Comments on Advance Indiana™: Three Lonely Republicans

Gary/Paul please explain why you have so much dist...

2009-07-02T08:46:23.239-05:00

Gary/Paul please explain why you have so much distain for Mary Ann Sullivan? Is it because she walloped Elmo in the general? Is it because you would rather have a Mahern representing the 97th? Is it because she and her husband achieved success from a modest background? She is a first-termer who got beat down by the caucus on charter schools. If you really have information of wrongdoing with regard to her husband's business dealings, please share. Otherwise shut it down! Mary Ann is one of the few level headed legislators we have in the GA.

AI, actually I agree with you except for one thing...

2009-07-01T16:08:09.393-05:00

AI, actually I agree with you except for one thing. History shows that the midterm election of a new President is a disaster for the President's Party. For example, 1982 (Reagan) and 1994 (Clinton).

I think we're likely to win that district back because history says 2010 will be a very good Republican year. I was being disingenous saying the D's would lose because of Mary Ann Sullivan's position on charter schools. Rather she quite possibly will be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The GOP could not even get a candidate to run in t...

2009-07-01T15:41:59.706-05:00

The GOP could not even get a candidate to run in that district. There was no republican who even filed in the primary. The party named a candidate later who no one is really sure what kind of house he lived in as there was never 100% certainly where he really lived....

You give the Rs too much credit, Paul, if you thin...

2009-07-01T12:48:43.368-05:00

You give the Rs too much credit, Paul, if you think we're going to win this seat back in 2010. You won't find an R who will get in this race after what the Rs did to destroy Jon Elrod's political career.

Uh, Mary Ann is the one who ran hundreds of TV com...

2009-07-01T12:41:06.924-05:00

Uh, Mary Ann is the one who ran hundreds of TV commercials telling us she was not raised in a "fancy house", even though she and her husband live in a pricey downtown condo compared to the modest house in which her opponent lived. She seemed to think people should hold against him because his parents live in a big home. She had a big conflict in voting for the CIB bailout. I called it out months ago. True to form, she did what her owners ordered her to do.

After that vote against charter schools early on i...

2009-07-01T12:35:17.154-05:00

After that vote against charter schools early on in her tenure, after running strongly supporting them, MAS deserves everything she gets. There is nothing like selling out the people who brought you to the dance. MAS is a one termer.

You were doing a good job of explaining the vote o...

2009-07-01T11:07:53.246-05:00

You were doing a good job of explaining the vote on the budget package but you just can't seem to pass up a chance to make petty comments about Mary Ann Sullivan....when you do this, it trivializes the remainder of the info that you are sharing.