Indiana

An Election Day Planner

Eric Lurio | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Election Day, Indiana, Landslide, Matt Drudge, After Party, Democrats, Campaign 2008, Election Day Tuesday, Barack Obama, Fox News, Kentucky, Election 2008, Drudge Report, Fox, John McCain, Beltway Boys, Republicans, Results, Voting, Hannity, Home News
Eric Lurio

Find out where the parties are. Both sides. The Republicans usually have an open bar and the Democrats don't. If it looks like a landslide, nobody's going to be at the McCain parties, and you can get a few beers or cocktails before heading to the Obama bash.

Read Post

Indiana Democratic State Committee Mails Anti-Gay Flier

Bil Browning | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Gay, Democrats, Indiana Democratic Party, Gay Marriage, Campaign Ads, Indiana, Politics News
Bil Browning

Will someone please tell Andy Schemenaur that it is not 2004 anymore? "The Sanctity of Marriage" was the Republican boogeyman during the last presidential election.

Read Post

Huffington Post Video Premiere: "Troubled Land" by John Mellencamp

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, Savannah, John McCain, Farm Aid, Barack Obama, John Mellencamp, Georgia, Indiana, New John Mellencamp Video, New Mellencamp Video, Troubled Land Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

2008-10-28-mellencamp.jpgThe black and white video takes its subject matter beyond the implied anti-war message of Mellencamp's tag line "bring peace to this troubled land."

Read Post

Texas Family on Canvassing "Vacation" in Swing State NC

Joan and Elizabeth Cheever | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Phonebanking North Carolina, Indiana, Cary North Carolina, Ohio, Texas Obama, Nevada, North Carolina, Barack Obama, Colorado, North Carolina Mccain, Texas, Canvassing North Carolina, Early Voting, Cary, Michigan, Texas Volunteers Obama, John McCain, Deep South, North Carolina Obama, One-Stop Early Voting Registration, Home News
Joan and Elizabeth Cheever

JOAN: It began with the news of voter list purging. Ten days ago, the media identified six "swing" states as having "problems" with voter registratio...

Read Post

Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Indiana Early Voting, Indiana Ohio, Obama Volunteers, Indiana Ground Report, Midwest Obama, Indiana Obama, Swing State Midwest, Indiana, Door to Door, Two Party, Chicago, White, Mccain, Obama, Kirstin Sears, Schrimpff's, One Party, Winnie Godfrey, Senator, 2008, Latino, Get Out the Vote, Ohio, Black, Universal Health Care, Gotv, Wardell Goodman, Illinois, Mikhail Heaven. Kenneth Paton, Canvass, HR 676, Texas, Mito Kakijama, Biden, Election, New York, Japan, Spring Street, Mccain-Palin, U.S. Political Tourists, David Waters, Independents, Undecideds, Louisville, Early Voting, Will Wooten, Paula Neff, Galveston, Jill Herren, Brent, Jeffersonville, Jamaica, Home News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

Read Post

Indiana Smears Cause Voter Backlash

Chuck Lasker | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Mitch Daniels, John McCain, Barack Obama, Indiana, Republican Smear Machine, Smear Tactics, Obama Smears, Smears, Republican Party Email Smears, Mitch Daniels Governor, Mccain Smears, William Ayers Obama, Mitch Daniels Reelection, Republican Party Indiana, Republican Party, William Ayers, Republican Party Problems, Obama Email Smears, Home News
Chuck Lasker

After receiving an email smear, one Indiana voter wrote: "I am outraged that the Republican Party sent this kind of smut to my home ... There is no place in this election [for] this garbage. It will not work; not this time."

Read Post

My Three Day Obama Campaign Coverage Experience (PHOTOS)

Chuck Lasker | Posted 11.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Indianapolis, Early Voting, Japanese, Republicans for Obama, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Volunteers, Volunteer Stories Obama, Campaign, Fort Wayne, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Japan, Indiana, Nhk, Home News
Chuck Lasker

Last week I was contacted by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) about covering my Republicans for Obama activities. They have a worldwide viewership...

Read Post

Indiana Home to Increasing Numbers of Once-Rare Blue Hoosiers

Dan Treul | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Auto Industry, Election 08, Hoosiers, South Bend, Rnc, Indiana, Campaign Ads, Indiana Politics, Manufacturing, Basketball, Barack Obama, Campaign Funds, Indiana Democrats, Obama Indiana, Rust Belt Politics, Vote 08, John McCain, Gay Marriage, Tv Ads, Home News
Dan Treul

Another ominous sign for the McCain campaign is the most recent polling average by Real Clear Politics, which has Barack Obama leading -- albeit barel...

Read Post

Sam Stein

Palin's Clothes Cost RNC More Than Weekly Ads In Six States

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Clothes, Georgia Maine, Mccain Clothing, RNC Ads, Maine Ads, Indiana, McCain Ads, Palin Clothing, North Dakota, Rnc Ad Buy, Ad Campaign, Michigan, Paling Attire, Politics News

The McCain campaign and RNC's pushback to revelations that they purchased $150,000 worth of clothing and accessories for Sarah Palin has been, primari...

Read Whole Story

John Mellencamp Radio Ad for Obama

Bil Browning | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, John Mellencamp, Campaign Ads, Indiana, Media News
Bil Browning

Hoosier son John Mellencamp has recorded an ad for Obama's campaign that's playing around Indiana. iPhone users: Click to watch As my partner, Jeram...

