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.
Jim Shella / Special to IBJ
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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.