define herself after the primary season and not before her the fingerprints on this plan nomination is safely locked up, lest the wheels come off of belong to Ms. Rodham-Clinton. the cart. It would probably suit Why would the Democrat Party tee it up for one Mrs. Clinton’s deepest political candidate at the expense of a fair and straightforward fantasy if she did not have to discuss a single significant exchange of ideas? Because the Democrats’ one and only policy issue with the press or the American public until chance of winning the White House in 2016 rests solely after the primaries are concluded next June. The trick bag with Hillary Clinton. There is no one of real substance that every Democratic presidential candidate finds them- waiting on the bench. She’s it. She has been it since Presi- selves in is the need to list the political ship to port during dent Obama won his second term. the primaries and then move the ship to starboard during The lady in waiting waits no more. the general election. All that the pretenders to the throne, O’Malley, The Republican candidate has the exact opposite Sanders, Webb and possibly wacky Joe Biden can do is problem. They must run to the right to secure the nomina- force Clinton further to the left on issues and nail her tion and then take a much softer and gentler approach in down on her explanations regarding Benghazi, the Clinton the general election as not to spook foggy-minded voters Foundation and the sewer of Clinton Servergate. None of who let Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Kim Kardashian and this would be good for Hillary’s November 2016 chances. NBC news sway both their propensity to turn out and vote She would go limping into the election with all of her many and their choice of candidates. political warts exposed. Not a pretty sight! Unfortunately, most voters don’t tune into the For good or bad, you will have ample opportu- political process until after Labor Day, in a presidential nity to know everything about the eventual Republican election year. Until then, the vacuous statements, false candidate. They will have debated in nationally televised pledges and outright fibs go unnoticed by all but the most debates at least eight times, been exposed to endless politically aware voters. The only political class that seems interrogations by the media and had opposition research to hang on every word uttered during the long run up to conducted on them by some extremely well-funded Repub- the November election is the press and the internet. Words lican opponents. The Republican candidates are showering spoken in an Iowa coffee shop to a small group of voters in a glass box for all to see. can be resurrected in the final 60 days of a campaign to On the other hand, the Democrats’ duplicitous torpedo a thriving candidate. Mom used to say that words strategy is to carefully craft candidate Clinton’s image and can hurt and that may be the only thing that my mother roll out Hillary version 4.0 in the narrow window from the and Hillary Clinton ever had in common. Democratic National Convention to Election Day. The phi- You see Hillary Clinton is in a most precarious losophy of the Clintonites and Democrat string pullers is to Page 12 nominate a can of Play Doh and sculpt something for pub- tremely capable president. The Democrats’ perilous strat- lic consumption down the road. It is a sickening strategy egy may only bring a lame old nag to the starting gate. that will serve neither the voters nor the United States. And they’re off! v Personally, I like the stable of Republican presidential candidates. I believe that the grueling process Dunn is chairman of the Howard County Republi- that they will face will bring the voters a qualified and ex- cans.

This bust and boom was clearly evident in the Irrational exuberance Elkhart-Goshen metro area. Here was the highest percent- age job gain in the state (26 percent) from the 2009 low. Yet, while adding 25,800 jobs in the recovery, Elkhart-Gos- at the Statehouse hen workers will not forget the loss of 34,400 jobs from By MORTON MARCUS the 2006 peak to that low point in 2009. INDIANAPOLIS – What’s important to watch in the Columbus placed second in the recovery with a economy? If you listen to the politicians, it’s the monthly 20-percent rise in number of jobs, followed by the mega- number of jobs nationally, statewide or locally. They gener- metro (Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson) where the rebound ally try to take credit for all the gains and avoid comment was 13 percent. In all the joy exuded by our political lead- about any losses. ership about the state’s recovery, you might have missed However, if you pay at- the fact that four Hoosier metro areas in 2014 had fewer tention to the media, it’s the Dow jobs than they did in 2009. Jones Industrial Average that’s Terre Haute was short 1,000 jobs (down 1.4 important. This daily stock market percent), Michigan City-La Porte was off 1,400 jobs (-3.2 figure is often inconsequential percent), Evansville down 14,400 jobs or 8.5 percent, and and understood by fewer people Bloomington trailed with a deficit of 7,200 jobs or 8.7 per- than ordinarily attend IU football cent lower than its 2009 level. games. Yes, it’s always good to be encouraged by signs of Yet the political season is improvement in our economic condition. However, the eu- upon us again (did it ever leave phoria pouring from the Statehouse over the past months us?), so let’s talk Hoosier jobs. has been unwarranted. But what else do they have to The average of the trumpet? v monthly number of jobs in Indi- ana for 2014 was just 11,000 shy Mr. Marcus is an economist, writer, and speaker. of 3 million. Several pols and their pundit pals were ec- static about being so close to Indiana’s peak jobs number reached back in 2000 at 3,003,500. With the hot temperatures of the season, we prefer not to chill the enthusiasm of Hoosiers in heat. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in 2000 there were 6,080,000 residents of Indiana. At that time, the number of jobs equaled 49.4 percent of the total population. If that same percentage is applied to the 2014 population, then our state “needed” 3,259,000 jobs, or 270,000 more than we actually realized in 2014. We don’t want any politician traveling around declaring Indiana has a “shortage” of 270,000 jobs. But let’s not hear that we’re close to our all-time high number of jobs. That previous peak may be meaningless in an economy where major changes have taken place in the intervening 15 years. Now it is true that, by 2014, Indiana added 196,000 jobs from its 2009 low. But this “achievement” is largely a rebound from the sharp employment decline we call the “Great Recession.” Page 13

