SHELLA: Democrats will reorganize — eventually
They are wasting their ammunition on each other.
Jim Shella / Special to IBJ
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SHELLA: Indiana Legislature likely to deliver the unexpected
If you want to know what really matters in the upcoming legislative session it’s likely impossible to find out now.
SHELLA: Will this be Ballard’s last term as mayor?
Look for the Democrats to field a stronger candidate in 2015.
SHELLA: Mourdock vs. Lugar isn’t about Mourdock
When the Tea Party Express sent representatives from Georgia and California to endorse Mourdock, they couldn’t answer a simple question about why they support the challenger.
SHELLA: Twenty years of ‘Indiana Week in Review’
There is a community that has grown up around the show, Republicans and Democrats who have new respect for one another, journalists who view politicians in more humane ways, and politicos who better understand journalists’ motives based on what is said both on the air and off.
SHELLA: Why Hinkle needs to get out of politics
Never mind that Conan got the title wrong. He was right about the voting record and, most important, he got a laugh.
SHELLA: Rename clunky IUPUI for Doc Bowen
You could come up with a clumsier name for a college than Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, but it would be tough.
SHELLA: Print’s decline is bad for this news junkie
I appreciate the fact that a team of people go through a day’s worth of information and try to prioritize it for me.
SHELLA: Mitch’s marriage was no big deal in Indiana
I’m told that in the 2004 race, Joe Kernan, the Democratic nominee, personally vetoed any use of the Daniels divorce in his campaign.
SHELLA: A theater review of the General Assembly
Indianapolis Democrat Greg Taylor goes to the microphone so much he makes Don Quixote look lethargic. Carmel Republican Mike Delph seems to scour the Drudge Report looking for new ways to make the electorate adopt his values.
SHELLA: It’s time Indiana gets a full-time legislature
Indiana voters have long held onto the notion that a part-time legislature is more efficient and therefore more effective. But it may be time to reconsider.
SHELLA: Indiana has no shortage of stupid laws
A law designed to make politics more transparent has given politicians a reason to hide their motives, their actions, and wink at the public in the meantime.
SHELLA: We’re the ones permitting raw discourse
I compare the attack ads to gossip. Everybody claims to ignore them and abhor them, but they grasp the messages sent and repeat them.
SHELLA: Indiana Democrats can blame Obama
Democrats couldn’t get away from Barack Obama during the 2010 election cycle. The national mood fueled by frustration over high unemployment and the continued recession, along with opposition to health care reform, carried their opponents into office.
SHELLA: Spoils of redistricting go to the victor
Indiana politicians have never shown an interest in leaving the redistricting duty to others, and don’t look for it to happen anytime soon.