One of the candidates for U.S. Rep. Dan Burton’s seat, Luke Messer, thinks Sarah Palin stands a reasonably good chance
of carrying Indiana in the next Republican presidential primary—if she runs.
Messer, a former state representative
and lobbyist, is in the minority of Republicans who speak easily about Palin, who reportedly drew 1,000 people in Noblesville
Thursday for a signing of her new book, “Going Rogue.” Most in Messer’s party are leery of Palin due to
her unpredictability or because they’re uncomfortable with the social conservative wing of the party from which she
hails.
Still, if the presidential primary were held today, Messer thinks Palin along with former Arkansas governor
Mike Huckabee and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney would be the front-runners.
Huckabee stirs about as
much interest among Indiana conservatives as Palin, Messer says, which suggests to Messer they would be in a dead heat to
take the state’s delegates.
“Do I believe she would win states?” Messer asked rhetorically. “Yes.
States she could win include Indiana.”
What do you think? How would you handicap Palin’s odds here?
Any thoughts about Palin, herself?
- Home
- NEWS
- REGIONAL
- THIS WEEK'S PAPER
- BLOGS
- Multimedia
- OPINION
- A&E
- LISTS
- PEOPLE
- EVENTS
- Classifieds
- Subscribe
Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Sponsored by
ADVERTISEMENT
-
In my opinion the estridge companies are crooks. They filed bankruptcy on their 'track housing' side of the business two weeks before they closed on one of my clients' homes. When my client first interviewed Estridge as a builder 6 months before, they specifically ASKED about the solvency of their business, knowing that some builders were struggling. Estridge truly misrepresented their financial situation at that time. I suppose I am more unhappy with the whole system than I am with the builder because what the heck==you can file bankruptcy on 'track homes' but still keep building and make money off of 'custom built' homes??? How ridiculous! They are all homes. How can a company be allowed to bilk thousands of dollars from their subcontractors but still be allowed to build houses?? they should have been made to pay back all their unpaid contractors before being allowed to profit from building any more houses! This alone makes them and the system crooks in my eyes. I would never build an estridge home and I would not recommend for my clients either. If they were truly 'bankrupt' how could they afford to keep building homes anyway??? The whole system needs fixed.
-
I live a couple blocks east of the Angie's campus and my house is assessed for ~$160,000. If I could get that amount, let alone $384,000 (a 140% bonus), I'd sell in a minute. Either Angie's stockholders just got fleeced, or Angie's is getting about a 58% discount on their property taxes, if these properties are actually worth what they paid Mr. Oesterle for them. Which do you think is the case?
-
Perhaps the IMA board is really to blame! They agreed to hire Charles. They can't seemingly find donors among themselves, or bring in new blood that will support the museums operating budget with an expanded museum and money to provide curators with something to do (ie buy art). The headlines of disarray at the museum and mass firings are hurting the reputation of the museum for some time to come. If people on the board had misgivings, perhaps they shpuld have more forcefully opposed efforts that they have seemingly been unable to fund, like expansion and the costs it has created!
-
See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
-
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.
ADVERTISEMENT
Back to TopCopyright © All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.
Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing.
Additional Hosting & Delivery by
IBJ Conversations
11 Comments
Add Comment
We have to ask ourselves every 2-4 years, Is what we decided the best for our country? Are we better off now than we were 4 years ago? I will vote for who I feel is best for the job, and no matter what, I will not vote for someone who does not put complete effort into their job. will you?
She might not get my vote but obviously she has supporters.
It's sad to think Palin could WIN any state at such a big level in politics.
I know that some like her and others don't. I am one who doesn't like her. I don't see why anyone would want her. Yes, she may share your values, but you can go anywhere and find someone who shares your values. It seems that some republicans slap a political sticker on a random person's shirt and everyone calls this person a presidential candidate. She is a quitter, a person who shows the world her family life and then turns around and bashes these same people for "taking it too far". If someone doesn't want the world to take something too far, watch what you say. Just like how people should not post just anything on an online journal or on facebook, one should not just be open to the public like Palin is - that is unless she wants the attention.