pencil for a misspelled word.” Messer talks Iran deal, In regards to the larger issue of crime, how can sentencing reform and other programs, like Indiana’s new community corrections effort, bring down America’s high gun law reform and prison population? “I think it starts with the recognition that Moses didn’t come down from the mountain to create Planned Parenthood our current law enforcement code. We do need to reex- amine whether we hit the appropriate balance. I think, By MATTHEW BUTLER though, it’s important that we both maintain the ‘broken INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Rep. Luke Messer opposes window’ policies of the 80s and 90s that have been very the Iran nuclear energy agreement, calling it a “terrible” successful. In that era, police in communities across the deal. “It doesn’t make America safer. It doesn’t make country began to realize that small crimes matter. You Israel safer. It doesn’t make the rest of the world safer have to enforce the misdemeanors. At the same time, I either.” think you’re right, we need to examine all of our drug laws If the deal is so bad, we asked why did other ne- and see have we gone too far with mandatory minimums. gotiating nations, particularly al- Are there folks in jail when it doesn’t make sense for them lies such as France, Germany, and to be in jail given the nature of their crime? What I’m UK, sign off? Messer said the talks worried about, if we’re not careful, we’re going to remake began with the international com- many of the mistakes of the 1960s and 70s. The truth is munity unwilling to forcibly stop that crime rates are down. There is a reason for that.” Iran from obtaining nuclear weap- Messer says tackling such issues is why he ons. From that flawed premise, he successfully sought the chair of the Republican Policy Com- says, the deal might appear sensible. Messer says nuclear mittee. “I think the Republican Caucus needs to be defined proliferation to the Islamic Republic sets a precedent be- by more than just what we oppose,” he said. “I also think cause its leadership are irrational and cannot be deterred. we need to articulate to the American people what Ameri- “They’re not a rational actor and they can’t be trusted,” ca would look like if the Republican vision was successful.” he added. Messer laments the agreement did not address He drew attention to hearings on millennials and improv- Iran’s refusal to recognize Israel and ing law enforcement. He hopes its human rights record. HPI noted that future field hearings and forums on U.S.-Soviet nuclear weapon talks left those issues will be bipartisan. their (very many) human rights abuses One area where Messer does not off the table. Messer again pointed want loosen the rules is sanctu- back to deterrence: the Soviets had ary cities for illegal immigrants. been and could be deterred, whereas “We’ve seen in urban communities Iran is a different case. that are ignoring the law crimes The issue of mass shootings occurring that should not occur,” and copycat attacks, often by mentally Messer said. “I continue to believe ill persons, appears to be on the rise. there is an opportunity to build What can be done? “I think we need consensus on immigration reform.” to have a broad examination of mental He says the areas of consensus are health policies in this country,” Messer “broad border security” and fixing said. “Frankly, I think the president the nation’s work visa program. has missed the opportunity on multiple “What we have today is de facto occasions to call our nation to have a amnesty,” Messer said. “Unless you broad conversation on metal health commit a violent crime, you’re not by jumping first to controversial poli- going to be sent away.” cies undercutting second amendment HPI asked if a potential com- rights. Clearly there are people walking on the streets promise over the status of millions of illegal immigrants today who twenty or thirty years ago wouldn’t. I think that within the country could be creating a pathway toward conversation needs to include resources, not just stronger permanent legal residency with full citizenship removed as enforcement.” an option. “It’s an intriguing point,” Messer remarked. “The Asked if he supports gun background checks debate on citizenship is largely driven by politics.” He said for mental health, Messer replied, “Bottom line, if you’re 80 percent of green card holders never seek U.S. citizen- mentally ill you shouldn’t have a gun. We need a system ship. Securing the border and fixing the guest worker in place to make sure we’re enabled to enforce that simple program with a concomitant commitment of resources are principle. I’m a huge champion of second amendment issues that can be tackled today in a bipartisan fashion. rights. I think to blame a gun for a crime is like blaming a “The debates about citizenships can wait for another day,” Page 14 he said. “Once the American people know our borders sibility to judge the character of these candidates,” said are secured and the people working here in American are Messer. legally part of