IRELAND: Fixing the disconnect between voters, Fourth Estate
Guarded from the thoughts and ideas of the world around them, journalists under-recognized and undervalued populist undercurrents like those of Trump.
Andrew Ireland / Special to IBJ
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IRELAND: The world still looks to America
Because of our unique shared history and values as Americans, we have a unique capacity to lead across continents. That is a quality no one politician can take away.
IRELAND: Conservatives have led way on disability issues
Conservatives have led the way on critical federal and state legislation designed to empower those once living in the shadows. From deinstitutionalization to civil rights, we have been at the forefront.
IRELAND: Evan Bayh’s rocky digital rollout in Senate race
Despite Evan Bayh’s lifetime of experience on the campaign trail, the landscape both politically and technologically has shifted since his last statewide campaign in 2004. Needless to say, it shows.
IRELAND: British firebrand Nigel Farage shows third parties matter
Farage has drawn recent comparisons to prominent American Republicans such as presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. But stronger parallels can be drawn to Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin or perhaps libertarian-lite Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
IRELAND: Sanders plays the foil, making Clinton seem moderate
Not only did Bernie Sanders energize droves of new voters and help avoid an outright anointment, but he served to characterize Hillary Clinton in a more appealing light for the general electorate.
IRELAND: Candidates can win millennials with right agenda
A longtime—though unreliable—target group of the left, young adults for the first time in a generation could instead flip for conservatives this November.
IRELAND: Finally, signs of life in the state superintendent’s race
Republican leadership has been itching to see Glenda Ritz out the door but struggled to recruit a candidate to lead the charge. Even though this is a no-brainer priority race, it took Indiana Republicans until the end of January to field a viable candidate to challenge her: Jennifer McCormick, the current superintendent of Yorktown Public Schools.
IRELAND: Hillary’s record is short on big accomplishments
There is no doubt the former Secretary of State, senator from New York and first lady has an impressive resume of titles. But she lacks substantial and defining accomplishments.
IRELAND: Clinton owes a string of apologies for harsh comparisons
Every person who seeks our nation’s highest office must embrace the notion that we are all Americans first — not partisan actors.