Read Post

Crossroads of America

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Basketball, John McCain, 2008 Election, Hoosiers, Norman Dale, Crossroads of America, Gene Hackman, Indiana, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

As their pitifully unproductive 'William Ayers game' indicates, the Republicans' field of vision for this election is limited to what they can see in their rear-view mirrors.

Read Post

Deep-Red Indiana Now A Battleground As Suburban GOPers Flip

Salon | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Indiana Battleground State, Republicans Indiana, Gop Indiana, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Indiana, Democrats Indiana, Indiana, Obama Indiana, Indiana Suburbs, Politics News

In presidential elections since the Depression, Indiana has been the lone industrial state where the elephants always roam. For all the talk of indepe...

Read Whole Story

Hunting for Scarce McCain-Palin Signs in Conservative Indiana

Thomas Westgard | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Indiana Swing State, Indiana Mccain Palin, Indiana, Indiana Mccain, Indiana Obama, Michigan, Home News
Thomas Westgard

I routinely drive from Chicago, down through the heavily industrial Gary/Hammond area known locally as "The Region," and from there, deep into Indian...

Read Post

My Protest at Palin Rally Finds Some Support From the Crowd

Susan Eleuterio | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Palin Protesters, Acorn, Obama McCain, Indiana, Anti-War Protestors, Palin Mccain, Indiana Mccain, McCain Obama, Anti-War Movement, Sarah Palin, Mccain Indiana, Obama Indiana, Code Pink, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Susan Eleuterio

Noblesville, Indiana -- A group of intrepid peace activist Hoosiers (members of CodePINK, Women for Peace) braved a Sarah Palin rally in Noblesville, ...

Read Post

Barack Obama's End Game Will Be On The Ground

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barney Smith, Camp Obama, New Mexico, Al Giordano, Ohio, Joe the Plumber, Obama Fellows, Zack Exley, Community Organizing, Obama-Biden, Sean Quinn, Barack Obama, Indiana, Stephen C. Rose, North Carolina, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose If Barack Obama becomes president, it will be because of grass roots organization. The people who will make the difference on Nove...

Read Post

Obama Volunteer Rewarded With "VIP Seating" In Mud

Chuck Lasker | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Evan Bayh, Campaign Volunteer, Campaign Staffers, Republicans for Obama, Volunteers, Barack Obama Indiana, Obama Volunteers, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Jill Long Thompson, Senator Evan Bayh, Obama Indiana, Obama Staffers, Indianapolis, Volunteering, Andre Carson, Indiana, Vip, Home News
Chuck Lasker

I looked for the "VIP" seats, but there were no seats. Further and further we were sent, until in the rain, we entered a muddy open-air pen where we couldn't even see the stage.

Read Post

Plan a Swing State Trip for Obama

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Florida, Travel, Volunteering, 2008 Election, Indiana, Ohio, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

I live in New York State, in New York City, in Manhattan--among the blue bluer bluest geographic locations in the country. I'm voting for Obama, but I...

Read Post

Obama and America's Promise

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Herbert Hoover, Landslide Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Landslide, Indiana, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

At a moment when America is facing financial woes that can only be compared to those it faced after the October 1929 crash, Obama, like FDR, offers the promise of a young, vigorous leader.

Read Post

GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Lie Ramped Up; State Police Raid ACORN Office in Vegas

Brad Friedman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Gop, Voter Fraud, Acorn, Indiana, Republicans, Politics News
Brad Friedman

[The GOP has] decided to intensify their unsubstantiated assaults on the community organization, given its effectiveness at registering millions of low-income voters across the country.

Read Post

Debate watch: Swing state edition

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain That One, John McCain, Washington Times, Bellantoni, Indiana, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, That One, Politics News
Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com INDIANAPOLIS — Here in battleground Indiana, I watched the debate with a group of mostly Obama supporter...

Read Post

Indiana: The latest Mitch Daniels rumor

Bil Browning | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Teachers Retirement Fund, Mitch Daniels, Major Moves, Indiana, Republicans, Perf, Politics News
Bil Browning

This just came in via the Bilerico-Indiana tip line... I have been told by high level Republicans in Indianapolis that the Daniels Administration t...

Read Post

McCain Angry With Himself?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove, Alaska, Financial Bailout, Terrorism, Economy, George W. Bush, Colorado, Congress, Democratic Party, Che Guevara, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Maine, Todd Palin, Georgia, Alaska Independence Party, Republican Party, Indiana, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The raw anger displayed by McCain is so over the top that he cannot seriously be targeting it at anyone but himself, and perhaps the Republican Party he has grown to hate.

Read Post

In The Real American Heartland, Not Impressed With Palin's Bad Syntax

Susan Eleuterio | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Vice Presidential Debate, Heartland, Indiana, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Home News
Susan Eleuterio

We watched the Biden/Palin debate on this cool early October night with two friends at our restored farm house in Highland, a small town in northweste...

Read Post

Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, North Dakota, Rick Noriega, Mitch McConnell, Nebraska, Al Franken, West Virginia, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, John Kennedy, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Mississippi, Republican Party, North Carolina, Florida, John McCain, Alaska, Ronnie Musgrove, Louisiana, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Texas, Lindsey Graham, Pennsylvania, Bob Conley, Minnesota, John Cornyn, Wisconsin, Michigan, Wyoming, Georgia, Iowa, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Senate, Indiana, Electoral College, 2008 Election, Electoral Map, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

Read Post

Biden Visits Indiana In Efforts To Turn State Blue

WLKY | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swing States, Joe Biden, Indiana, Campaign, Politics News

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- At the 'Campaign For Change' headquarters in downtown Jeffersonville, volunteers called supporters, while others painted brigh...

Read Whole Story