our system, I think it would be a much dif- Before Messer’s panel began, he met and saw Jeb ferent debate about citizenship than it is today. People feel Bush, Carly Fiorina, and John Kasich discuss education like these rules are being broken and ignored.” policy. The Associated Press reported that teacher unions With Planned Parenthood back in the news, HPI were frequently targeted and school choice measures asked what’s the best overall approach to reduce the num- were praised. Perhaps most noteworthy among the field, ber of abortions? We noted the number of Indiana abor- Ohio Gov. Kasich reaffirmed his support for Common tions in 2014 were roughly half those in 1980. “I think Core standards. “I think the most important point to take we’ve had a cultural shift here in the last twenty or thirty from the forum is that it happened at all. Eight years ago, years. America is more pro-life today than it was when I twelve years ago most Republican presidential candidates was a kid growing up,” Messer replied. Asked about the did not have much of a broad-based education agenda role of sex education and access to birth control, Messer and now virtually every candidate is talking about educa- answered, “Those are all important. We live in the twenty- tion choice-oriented reforms,” Messer said. first century; we need better sex education and better Though presidential politics gravitate toward what birth control programs. I support those efforts.” are considered weightier issues, Messer believes average We asked if the fees PP was reportedly charging voters will keep education towards the front and center. for the fetal tissue was the key problem? “My understand- “Obviously economic and foreign policy issues are im- ing of the law, is it’s one thing if they are covering any portant,” Messer told HPI, “but you talk to families, their expenses and they are donating these remains of aborted number one issue is educational opportunity. Parents want fetuses, it’s another if they are selling those products. To to make sure their kids go to a great school.” me there are questions surrounding that. To Joe Donnelly’s That intense interest at the voter level is what credit, he said the reason he’s voted not to fund PP is Messer partially credits for advancing reforms in Indiana because those questions haven’t been answered,” Messer and elsewhere. “It has been a parent-driven initiative,” he told HPI. Considering the fungibility of funds, Messer said said. Reformers and lawmakers across the country look to he and Republicans do not want to fund PP even if they the Indiana example. Messer noted that Hoosier Repub- are comfortable with some of the organization’s other non- licans (and some Democratic and independent allies) abortion activities. He thought HPI’s idea that PP divide setting an education reform agenda and following through into two completely separate organizations, one for abor- can instruct others. “35,000 Hoosiers are at charter tions and the other for other types of reproductive health school, 30,000 in the voucher program, 75,000 kids are in care is an idea worthy of consideration. Messer questions our public choice program, we have to my knowledge the whether PP is the best provider for many of those services, broadest (school choice) program in the country,” Messer like STD testing. Along those lines, Messer said he sup- said. ports Indiana’s new needle exchange programs, like in “Not only did we pass these broad reforms but Scott County. we also kept winning elections after passing them. Obvi- ously, To`ny Bennett’s campaign wasn’t successful, but Messer speaks to NH education summit we elected a Republican governor after passing those On Wednesday six Republican presidential hope- reforms, elected broad supermajorities in the legislature.” fuls descended on the town of Londonderry for the New In Congress, Messer has not dropped the educa- Hampshire Education Summit being held by the K-12 edu- tion reform baton. He chairs the Congressional School cation reform groups The Seventy Four and the American Choice Caucus, a group he founded. “What I sense more Federation for Children. At the event U.S. Rep. Luke Mess- than anything that there is this recognition that the time er was invited to sit on a wide-ranging panel discussion on is now,” he told HPI. He has proposed The Enhancing educational issues spanning from early childhood to higher Educational Opportunities for all Students Act which would education. It’s an acknowledgement of his leadership in give states the option to use nearly $14.5 billion in exist- the Indiana legislature in creating what is now the county’s ing annual federal education funds to follow students to largest school voucher program. the public or private school of their choice. It would also “I did not announce my candidacy for President of permit 529 education savings account funds to be used the U.S.,” Messer quipped to HPI. What was his first trip to for qualified Pre-K to 12th grade education expenses, not New Hampshire has coincided with all the buzz and excite- just college expenses. Along those lines, it would also ment of the presidential primaries. Watching the dynamic eliminate the annual aggregate contribution cap of $2,000 impresses Messer. He equates running for president in on Coverdell education savings accounts. v the small New England state to conducting what is the equivalent of a congressional race in terms of organization, grassroots efforts, and meeting voters in intimate settings. “You can tell how seriously the people take their respon- Page 15

