Wednesday,Aug.21, 1996 • Volume 3, Number 2 Page 1of8 Speeches, tax plans ....••••• 1..:r.·==•• • • • fuel governor's race THE ----· Goldsmith-O'Bannon outcome hinges on taxes INDIANAPOLIS -"Let's give our kids the best shot _.and make our schools safe again;Frank O'Bannon drawled before shoot HOWEYT ing a tum-around jumper from about 7 feet out on the basketball court at St Thomas School. How many times did O'Bannon have to shoot the jumper? "The problem wasn't hitting the shot:' said campaign manager Tom POLITICAL New. "It was getting it within 30 seconds. We filmed that last spring and it was a late night" In the Indiana gobematorial campaign that all polls shows Mayor Stephen Goldsmith with a 6 to 9 point lead (See Horse Race, REPORT page 3), the O'Bannon and Goldsmith campaigns are on different offenses. Goldsmith went for the three-pointer in San Diego at the The Weekly Briefing On Indiana Politics Republican National Convention with two speeches. It earned him some impressive clips in David Broder's 'The Howey Political Report is published 40 times a year by NewsLink,Inc. The Howey Political Report is an independent, Washington Post column on Aug.14 and in the Aug.19 edition of non-partisan newsletter analyzing the political process in Time magazine under a story titled "Rising Republicans." The New Indiana. It neither endorses candidates nor advocates positions York Times carried a Goldsmith photo. But his Thursday night of public policy. Republican National Convention speech was carried nationally only Brian A.Howey by C-Span, with the major networks ignoring it Local TV coverage editor and publisher was perfunctory on the speech, with Dole and Kemp getting much The Howey Political Report Office: 317-685-0883 more attention.And Mary Beth Schneider's coverage in the 200 W. Washington St., Suite M-1 Fax: 317-692-1032 Indianapolis Star centered around the fact that the word on Indianapolis,IN 46204 [email protected] Goldsmith "hasn't filtered down to the rank and file?' NewsLink Home Page: http://www.iquest.net/-hwypol/ Two WPTA-TV polls in Fort Wayne on Aug.11 and Aug.18 (673 registered in the 4th CD,3.7 +/-)after the convention saw the Subsaiption information: $250 annually for 40 Goldsmith lead actually shrink by a point, from 35-28 percent to 35- editions via fax or first class mail. c.all 317-685-0883. 29 percent © 1996, The Howey Political Report. All rights reserved. Yet the Goldsmith campaign was pleased with the overall Photocopying, faxing or reproducing in any form, in whole or in exposure. "It exceeded expectations; said John Hatfield, Goldsmith's part, is a violation offederal law and is ~prohibited spokesman. "The best thing about the week was Steve Goldsmith without consent of the publisher. was featured in a significant Thursday role with Kemp on the ticket continued on page 8 "QUOTE" OF THE WEEK INSIDE F E A T U R E S
"It's being awfully presumptuous •... " • Play of the Week: John Gregg's fiery heroics page 2 -Kip Tew, Marion County Democratic chairman, • Horse Race: 10th CD poll may be off page 3 on talk of whether John Mutz, Toby McClamroch • HPR Interview: Mayor Steve Goldsmith pages 4-5 or Murray Clark will succeed Goldsmith as mayor should he d~feat Frank O'Bannon on • Columnists: Broder, Neal, Colwell, Lange page 6 Nov.S, in the Indianapolis Star. • Campaign '96: GOP convention review page 7 Indiana's fastest-growing source of political news Wednesday,Aug.21,, 1996 Page2 of 8 0
