Comments on Advance Indiana™: Coats Is A Fish Out Of Water

Does one of the Lugar children actually live in th...

2010-02-15T09:32:14.327-05:00

Does one of the Lugar children actually live in that house in Meridian-Kessler?

Breaking news: Dan Coats announced that he's ...

2010-02-14T23:34:38.902-05:00

Breaking news: Dan Coats announced that he's now renting a home in Indianapolis. I wonder if it's a month-to-month lease.

The Lugar family owns farmland in Marion County. W...

2010-02-14T23:33:29.938-05:00

The Lugar family owns farmland in Marion County. What I doubt is whether he has a regular home that he lives in here. He and his wife have lived in D.C. for decades. I used to work in the Market Tower where his senate office is located. He rarely was in town.

I think you nailed it. A lot of the energy from o...

2010-02-14T22:56:18.013-05:00

I think you nailed it. A lot of the energy from outrage in the streets over the past few months- at the statehouse, in Indy, Bloomington, Logansport, Mishawaka, and across Indiana, with speakers, voters yelling, waving all kinds of home-made signs in all kinds of weather will be disipated- like the air leaving a popped balloon.

This is bigger than X party versus Y party.

The influence of lobbyists on government, verus the average taxpayer with one vote is a big part of the problem.

Dan Coats is a part of that problem.

Lugar lives in the 30th and Kessler area and has ...

2010-02-14T22:28:15.419-05:00

Lugar lives in the 30th and Kessler area and has for years.

No Richard or Charlene Lugar come up in a search o...

2010-02-14T22:25:40.098-05:00

No Richard or Charlene Lugar come up in a search of property tax rolls via Beacon. 51 results for Lugar in all of Indiana.

A number of LUGAR FAMILY LIMITED PRTNP properties and Lugar Stock Farm Inc. Most of these properties are in the 5000-6000 block of Mann Road, and two in Greenwood.

http://guidepost.schneidercorp.com/Search.aspx (Lugar in name field, Indiana for state)

I don't think he'll make the ballot, hones...

2010-02-14T21:23:20.837-05:00

I don't think he'll make the ballot, honestly. And I think Hostettler will beat him in the primary if he does make it.

Honestly, Gary, I don't know, but I also know ...

2010-02-14T20:21:57.540-05:00

Honestly, Gary, I don't know, but I also know Senators don't have to live in a specific city (neither do those in the House of Reps).

Is it a common practice among Congress, or just Indiana's reps?

Fake edit: Lugar's bio mentions him owning a 604 acre farm in Marion County. Probably that address.

Lugar owns a farm somewhere south of Indianapolis....

2010-02-14T20:14:47.210-05:00

Lugar owns a farm somewhere south of Indianapolis. The new I 69 I believe runs through part of it I have heard.

I saw Coats make a pass through the lobby and hall...

2010-02-14T20:14:43.120-05:00

I saw Coats make a pass through the lobby and hall at the Marion GOP event and while some folks were busy with the slating, he didn't seem to have the masses flocking to him. He also doesn't seem to look at all the same as when he last ran for office in 1992, if you know what I mean.

I think you should not underestimate the value of a strong grassroots movement, the amount of energy present this year among a lot of people who don't ordinarily participate in Republican primaries, and the way Hostettler is connecting with people as he did in 6 winning House races. Constitutional and limited government is a winning message this year and he has been preaching it since he first ran for office in 1994.

Indy Student, Can you tell me where Lugar's In...

2010-02-14T19:38:44.011-05:00

Indy Student, Can you tell me where Lugar's Indianapolis residence is located? I'm pretty sure he hasn't owned a home here in decades.

So some guy from Texas is calling the shots on the...

2010-02-14T18:53:46.991-05:00

So some guy from Texas is calling the shots on the election of OUR Senate representative to the US Congress?

Mr. Cornyn cannot honestly take a stand saying the people know best, and then micromanage our elections like this.

Also, as a young person myself, I can assure not many of us know who Dan Coats is. I never heard of him until a couple weeks ago.

That being said, I don't know how much the young people vote will matter. It's a non-POTUS election year, and turn out could be quite low.

Also, Gary, did you read the piece over at Frugal Hoosiers over Evan Bayh's residency?

http://frugalhoosiers.com/?p=7051

Got any thoughts?

I am in the rare position of agreeing with you. A...

2010-02-14T18:44:51.352-05:00

I am in the rare position of agreeing with you. As a strong Democrat, I think the senate race is one spot on the ballot that I will leave blank this fall. I assure that I will leave it blank in the primary also. Bayh is so out of touch with Democrats that I can no longer vote for him and the GOP gives me no acceptable alternative.