of Perpetual Repentance,” Baker wrote. “True, neither St. Joe switches from Jefferson nor Jackson could rise above prejudices of their day, but they are too important as historical figures and central to the evolution of the Democratic Party to be ban- Jefferson/Jackson ished and, by implication, disgraced.” By JACK COLWELL Baker suggested the name removal is pushed SOUTH BEND – The traditional St. Joseph County by “Democratic activists passionate about purging the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner will have a new name, the party of any individual who could possibly be offensive to 2015 Democratic Gala, when former Congressman Tim anyone.” Roemer speaks at the annual event on Sept. 17 in Misha- Critchlow says he had no pressure from anyone waka. to change the name of the St. Joseph County Democratic “We were kind of ahead of the curve,” says County Dinner. “It was my idea,” Critchlow says. “I was a little ner- Democratic Chairman Jason Critchlow. The name change vous when I brought it up back in January to the central was decided on in January, he says, long before all the committee.” It was agreed to unanimously, he says, with recent attention in national publications to state Demo- intent to stress inclusiveness of the present, not to repudi- cratic organizations elsewhere ate historic figures of the past. dropping the names of Jef- “I have not heard a single negative thing,” ferson and Jackson from party Critchlow says. He acknowledges that there no doubt are dinners. some party members who would have preferred retaining Critchlow stresses that the traditional name. But he says that ticket sales are way there is no intent to repudiate ahead of the pace for the last Jefferson-Jackson Day Din- Thomas Jefferson’s role as a ner in 2014. founding father and author of Just as the dinners have been a Democratic tradi- the Declaration of Indepen- tion around the nation, Lincoln Day dinners have been the dence or Andrew Jackson’s Republican tradition for fundraising events. populist advocacy of the Republicans, too, have had dinner name changes, common man. “But principles or refusal to use Lincoln’s name in some parts of the in their day were not very South. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina diverse,” the chairman says. once quipped while speaking at a Lincoln Day Dinner in “We know what our principles are today. So why name a another state: “We don’t do Lincoln Day dinners in South dinner after any former presidents?” Carolina. It’s nothing personal, but it takes a while to get Lack of diversity is reference to both Jefferson and over things.” Jackson owning slaves. In some areas, in order to stress modern GOP Jackson’s treatment of Native Americans in advo- principles, Republicans started holding Reagan dinners or cating and signing the Indian Removal Act in 1830 also is Lincoln-Reagan Day dinners. cited by Critchlow and Democratic leaders elsewhere as a St. Joseph County Republicans stick with tradition, part of Jackson’s presidency that should not be celebrated still holding their Lincoln Day Dinner. today. Why Democratic Gala as the new name for the St. “The Pokagons are becoming a huge part of our Joseph County Democratic event? community,” Critchlow adds, noting their particular aver- “My wife came up with it,” Critchlow says. He calls sion to the Jackson name due to the “trail of death,” the it a better description of an event planned as more of a forced march of many Potawatomi tribes from Northern party celebration, a gala, than just a political dinner with Indiana, a result of the removal act. speeches. v A New York Times article last week told of a number of Democratic state organizations removing the Colwell has covered Indiana politics over five de- names of Jefferson and Jackson from their annual dinners cades for the South Bend Tribune. because of belief that the two men “no longer represent what it means to be a Democrat.” States where Democrats have changed the name of the traditional fundraising din- ners include Iowa, Georgia, Connecticut and Missouri. The Times reported that at least five other states were consid- ering a change. The name changing was ridiculed in a column for USA Today by Ross K. Baker, a Rutgers professor and member of the newspaper’s board of contributors. It was carried on Tuesday in The Tribune. “The Democratic Party has turned into the Church Page 16

bases from Democratic mayors to party officials to mem- Democrats will have bers of the legislature. Best of all, he’s getting and follow- ing advice from longtime Hoosier political professionals. Let’s be honest – we all chafed at the outsiders competitive ticket John brought in last time to run his campaign, particu- By SHAW FRIEDMAN larly D.C. media guys and others from “out there.” Those LAPORTE — Smell what I’m smelling? hokum TV spots were the ‘brain child’ of East Coast types No, it’s not “napalm in the morning” or the smell who have a vision of all Hoosiers as a bunch of ignorant of victory just yet. What Hoosier Democrats are smelling hicks. these days is the real, live chance Fortunately, John Gregg knows better. that we are going to be highly He was an unusually adept Speaker who wisely competitive next year with the took counsel from folks who understood Indiana politics state ticket that is shaping up. and governing. He’s now shown as he develops a cam- With Glenda Ritz’s decision this paign team not only a discipline and commitment to this past week to seek re-election and campaign, but a desire to run a truly Indiana-based cam- to support John Gregg’s nomina- paign that recognizes the diversity and different interests tion for governor, followed quickly that make up Indiana. on the heels by Sen. Tallian’s Then to add icing to the cake, word has surfaced decision to do the same, we’ve recently that we have a respected jurist willing to seek just averted a messy, intramural the attorney general nomination. Highly respected retired fight. Every dollar raised can now Lake County Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Arredondo will go to electing John Gregg as the likely seek the Democratic nomination for Indiana Attor- next Governor and adding to our ney General. Rather than our State party chair having to numbers in the Indiana