Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998 • Volume 5, Number 15 Page 1 of 8 ••••• ....•• • • • 1.M.·.·:.--· Gilroy's field clears; THE -- all eyes on Mcintosh HOWEYT GoUismith decision impacts '99, '00 By BIUAN A. HOWEY in Indianapolis Two years ago I sat across a table from Secretary of State Sue Anne Gilroy at the Indianapolis Press Club as we POLITICAL talked a.bout her future. Would she consider running for mayor of Indianapolis if Stephen Goldsmith won the '96 governor's race or declin~d to seek re-election in 1999? REPORT 'Gilroy was non~committal. Even though she had the The Howey Political Report is published by NewsLink, background from serving under then-Mayor Richard Lugar, Inc. Founded in 1994, The Howey Political Report is she se med to have her eye on the Statehouse. She had lost a an independent, non-partisan newsletter analyzing the bizarr floor fight at the 1996 Republican Convention for the political process in Indiana. lieutert nt governor's nomination. When Goldsmith lost to Brian A. Howey Frank 1 'Bannon, every signal coming out of the Gilroy editor and publisher camp ointed to a 2000 run for governor. The.Howey Political Report Office: 317-254-1533 ntil last Monday. PO Box 20877 Fax: 317-254-2405 hat's when Goldsmith announced he would not Indianapolis, IN 46220 [email protected] seek a ird term. In the hours prior to Goldsmith's announ­ [email protected] cemen , there had been rampant speculation that Gilroy would e there to receive an endorsement. She got the next • Washington office: 202-775-3242 best th ng, with Goldsmith saying, "Sue Anne Gilroy might Daytime number: 317-254-2400, Ext. 273 very II have what the next mayor should be." Pager: 317-320-2722 y Tuesday, it appeared the field was clearing. State Sens. urray Clark, Teresa Lubbers, Rep. Paul Mannweiler, NewsLink Home Page: http://www.inoffice.com/hpr Couna lor Toby Mcclamroch and former LG John Mutz had Subscriptions: $250 annually via fax or first all sai they wouldn't run. Mutz called Gilroy the logical class mail. Call 317-254-1533. candid te. So did Marion County Sheriff Jack Cottey. © 1998, The Howey Political Report. All rights Mean bile, Gilroy gaveled in the General Assembly, had reserved. Photocopying, faxing or reproducing in any TV c era crews following her around for a good part of the form, in whole or in part, is a violation offederal law day, a d entered into discussions with community leaders. and is strictlv prohibited without consent ofthe But it ppears to be a no-brainer. Eight years after Mayor publisher. Hudnu ran for secretary of state as a springboard for the govern rship, the secretary of state was almost a cinch to run «QUOTE" OF THE WEEK for m or of Indianapolis against Democrat Bart Peterson. ' his despite her 52 percent showing in Marion Coun on Nov. 3. This despite the fact that Gilroy was left 'It's the first year in contemporary history that high a d dry by John Sweezy and the Marion County dele­ we raised more money than the Republicans. gation 1 t the 1996 Indiana Republican Convention. Most observ rs don't blame Gilroy for the convention floor deba­ There's a simple reason for that. We worked cle sin e she got into the race just hours before it began, had little c ntrol over the anti-Indianapolis bias that swept in State Rep. Win Moses, chief fundralser for • harder.... '" · while ventual winner George Witwer reaped the benefits of House Democrats, to the Evansville Courier. having slogged through the gubernatorial primary process. Continued on page 2 Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998 Page 2 of8 ANOTHER HiDDlN TAXAGENDA. ---~~~ffM:":"!':'-~t>O'lOll llliNk 'THEYWiU. J>O"JUIS Foll 'IOU FOil f!!J'f • "'E WANT lt> otc. IJHDER MV NEW 1 MARRiAti£ PRESfRVATrOH CiE.T MARRiED ••• 0 ,..;. l.E&iSl.ATlOH, "1U MUSTS~ 0 \ : ,-.i 1HESE MPERS GiV.$ THE STATE PoWER OF IWAHTA , fNT£R.Vah";ON. •· PiVORCF.w lHATLl - BE 1Jlt\TLL8E' > t; t8cr.1!. fl/'f.'n 0 .