---Wt--JJn'--'~i=:',;;~~ ~~ EDrlOQK SEi/ieEh,,.-=::::::;~~"""" Collection of polls shovv Dole's conventic1n bounce TICKI~.R Last May, Indiana Democratic Chaim.an CBS/New York. Times (Aug.16-18) Joe Andrew fretted ab:mt sequence.His s:ate Clinton 49,Dole 37,PeroH> convention came first, forcing Frank O'Buincn to lay his running mate card out first. This table from Politics Now looks at tile differ PLAY OF THE WEEK: De5 p·i ~e all Any advantage the Republicans had ent ranges of poll percentag1:s from the first 10 the glorious GOP coruven.tnon from this sequence was ceded when Mayor days in August through la.st weekend.From this stuff, we have tro honor lfouse Stephen Goldsmith was not decisive on the table, it reveals that Doli1e's bounce has been Minority Leader John Gregg, selection of his ticket. between 13 and 16 poinl:s;. who pulled a man from a Now come the national conventions, burning car on State R1oad 67 with the Republicans coming first, gettin5 th1e Candjdaxe Allg.l:.!i:t! ~14-18 near Marco last weelk anci then Dole-Kemp "bounce"in the polls, only to be fol Clinton 47-58 44-49 snuffed the flames c1n th11! vic lowed by the presumptive Democ:ratic love-ilm Dole 27-34 37-41 tim's burning dothe5. HP~·: sees next week in Chicago. This is bad news for Perot 12-18 7-11 Gregg as a pot,ential Sp1ec1kew Republicans, because any bump they received in of:the House, p1ossib~y in three the polls will likely be eras,ed. The real intrigui 1g impact of tile months, and as a rising ~1 ar in ·what about those polls? Here is what Democratic convention ori Indiana will 1:ome on the post Bayh-O'Barmc11rn era. we've been able to collect so far on the presiden Aug.28 when President Cl in ton arrives in This will be a story tha~ ~rtll be tial race following the convention: Michigan City by rail. He will address a predict· part of his building legt!n d. WY'fA-TV (4th CD only),Aug.16-18 ed 100,000 people at Washington Park before •n• Dole 43, Clinton 34, Others 6 departing for Chicago vi.a yacht. Indiana Democrat:; .. including Gov. Greg91 wasn't the only po ~iti· Politics Now/ICR (Aug.14-18) Bayh and Lt. Gov. O'Bannon - will rally at Gary cian who found himsell Clinton 46, Dole 38, Perot 10 City Hall at 11:45 a.m., thm take a lbus caravan engulfed in flames l.ast week. to Michigan City to gre,et 1the president. l Clinton rail, boat trip TICKER blazes trail through HORSER Ac E T A p E Hoosier state again peared amidst aDegations that TRENDLINE: The '92 Clinton-Gore bus trip wound its way along 1-64 in Southern Indiana and he had bounced a check for helped stake the ticket to an insurmountable lead This time the President shoves off from $70,000. The FBI and the Michigan City to his Chicago coronation, which could mark this ticket's rebound Indiana Supreme Court PRml>ENT Disciplinary Commission are investigating more than Bill Clinton,D Leans D Dole slams door on right and yet everyone is $500,000 in improper financial Bob Dole,Rep happy.Best convention possible. Problem is, the transactions over the past Ralph Nader,! Democratic bump begins in Michigan City and three years. Catt had Ross Perot, Ref ends in Chicago next week.And, what's that giant announced he would not seek sucking sound coming from Valley Forge? re-election in 1998. GOVERNOR State Rep. Rick McConnell~ Stephen Goldsmith, R Leans R Two \VPTA-TV polls taken in the 4th CD Aug.11 prognosis for a malignant Frank O'Bannon,D and Aug.18 reflect Mason-Dixon and Vargus brain tumor is good. Steve Dillon,L findings. Goldsmith led O'Bannon 35-28 percent McConnell discovered the with 24 percent undecided prior to GOP conven- tumor after be blacked out for tion.After convention, Goldsmith's lead was 35- several hours after mowing his 29 percent with 32 percent undecided. lawn on July 12. The"fast growing glioma" could have· 4mCD been fatal had it not been dis Mark Souder, R Safe R \VPTA-TV polls gave Souder 44-22 percent lead covered at an early stage. Jerry Houseman,D prior to convention, and 40-26 percent after. McConnell told Doug Sword of Souder has huge fundraising edge, has refused the Evansville Courier,"The to debate the Libertarian. Souder would have to reason I'm feeling so good is tell a series of bad Kentucky jokes to lose this. because the surgery occurred before I got sick. We11 do 3RDCD whatever we got to do here JoeZakas,R Leans D Dole rebound could help Zakas campaign liftoff. and get it whipped." Tim Roemer,D District has big GOP presidential vote. Dick Armey coming in to raise money.But Dem Gov.Evan Bayh's keynote sources tell