House and State Senate. encourage a “sacrificial lamb” to throw his or her name on Glenda’s done an outstanding job as the ballot days before a state convention just so we could State Superintendent and has built a network of educators fill out a slate, we have the longest serving Hispanic state around the state who are passionate in their resolve to trial court judge to serve anywhere in the country looking see her re-elected. Likewise, Sen. Tallian provides a much to run. needed voice of reason and progressive principles in the Arredondo was one of the founders of the na- State Senate and it’s only fitting that she serves much of tionwide Hispanic Bar association and a professor at the the territory in LaPorte national Judicial College. County once represented So respected is former by the “conscience” of Judge Arredondo that the State Senate, the late the justice center in Anita Bowser who was an Lake County was named accomplished constitu- in his honor. Having tional scholar. Judge Arredondo run for No, what we attorney general means have witnessed in the having a marquee, top past few weeks are party flight candidate for our and labor leaders from party. around the state con- No - we’re not do- cluding that John Gregg ing an end-zone dance gives us the best shot at just yet about how this re-taking the governor’s ticket is shaping up. office and coalescing in But I have rarely seen pretty rapid fashion. Hoosier Democrats more Part of what excited about our pros- our party is noticing is a pects than I have in the different, more focused past couple weeks. v campaigner in John Gregg this time around. Shaw Friedman is Aside from his diligence former legal coun- at fundraising, which he sel for the Indiana proved this last quarter Democratic Party and where he actually out-raised incumbent Mike Pence, he’s a longtime HPI columnist. done a much better job this time of touching all the right Page 17

pose secondary sanctions on other nations” would likely Lugar, Johnston back be challenged by Washington’s friends and allies. It could rapidly lead to alternative financial arrangements disad- vantageous to America over the long term. A U.S. policy Iran nuclear deal of extending unilateral sanctions to other nations that had By RICHARD LUGAR agreed to lift them on Iran would also risk damaging the and J. BENNETT JOHNSTON power and influence of the U.S. Treasury. WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer (D- Tehran would be the winner of this U.S. rejection N.Y.), a key voice in the Democratic Party leadership, because it would achieve its major objective: the lifting has announced that he will not support the international of most sanctions without being required to accept con- agreement designed to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear straints on its nuclear program. Iran could also claim to weapon. We realize that all senators must balance their be a victim of American perfidy and try to convince other concerns about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nations to break with U.S. leadership and with the entire against the consequences for the United States if Washing- international sanctions regime. ton rejects it. We just do not agree with how the senator Meanwhile, Israel would be the loser, as Iran balances up the account. Here’s why: would resume its nuclear program without inspections Schumer’s explanation did not go into his and would garner support from other nations around the views on the consequences of rejection. He says he will world. Ninety countries, including Saudi Arabia and other vote against the deal not because he believes “war is a Gulf states, have already supported the deal. Though Is- viable option” or “to challenge the path of diplomacy.” In- rael opposes it, many key Israelis do not, including retired stead, his reasoning is based on his belief that “Iran will senior generals and a former Mossad leader. not change.” The deal, however, is not about trusting Iran, The history of Iran’s efforts to build a nuclear changing its regime or even avoiding war. It is about pre- program without constraints is instructive. From 2005 to venting Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon. 2013, Iran rocketed from about 200 installed centrifuges Schumer’s alternative to the agreement is to “keep to 20,000, while Washington sought to stop them through U.S. sanctions in place, strengthen them, enforce second- sanctions. Unrestrained by the joint nuclear agreement, ary sanctions on other nations and pursue the hard-trod- Iran could quickly resume its aggressive nuclear program: den path of diplomacy once more.” move from 20,000 to 200,000 installed centrifuges, re- He does not explain how his strategy would be ac- sume enriching uranium to 20 percent in its deeply buried complished without the support of Britain, France, China, facility, finish its plutonium reactor and develop reprocess- Russia and Germany, the other parties to the deal besides ing. the United States and Iran. He also does not address the Vindicated in his distrust of the United States, consequences if Washington fails to honor its commitment Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would no to a multilateral agreement negotiated over 18 months. longer have any incentive to negotiate. The much flaunted Rejection of the agreement would severely under- and powerful Iranian “hard-liners” would likely return to mine the U.S. role as a leader and reliable partner around dominate national politics and push President Hassan the globe. If Washington walks away from this hard-fought Rouhani’s more centrist team aside permanently. A return multilateral agreement, its dependability would likely be to the “hard-trodden path of diplomacy,” as Schumer pro- doubted for decades. poses, would have to be conducted without Iran and its six Rejection would also destroy the effective coali- negotiating parties. tion