Comments on Advance Indiana™: Vigo County Court Tries Hatch Act Claim Against Bennett

...and the cow jumped over the moon!

2007-12-20T21:14:00.000-05:00

...and the cow jumped over the moon!

Jim is talking about the fact there will be 3 elec...

2007-12-20T10:16:00.000-05:00

Jim is talking about the fact there will be 3 elections next year in the 7th District race. The first will be the special election in late February of March to be set by the governor. Each party's committeemen will meet next month and pick a candidate for the special election. The winner of that election will serve out the remainder of Carson's term. There will be a primary election at which multiple candidates could be running in both parties' respective primaries. The primary winner theoretically could be different than the winner of the special election. Then you will have a general election in November, which could see a different winner. To illustrate, let's say the Rs pick Jon Elrod to run in the special election and the Ds pick Andre Carson. Carson wins the special election, but many Ds are pissed off at the outcome of the slating process for the special election. Several Ds run against Carson in the May primary and David Orentlicher upsets Andre Carson in the primary. Jon Elrod loses the special election but wins the May primary nomination and goes on to defeat David Orentlicher in the November election.

Hey Gary...if you happen to look into the latest b...

2007-12-20T09:51:00.000-05:00

Hey Gary...if you happen to look into the latest blog entry by Jim Shella (Alert: Possible Voter Confusion Ahead) and expand upon that...I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts.

I think Ed DeLaney is going to get "Bopp-ed". Like...

2007-12-20T08:06:00.000-05:00

I think Ed DeLaney is going to get "Bopp-ed". Like him or not, Mr. Bopp is probably one of Indiana's best political litigators. Brave of Mr. DeLaney to take him on, especially on Mr. Bopp's home turf.

But, it will all come down to Judge Bolk's own interpretation of the views presented. Likely that the loser will then take this to the next level of judicial review (as long as there is continued money for the lawyers).

I think that the issue of the Hamilton Center's political contributions would have to be considered a separate item for review.

For my part, this appears to be turning into a test of "law" versus "justice". Since I think that the U.S. usually allows "law" to take precedence, I would imagine that Mayor-elect Bennett has the better chance of "winning" in the long run (if not in front of Judge Bolk as well).