HPR that Roemer's polling gives him address is just the first of what a big lead. The worry is that Roemer supporters appears to be many campaign will get complacent. trail activities in the coming weeks.On Sept7,Bayh will· lOTHCD appear at a reception in Vrrginia Blankenbaker,R Tossup Vargus poll gives Blankenbaker a 20-point lead, Shelbyville for 42nd District Julia Carson, D but HPR doesn't believe it.Black vote probably Senate candidate J.D.l.ux.On under-sampled. Our suspicions are that this is Sept 10,Bayh m11 campaign neck-and-neck and will go down to the wire. in Evansville on behalf of 8th CD candidate Jonathon Weinzapfel. Horse Race Key: Safe means assured victory; Likely is outside 10 points; Leans is between 4 Bayh has been swamped with and 9 points; Tossup is within statistical margin of error.Status in bold/caps means a change. continued on pag.e 5 Page4 of 8 Wednesday,Aug.21, 1996 Goldsmith e~xpects race to tii~~hten; 0 says O'Bann1on rnisses the ta::( point INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor .Stephen from 6 to 9 points. Doe:. urnt surprise you? ls Goldsmith's voice was hoarse Tu€:sday morning that where you want to b1~ al. this point? when he engaged HPR in this phone interview~ Golcllsmith: I'm plea:::ed to be 6 to 9 Little wonder, for Gold smith gave two points ahead. I think that's i1. nice place to be. I speeches before the Republican National expect the campaign wiH get closer.John Mutz HPJR Convention and was annointed a party"rising in 1988 was substantiar :1 b1 :hind at this point. INl~RV~EW star"by Tune magazine and the ,Nashington So, yeah, I think it's com trn.:tive. It will get clos Post But he came home to find r is lead over Lt er, but I don't know when. Obviously Frank is on ••ll J[ ]l.~[[]11 Gov. Frank O~Bannon slipping, the Democrat on TV and I'm not, so it sh• 1 J:,.c1 get closer. the air with TV ads and a looming bump from lifPR: There was com cern prior to the the Democratic Convention and Gov.Evan Kemp selection that Dole might drag It.he 8 Bayh's keynote address. Republican slate down. m1v1~ those 1C011Cierns '~rank d1oestr1't HPR: Did you accomplish what you been alleviated? (Control the wanted to with your speeches before the Goldsmith: Hoo.sier voters for governor Republican convention last week? are a pretty independe111t lot anyway.I'm not growth of gov1ern Goldsmith: I tl:.ink so. I wanted to hig;h sure what the total effect of the presidential light how our small government experience '::c n campaign will be. I think the sense of malaise in 1 rrnent. Even il1l produce more opportunity and Nlonday nights the Republican Party two weeks before It.he con ye~rs of dedhniE~u presentation was more oriented toward local vention clearly has gone aiway. I think. the control - government closest to the people. national Republican tid~et .in Indiana will have a tlhey could stllll~ Thursday night, it was how redudng the size of slight and positive effec~ \fot dramatic anyway. 0 raise their rat,l~~;. government can bring about economic divers ty. HPR: We've seen er ~annon go up on TV, BPR: What kind of relationship have you yet Anne Shane and John Hatfield from your He doeswr't address had with Jack Kemp in the past? And are you campaign tell us you have no plans to go on pleased with his selection as vfoe president? yourself. Won't you risk your lead slipping fur sd11ools at aHu 1Gold.smitb: J'y,e known Jack Kemp for ther! which is a Made some time.I appreciate and follow his philo!:o Goldsmith: Sur~:. ·~ecih it will. phy. I consider him a friend and his selection to HPR: You tend to go for the more con 1 truck siz1e hol1E! 000.' the ticket emphasizes the right message of hope centrated TV buys later in 1:he campaign - Stephen Goldsmith and opportunity, optimism and concern about sequence ... cities, low taxes.All the right things. Gold!.mith: WeU, Frnnk came out of the HPR: When Jack Kemp served in the primary with a $1.5 millio1n advantage and pret Bush administration, he seemed to be the guy ty intense outside support We're just trying to who marched to the beat of his own drummer be careful how we run · h1: ' ampaign. We on urban affairs. Do you get L1e sense that he haven't made any decis 1c11~. yet. will be more in tune to a President Dole on HPR: Let's talk 1L2c'[e.