that brought Iran to the negotiating table. China and The scuttling of the agreement could also put the Russia would likely resume trade with Iran. U.S. allies, United States on a path to another war in the Middle East. unsettled by Washington’s behavior, would move their own The uncertainty about the restored, unrestrained Iranian separate ways. nuclear program would rapidly become an unacceptable The other five negotiators would likely have mystery. International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors little stomach for going back to Iran “for a better deal.” would find the unprecedented inspections program of the The ambassadors of the five countries recently assured Iran nuclear agreement foregone, probably forever. members of Congress that their governments would not The hair-on-fire spiral from fears of Iranian inten- return to the negotiating table should Washington reject tions would lead again — as in 2012 and 2013 — to de- the agreement. mands for military action. As uncertainty mounted, Israel Future sanctions would then have to be largely might again find it necessary to attack Iran and expect unilateral U.S. efforts — and less effective. There would U.S. support. be no coalition standing by to restore sanctions or apply Paradoxically, full U.S. military action against Iran other pressures if Iran did not comply. It would also be would achieve only a three- to five-year delay in an Iranian difficult to develop joint forceful action against Iran should surge toward a bomb, while the international nuclear deal it decide to go for a nuclear weapon. would allow 15 years to test whether the agreement was Schumer’s suggestion that the United States “im- on track to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Page 18

An Israel-U.S. military attack would more than likely assure nuclear weapon. Congress can either accept or reject it by a decision by Iran to move rapidly for a nuclear weapon, a overriding an expected presidential veto — thereby taking decision it has not yet taken, according the director of U.S. sole and exclusive responsibility for the grave consequenc- national intelligence. es for U.S. national security that would certainly follow. v Within a month, Congress will face a momen- tous decision to kill this last chance for Washington to Lugar is a former U.S. Senator from Indiana, and reach a verifiable Iranian commitment not to build a Johnston a former U.S. Senator from Louisiana.

would allow inspections of suspected sites only with the Coats explains why permission of Iran. If Iran objects, a drawn-out, weeks- long bureaucratic process would take effect. Turning “access anytime, anywhere” into “access when and where he won’t back Iran deal Iran allows” makes a mockery of the original American By DAN COATS negotiating position. WASHINGTON – Back home in Indiana last week- The punishment for cheating is not credible. end, I sat down and read through the 159 page Iran deal. When our negotiators abandoned their position on gradual I also took time to review analysis from a wide variety of sanctions relief, they opted instead for “snap-back” provi- leading foreign policy experts on the pros and cons of this sions that would ostensibly punish Iran for cheating. The agreement. And since I returned to Washington, I have convoluted, byzantine scheme for such a return to sanc- had the opportunity to review the deal’s classified annexes. tions would be exceedingly time-consuming and is not The more I read, the more my concern grows. politically realistic. It is an illusion. This deal intends to slow down Iran’s march to Arms embargos will be lifted. Although non- nuclear weapons capability, but even the White House nuclear-related sanctions were to be off the table, the concedes that the deal will not permanently stop Iran’s negotiators caved at the last moment to accept an agree- nuclear ambitions. That in and of itself is concerning. More ment to suspend the UN conventional arms embargo after concerning is what the negotiators conceded in order to only five years, and missile embargo after eight. This is a reach an agreement with a regime that calls America its full capitulation, contrary to many recent statements – in- enemy, brazenly violates U.N. resolutions, sponsors ter- cluding by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – that rorism, threatens Israel’s existence and is responsible for such a position was unacceptable. more than 1,000 American military deaths since Septem- Terrorism will be funded. The agreement ber 11, 2001. would immediately give Iran over $100 billion of withheld Rather than negotiate from a position of strength, oil sales, money that could be used to fund Iran’s contin- the P5 + 1 negotiators’ desire for a deal led them to nego- ued terrorism in other Middle Eastern countries like Iraq, tiate from a position of weakness. The result is an agree- Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, a likelihood even President ment with benefits too small, a duration too short and a Obama acknowledged. cost too high. These are just a few of the many deeply concern- Consider just a few of the deal’s numerous prob- ing aspects of this deal. lems: Members of Congress now have the opportunity The period covered by the deal is way too to review the pending deal, and every member must short: The most significant constraints on Iran expire in determine what this deal buys us and at what cost. We eight, ten or fifteen years, at which time Iran will have one must ignore the coming public relations campaign that will of the most advanced nuclear infrastructures in the world, trumpet this deal as a victory for diplomacy and the false with the technical expertise, material capabilities, wealth premise that the deal is a choice between peace and war. and formal international approval to pursue nuclear arms. President Obama has defended his deal by chal- The deal even requires the United States to help provide lenging critics to put forth an alternative. How about ex- nuclear technical assistance to Iran. President Obama pre- ercising American leadership and enacting more vigorous viously admitted that once the deal expires, Iran’s break- sanctions to persuade the Iranian leaders to reconsider out time to nuclear weapons “will be essentially zero.” Of their positions or persuade the Iranian people to recon- course, now the president, Secretary of State and White sider their leaders? House are trying to back away from these statements. Congress should reject this bad deal. v Inspections of Iranian sites will be woefully insufficient.After U.S. officials pledged months ago that Coats is Indiana’s senior U.S. Senator. international monitors would be able to perform short-no- tice inspections anywhere and at any time, this agreement Page 19

