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  1. The only chance Democrats have is that Republicans stick with Morales.

    Republican leadership clearly has run internal polling and figured out what most everyone knew in early 2022 – Diego is out of his depth holding elected office. Given Morales’ record of ineptitude and grift during his four years which is so voluminous that the biggest issue for Democrats is to figure out what NOT to include, struggle to there’s now substantial risk Republicans lose the election if they keep him on the ballot. And Diego is clueless enough that he’s going to make it hard on them, just like Curtis Hill before him.

    Republicans are going to dispose of Morales at their convention, nominate whomever Banks is pushing, and win a boring race by 10%.

    The fix for this nonsense isn’t closed primaries, it’s open primaries. Republican delegates are, like Diego, not qualified for the task in front of them. Nor Republican legislators who should have impeached him four years ago when it became clear he was guilty of illegal voting …

    1. I would love to tell Jacob Stewart at the IndyStar that his closed primaries idea is terrible electing quality candidates. Sadly, he blocked me bc I guess he doesn’t like when his opinions are challenged

  2. It won’t happen, but that would be the most hilarious Democrat fumble of all time. “Hey, we have a rich pretty boy with arguably the most famous last name in Indiana politics, but I know, instead let’s nominate a radical liberal no name who can’t get elected to her town council “ leave it to the “journalists” to find the 2 dumbest people in the trailer park. One delegate discriminates by gender, because Democrat sanctioned discrimination is always ok, and another delegate that thinks republican voters put off by Trump (I have yet to see such an animal in the wild) would somehow not land on Ballard or Bayh.
    Time date stamp prediction: 1 year from now Bayh is SOS. 3 years from now Bayh is Gov

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