>.John Hatfield is issues near and dear to your heart? calling O'Bannon's billioIJ dollar tax cut one of Goldsmith: You could reasonably prcject the defining moments In the campaign. I'm .- ••. ..,II that Jack Kemp would be the fac.e of the admin assuming you agree wi:th tllat stat,ement and, if ...... U .. .II.., .. istration on those issues. There was some la1;k so, tell me why? ·-·--- -· of direction in later years of tbe Bush admiIUi:s Goldsmith: If anybody would take the tration on city issues.Jack Kemp was a separate time to analyze these two tax plans they would voice. But I would anticipate his message we uld see enormous differenc ,,~.which represent the make him a leading connection to urban com philosophies of the two cai npaigns. Mine would munities as well in a Dole administration. cap the growth of government, not just taxes.It 0 HPR: Weve seen three n!cent polls that would require every govm:tment institution to ' show that in your race, your l~ad is anywher'e live on its own growth; not be able to raise Pages of8 Wednesday,Aug. 21, 1996 rates.So we'll freeze taxes, subject to referen becomes graduated. I mean, rd be happy to dum ... and take the welfare rate off the prop have him explain it to me.If the rate of your erty tax rate, transfer it to a state obligation and credit is graduated by your income ... well, he TICKER lower the taxes by that amount Frank doesn't may be saying something he doesn't mean.But p control the growth of government Even in years so far they have said they are going to graduate T A E of decline, they could still raise their rates. He the creditS based on your income. Now if they doesn't address schools at all, which is a Maclc want to disavow that, rd say great requests for appearances on truclc size hole. I mean, schools are property BPR: You see this contrast as a central national TV shows in the week taxes and I think that represents the ISTA posi theme for the rest of the campaign? leading up to his keynote con tion. Goldmnith· The fact that they refuse to vention speech.NBCl Meet HPR: I asked Tom New about that yes cap the growth of government, they refuse to The Press, CBS's Face The terday and he said they decided to exempt take on schools, they use a graduated income Nation, ABC's Good Morning school taxes because they are tied to current tax shows this is a plan that is hollow and capit America, NBC's Today, Fox parameters and would cause more problems ulates to the special interests. News Sunday, CNN and C-Span than they solved. HPR: How does Larry DeBoer's study have all lined up to talk with Goldsmith: That's ridiculous! I mean, factor in on the tax debate? Bayh.Also induded is Comedy we're not going to cap the growth in property Goldsmith: All of those things are inter Centrall "Politically Incorrect" tax rates because it's too difficult to rethink the esting and different pieces of the puzzle. program.Fred Nation told the school distnbution formula? That almost stands Fundamentally, Frank has sat on and has been Evansville Courier's Doug on its own as an answer. present during the largest property tax increase Sword that the comedy show BPR: And he follows up by saying that in, who knows, recent history. The only way to has piqued Bayh's interest "He O'Bannon is only making a first step and that get control is to cap the growth of its revenues. said that might be fun." this is an effort to return a significant portion of You have to freeze the rates. Nothing else will the surplus to taxpayers. make much difference. And then next year, after Mayor Stephen Goldsmith Goldsmitlr First of all, it's not a signifi we freeze the rates and after a very large public 0 chided"Lt Gov. Frank cant portion of the surplus and