Comments on Advance Indiana™: Schneider Triumps Over Vaughn In Senate District 30 Caucus

Vaughn is damaged goods now, beaten in his own bac...

2009-07-22T15:44:18.404-05:00

Vaughn is damaged goods now, beaten in his own backyard. He's in an increasingly Democrat County, with more and more people sick and tired of the GOP's old-guard, which now clearly includes Vaughn and his mentors (Brizzi, B and T, Ballard, et.al.) With a pretty limited history as a prosecutor, not much to sell himself with, and not many people buying it anymore.

Will you guys define "socially conservative&q...

2009-07-22T14:22:07.519-05:00

Will you guys define "socially conservative"? Surely, this does not mean to use the power of the government to dictate their own sense of morality is it?

I am strongly opposed to interference of government over what I do consensually with friends or what I do to my own body.

Ryan shot down earlier rumors that he would run fo...

2009-07-22T11:44:52.255-05:00

Ryan shot down earlier rumors that he would run for prosecutor if Brizzi didn't run again. I don't know if last night's outcome would change that or not. I doubt it.

Do you think Vaughn will give Prosecutor a go if B...

2009-07-22T11:14:33.814-05:00

Do you think Vaughn will give Prosecutor a go if Brizzi decides to sit it out?

Another great victory for the populist movement. ...

2009-07-22T06:26:35.487-05:00

Another great victory for the populist movement.

The tidbit on Jim 'soundbite' Shallow is right on. First it was ambush reporting of floor vendors at the Statehouse rally instead of any of the numerous speakers, then the slanted reporting of 200 protestors instead of 3,000 at Notre Dame, so his reporting by proxy this time is no surprise. When does yellow journalism get its payback instead of a paycheck?

Paul - Part of the problem is that the county part...

2009-07-21T22:20:58.816-05:00

Paul - Part of the problem is that the county party, while not ideological, demands 100% support on every issue the party leaders want to tackle and if you don't support them, they come after you with a vengence

I think the county party has a lot larger problems right now if what Gary posted earlier is in fact true.

Although I didn't have a vote I'm confident the residents of SD30 will get excellent senatorial representation with Senator Schneider.

I agree. That is just lazy reporting by Shella. T...

2009-07-21T22:17:21.703-05:00

I agree. That is just lazy reporting by Shella. The fact is Schneider got the votes of plenty of moderate PCs. His victory had almost everything to do with his outsider status running against the insider Ryan Vaughn. Anyone who has at all followed Marion County politics in the past year would know that the tensions in the party have little if anything to do with political philosophy.

Good report. I know I am more social conservative...

2009-07-21T21:08:24.662-05:00

Good report. I know I am more social conservative than you, though not quite as socially conservative as Scott. People though have to get over the idea though that people have to be 100% with you on every issue or they are the enemy.

Parties are coalitions. Part of the problem is that the county party, while not ideological, demands 100% support on every issue the party leaders want to tackle and if you don't support them, they come after you with a vengence. What they did to Ed Coleman was just plain stupid. He looks pretty smart right now questioning the CIB early on.

While I think social conservatives are important to the Republican coalition, bottom line is Republicans have been losing not because of social conservatives, but because they stoped being fiscal conservatives. No one takes the Republcan serious as the tax-cutting, low spending party. We're making the same mistake again with the CIB...betraying our core values to give more money for corporate welfare.

I strayed from my main point. The most important thing about who we select is that we have a man or woman of integrity, someone who is going to have independent thoughts and not be bought off by party insiders. On that score, Scott Scneider scores a 100%. We couldn't have done any better.