> seen in Indianapolis for 30 years. Gilroy ,from page 1 TICKER As for 2000, the stage is set for p Because Goldsmith has disembow­ U.S. Rep. David Mcintosh to challenge T A E eled the Marion County organization's Gov. Frank O'Bannon. He will ponder GOTV, the first political move Gilroy is O'Bann,<;>_n_'s,s,treQgths and weaknesses and After unexpectedly winning going to have to make is to rebuild some make a decision early next summer after five seats to reduce the sort of GOTV infrastructure. It doesn't the legislature concludes. Mcintosh has Republican majority In the • matter if Sweezy is there or not. As one access to $350,000 in his state PAC and House of Representatives to GOP operative said, Gilroy can either 12, Democrats have high $1 million in his federal campaign waste time in chopping out the deadwood hopes for 2000. Visions of account. It is a process that Mcintosh will wielding the Speaker*s of the Republican organization or simply proceed with deliberately. While he ini­ build around it. gavel are spurring Demo· tially opposed Speaker Livingston, the Gilroy will have to do what other cratlcMajorlty Leader scant GOP majority will not play into ret­ Richard Gephardt to recruit candidates - Dan Quayle in 1978, Evan ribution politics against Mcintosh. good candidates for com­ Bayh in the 1988, Win Moses in 1983 and Others expected to give 2000 a hard petitive and open seats In '87 - did: build candidate-driven political the next election. He started . look include Witwer, Fort Wayne Mayor organizations that function to cover all of his work early, calllng Paul Helmke, and perhaps this new name: the bases. Gilroy is going to have to defeated 8th CD candidate former Lilly CEO Randall Tobias. Gall Rlecken on election recruit thousands of loyalists in a populist­ Democrats like to point out night to encourage her to based grassroots atmosphere in order to challenge Incumbent Re· compete a little less than a year from now. President Bush's stratospheric popularity publican Rep. John The irony is that Indiana Democrats following the 1991 Gulf War only to be Hostettler again In 2000. - after 20 years of air war without the followed by his defeat by Bill Clinton in Gephardt asked Rlecken, an ground war, lethargic unions and apathetic 1992. That danger lurks for the popular Evansville City Councilwo­ minority constituencies - has come full O'Bannon, particularly ifhe doesn't have man, whether she had a good legislative session in '99. And thought about "a four-year circle. State Chairman Joe Andrew has plan," said a knowledgeable reignited a patronage system within a expectations are extremely high for that Washington source. "He's union and minority community context now that Democrats controls the House. that gives Peterson an organizational Mcintosh represents to him what Clinton Continued on page 3 strength that the Democratic Party hasn't was to Bush in '92.•:• • Page3 of8 Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998 e Goldsmith's legacy may b~ the squandered political chance he had TICKER T A p E One day on the set of the Mike When the Ittayor spoke last Monday Pence Show at WNDY-TV in 1996, whiz­ about his decision I to not seek re-election, kid mayoral aide Torn Rose (now publish­ it reminded me o1l'la comment State Rep. definitely lining up people who he wants to run again," er of the Jerusalem Post) made an off-the­ Win Moses made ~fter Paul Helmke said the source. "He's con­ cuff comment to HPR's Brian Howey that defeated him for diayor of Fort Wayne in tacting those who ran it "dido 't matter who was the Republican 1987. "I thought aifter it was over, 'Why strong this time." Riecken chairman of the Marion County party." in the world did I !want to serve a third has not made a decision I I printed it in my statewide column term?"' about whether to run In a few weeks later. Rose later told me the Goldsmith, !never intended to be 2000. Republicans may have story of Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and mayor for more t1'-n two-terms. He con- , more open seats to defend him waiting to meet Israeli Prime Minister in 2000 than Democrats If f eluded before he; for a second term those In the GOP, who Benjamin Netanyahou at the Blair House that the real acco plishrnents he wanted made term limits pledges In when the mayor got wind of Rose's state­ to make - particul ly with regard to ment. Rose got an immediate tongue-lash­ 1994 honor their commit· Indianapolis Publl Schools and education ment. ing, along the lines of "What do you mean in general - had t occur in the Indiana the Republican chairman of Marion General Assernbl . Indianapolis Mayor Stephen County doesn't matter?!" The politic 1tragedy in all of this is Goldsmith said the decision In retrospect, it did. that Goldsmith ha~ some wonderful cre­ by the Republican National Goldsmith looked at the numbers dentials and a national reputation to run Committee to take the 2000 following the elections of 1995, 1996 and for loftier positions. It was a squandered convention to Philadelphia 1998. He acknowledged that his cutting ··1 did npt play a major role in opportunity. He sqld privatization to away the mid-level bureaucracy that had his decision not to seek a scores of Indiana mayors during their • accumulated during the Lugar and Hudnut third term in 1999.