secondly it will discussion on total tax reform, inventory tax O'Bannon about"inaccurades" allow tax rates to continue to increase, which reform, interaction between property tax and in his welfare TV ad.0 1'm a lit will eat away any savings.And it doesn't address sales tax. So I agree, some of the broad issues tle surprised that the property taxes.It's transparent. You can't deal can be deferred, but property tax relief cannot O'Bannon campaign would with property taxes without dealing with the be. begin its campaign talking schools.Period. I mean, you're dealing with the HPR: What will you, Speaker Mannwei about welfare," Goldsmith tail and not the dog. ler and Sen. Borst be talking about later this said."During O'Bannon's term BPR: When you came out with your week? as lieutenant governor, the freeze proposal,Democrats accused you of hurt GoJdsmitlr Same things we've said. How state experienced record highs ing the poorer school districts. Is that a fair his tax plan will adversely effect the economy. of welfare dependency, led the analysis? BPR: I've read your Council on Crime in nation in food stamp misman Goldsmith: No! It would require schools, America report and O'Bannon's 10-point action agement, and nearly doubled like many over governments, to live within their plan on crime. Both of you see the need for the spending on AFDC." means.It would help the poorer districts more prisons. What are the differences? Goldsmith, highlighting what because now they are raising their tax rates as Goldsmith: They so far have no plan on will be TV ad attacks this fall, their schools collapse and aggravating the flight the issue addressed most directly in this, which said that the Bayh-O'Bannon of wealth.By the way, it's not unimportant- and is the decriminalization of juvenile crime; the administration's 30 percent this is because the AFL-CIO helped draft Frank's laclc of facilities to hold juveniles; justice for reduction in welfare followed tax plan - that he's introducing a graduated juvenile offenders. a caseload inaease of 37 per income tax plan when the rest of the country is HPR: You will be proposing your own cent between 1989and1993. moving toward a flat tax. That's a substantial tax crime plan in the near future. Can you give me policy change. an idea of what you will propose? Don't expect 0 Golfgate"to fade HPR: New responds by saying that char Goldsmith· No,notyet You've got too quicklyforthe Goldsmith cam acterization is "silly" and that you just don't much from me already. paign.A civil lawsuit filed by understand or are distorting it. HPR: Anything you'd like to say that I Goldsmith: It is a graduated income tax. haven't asked. continued on page 6 If the credit is graduated, then the income tax Goldsnrith: No. That's plenty. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 19 5'6 Page 6 of 8 . ~, COLUlvfliCSTS 0 N I N D ~AN A 0 TICKJ~,R •1111111:11am1111.11::::1!il!ll ill'llll'!llllm~·n~~llli~.~.----- T A p E Jack ColWiell, South Bend Tribune - The business. To do that he opelri ed many city opera- Republlican Nationall Convention .is over. tions to competitive bidd l: 1g. Four years later, 1~~1~112 Ii ii I~!]~ Questions remain: Q. Does Bob Dole have a when Governing magaz1ne honored him as one David Karto,a former gnW chance? A Of course.Ifs nuts to suggest, as of its public officials of the year, it noted that he course manager, will be ·Jtu'ied some do, that Dole is too far behind in the polls had privatiz·ed some five dO'i:en functions, in October. The lndiainapo·Us to catch up on Election Day. Polls are only a including such big one as .be airport and water Star/News reported 1thal 1:lepo snapshot of opinions at the time they are tak~:1 . treatment plant; cut the ci1:y budget by $24 mil- sitions for that suit r·eveall new Opinions change, particularly on Bill Clinton. lion; and reduced the work force by one-third, charg·es of improprietil? ~ ij n Dole has a chance. Q. A good chance? A. I dic:n't mainly by eliminating miclcl