Mark Schoeff Jr., Howey Politics Indiana: are no longer part of the mix. It’s a chance to start fresh Billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump may be and an opportunity show herself to be an effective leader winning over Republican primary voters at the moment, who can work across the aisle, a necessity for a Democrat but he has failed to impress the Club For Growth. The in Indiana. She wasn’t going to win. Ritz’s campaign for conservative economic organization said that Trump would governor got off to a rocky start with disclosures that it ac- not promote “pro-growth” anti-tax and spending poli- cepted contributions during the 2015 legislative session, a cies if he were to take the White House. Club For Growth violation of state law. But the real problem was the lack of President David McIntosh said that Trump has contributions before and after the session. tapped into voter anger about Washington not Ritz raised $30,529 in the first half of this listening to the American people. But he also year; Gregg raised $1.76 million. Campaign has supported a government-run health care money isn’t everything – Ritz proved that system and $5.7 trillion in tax increases while when she beat Tony Bennett in 2012 – but opposing free trade with China. “There’s a lot you need a well-financed campaign to beat of anger [among the electorate], and Trump’s Pence, who will be rolling in election cash. given voice to that,” McIntosh said. “He’s Gregg, a former speaker of the Indiana identified the cancer, but he’s not the cure.” House, had a reputation as something of a A call to the Trump campaign office was not returned. conservative in 16 years as a legislator. But lately he has The other 16 GOP presidential candidates have either not been going after Pence over religious discrimination and confronted Trump because they don’t want to alienate his other social issues. And it’s possible for a politician’s views supporters or they have taken him on and been drowned to evolve. After all, according to an Indianapolis Monthly out by the sheer force of the Trump phenomenon. The profile, Glenda Ritz often voted Republican until 2008.v Club For Growth can be a proxy for those who would op- pose Trump, according to McIntosh. “We can go out and Karin Carmer, Anderson Herald Bulletin: Wen- tell the truth about Trump and let the voters make up their dell Willkie seemed to come out of nowhere when he be- minds,” said McIntosh, a former Indiana congressman came the Republican Party nominee for president in 1940. and Republican gubernatorial nominee. In the meantime, But the Elwood native was president of a national utility Trump is overwhelming the GOP field. “Trump’s taken all company and a respected corporate lawyer, with support the oxygen out of the room,” McIntosh said. “He’s a show- from businesses, national organizations, and newspapers. man.” v He was far more liberal than the party who nominated him. He was the first major party nominee who had not been an elected politician or a military hero. A former Steve Hinnefeld, Chalkbeat: Superintendent of Democrat, and supporter of many of Franklin D. Roos- Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced last week that evelt’s social policies, Willkie, 48, opposed a third term for she’s dropping her short-lived campaign for governor and Roosevelt, and also the president’s attempts to allow the throwing her support to John Gregg. That’s good news for federal government to compete with private enterprise. Indiana Democrats: It means Ritz and Gregg can cam- Many Americans had the same doubts. When Willkie be- paign together instead of spending the nine months until came the party nominee in late May 1940, he announced the May 2016 primary tearing each other down. he would make his acceptance speech in August, in his Abandoning the bid for the governor’s office and instead hometown of Elwood. The town, the county, and Indiana seeking re-election to her current position is also the right exploded in a frenzy of planning and excitement. In his decision for Ritz to make. Here are three reasons: Super- formal acceptance speech on Aug. 17, 1940, in Elwood’s intendent is an important office. Ritz has been the most Callaway Park, Willkie dwelled on his differences with vocal and consistent advocate in state government for Roosevelt, but supported a national draft for compulsory public education, for students and for teachers. She’s been military service, a measure vehemently opposed by the a voice of sanity when it comes to testing, school grading, isolationist Republican Party. Roosevelt had been fight- and teacher licensing and accountability. She has put a ing Congress to pass the draft, and Willkie’s endorse- welcome focus on reading and literacy, and her frequent ment helped him get it through in September 1940. By visits to schools around the state – while they may serve a that time, most Americans were resigned to the idea that political purpose – put a spotlight on education and its im- America must prepare for what was coming: World War portance to Indiana. She can do better. True, she has been II. Willkie’s stand on the draft may have been a political hamstrung by feuding with Gov. Mike Pence and the State misstep, but it showed leadership. Willkie was also the first Board of Education and by efforts by Republican legislators major presidential candidate to take up the cause of civil to reduce her authority. I’ve been reluctant to blame Ritz, rights for African Americans. In speeches before, during but board members’ complaints about communication may and after the campaign, he insisted that the government have some substance, based on my interactions with De- had a responsibility to address race relations. v partment of Education staff. Now, however, the board has several new members, and two of Ritz’s most vocal critics Page 20

