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Apr
22
Indiana GOP Isn’t Worried
Filed Under Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Indiana primary, John McCain
It has been exciting having all of the focus on Indiana this year as the Democratic candidates battle for delegates in their hotly contested race for their party’s nomination this year. Having all of the visits from Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and their surrogates — Ted Danson was in Hammond this weekend, a Kennedy relative was in Valparaiso, Smoky Norful put on a Barack Obama concert, Michelle Obama spoke in Merrillville, and Hillary Clinton is coming to NWI sometime this week — is great fun.
Despite all of the Democratic party attention to the state this campaign season, the Indiana Republican party isn’t worried that the state will turn blue in November.
Reports the Associated Press:
The Republican grip on Indiana’s electoral votes has been so tight for so long that many in the GOP profess no preference for Clinton or Obama as the Democratic nominee.
They also say that despite the front-page headlines and hours of television coverage the Clinton-Obama race has generated in the state, they have no worries about John McCain carrying Indiana come November.
“My hope is, more than anything, that Hillary stays in the race until the last second possible,” said state Rep. Jackie Walorski, R- Lakeville. “I hope they beat the daylights out of each other, they split the Democratic Party to where they can’t stand each other after the primary, and McCain wins by default.”
Video: Political Lunch with a roundup of what’s happening right before the PA Primary
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4 Responses to “Indiana GOP Isn’t Worried”
If Barackstar is the nominee, and McCain doesn’t implode (don’t laugh, that is generally how Barackstar wins, his opponent implodes and he wins by default), Indiana will be comfortably Red.
Hi Chris,
Will you be bringing the NWI carnivals back?
Hi Buzz,
You are probably right — Indiana has been red for years. I don’t see people changing they way they’re used to voting — especially farmers and others who are more of the red state mold than people living in the cities which are more blue. When the nearest sheriff’s car is 30 minutes away, wild animals threaten livestock (and thus the need for weaponry on the farm) and people are used to taking care of their own business because nobody else is going to do what needs to be done on the farm and they fear not being able to leave some land to their children because of the death tax — it’s hard for them to think about voting for someone who might tax them out of existence.
Hi Aaron,
I’ll probably bring back the carnivals sometime soon. Work has been pretty busy lately (and when the economy is like it is, I’m going to focus as much as I can on work) so I haven’t been able to work on much except for my core projects.