le-management golf course pri1ratizaitfon. rile say that. Dole's chances might not yet be good. jobs that had served as a f:e;)ublican patronage jui dest came from GOP But by no means are his prospects down in tl tt~ pool. Councilman Cory O'Dell, who hopeless range to which Republican Barry said in a deposition,"'llht~ Goldwater (1964) or Democrat George Gerry Laxtosga, lndi 11: aoolis News - As long process was fuU of h13le!i, li>ut McGovern (1972) were relegated after disas as we're on the subjeci of denial, I would be we tried to do iit really wdl." trous conventions. remiss not to mention tl1e Republican National HPR presumes there was 110 Convention. Rush Limb< u:;b, of course, couldn't pun intended during the ~est!- Andrea Neal., Indianapolis Star-After sever have been more excited. 11w day after delegates mony. al months of alienation, I have found the watched a video tribute to former President Republican Party once again.I fo1Jnd it in pr~:si RonaJd Reagan, the PretiT Good Communicator Democratic AG candidate Jeff dential candidate Bob Dole's acceptance speech could barely contain him:; ~11: "It was optimistic. Modisett is tra 1 ~eling thie rtate last week, which described an America of inclu It was positive. It was in~p.tr .ttional last night;' pushi11g a legislative pr1aposai sion, opportunity and character. I found it in he said. Best of all, Limb ai:1gh gushed, mere was 0 that would allow parrenrts al!ld vice presidential miming mate Jack Kemp, no negativity at the comr,enti.on, and certainly no families to file civil sui1t!i whose understanding of urban America shaped victims. "Didn't you just feel like America was ag.ainst drug dealers. Th 1e the conservatism I believe in.I follllid it in Susan back?" And after the coHY•:r,tion was adjourned, lndiarna Drug Dealer Liabi !tty Molinari, who seemed almost a mirror imagt: of delegates continued the F •MID____ DllllBIMHI ----WmTIMlllJllliWWiMWW•M&l l!ilWIRiii&iifi &JIWWWiifiiiMllM11Diii• Page 7of8 Wednesday,Aug.21, 1996 .. Hoosier Republicans gl w after convention; Goldsmith emphasized failed poverty fight TICKER T A p E SAN DIEGO -With the exception of a on the Kansas plains, small against the hori nasty little conversation between Rex Early and zon. He accented trust - the key thematic con trast to President Clinton - but the center of the Allen County Republican Chairman Steve 7th CD nominee, has chal Shine, (Early expressed his ire at Shine for not speech drifted. It wasn't organized, although it concluded with a nice flourish. lenged House Majority Leader supporting him) the Indiana delegates had a Dick Armey to a debate."lt has marvelous, uplifting time in San Diego.And it .Jack Kemp's speech ;.-;::~ come to my attention lately was mirrored by the press converage in Indiana that Rep.Anney has been newspa£ers. Indiana delegates were darn near 1 9 9 6 to steal some of appearing on local radio shows and speaking to local newspa euphoric at the close of the Republican W A T ( H Dole's thematic . National Convention, not so much because they thunder. per reporters, criticizing the believe Bob Dole will be president but because •Eliza• wage issue paper that I recent they are convinced now that he has a fighting beth Dole's speech was good from the floor, had ly released," Hellman said. alf chance,"wrote Jack Colwell in Sunday's South a TV-talk show aura to it and was spiced with this Texas representative wants Bend Tribune. testimonials to her husband's good character. to discuss the issues affecting Colwell quoted Indiana GOP chairman But watching it on rv; the camera angles were the citizens of the 7th District, I Mike McDaniel as fearing the "Dole drag" on terrible (too many obstacles in the way) and would like to take this opportu his state ticket.Afterwards,McDaniel said, "If detracted from her message. nity to fonnally extend an invi he continues to articulate the way he did, Dole • The best speech came from U.S. Rep. tation for Rep.Armey to come has a great shot at winning this