hepatitis C cases primarily contracted Phyllis Reagon was arrested for driv- Govt. emails through injection drug use (Blooming- ing while intoxicated on Saturday eve- ton Herald-Times). Health Officer Dr. ning, but she was not jailed (Muncie in hookup site Thomas Sharp submitted the decla- Star Press). Muncie Police Chief Steve INDIANAPOLIS — Last month, ration of a public health emergency Stewart (who is Democratic city chair- a group calling itself Impact Team to the Monroe County Commission- man) said the handling of Reagon’s leaked data it claimed ers this morning, said Penny case was based on “compassion,” it hacked from Avid Caudill, administrator at the not political considerations. “It’s not Life Media, a company Monroe County Health Depart- unusual someone would not go to jail that operates several ment. From 2009 to 2014, for this,” Stewart said Wednesday. “It online adult playground hepatitis C cases in Monroe doesn’t mean they’re not going to face sites, including Ashley County have increased 83 the charges.” Madison, Cougar Life percent, according to data and Established Men (Welsh, Advance from the Indiana State Department of Trump upstages Indiana). The hackers claimed to have Health. accessed the identity of the website’s Bush town hall customers, including financial, person- Rep. Brown upset DERRY, N.H. — For Donald al and profile information. On Tuesday, Trump, it wasn’t enough to upstage the group uploaded 35GB of data to by SNAP rules Jeb Bush by booking a town hall the Internet. Among the records were GARY — Starting in November, meeting at the same time as the for- over 15,000 customer accounts using about 50,000 Indiana residents will mer Florida governor (Politico). Trump either a .gov or .mil e-mail address. only be able to receive their Supple- had to attack him, too. In a 30-minute A full list of the accounts using either mental Nutrition Assistance Program news conference in Derry, New Hamp- a government or military e-mail ad- (SNAP) benefits if they are working shire, that was broadcast live on Fox dress can be accessed here. Advance or in job training, a change that one News and CNN, the real estate mogul Indiana found eight customers had state legislator says is wrong (Post-Tri- ripped into his GOP primary rival, say- used indy.gov e-mail addresses, bune). The change comes as a 2009 ing, “I don’t think he’s electable.” “Jeb the e-mail domain address used by federal welfare law waiver expires. Bush is a low-energy person. For him Indianapolis city workers. There were The waiver granted states the ability to get things done is hard,” a feisty six customers identified as using to waive work requirements for SNAP Trump said. Trump went after the bloomington.in.gov, the e-mail domain in times of high unemployment rates, former Florida governor on multiple address used by Bloomington city such as during the recession that fronts, dismissing Bush’s positions on workers. Four accounts used monti- began in 2009. Rep. Charlie Brown, education, health care, immigration celloin.gov, the e-mail address used D-Gary, believes that getting rid of the and foreign policy. After criticizing by Monticello city workers. Carmel waiver isn’t fair for those who need it Bush’s support for the Common Core employees’ e-mail address, carmel. most.“It doesn’t make sense,” he said. educational standards, Trump turned in.gov., showed up on two accounts. “I just think it’s outdated to say you to Iraq. Bush saying the U.S. had to There was a single account using can’t get help unless you have a job.” show they had “skin in the game” by in.gov, which is used by Indiana state committing more resources to com- workers. Whitehouse.gov showed Sharpton coming bating the Islamic State was “one of up on 44 accounts. There were 104 the the dumber things I’ve heard, accounts with va.gov e-mail address to Fort Wayne ever, in politics,” Trump said. “Between used by Virginia state workers and FORT WAYNE — The Rev. Al Common Core, his ‘act of love’ on im- 73 accounts using the ky.gov e-mail Sharpton – civil rights activist, national migration and ‘skin in the game’ with address used by Kentucky state work- broadcaster, White House adviser and Iraq … I don’t see how he’s electable. ers. The State Department’s e-mail lightning rod for conservative critics And then on top of that he talks about address, state.gov, showed up on 33 – will speak Sept. 6 at a Fort Wayne women’s health issues,” Trump said. accounts. church (Fort Wayne Jounral Gazette). “I think that Jeb Bush is totally out Sharpton, 60, is scheduled to talk at of touch on women’s health issues, Hep C emergency 6 p.m. at Come As You Are Commu- I mean totally,” he said, referring to nity Church, 7910 S. Anthony Blvd. Bush’s comment earlier this month in Monroe County that “I’m not sure we need a half BLOOMINGTON — The DUI for Muncie a billion dollars for women’s health Monroe County Health Department’s programs” — a garbled reference to health officer has declared a public clerk, but no jail government funding for Planned Par- emergency due to an epidemic of new MUNCIE — Muncie City Clerk enthood.