thing?' J.C. Watts, the former football star, who pas to Indiana to debate."ln early The Gary Post-Tribune reported in its sionately talked of coming from the wrong side August, Hellman released a six Insight section on the front page, "Bob Dole got of the tracks to become a congressman. point wage plan that insists the • everything he hoped from his nominating con • Mayor Stephen Goldsmith's speech Federal Reserve pursue a full Thursday night centered on this theme: "Over employment and high growth vention - a four-night television display of 0 Republican moderation and reason, a major the last 30 years, the federal government spent policy to present a seller's mar push from his telegenic wife and his dynamo billions trying to buy our way out of poverty. If ket, "that Congress should dis running mate, and the success of an acceptance big government liberalism had merely wasted courage taxpayer-subsidized message that revealed him at his best?' all that money, we would simply chalk it up as plant relocations to lower wage As for HPR's view on the convention, a .costly error. But instead, big government did areas,and ensure that foreign here are the highlights: something far worse.It spent those billions in trade agreements don't replace • The Dole speech started out excel ways that hurt the people it was trying to help?' American workers with foreign lent, with him crafting a visual image of a man workers and children who are paid subsistent wages. Hi GUVS/ U.S.Sen.Richard Lugar is meet fM YOUR NEW ing with officials in Russia, QUARnRBAeK! Latvia, Ukraine and Hungary this month to address strate gies for enhancing political, economic and military security . stability in that region.6The 6 '.. United States must be a leader in the international fight against terrorism, and we must enlist the support of our • Russian and European allies in continued on page 8 Pag•: 8 of 8 Wednesday,Aug. 21, 1996 smith is expected to trot out House Spe~er . pa§f: i GubematoriailLnom Paul Mannweiler.and State S1!n.Larrf Borst to TICKI~,R' and the Dole tax cut plan. His smcill govemmmt begin a legis.ative assaullt cin the O'Barnnon plan message has now become the national later this week. T A P E Republican message. "There are critical moments ID eY1ery I I '""Im ""I_.. 'I I'll As HPR reported last week., O'Bannon campaign and nothing so c:karly illustrates this taddirng this threat/ Lu1;1<1f~- went for !the earned media with headlines on his than the two tax plans; Hatfield said of tlhe said. $1 billion tax cut and with two TV ads, each Goldsmith tax freeze and O'I!1annon's plaru to· running statewide with 500 to 600 gross rating ease property taxes aimed at the middle class. State Sen.Joe Zakas Im points, the second of which resembled Rex "It does nothing tci reduce property acrused U.S. Rep.Tim Roemer Early's primary ad centered on getting troubfo taxes; John Hatfield said. "It foes nolliing to of taking a $5,000 PllC rnrotri makers out of the dassroom. The O'Bannon reduce the drawback in Ir d. ma's competitive butiorn from th1e laborers strategy of advocating programs, for safe schccl.s position for business.And Lt exemp~ sd,;:~~ls. International Uinfon •>f rn~rth coincided with the beginning of ti:i 1e 1996-97 That's a siren blast about d1e ,influence of tlle America, saying that unil>1~ has school year. teacher's unio11s in Frank':s campaign." · a "dose·ties"to organized oiime. The O'Bannon strategy may have had And Hatfield said ·~1e~ Democrats' call for Said Zakas,"Dirty mo1ne11 l1as better pay-off at this eady stage. The , . what he called a "gradua1~ed :income itax" comes no place in lndilana politiks." Indianapolis Star bannered the story "O'Bann on at a time when the country is "movi~1g toward a proposes tax reductions" on Aug. l. 4 an.d most flat tax." Gov.Evan Bayh penn1ed i11~1 other Hoosier newspapers gave it front page "It's thie one key isrn·:· Hatfield said; amde for the South Ben di play.For instance, The Lafayette Journal and "and it shows !that Frank